Animal opening lines

[Tony]

And now for something completely different.

I'm setting up chesstraining groups for our children. Below 10 ,11, 12 and 14 and looking for a naming.

I thought about animals from opening lines.

What would you suggest as groupnames ( growing in size ) ?

I like elephant and dragon, but I'm not sure wich is bigger.

Anyone for a size top 10 ?

Cheers,

Tony

[Dr.Ex]

And now for something completely different.

I'm setting up chesstraining groups for our children. Below 10 ,11, 12 and 14 and looking for a naming.

I thought about animals from opening lines.

What would you suggest as groupnames ( growing in size ) ?

I like elephant and dragon, but I'm not sure wich is bigger.

Anyone for a size top 10 ?

Cheers,

Tony

Get the book How to Play Chess Like an Animal

http://www.chessville.com/reviews/Howto ... Animal.htm

[Tony Thomas]

Tony, may be you should use animals that are/were real. That way you wouldnt have any problems in comparing sizes. Also, do you have to use land animals? A blue whale weighs around 200 tons. If you dont want to use marine animals, I am pretty sure many of the kids like the T-rex and Velociraptor due to their publicity from Jurassic Park series. You could also try using gigantosaurus and spinosaurus.

[Tony]

Tony, may be you should use animals that are/were real. That way you wouldnt have any problems in comparing sizes. Also, do you have to use land animals? A blue whale weighs around 200 tons. If you dont want to use marine animals, I am pretty sure many of the kids like the T-rex and Velociraptor due to their publicity from Jurassic Park series. You could also try using gigantosaurus and spinosaurus.

I know the elephant opening and the sicilian dragon. The T rex line I'm unfamiliar with. Is that in the french ?

Tony

[Tony Thomas]

Tony, may be you should use animals that are/were real. That way you wouldnt have any problems in comparing sizes. Also, do you have to use land animals? A blue whale weighs around 200 tons. If you dont want to use marine animals, I am pretty sure many of the kids like the T-rex and Velociraptor due to their publicity from Jurassic Park series. You could also try using gigantosaurus and spinosaurus.

I know the elephant opening and the sicilian dragon. The T rex line I'm unfamiliar with. Is that in the french ?

Tony

Oops, I misread your message I guess..I thought that you wanted to give each group of kids a name based on their strength. Usually here in kindergardens each group is called cubs, bears, lions or something similar. I learned that while I volunteered at one , when I took cookies and cartons of milk in to their class rooms, apparently all the lions were sleeping. I doubt that there is a t-rex opening, but I know of a chess engine named T-rex.

[Dariusz Orzechowski]

Crab opening
1.a4 e5, 2. h4

Bird's opening - I know, not exactly an animal
1. f4

Hedgehog formation

Orangutan opening (aka Sokolsky)
1. b4

Hippopotamus defence
1.e4 Nh6, 2.d4 g6, 3.c4 f6

[beachknight]

there are hundreds of them.
For a starting point, you may
consult ecocodes.txt of arena.

best,

[Tony]

there are hundreds of them.
For a starting point, you may
consult ecocodes.txt of arena.

best,

Look at the eco codes

Should have thought about that,

thanks,

Tony

[beachknight]

there are hundreds of them.
For a starting point, you may
consult ecocodes.txt of arena.

best,

Look at the eco codes

Should have thought about that,

thanks,

Tony

ecocodes__.txt contains around 10 000 lines,
each with opening names. You can easily
search and find animal op names.

Best,