English Explanatory Dictionary

Amar Opening

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An opening defined by the move 1. Nh3.

Word forms

Amar Opening the Amar Opening

Etymology

Named after the Parisian amateur Charles Amar /ʃaʁl a.maʁ/ (who played it in the 1930s), probably by Savielly Tartakower, who also suggested to name it the Ammonia Opening due to the algebraic notation resembling NH₃ for ammonia (compare the Durkin Opening/the Durkin Attack also being named the Sodium Attack). As a joke, the chess player Tim Harding suggested that Amar is an acronym (or rather, a backronym in this case) for Absolutely mad and ridiculous.

Synonyms

Paris Opening Drunken Knight Opening Ammonia Opening
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