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105 relations: Aivars Gipslis, Albin Countergambit, Alekhine's Defence, Aleksandar Matanović, Alexander Kotov, Alexey Suetin, Anatoly Karpov, Andor Lilienthal, Belgrade, Benko Gambit, Benoni Defense, Bent Larsen, Bird's Opening, Bogo-Indian Defence, Borislav Ivkov, Bruno Parma, Caro–Kann Defence, Catalan Opening, Center Game, Chess, Chess annotation symbols, Chess Informant, Chess opening book, Chess opening theory table, Closed Game, Dutch Defence, Edmar Mednis, Eduard Gufeld, Efim Geller, Elephant Gambit, English Opening, Evans Gambit, Evgeny Sveshnikov, Flank opening, Florin Gheorghiu, Four Knights Game, French Defence, Garry Kasparov, Gedeon Barcza, Giuoco Piano, Grandmaster (chess), Grünfeld Defence, Hungarian Defense, Indian Defence, Irregular chess opening, Isaac Boleslavsky, Italian Game, John Nunn, King's Gambit, King's Indian Defence, ... Expand index (55 more) »
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Aivars Gipslis
Aivars Gipslis (February 8, 1937 – April 13, 2000) was a Latvian chess player, writer, editor and coach, who held the FIDE title of Grandmaster and the ICCF title of Correspondence Chess Grandmaster.
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Albin Countergambit
The Albin Countergambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves: and the usual continuation is: The opening is a gambit and an uncommon response to the Queen's Gambit. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Albin Countergambit are chess openings.
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Alekhine's Defence
Alekhine's Defence is a chess opening that begins with the moves: Black tempts White's pawns forward to form a broad, with plans to undermine and attack the white structure later in the spirit of hypermodern defence. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Alekhine's Defence are chess openings.
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Aleksandar Matanović
Aleksandar Matanović (23 May 1930 – 9 August 2023) was a Serbian chess grandmaster and the founding editor-in-chief of Chess Informant, which publishes the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
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Alexander Kotov
Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov (Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Ко́тов; (– 8 January 1981) was a Soviet chess grandmaster and author. He was a Soviet chess champion, a two-time world title Candidate, and a prolific writer on the subject of chess. Kotov served in high posts in the Soviet Chess Federation, and wrote most of his books during the Cold War.
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Alexey Suetin
Alexey Stepanovich Suetin (Алексе́й Степа́нович Суэ́тин; November 16, 1926 – September 10, 2001) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster and author.
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Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов,; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, and politician.
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Andor Lilienthal
Andor (André, Andre, Andrei) Arnoldovich LilienthalReuben Fine, The World's Great Chess Games, Dover Publications, 1983, p. 216.
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Belgrade
Belgrade.
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Benko Gambit
The Benko Gambit (or Volga Gambit) is a chess opening characterised by the move 3...b5 in the Benoni Defence arising after: Black sacrifices a pawn for enduring pressure. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Benko Gambit are chess openings.
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Benoni Defense
The Benoni Defense, or simply the Benoni, is a chess opening characterized by an early reply of...c5 against White's opening move 1.d4. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Benoni Defense are chess openings.
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Bent Larsen
Jørgen Bent Larsen (4 March 1935 – 9 September 2010) was a Danish chess grandmaster and author.
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Bird's Opening
Bird's Opening (or the Dutch Attack) is a chess opening characterised by the move: Named after 19th century English player Henry Bird, Bird's opening is a standard flank opening. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Bird's Opening are chess openings.
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Bogo-Indian Defence
The Bogo-Indian Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: The position after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 is common. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Bogo-Indian Defence are chess openings.
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Borislav Ivkov
Borislav Ivkov (12 November 1933 – 14 February 2022) was a Serbian chess Grandmaster.
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Bruno Parma
Bruno Parma (born December 30, 1941) is a Slovene-Yugoslav chess player and Grandmaster.
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Caro–Kann Defence
The Caro–Kann Defence is a chess opening characterised by Black responding to e4 with c6. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Caro–Kann Defence are chess openings.
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Catalan Opening
The Catalan Opening is a chess opening where White plays d4 and c4 and fianchettoes the white bishop on g2. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Catalan Opening are chess openings.
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Center Game
The Center Game is a chess opening that begins with the moves: The game usually continues 3.Qxd4 Nc6, with a gain of tempo for Black due to the attack on the white queen. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Center Game are chess openings.
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Chess
Chess is a board game for two players.
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Chess annotation symbols
When annotating chess games, commentators frequently use widely recognized annotation symbols.
