user23699: This line is called the Brooklyn Variation of Alekhine's Defense:
[FEN ""]

1.e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8!?

How did it get its name?

user28052: The power of a Google search reveals: from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alekhine%27s_Defence#Brooklyn_Variation

2...Ng8, undeveloping the knight immediately, was named the "Brooklyn Defence" in honour of his hometown by GM Joel Benjamin, who calls this his "pet line".

Provided reference: Joel Benjamin, American Grandmaster: Four Decades of Chess Adventures, Gloucester Publishers, 2007, p. 167. ISBN 978-1-85744-552-7.

23699: <p>This line is called the Brooklyn Variation of Alekhine's Defense:</p>
<pre><code>[FEN &quot;&quot;]

1.e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8!?
</code></pre>
<p>How did it get its name?</p>
 28052: <p>The power of a Google search reveals: from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alekhine%27s_Defence#Brooklyn_Variation" rel="noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alekhine%27s_Defence#Brooklyn_Variation</a></p>
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<p>2...Ng8, undeveloping the knight immediately, was named the &quot;Brooklyn Defence&quot; in honour of his hometown by GM Joel Benjamin, who calls this his &quot;pet line&quot;.</p>
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<p>Provided reference: Joel Benjamin, American Grandmaster: Four Decades of Chess Adventures, Gloucester Publishers, 2007, p. 167. ISBN 978-1-85744-552-7.</p>
