Is it Henry Bird?
Are we talking about the worst player or the worst opening named after a strong player? For worst opening it has to be the Damiano Defense, @chessanalyst have you seen this game?http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1027995
LOL. I know what the damiano is. Its one of the first openings I teach kids how to refute. And no I mean the worst player not the worst opening but that has to compete for the worst opening ever.
A famous game in the damiano is one where bobby fischer had white and he could only draw.
edit: dont tell my students about that game LOL.
Reason why I mention Bird was bad is he had a -10 score or something like that against Morphy (But he was really good).
A famous game in the damiano is one where bobby fischer had white and he could only draw.
edit: dont tell my students about that game LOL.
Reason why I mention Bird was bad is he had a -10 score or something like that against Morphy (But he was really good).
Nimzowitsch.
Barnes Defense 1.e4 f6?
It was used to defeat Morphy once however
It was used to defeat Morphy once however
Nimzowitsch was pretty good though.
I read some time ago that Damiano never played the Damiano defense himself.
See also : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damiano_Defence#History
See also : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damiano_Defence#History
Probably cause its terrible and even he knew it. @achja
I've heard Evans Gambit was invented by an amateur player.
I don't know if Ruy Lopez was much of a player? But he sure came up with a great opening!...also Albin had his albin counter gambit, and he never had any great success. :]
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