is this a regular opening? does it have a name? if it’s not played, then why? what’s it’s weakness?

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The Semi Slav is a very popular opening for black in defense of the Queen’s Gambit from white. It is seen at all levels of play and is thought to be one of the more sound defenses against the Queens Gambit. It is similar to the Slav defense, so if you haven’t seen that video already make sure you check it out. chess software used in video can be found at www.chesscentral.com and http

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Hey guys. I just wanted to show an interesting opening I ran into. If you are Matt Pullin or jrobi: Thanks for inspiring me to do a chess video! GreenCastleBlack has mentioned that there is an Elephant Opening game in mjsharks videos and you can watch that here: www.youtube.com This video is about the Elephant Opening, an opening for black The Elephant opening is characterised by the following short move order: 1. e4 e5 2. nf3 d5!? Now the reason why this move d5 gets a questionable (!?) is because, at below Master level play at least, it has a quite respectable win percentage for black. The reason I am focusing on this particular opening is because when I was testing wiibrew chess (link in sidebar wiibrew.org it was the opening that the Wii used against me and it absolutely threw me having never seen it before. In that game, I got stomped by the Elephant The reason being: All I could see after 3. exd5 was … Qxd5 and I could gain tempo on the Queen with 4. Nc3, attacking the Queen. After a horrific defeat in under 15 moves by the computer, I went back to the drawing board to work out just what exactly went wrong. I couldnt find alot of solid material about the opening, so I decided to strike out on my own and see if I could discover the concepts of the Elephant Opening. Psychologically: The opening appears to be a pointless sacrifice. This is one of the Elephant openings strengths and one reason behind its good lower-level win percentage. Unlike its White counterpart …

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1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Nxe5 Nxe5
4. f4

I know this is unsound but I use it when I play bullet chess and was wondering if it happens to have a name.

Thanks!
LOL nope, definitely not the Petrov.

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My favorite opening is the Queen’s Gambit, but if black doesn’t go to D5 I don’t know what to do

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chess-openings-for-beginners.blogspot.com Chess Openings.

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Thanks for all the answers

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