- Interesting Names For Openings and Variations -

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(it was bullet with cpl average over 100, but we don't talk about that)

Crab Opening
Hippopotamus Defense
Elephant Gambit

Bücker's Endtime Bishop (b2)

Zaire Defense

The "Frankenstein-Dracula Variation" (1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6?! 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6) and the "Monster Declined" (5...Be7).

Bird's opening

Monkey's Bum (1. e4 g6 2. Bc4 Bg7 3. Qf3!?) - etymology is 'If that works then I'm a monkey's bum'

The Grob ?