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Chess Informant
Chess Informant (Serbian: Šahovski Informator) is a publishing company from Belgrade, Serbia that periodically (since 2012, four volumes per year) produces volumes of a book entitled Chess Informant, as well as the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings, Encyclopaedia of Chess Endings, Opening Monographs, other print publications, and software (including electronic editions of most print publications). Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Chess Informant are chess in Serbia.
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Chess opening book
A chess opening book is a book on chess openings. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and chess opening book are chess books and chess openings.
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Chess opening theory table
A chess opening theory table or ECO table (Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings) presents lines of moves, typically (but not always) from the starting position. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and chess opening theory table are chess openings.
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Closed Game
A Closed Game (or Double Queen's Pawn Opening) is a chess opening that begins with the moves: The move 1.d4 offers the same benefits to and as does 1.e4, but unlike with the king's pawn openings where the e4-pawn is undefended after the first move, the d4-pawn is protected by White's queen. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Closed Game are chess openings.
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Dutch Defence
The Dutch Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: Black's 1...f5 stakes a claim to the e4-square and envisions an attack in the middlegame on White's; however, it also weakens Black's kingside to an extent (especially the e8–h5 diagonal). Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Dutch Defence are chess openings.
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Edmar Mednis
Edmar John Mednis (Edmārs Džons Mednis; March 22, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was a Latvian-American chess player and writer of Latvian origin.
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Eduard Gufeld
Eduard Yefimovich Gufeld (Эдуа́рд Ефи́мович Гу́фельд; 19 March 1936 – 23 September 2002) was a Soviet/American International Grandmaster of chess, and a chess author.
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Efim Geller
Efim Petrovich Geller (Ефим Петрович Геллер; Юхим Петрович Геллер; 8 March 1925 – 17 November 1998) was a Soviet chess player and world-class grandmaster at his peak.
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Elephant Gambit
The Elephant Gambit (also called the Queen's Pawn Countergambit, Englund Counterattack or Turkish Gambit) is a rarely played chess opening beginning with the moves: The Elephant Gambit is generally considered unsound, with black typically unable to gain compensation for the sacrificed pawn. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Elephant Gambit are chess openings.
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English Opening
The English Opening is a chess opening that begins with the move: A flank opening, it is the fourth most popular and, according to various databases, one of the four most successful of White's twenty possible first moves. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and English Opening are chess openings.
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Evans Gambit
The Evans Gambit is a chess opening characterised by the moves: The Evans Gambit is an attacking line of the Giuoco Piano. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Evans Gambit are chess openings.
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Evgeny Sveshnikov
Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov (Евгений Эллинович Све́шников; Jevgēņijs Svešņikovs; 11 February 1950 – 18 August 2021) was a Russian chess player and writer who is credited with development of the Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian Defence.
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Flank opening
A flank opening is a chess opening played by White and typified by play on one or both flanks (the portion of the chess board outside the central d and e files). Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and flank opening are chess openings.
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Florin Gheorghiu
Florin Gheorghiu (born 6 April 1944) is a Romanian chess player and has been a university lecturer in foreign languages.
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Four Knights Game
The Four Knights Game is a chess opening that begins with the moves: This is the most common sequence, but the knights may in any order to reach the same position. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Four Knights Game are chess openings.
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French Defence
The French Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: This is most commonly followed by 2.d4 d5. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and French Defence are chess openings.
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Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born Garik Kimovich Weinstein on 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion (1985–2000), political activist and writer.
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Gedeon Barcza
Gedeon Barcza (August 21, 1911, in Kisújszállás – February 27, 1986, in Budapest) was a Hungarian chess grandmaster.
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Giuoco Piano
The paren)Hooper & Whyld (1996), p. 153. Giuoco Piano. "The name means 'quiet game' and until the 19th century was often applied to any opening that was not a gambit." is a chess opening beginning with the moves: "White aims to develop quickly – but so does Black. White can construct a but in unfavourable conditions a centre which cannot provide a basis for further active play." The name "Italian Game" is also commonly used; however, that name is sometimes used instead to describe all openings starting 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4, including 3...Nf6 (the Two Knights Defence) and other less common replies. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Giuoco Piano are chess openings.
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Grandmaster (chess)
Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE.
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Grünfeld Defence
The Grünfeld Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: Black offers White the possibility of 4.cxd5, which may be followed by 4...Nxd5 and 5.e4, giving White an imposing duo. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Grünfeld Defence are chess openings.
