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What you describe is the best advice to meeting an unusual opening: play by the principles.

In terms of resources, there are 2 I can think of:

  • Beating Unusual Chess Openings by IM Richard Palliser. By 'unusual', Palliser really means anything other than 1. e4 or 1. d4, so he covers from Black's point of view:

The respectable (English Opening, Reti and King s Indian Attack) through to the offbeat (Nimzo-Larsen Attack, Bird s Opening) and the totally bizarre (Orang-utan, Grob)

What you describe is the best advice to meeting an unusual opening: play by the principles.

In terms of resources, there are 2 I can think of:

  • Beating Unusual Chess Openings by IM Richard Palliser. By 'unusual', Palliser really means anything other than 1. e4 or 1. d4, so he covers from Black's point of view:

The respectable (English Opening, Reti and King s Indian Attack) through to the offbeat (Nimzo-Larsen Attack, Bird s Opening) and the totally bizarre (Orang-utan, Grob)

What you describe is the best advice to meeting an unusual opening: play by the principles.

In terms of resources, there are 2 I can think of:

  • Beating Unusual Chess Openings by IM Richard Palliser. By 'unusual', Palliser really means anything other than 1. e4 or 1. d4, so he covers from Black's point of view:

The respectable (English Opening, Reti and King s Indian Attack) through to the offbeat (Nimzo-Larsen Attack, Bird s Opening) and the totally bizarre (Orang-utan, Grob)

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What you describe is the best advice to meeting an unusual opening: play by the principles.

In terms of resources, there are 2 I can think of:

  • Beating Unusual Chess Openings by IM Richard Palliser. By 'unusual', Palliser really means anything other than 1. e4 or 1. d4, so he covers from Black's point of view:

The respectable (English Opening, Reti and King s Indian Attack) through to the offbeat (Nimzo-Larsen Attack, Bird s Opening) and the totally bizarre (Orang-utan, Grob)