Nakamura mirrored the opening with 2.Ke7, leading to a position nicknamed the Double Bongcloud. ![]() On 15 March 2021, Magnus Carlsen, playing white, led with the Bongcloud in a game against Nakamura at the Magnus Carlsen Invitational. Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament played on Lichess with a 5+3 time control and won the game. On 19 September 2020, Nakamura used the opening against GM Jeffery Xiong in the final round of the St. ![]() Nakamura also played the Bongcloud against GM Vladimir Dobrov in the 3+1 section and GM Wesley So in the 1+1 section of the 2019 Speed Chess Championship, winning both games. In 2018, Nakamura played the Bongcloud three times against GM Levon Aronian during the Speed Chess Championship, winning one and losing two. He streamed himself using the opening exclusively on a new account and reached 3000 rating. GM Hikaru Nakamura has used the Bongcloud Attack in online blitz games. The lack of any redeeming feature, unlike some other dubious openings, puts the Bongcloud well outside of conventional practice. The Bongcloud Attack violates several accepted principles of chess strategy by forgoing castling, impeding the movement of both the queen and the light-squared bishop, leaving the king exposed, wasting a tempo, and doing nothing to improve White's position. The opening's usage in chess humor was furthered by Andrew Fabbro's joke manual Winning With the Bongcloud. The opening's name is thought to originate either from user "Lenny_Bongcloud", who used the opening with little success, or more generally in reference to a bong, a device used to smoke cannabis, humorously implying that one would need to be intoxicated to think that using the opening is a legitimate strategy. The name has also been applied to other opening sequences in which a player moves the king on move two. Twitch streamers such as Grandmaster (GM) Hikaru Nakamura have used it in online blitz chess, including in games against high-level opponents, as has former world champion Magnus Carlsen. Being a poor opening, its usage can suggest a self-imposed challenge. It is considered a joke opening and is associated with internet chess humor. Magnus Carlsen commented on Firouzja’s decision to prepare for the Candidates game against the sole leader by playing the bullet matches: “ Now that Alireza has gone back to his bullet roots, I’m sure he’ll be inspired and win tomorrow!“.The Bongcloud Attack (or Bongcloud Opening) is an irregular chess opening that consists of the moves: He logged off from at 5:45 am in the morning (local Madrid time). Before the 250-game match with Naroditsky, Firouzja tried himself against other online opponents, spending more than 5h playing bullet only hours ahead of the R11 Candidates game vs Ian Nepomniachtchi. ( Replay the game: Hikaru Nakamura – Alireza Firouzja 1-0, R10) But not only… He also suffered a massive loss against Daniel Naroditsky as they spent late-night hours playing a hyper-bullet match of 250 games (with the time control of 30 seconds per player)! Naroditsky won the match with a final result of 142-108. ![]() Alireza Firouzja yesterday suffered a tough loss to Hikaru Nakamura in the 10th round of the FIDE Candidates Chess 2022.
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