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amar opening

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.92 in modern English

Syllables
amar open-ing
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An opening defined by the move 1. Nh3.

Etymology

Named after the Parisian amateur Charles Amar /ʃaʁl a.maʁ/ (who played it in the 1930s), probably by Savielly Tartakower, who also suggested to name it the Ammonia Opening due to the algebraic notation resembling NH₃ for ammonia (compare the Durkin Opening/the Durkin Attack also being named the Sodium Attack). As a joke, the chess player Tim Harding suggested that Amar is an acronym (or rather, a backronym in this case) for Absolutely mad and ridiculous.

Inflected Forms

the Amar Opening (canonical)

Synonyms

Paris Opening Drunken Knight Opening Ammonia Opening

Questions

What does amar opening mean?
An opening defined by the move 1. Nh3.
Where does amar opening come from?
Named after the Parisian amateur Charles Amar /ʃaʁl a.maʁ/ (who played it in the 1930s), probably by Savielly Tartakower, who also suggested to name it the Ammonia Opening due to the algebraic notation resembling NH₃ for ammonia (compare the Durkin Opening/the Durkin Attack also being named the Sodium Attack). As a joke, the chess player Tim Harding suggested that Amar is an acronym (or rather, a backronym in this case) for Absolutely mad and ridiculous.

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