The Napoleon Opening is an irregular chess opening starting with the moves:1. e4 e5
2. Qf3
History
The Napoleon Opening is named after the French general and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, who had a deep love of chess but was said to be a mediocre player. The name came into use after mid-nineteenth century publications reported that he played this opening in an 1809 game that he lost to The Turk, a fake chess automaton operated at the time by chess master and theoretician Johann Allgaier. ==Assessment==
Assessment
The Napoleon is a weak opening because it the white queen prematurely and subjects it to attack, and deprives the white of its best development square. ==See also==