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The result was delete. Dreadstar † 05:37, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Boungcloud Attack[edit]

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No sources. No notability. Article itself implies it's about a 'chess.com member' which is not notable. ChessCreator (talk) 22:45, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nominator. No sources and not found in standard chess opening reference works. Basically a not funny joke from a chess web site. Quale (talk) 22:50, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Articles on chess openings are excellent for those openings where some professional has provided some analysis, or where it is played a lot. Now, in all fairness this opening has been played according to ChessBase ([1]), but with only six examples, and those examples probably being some silly joke in junior tournaments, that is not "played much". There is no professional analysis or other reliable coverage for such a ridiculous and obscure move either. (Although I should say that "ridiculous" and "has reliable coverage" are not mutually exclusive concepts, e.g. Barnes Opening has reliable coverage in the Oxford Companion to Chess.) If openings like this, which were made up one day are accepted, then I should perhaps play 1.h4 and follow it through with 2.Rh2, and call the result the "Sjakkalle Attack". (But then again, maybe not, I take the Hordaland Circuit Championship this weekend more seriously than that.) Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:59, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nominator. This is either a late April joke, either pure vanity. SyG (talk) 19:42, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Other articles on obscure openings haven't been deleted, and this has actually been played in tournaments. This is all over chess.com, with at least one player giving analysis:

http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/my-boungcloud-attack-games ChessA4 (talk) 19:46, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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