The Barnes Opening (sometimes called Gedult's Opening ) is a chess opening where White opens with:
18-525: The opening is named after Thomas Wilson Barnes (1825–1874), an English player who had an impressive eight wins over Paul Morphy , including one game where Barnes answered 1.e4 with 1...f6, known as the Barnes Defence . Along with several other uncommon first moves, it is classified under the code A00 ( irregular openings or uncommon openings) in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings . Of
36-434: A "perfect and flexible opening" and by others such as Aron Nimzowitsch as "certainly the most solid move, whereas moves such as 1.e4 and 1.d4 are both 'committal' and 'compromising'." The game can transpose into many other openings that usually start with 1.e4, 1.d4, or 1.c4. If Black is not careful, there is the risk of running unprepared into a highly theoretical opening, e.g. after 1.Nf3 c5 White can play 2.e4 leading to
54-455: A blitz game, for the psychological effect. So commented, "It's hard to forget the game when someone plays f3 and Kf2 and just crushes you. That's so humiliating." Also played is 2.e4, called the King's Head Opening . Black can secure a comfortable advantage by the normal means – advancing central pawns and rapidly developing pieces to assert control over the centre . If Black replies 1...e5,
72-469: Is a chess opening named after Johannes Zukertort that begins with the move: Sometimes the name "Réti Opening" is used for the opening move 1.Nf3, although most sources define the Réti more narrowly as the sequence 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4. A flank opening , it is the third most popular of the twenty legal opening moves White has, behind only 1.e4 and 1.d4 . The move has been described by Edmar Mednis as
90-522: Is non-committal as to opening. 2.d4 is identical to 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 (see Queen's Pawn Game ). 2.c4 is a common start for the English Opening or it may be brought back to the Queen's Gambit Declined 2.g3 is a common start for the King's Indian Attack . Black stakes a claim to the center. White has many transpositional options. 2.d4 is again the same as 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 (see Queen's Pawn Game ). 2.g3
108-766: Is non-committal as to opening. White can play 2.c4 for the English Opening or 2.e4 for the French Defense (if Black plays 2...d5) or the Sicilian Defense (if Black plays 2...c5). Another non-committal move for White is 2.d4, which can lead to the Sicilian Defense , the Queen's Gambit Declined , the Dutch Defense , the Indian Defenses , the King's Indian Attack , or the London System , depending on Black's reply. After 1...f5, 2.d4
126-542: Is the King's Indian Attack . 2.c4 is the Reti Opening or English Opening . Black invites White to play 2.e4, transitioning into the Sicilian Defense , or 2.c4, the Symmetrical Defense of the English Opening . White can play 2.c4 for the English Opening , 2.e4 for the Sicilian Defense , 2.g3 for the King's Indian Attack , or 2.d4 for the King's Indian Defense . Like White's move, Black's move
144-563: The English Opening but avoid the reversed Sicilian lines beginning with 1.c4 e5 opt to start the game with 1.Nf3 instead. In the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings , Zukertort Openings are classified in the coding series A04–A09. 1...d5 is under A06–A09, 1...Nf6 is under A05, and any other Black move is under A04. The Black responses which are given one or more chapters in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings are given below, ranked in order of popularity. Like White's move, Black's move
162-908: The Fried Fox Attack , Wandering King Opening , The Hammerschlag , Tumbleweed , the Pork Chop Opening , or the Half Bird as it is often called in the United Kingdom, due to its opening move f3 being half that of the f4 employed in Bird's Opening . One example of this is the game Simon Williams beating Martin Simons in the last round of the British Championship 1999, where Williams had nothing to play for. In 2020, Magnus Carlsen played 2.Kf2 against Wesley So in
