The best chess opening, played by professionals such as Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen. Chess engines may say the bongcloud is bad, however this is simply because it is too perfect for computers to comprehend.
When chess is played perfectly, it will always end in a draw. The Bongcloud is a perfect example of this
Bongcloud theory is as follows
1. e4 e5
2. Ke2 Ke7
3. Ke1 Ke8
4. Ke2 Ke8
5. Ke1 Ke8
6. Ke2 Ke7 Game drawn by repetition
Bongcloud theory is as follows
1. e4 e5
2. Ke2 Ke7
3. Ke1 Ke8
4. Ke2 Ke8
5. Ke1 Ke8
6. Ke2 Ke7 Game drawn by repetition
by d¡cks October 13, 2022
The Bongcloud Opening is an aggressive and sound chess opening, championed by many including Fischer, Tal, Capablanca and Kasparov, that starts with e4, e5 and Ke2!!
This opening develops the King to a good spot and allows White to control the center with his king preventing Black from using the weak d3 and f3 squares to attack White's king. White also gains a tempo, which may lead to Zugzwang later, as after Qe1!, forming a King and Queen battery, an Xray attack on Black's King is threatened and Black has to waste a move to respond. Other benefits of the opening include the negation of Back-rank mates as the King is no longer on the back rank and that Black will most likely overextend his pieces in an attempt to launch an assault on the safe White King.
Lack of documentation on the opening forces Black to get out of the book immediately and blunder with moves like Nf6??.
This opening develops the King to a good spot and allows White to control the center with his king preventing Black from using the weak d3 and f3 squares to attack White's king. White also gains a tempo, which may lead to Zugzwang later, as after Qe1!, forming a King and Queen battery, an Xray attack on Black's King is threatened and Black has to waste a move to respond. Other benefits of the opening include the negation of Back-rank mates as the King is no longer on the back rank and that Black will most likely overextend his pieces in an attempt to launch an assault on the safe White King.
Lack of documentation on the opening forces Black to get out of the book immediately and blunder with moves like Nf6??.
by orphamiel October 27, 2013
by Tailwhale February 9, 2021
Bongcloud is totally a brilliant opening move that starts out with:
1. e4 e5
2. Ke2
and learn the bongcloud theory
1. e4 e5
2. Ke2
and learn the bongcloud theory
"try out the bongcloud"
by Cloudy_yduolC April 22, 2022
A joke chess opening, the Bongcloud Attack goes against basic principles of chess strategy because White blocks the diagonals of the bishop and queen and loses the ability to castle, putting the king in danger.
by Syrio Forel March 9, 2021
A chess opening that is very funny and goes like this:
1. e4 e5
2. Ke2
The opening is named after Lenny Bongcloud and popularized by Hikaru Nakamura on Twitch.
1. e4 e5
2. Ke2
The opening is named after Lenny Bongcloud and popularized by Hikaru Nakamura on Twitch.
by Polterkill April 22, 2022
by PenguinedPsyduck0xq0 March 1, 2021