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Why does the horsey move like that (lemmy.world)
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[–] FlyingSquid 19 points 8 months ago (3 children)

The Bongcloud Attack (or Bongcloud Opening) is an irregular chess opening that consists of the moves:

1. e4 e5
  1. Ke2?

It is considered a joke opening and is associated with internet chess humor.

And I laughed and laughed. Ke2? How delightfully absurd!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just read this on Wikipedia. It's great!

On 15 March 2021, Magnus Carlsen, playing white, led with the Bongcloud in a game against Nakamura at the Magnus Carlsen Invitational. Nakamura mirrored the opening with 2...Ke7, leading to a position nicknamed the Double Bongcloud.[2] The game was intentionally drawn by threefold repetition after the players immediately repeated moves, the particular sequence they used known as the "Hotbox Variation".

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 8 months ago

But did the audience erupt in uproarious laughter?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)
  1. Ke2 is absurd!

It would be like if you designed a play in football in which the quarterback is supposed to stand in front of his wide receiver teammates and try to physically hold them back.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 8 months ago

Okay, but I wouldn't call that a joke.

[–] ook_the_librarian 3 points 8 months ago

And I laughed and laughed. Ke2? How delightfully absurd!

That's chess humor for you. In 1975 Martin Gardner published an article (on April 1^st ) claiming that chess had been solved by a supercomputer. Where upon if a human opened e4, the computer would spin its fans for several hours, and then resign.

It's a hoot and a half.