180-617: The centre to prepare for quick development) 3.e4 Bc5+ 4.Kg3 Qg5#. The Barnes Opening can lead to the fool's mate : 1.f3 e5 2.g4 Qh4#. Of all of White's legal moves after 1.f3 e5, only one allows mate in one, while another, 2.h3, allows mate in two: 2...Qh4+ 3.g3 Qxg3#. 1.Na3: Durkin 1.a3: Anderssen 1.b3: Nimzowitsch-Larsen 1.Nc3: Dunst 1.c3: Saragossa 1.d3: Mieses 1.e3: Van 't Kruijs 1.Nf3: Zukertort 1.f3: Barnes 1.g3: Benko 1.Nh3: Amar 1.h3: Clemenz Thomas Wilson Barnes Thomas Wilson Barnes (1825–1874)
198-479: The e1–h4 diagonal against White's uncastled king, and opens the g1–a7 diagonal against White's potential kingside castling position. Since 1.f3 is a poor move, it is not played often. Nonetheless, it is probably not the rarest opening move. After 1.f3 e5 some players even continue with the nonsensical 2.Kf2, one of several sequences of opening moves known as the Bongcloud Attack . It can also be known as
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#1732780945064216-562: The f-pawn served his preference to sidestep existing opening knowledge. Barnes went on a diet and lost 130 pounds (9st 4 lb, approx. 59 kg) in 10 months, which resulted in his death. Barnes was buried 5 days after his death at the Brompton cemetery in London . This biographical article relating to an English chess figure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Zukertort Opening The Zukertort Opening
234-555: The game might proceed into a passive line known as the Blue Moon Defence. It usually occurs after the moves 1.f3 e5 2.Nh3 d5 3.Nf2 (avoiding 3...Bxh3 4.gxh3 weakening the kingside) 3...Nf6 4.e3 Nc6 5.Be2 Bc5 6.0-0 0-0. White has no stake in the centre, but hopes to make a hole to break into. If White plays poorly and leaves too many lines open against their king after 2.Kf2, they might be quickly checkmated. One example: 1.f3 d5 2.Kf2 e5 (Black places two pawns in
252-673: The mainline Sicilian Defense . Other common transpositions are to various lines of the Queen's Gambit Declined (after e.g. 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4) or the Catalan Opening (after e.g. 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.0-0 Be7 5.c4). The main independent lines which usually start with 1.Nf3 are the Réti Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4) and the King's Indian Attack (where White plays 1.Nf3, 2.g3, 3.Bg2, 4.e4, and 5.d3, though not always in that order). By playing 1.Nf3 White has prevented Black from playing 1...e5, and many players who want to play
270-636: The middle of the field ( Hooper & Whyld 1992 ), ( Golombek 1976 :148). A variation of the Ruy Lopez opening called the Barnes Defence was named after him: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 (this is also sometimes known as the Smyslov Defence ). A much more dubious variation named for him is Barnes Defence , 1.e4 f6 which he played against Anderssen and Morphy, beating the latter. Barnes Opening , 1.f3, also bears his name. Opening with
288-435: The names of these 'openings'. The move does exert influence over the central square e4, but the same or more ambitious goals can be achieved with almost any other first move. The move 1.f3 does not develop a piece, opens no lines for pieces, and actually hinders the development of White's king knight by denying it its most natural square, f3. It also weakens White's kingside pawn structure , opens
306-558: The twenty possible first moves in chess , author and grandmaster Edmar Mednis argues that 1.f3 is the worst. Grandmaster Benjamin Finegold teaches "Never play f3". In his text on openings, Paul van der Sterren considered 1.f3 beneath mention by name: Then there are those moves with which White really tries to shoot himself in the foot, like 1.f3 or 1.g4. Out of loyalty to those unfortunates who have occasionally indulged in these strange moves in their youth, I shall not even give you
324-474: Was an English chess master , one of the leading British masters of his time. Barnes was one of the leading British chess masters at the time of Paul Morphy 's visit to the UK in 1858. Barnes had the happy fortune of having the best record against Paul Morphy during the latter's visit, winning eight games and losing nineteen ( Brace 1977 ). The only tournament he played in was London in 1862 , where he finished in
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