Talk:Grob's Attack

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I'm not a Grob player, so I'm not up on this. In the variation mentioned in the article, 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4? 3.c4, does 2...Bxg4? really deserve the question mark? I think this move is played by some strong players (at least the ones who like to snatch pawns), and so perhaps a more accurate assessment might be 2...Bxg4!?. Any thoughts? Quale 21:05, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Changed accordingly. Also, "spike opening" only gets 910 hits on google, of which the first 9 out of 10 have nothing to do with chess. I suspect that this may be a very limited regional reference, and as such has no business in this article. I have removed it accordingly. Themindset 09:32, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

"Spike Opening" refers to the label Grob applied to this opening in his newspaper column.As such, I am going to reinstate this aspect of the wiki. RBPierce 17:05, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

MCO 14 refers to a specific variation as the spike J. M. 07:54, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Only white?

Why is Grob's only used for white? I've tried it a lot and it works pretty well for black too. Dan Guan 04:23, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

"Grob's Attack" is the name given to the opening move 1.g4. By definition it's an opening for White. 1.e4 g5 is a different opening, sometimes called the Borg defence (from "Grob" spelled backwards) or the Basman defence (after Michael Basman). 213.249.135.36 20:26, 9 February 2007 (UTC)