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Hungarian Defense
The Hungarian Defense is a chess opening that begins with the moves: The Hungarian Defense is a line in the Italian Game typically chosen as a response to the aggressive 3.Bc4. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Hungarian Defense are chess openings.
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Indian Defence
In the game of chess, Indian Defence or Indian Game is a broad term for a group of openings characterised by the moves: They are all to varying degrees hypermodern defences, where Black invites White to establish an imposing presence in the with the plan of undermining and ultimately destroying it. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Indian Defence are chess openings.
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Irregular chess opening
In chess, an irregular opening is an opening considered unusual or unorthodox. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and irregular chess opening are chess openings.
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Isaac Boleslavsky
Isaac Yefremovich Boleslavsky (Ісаак Єфремович Болеславський, Исаак Ефремович Болеславский; 9 June 1919 – 15 February 1977) was a Soviet chess player and writer.
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Italian Game
The Italian Game is a family of chess openings beginning with the moves: This opening is defined by the of the white bishop to c4 (the so-called ""), where it attacks Black's vulnerable f7-square. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Italian Game are chess openings.
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John Nunn
John Denis Martin Nunn (born 25 April 1955) is an English chess grandmaster, a three-time world champion in chess problem solving, a chess writer and publisher, and a mathematician.
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King's Gambit
The King's Gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves: White offers a pawn to divert the black e-pawn. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and King's Gambit are chess openings.
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King's Indian Defence
The King's Indian Defence (or KID) is a common chess opening. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and King's Indian Defence are chess openings.
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King's Pawn Game
The King's Pawn Game is any chess opening starting with the move: It is the most popular opening move in chess, followed by 1.d4, the Queen's Pawn Game. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and King's Pawn Game are chess openings.
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Lev Polugaevsky
Lev Abramovich Polugaevsky (p; 20 November 1934 – 30 August 1995) was a Soviet chess player.
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List of chess books
This is a list of chess books that are used as references in articles related to chess. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and list of chess books are chess books.
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List of chess openings
This is a list of chess openings, organised by the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) code classification system. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and list of chess openings are chess openings.
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Mark Taimanov
Mark Evgenievich Taimanov (Марк Евгеньевич Тайманов; 7 February 1926 – 28 November 2016) was one of the leading Soviet and Russian chess players, among the world's top 20 players from 1946 to 1971.
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Max Euwe
Machgielis "Max" Euwe (May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess player, mathematician, author, and chess administrator.
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Mikhail Botvinnik
Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (– May 5, 1995) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns.
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Mikhail Yudovich
Mikhail Mikhailovich Yudovich (8 June 1911 in Roslavl – 19 September 1987 in Moscow) was a Soviet chess master, journalist, and writer.
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Milan Matulović
Milan Matulović (10 June 1935 – 9 October 2013) was a chess grandmaster who was the second or third strongest Yugoslav player for much of the 1960s and 1970s behind Svetozar Gligorić and possibly Borislav Ivkov.
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Miroslav Filip
Miroslav Filip (27 October 1928 – 27 April 2009) was a Czech chess grandmaster.
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Modern Chess Openings
Modern Chess Openings (usually called) is a reference book on chess openings, first published in 1911 by the British players Richard Clewin Griffith (1872–1955) and John Herbert White (1880–1920). Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Modern Chess Openings are chess books and chess openings.
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Modern Defense
The Modern Defense (also known as the Robatsch Defence after Karl Robatsch) is a hypermodern chess opening in which Black allows White to occupy the with pawns on d4 and e4, then proceeds to attack and undermine this "ideal" center without attempting to occupy it. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Modern Defense are chess openings.
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Nikolay Minev
Nikolay (or Nikolai) Nikolaev Minev (Николай Николаев Минев, 8 November 1931 – 10 March 2017) was a Bulgarian chess International Master (IM) and noted chess author.
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Nimzo-Indian Defence
The Nimzo-Indian Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: Other move orders, such as 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 Bb4, are also feasible. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Nimzo-Indian Defence are chess openings.
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Old Indian Defense
The Old Indian Defense is a chess opening defined by the moves: This opening is distinguished from the King's Indian Defense in that Black develops their on e7 rather than by fianchetto on g7. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Old Indian Defense are chess openings.
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Open Game
An Open Game (or Double King's Pawn Opening) is a generic term for a family of chess openings beginning with the moves: White has moved the king's pawn two squares and Black has replied in kind. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and open Game are chess openings.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Petrov's Defence
Petrov's Defence or the Petrov Defence (also called Petroff Defence, Petrov's Game, Russian Defence, or Russian Game – Русская партия) is a chess opening characterised by the following moves: Though this response has a long history, it was first popularised by Alexander Petrov, a Russian chess player in the mid-19th century. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Petrov's Defence are chess openings.
