Clemenz Opening
Appearance
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Moves | 1.h3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ECO | A00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Named after | Hermann Clemenz |
The Clemenz Opening is a chess opening beginning with the move:
- 1. h3
This opening is named after
irregular opening and is classified under the code A00 (miscellaneous first moves by White) in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings
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Description
Like
has experimented with 1.h3, usually following it up with 2.g4 (transposing to the Grob), or 2.a3 followed by a quick c2–c4, a line that has been dubbed the "Creepy Crawly". The Creepy Crawly is also known as the Global Opening.Black responses
Black has a number of playable responses, the most common being 1...d5 and 1...e5, which stake out a claim for central space. Another response, 1...b6 (or even 1...b5), intends to fianchetto a bishop to pressure White's weakened pawns and forestall a White kingside expansion with g2–g4.
1...f5 is probably not Black's best reply to 1.h3, since White can then play 2.d4, transposing to a sharp line against the Dutch Defense once tried by Viktor Korchnoi.[2]
See also
References
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Wikibooks-logo-en-noslogan.svg/40px-Wikibooks-logo-en-noslogan.svg.png)
The Wikibook Chess Opening Theory has a page on the topic of: Clemenz Opening
- ^ Hooper & Whyld (1996), p. 81. Clemenz Opening.
- ^ "Viktor Korchnoi vs. Hansjuerg Kaenel, Biel 1979". Chessgames.com.
Bibliography
- ISBN 0-02-016590-0.
- ISBN 978-1-85744-285-4.
- ISBN 0-19-280049-3.
- ISBN 1-58042-072-9.