user3757: I recently discovered that on January 2016 the ICCF will start a thematic tournament on the Frankenstein-Dracula variation of the Vienna game.
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1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nb5 g6 7.Qf3 f5 8.Qd5 Qe7 9.Nxc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8

Tim Harding gave it this name

"because of its hair-raising and bloodthirsty nature."

Now I am wondering: are there other variations with funny names?

user4418: My favourite, which is good for blitz games, is the Halloween Gambit or Halloween Attack 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4

Tim Krabbe wrote this up for ChessCafe.com and his own website - A BREEZE IN THE SLEEPY 4-KNIGHT'S GAME.
Steffen Jacob did a lot of work on the opening playing it many times with success on ICC. He wrote them up on his website - The Halloween-Attack in the Four Knight Game - where you will also find links to his database of Halloween Attack games.

user30445: The "Aged Gibbon Gambit" certainly deserves a mention here too. It occurs when g4 is played against Old Indian defense.
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.g4


user10380: The opening 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d5 is called the Elephant Gambit.
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5


user2258: You can just browse through this list:
http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/eco.htm
I suspect a lot of the names out there aren't official like the Reversed Rat (1. d3 e5) and Double Duck (1. f4 f5 2. d4 d5), while the Pterdoactyl variation appears to be recognized.
Some other funny or interesting names: Creepy Crawly Formation, Bayonet attack (recognized), Pork Chop, Nescafe Frappe attack in the Budapest Gambit, the Apocalypse attack in the Caro-Kann. 

3757: <p>I recently discovered that on January 2016 the ICCF will start a <a href="https://www.iccf.com/EventAnnouncement.aspx?id=55704" rel="noreferrer">thematic tournament</a> on the Frankenstein-Dracula variation of the Vienna game.</p>

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1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nb5 g6 7.Qf3 f5 8.Qd5 Qe7 9.Nxc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8
</code></pre>

<p><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz21.txt" rel="noreferrer">Tim Harding</a> gave it this name</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>"because of its hair-raising and bloodthirsty nature."</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Now I am wondering: are there other variations with funny names?</p>
 4418: <p>My favourite, which is good for blitz games, is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_Gambit" rel="nofollow">Halloween Gambit or Halloween Attack</a> </p>

<pre><code>[FEN "..."]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4
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<p>Tim Krabbe wrote this up for ChessCafe.com and his own website - <a href="http://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/tour/breeze.htm" rel="nofollow">A BREEZE IN THE SLEEPY 4-KNIGHT'S GAME</a>.</p>

<p>Steffen Jacob did a lot of work on the opening playing it many times with success on ICC. He wrote them up on his website - <a href="http://www.jakob.at/steffen/halloween/" rel="nofollow">The Halloween-Attack in the Four Knight Game</a> - where you will also find links to his <a href="http://www.jakob.at/steffen/halloween/database.html" rel="nofollow">database of Halloween Attack games</a>.</p>
 30445: <p>The &quot;Aged Gibbon Gambit&quot; certainly deserves a mention here too. It occurs when g4 is played against Old Indian defense.</p>
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.g4
</code></pre>
 10380: <p>The opening 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d5 is called the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_Gambit" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Elephant Gambit</a>.</p>
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5
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 2258: <p>You can just browse through this list:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/eco.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/eco.htm</a></p>

<p>I suspect a lot of the names out there aren't official like the Reversed Rat (1. d3 e5) and Double Duck (1. f4 f5 2. d4 d5), while the Pterdoactyl variation appears to be recognized.</p>

<p>Some other funny or interesting names: Creepy Crawly Formation, Bayonet attack (recognized), Pork Chop, Nescafe Frappe attack in the Budapest Gambit, the Apocalypse attack in the Caro-Kann. </p>