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Philidor Defence
The Philidor Defence (or Philidor's Defence) is a chess opening characterised by the moves: The opening is named after the famous 18th-century player François-André Danican Philidor, who advocated it as an alternative to the common 2...Nc6. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Philidor Defence are chess openings.
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Pirc Defence
The Pirc Defence is a chess opening characterised by the response of Black to 1.e4 with 1...d6 and 2...Nf6, followed by...g6 and...Bg7, while allowing White to establish a with pawns on d4 and e4. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Pirc Defence are chess openings.
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Ponziani Opening
The Ponziani Opening is a chess opening that begins with the moves: It is one of the oldest chess openings, having been discussed in literature by 1497. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Ponziani Opening are chess openings.
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Queen's Gambit
The Queen's Gambit is the chess opening that starts with the moves: It is one of the oldest openings and is still commonly played today. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Queen's Gambit are chess openings.
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Queen's Gambit Accepted
The Queen's Gambit Accepted (QGA) is a chess opening characterised by the moves: The Queen's Gambit Accepted is the third most popular option on Black's second move, after 2...e6 (the Queen's Gambit Declined) and 2...c6 (the Slav Defense). Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Queen's Gambit Accepted are chess openings.
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Queen's Gambit Declined
The Queen's Gambit Declined (or QGD) is a chess opening in which Black declines a pawn offered by White in the Queen's Gambit: This is known as the Orthodox Line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Queen's Gambit Declined are chess openings.
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Queen's Indian Defense
The Queen's Indian Defense (QID) is a chess opening defined by the moves: The opening is a solid defense to the Queen's Pawn Game. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Queen's Indian Defense are chess openings.
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Queen's Pawn Game
The Queen's Pawn Game is any chess opening starting with the move: It is the second-most popular opening move after 1.e4 (King's Pawn Game). Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Queen's Pawn Game are chess openings.
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Réti Opening
The Réti Opening is a hypermodern chess opening whose "traditional" or "classic method" begins with the moves: White attacks Black's pawn from the, which may occasion 2...dxc4. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Réti Opening are chess openings.
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Richter–Veresov Attack
The Richter–Veresov Attack (or Veresov Opening) is a chess opening that begins with the moves: It is also often reached by transposition, for example 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 (the most common move order), 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nc3, or 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.Bg5. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Richter–Veresov Attack are chess openings.
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Robert Byrne (chess player)
Robert Eugene Byrne (April 20, 1928 – April 12, 2013) was an American chess player and chess author who held the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM).
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Robert Wade (chess player)
Robert Graham Wade (10 April 1921 – 29 November 2008), known as Bob Wade, was a New Zealand and English chess player, writer, arbiter, coach, and promoter.
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Ruy Lopez
The Ruy Lopez, also called the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game, is a chess opening characterised by the moves: The Ruy Lopez is named after 16th-century Spanish priest Ruy López de Segura. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Ruy Lopez are chess openings.
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Scandinavian Defense
The Scandinavian Defense (or Center Counter Defense, or Center Counter Game) is a chess opening characterized by the moves: This opening is classified under code B01 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Scandinavian Defense are chess openings.
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Scotch Game
The Scotch Game, or Scotch Opening, is a chess opening that begins with the moves: Ercole del Rio, in his 1750 treatise Sopra il giuoco degli Scacchi, Osservazioni pratiche d’anonimo Autore Modenese ("On the game of Chess, practical Observations by an anonymous Modenese Author"), was the first author to mention what is now called the Scotch Game. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Scotch Game are chess openings.
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Semi-Closed Game
A Semi-Closed Game (or Semi-Closed Opening) is a chess opening in which White plays 1.d4 but Black does not make the symmetrical reply 1...d5. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Semi-Closed Game are chess openings.
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Semi-Open Game
A Semi-Open Game is a chess opening in which White plays 1.e4 and Black breaks symmetry immediately by replying with a move other than 1...e5. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Semi-Open Game are chess openings.
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Serbia
Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain.
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Sergiu Samarian
Sergiu Samarian (10 June 1923, in Chişineu-Criş, Romania – 3 June 1991, in Heidelberg) was a Romanian–German chess master and coach.
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Sicilian Defence
The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's first move 1.e4. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Sicilian Defence are chess openings.
