![]() ![]() ^ "Perfect 4-0 Day For Nakamura, Dismantles Bongcloud In CGC Finals".Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. "Magnus Carlsen shows Wesley So who's boss". ^ Satumbaga-Villar, Kristel (1 October 2020).Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. "Chess: Carlsen wins with 1 f3 as Play Magnus raises $42m in Oslo listing". Archived from the original on 19 March 2021. "Chess World Champion Plays 'Bongcloud Attack' Meme Opening in Tournament". He managed to confuse his young American opponent Jeffery Xiong with the ultimate troll opening, winning in 52 moves. Nakamura finished third with 21 points, winning his final game with the offbeat opening known as the "Bongcloud Attack". Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. "Chess star Magnus Carlsen makes a late, shirtless cameo". ^ Backhouse, Andrew (21 September 2020).Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. "Hikaru Nakamura Wins 2019 Speed Chess Championship". ![]() Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. "Nakamura Routs Dobrov In Speed Chess Championship". Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. "Nakamura Beats Aronian In Speed Chess, Loses In Bullet". Archived from the original on 18 March 2021. "Double bongcloud: why grandmasters are playing the worst move in chess". ^ a b c d e Graham, Bryan Armen (18 March 2021).Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. «Bringer sjakken i vanry», mener sjakktopp". Duda lost the game after missing some chances to equalise. Trailing 3-0 in his knockout match against Hikaru Nakamura, Polish GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda played 1.e3 and 2.Ke2. The first use of the joke opening in a FIDE rated game between top grandmasters occurred during the Global Championship finals in November 2022 which was an in-person rapid event played on. ĭespite its obvious disadvantages, usage of such a "joke" opening can also have a psychological impact: following Carlsen's win over Wesley So in a 2020 blitz tournament with a 3+2 time control where he played 1.f3 (the Barnes Opening) followed by 2.Kf2 – a variant also named the "Bongcloud" – So noted that losing the game after such an opening had a crushing impact. It marked the first recorded occurrence of 1. The game occurred in the last round of the preliminary stage of the tournament, and both players had already qualified for the following knockout stage, making the game dead rubber. The game was intentionally drawn by threefold repetition after the players immediately repeated moves, the particular sequence they used known as the "Hotbox Variation". Ke7, leading to a position nicknamed the " Double Bongcloud". On 15 March 2021, Magnus Carlsen, playing white, led with the Bongcloud in a game against Nakamura at the Magnus Carlsen Invitational. Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament which was played on Lichess with a 5+3 time control and won the game. On 19 September 2020, Nakamura used the opening against GM Jeffery Xiong in the final round of the St. Nakamura also played the Bongcloud against GM Vladimir Dobrov in the 3+1 section and GM Wesley So in the 1+1 section of the 2019 Speed Chess Championship, winning both of those games. In 2018, Nakamura played the Bongcloud three times against GM Levon Aronian during the Speed Chess Championship, winning one and losing two. He streamed himself using the opening exclusively on a new account and reached 3000 rating. GM Hikaru Nakamura has used the Bongcloud Attack in online blitz games. The lack of any redeeming feature, unlike some other dubious openings, puts the Bongcloud well outside of conventional practice. The Bongcloud Attack violates several accepted principles of chess strategy by forgoing castling, impeding the movement of both the queen and the light-squared bishop, leaving the king exposed, wasting a tempo, and doing nothing to improve White's position. The opening's usage in chess humor was furthered by Andrew Fabbro's joke manual Winning With the Bongcloud. The opening's name is thought to originate either from user "Lenny_Bongcloud", who used the opening with little success, or more generally in reference to a bong, a device used to smoke cannabis, a humorous assertion that one would need to be intoxicated to think that using the opening is a legitimate strategy. The name has also been applied to other opening sequences in which a player moves the king on move two. Twitch streamers such as Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura have used it in online blitz chess, including in games against high-level opponents, as has former World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen. Being a poor move, its usage can suggest a self-imposed challenge. It is considered a joke opening, and is associated with internet chess humor. The Bongcloud Attack or Bongcloud Opening is an irregular chess opening that consists of the moves:
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