Inverted Hungarian Opening
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The Inverted Hungarian Opening or Tayler Opening is an uncommon chess opening
that starts with the moves
It is so named because the position of White's bishop on e2 resembles that of Black's bishop on e7 in the Hungarian Defense.
The Inverted Hungarian is even more rare than the already very uncommon Hungarian Defense, although it is perfectly playable for White.
It may appeal to White players who wish to avoid extensively analyzed double king pawn openings such as the Ruy Lopez
, and to those who favor defensive positional maneuvering battles as also often result from the Hungarian Defense.
With the advantage of the first move, White has greater latitude to play moves that are not objectively the strongest without incurring disadvantage.
Since White's third move 3.Be2 makes no threats, there are many satisfactory replies for Black.
If White plays a setup resembling the Black side of the Hanham Variation of the Philidor Defense (3...Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.Nbd2), the opening is sometimes called the Inverted Hanham Opening.
Chess opening
A chess opening is the group of initial moves of a chess game. Recognized sequences of opening moves are referred to as openings as initiated by White or defenses, as created in reply by Black. There are many dozens of different openings, and hundreds of named variants. The Oxford Companion to...
that starts with the moves
- 1.e4 e5
- 2.Nf3 Nc6
- 3.Be2
It is so named because the position of White's bishop on e2 resembles that of Black's bishop on e7 in the Hungarian Defense.
The Inverted Hungarian is even more rare than the already very uncommon Hungarian Defense, although it is perfectly playable for White.
It may appeal to White players who wish to avoid extensively analyzed double king pawn openings such as the Ruy Lopez
Ruy Lopez
The Ruy Lopez, also called the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game, is a chess opening characterised by the moves:-History:The opening is named after the 16th century Spanish priest Ruy López de Segura, who made a systematic study of this and other openings in the 150-page book on chess Libro del...
, and to those who favor defensive positional maneuvering battles as also often result from the Hungarian Defense.
With the advantage of the first move, White has greater latitude to play moves that are not objectively the strongest without incurring disadvantage.
Since White's third move 3.Be2 makes no threats, there are many satisfactory replies for Black.
If White plays a setup resembling the Black side of the Hanham Variation of the Philidor Defense (3...Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.Nbd2), the opening is sometimes called the Inverted Hanham Opening.