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Slav Defense
The Slav Defense is a chess opening that begins with the moves: The Slav is one of the primary defenses to the Queen's Gambit. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Slav Defense are chess openings.
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Tarrasch Defense
The Tarrasch Defense is a chess opening characterized by the moves: The Tarrasch is a variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Tarrasch Defense are chess openings.
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The Oxford Companion to Chess
The Oxford Companion to Chess is a reference book on the game of chess written by David Vincent Hooper and Kenneth Whyld. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and the Oxford Companion to Chess are chess books.
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Tibor Flórián (chess player)
Tibor Flórián (2 March 1919 – 28 January 1990), né Feldmann, was a Hungarian chess player and chess composer.
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Torre Attack
The Torre Attack is a chess opening characterized by the moves: or the Tartakower Variation in the Queen's Pawn Game (ECO code D03): or the Torre Attack in the East Indian Defence (ECO code A48): or the Torre Attack in the Indian Defence (ECO code A47). Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Torre Attack are chess openings.
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Trompowsky Attack
The Trompowsky Attack is a chess opening that begins with the moves: White prepares to exchange the bishop for Black's knight, inflicting doubled pawns upon Black in the process. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Trompowsky Attack are chess openings.
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Two Knights Defense
The Two Knights Defense (also called the Prussian Defense) is a chess opening that begins with the moves: First recorded by Giulio Cesare Polerio (c. 1550 – c. 1610) in the late 16th century, this line of the Italian Game was extensively developed in the 19th century. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Two Knights Defense are chess openings.
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Vasily Smyslov
Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov (Vasíliy Vasíl'yevich Smyslóv; 24 March 1921 – 27 March 2010) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who was the seventh World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958.
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Vienna Game
The Vienna Game is an opening in chess that begins with the moves: White's second move is less common than 2.Nf3, and is also more recent. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and Vienna Game are chess openings.
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Viktor Korchnoi
Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi (p; 23 March 1931 – 6 June 2016) was a Soviet (before 1976) and Swiss (after 1980) chess grandmaster (GM) and chess writer.
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Vladimir Bagirov
Vladimir Konstantinovich Bagirov (Влади́мир Константи́нович Баги́ров; Vladimirs Bagirovs; August 16, 1936 – July 21, 2000) was a Soviet-Latvian chess player, author, and trainer.
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Vlastimil Hort
Vlastimil Hort (born 12 January 1944) is a Czechoslovak and later German chess Grandmaster.
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Wolfgang Uhlmann
Wolfgang Uhlmann (29 March 193524 August 2020) was a German chess grandmaster.
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Wolfgang Unzicker
Wolfgang Unzicker (26 June 1925 – 20 April 2006) was one of the strongest German chess Grandmasters from 1945 to about 1970.
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Yakov Neishtadt
Yakov Isaevich Neishtadt (Яков Исаевич Нейштадт, also transliterated Jakov Isajevich Nejstadt; 6 October 1923 – 23 March 2023) was a Soviet and Israeli chess player and author.
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Yuri Averbakh
Yuri Lvovich Averbakh (Ю́рий Льво́вич Аверба́х; 8 February 1922 – 7 May 2022) was a Russian chess grandmaster and author.
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Yuri Razuvaev
Yuri Sergeyevich Razuvaev Ю́рий Серге́евич Разува́ев (also Razuvayev; 10 October 1945 – 21 March 2012) was a Russian chess player and trainer.
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See also
Chess books
- A History of Chess
- Basic Chess Endings
- Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
- Bonus Socius
- Chess endgame literature
- Chess opening book
- Chess or the King's Game
- De ludo scachorum
- Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings
- Encyclopedia of Chinese Chess Openings
- Göttingen manuscript
- Handbuch des Schachspiels
- How Life Imitates Chess
- Il Puttino
- Lasker's Manual of Chess
- Last Exile
- Libro de la invencion liberal y arte del juego del axedrez
- Libro de los juegos
- List of chess books
- List of chess books (A–F)
- List of chess books (G–L)
- List of chess books (M–S)
- List of chess books (T–Z)
- Modern Chess Openings
- My 60 Memorable Games
- My Great Predecessors
- My System
- Poems and Problems
- The Chess Master
- The Game and Playe of the Chesse
- The Kings of New York
- The Oxford Companion to Chess
- Traité des Amateurs
Chess in Serbia
- Belgrade International Women's Grandmaster Chess Tournament
- Chess Informant
- Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings
- Serbia and Montenegro Chess Championship
- Serbian Chess Championship
References
Also known as ECO (chess), ECO code, ECO codes, Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, Opening Encyclopedia.