40,000,000 times people play 1.e3 ... BUT WHY???

40,000,000 times people play 1.e3 ... BUT WHY???

The answer is simple, 1.e3 is probably the most "mouse slipped" first move in bullet. That is 3% of the total score, but Blitz players play 1.e3 only half the time, with 1.5%.

The majority of the bullet masters want to play 1.e4, but people are just too quick to make the very first move. No wonder, we have plenty of terrible nasty, cheap & dirty bullet chess openings in our uncommon section.

The first part is - Cheap & Nasty Bullet Openings - Fianchettos if you missed that one.

Some of the most played uncommon openings are:

• Van't Kruijs Opening 1.e3
• Englund Gambit 1.d4 e5
• Bird Opening 1. f4
• King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4
• St. George Defence 1.e4 a6
• Amar Opening 1.Nh3 (GM penguingim1 Special)
• Damiano Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6
• Amazon Attack 1. d4 d5 2. Qd3

All Links go straight to the lichess specified tactics section

In the fianchetto openings, almost every dirty opening trap was about the "Lefong". The uncommon openings will introduce you to a much nastier trick - the queen win.

How to win a queen in 2 to 3 moves

Eventually, we will get to the Scandinavian Opening, in which more than 35% of all bullet players, gladly sacrifice their queen for no compensation at all.

But for now, we stick to the uncommon opening section. The Van't Kruijs Opening with 1.e3 isn't as vulnerable, as the Scandinavian. Although, this is only because of the lucky fact, that the most played third move is Knight to f3 anyway.

But still, some might wonder why not capturing the hanging bishop with the queen is a little more effective?

On the other hand, if anyone dares to play the automatic response 1. e3 b6, the Black player is in for a terrible bullet surprise with 2. Qf3!!

A stunning 66% play the move Bb7?? now, never ever expecting this queen move, which wouldn't have worked with 1.e4. The bishop can be picked up, and the advantage is sweet for White.

The GM penguingim1 openings

One of the best bullet chess players in the world, GM Andrew Tang, loved to play two very exotic, uncommon openings for quite a while:

• As White - Amar Opening 1.Nh3
• As Black - Englund Gambit 1.d4 e5

While the Amar Opening is rather harmless (but can be used as a "system against everything"), the Englund Gambit is a beast, and fairly popular among bullet players, once again, compared to Blitz players.

Andrew Tang won over 80% of his bullet games with the Englund Gambit and over 83% with the Amar Opening (Well, this doesn't mean too much, since he won over 80% of all of his games anyway).

The secret weapon of the Amazon Attack

The weird Amazon Attack has an incredible dirty & nasty opening trick up it's sleeve. And this can be used to punish players, who are just too careless and quick with their first 3-4 moves, no matter what happens.

Furthermore, if you can pull the trick off, the happiness is guaranteed, at least for one player ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-NZxpfWiOQ

Conclusion

Uncommon Openings in bullet chess are more common than in the longer time formats, like blitz or rapid. Often, this happens due to mouseslips, premoves, or to having fun, since it doesn't matter that much in bullet anyway.

Some players play those uncommon openings, to provoke the opponent, or to try out something different for once.

No matter the reason, uncommon openings are a dangerous weapon in bullet, and even more dangerous, if you know the cheap & nasty bullet openings from my Ultimate Bullet Chess Course.
(All videos are freely available on my YouTube Channel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8puSGjzbCn0

I will continue the series with the following segments in the near future:

• French-Scandinavian-Caro-Kann-English
• 1.e4
• 1.d4
• Troll openings