History Funny / Chess

!! The Tabletop Game

* It used to be possible to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke_chess_problem#Offbeat_interpretations_of_the_rules_of_chess promote pieces to the opposite color and castle vertically]] thanks to [[LoopholeAbuse weird loopholes]].

** These drawbacks didn't stop high-level chess players (we’re looking at you, [[BunnyEarsLawyer Hikaru]]) from using the obviously terrible opening in actual matches. HilarityEnsues when Carlsen and Hikaru play the ''first ever'' Double Bongcloud[[labelnote:note]]pedants may claim its true name to be the Bongcloud Attack: Symmetrical Variation[[/labelnote]] in a professional tournament. Even though the game didn't matter, it was still pretty cool.

--> 1. f3[[WhatWereYouThinking ?]] e5 \\
2. g4[[WhatAnIdiot ??]] [=Qh4=][[GameOver #]]

* The ultimate EpicFail of Chess: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fool%27s_mate fool's mate]]. A few variations exist, but they all have one common element: White loses in ''[[PressStartToGameOver two moves]].''

** How about the one that started this madness? Lenny_Bongcloud? The Chess.com user who employed this tactic often in a bid to win? If his ''[[EpicFail 24W 278L]]'' record is any indication, then it was probably [[{{Understatement}} not exactly a resounding success]].

* One rather... [[{{Understatement}} unorthodox opening]] is the Bongcloud Attack or Bongcloud Opening, which is among the worst openings in chess. It is TooDumbToLive in chess form, as it leaves the king exposed, impedes the movement of the queen and the bishop, aborts the ability to castle, and doesn’t improve the player’s position in the slightest. Andrew Fabbro created a joke manual on the opening.

* One rather... [[{{Understatement}} unorthodox opening]] is the Bongcloud Opening or Bongcloud Attack, which is among the worst openings in chess. It is TooDumbToLive in chess form, as it leaves the king exposed, impedes the movement of the queen and the bishop, aborts the ability to castle, and doesn’t improve the player’s position in the slightest. Andrew Fabbro created a joke manual on the opening.
** These drawbacks didn't stop high-level chess players (we’re looking at you, [[BunnyEarsLawyer Hikaru]]) from using the obviously terrible opening in actual matches. HilarityEnsues when Carlsen and Hikaru play the ''first ever'' Double Bongcloud[[labelnote:note]]technically the Bongcloud Attack: Symmetrical Variation[[/labelnote]] in a professional tournament (in a game that didn't matter, but still).
** How about the one that started this madness? Lenny_Bongcloud? The Chess.com user who employed this tactic often in a bid to win? If his ''[[EpicFail 24W 278L]]'' record is any indication, then it was probably [[{{Understatement}} not successful]].

* [[https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1334664 The Immortal Overprotection Game]] was a good-natured parody of eccentric grandmaster Nimzowitsch by fellow GM Hans Kmoch. The joke, lampooning Nimzo's grandiose style of commentary and his favored chess tactics, is that he's actually playing like a complete n00b.
* It used to be possible to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke_chess_problem#Offbeat_interpretations_of_the_rules_of_chess promote pieces to the opposite color, or castle vertically]] [[LoopholeAbuse thanks to weird loopholes]].

* One rather...[[{{Understatement}} unorthodox opening]] is the Bongcloud Opening or Bongcloud Attack, which is possibly the ''worst'' opening in all of Chess, ''ever''. Why? Because it is ViolationOfCommonSense in Chess form, as it leaves the king exposed, impedes the movement of the queen and the bishop, aborts castling and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking doesn’t improve the player’s position in the slightest]]. This doesn’t stop Andrew Fabbro from creating a joke manual on it.
** It also doesn’t stop high-level Chess players (we’re looking at you [[BunnyEarsLawyer Hikaru]]) from using the obviously terrible opening in actual matches. HilarityEnsues when Carlsen and Hikaru play the ''first ever'' Double Bongcloud in a professional tournament.

* One rather...{{Understatement unorthodox}} opening is the Bongcloud Opening or Bongcloud Attack, which is possibly the ''worst'' opening in all of Chess, ''ever''. Why? Because it is ViolationOfCommonSense in Chess form, as it leaves the king exposed, impedes the movement of the queen and the bishop, aborts castling and [[ArsonMurderJaywalking doesn’t improve the player’s position in the slightest]]. This doesn’t stop Andrew Fabbro from creating a joke manual on it.

** How about the one that started this madness? Lenny_Bongcloud? The Chess.com user who employed this tactic often in a bid to win? If his ''[[EpicFail 24W 278L]]''record is any indication, then it was probably {{Understatement not successful}}.

* It used to be possible to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke_chess_problem#Offbeat_interpretations_of_the_rules_of_chess promote pieces to the opposite color, or castle vertically]] [[LoopholeAbuse thanks to weird loopholes]]

--> 1. f3 e5 \\

* AI against GM Hikaru Nakamura. [[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1480850 Watch Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash deliver checkmate]].

* AI against grandmaster Nakamura. [[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1480850 Watch Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash deliver checkmate]].

* AI against grandmaster Nakamura. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1480850 Watch Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash deliver checkmate]].

* Shorter games have occurred, though. The unbreakable world record is held by Bobby Fischer, who refused to turn up for the second game of his World Championship match against Boris Spassky in 1972. Since Fischer had the first move in the game, and made none, the game score can arguably be held to read "1. Resigns", which cannot possibly be improved upon. (Remarkably, Fischer, though two games down against an opponent he had never won against before, proceeded to curb-stomp Spassky in the remainder of the match.)

2. g4[[WhatAnIdiot ??]] [=Qh4=][[GameOver #]]

2. g4[[WhatTheHellPlayer ??]] [=Qh4=][[GameOver #]]

2. g4[[WhatTheHellPlayer ??]] Qh4[[GameOver #]]

* The ultimate EpicFail of Chess: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fool%27s_mate fool's mate]]. A few variations exist, but they all have one common element: White loses in ''two moves.''

2. g4[[WhatTheHellPlayer ??]] Qh4#

* The ultimate EpicFail of Chess: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fool%27s_mate fool's mate]]. Many variations exist, but they all have one common element: White loses in ''two moves.''

* The ultimate EpicFail of Chess: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fool%27s_mate fool's mate]]. This is the entirety of the game, in algebraic notation:
## f3 e5
## g4[[WhatTheHellPlayer ??]] Qh4#