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Alapin's Opening
Alapin's Opening is an unusual chess opening that starts with the moves: It is named after the Russo-Lithuanian player and openings analyst Semyon Alapin (1856–1923). List of chess openings and Alapin's Opening are chess openings.
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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. List of chess openings and Albin Countergambit are chess openings.
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Albin Countergambit, Lasker Trap
The Lasker Trap is a chess opening trap in the Albin Countergambit.
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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. List of chess openings and Alekhine's Defence are chess openings.
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Amar Opening
The Amar Opening (also known as the Paris Opening, or the Drunken Knight Opening) is a chess opening defined by the move: Analogous to calling the Durkin Opening the "Sodium Attack," this opening could be called the Ammonia Opening, since the algebraic notation 1.Nh3 resembles the chemical formula NH3 for ammonia. List of chess openings and Amar Opening are chess openings.
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Anderssen's Opening
Anderssen's Opening is a chess opening defined by the opening move: Anderssen's Opening is named after unofficial World Chess Champion Adolf Anderssen, who played it three times in his 1858 match against Paul Morphy. List of chess openings and Anderssen's Opening are chess openings.
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Balogh Defense
The Balogh Defense (also known as the Balogh Counter Gambit) is an unusual chess opening beginning with the moves: It may also arise by transposition from the Staunton Gambit against the Dutch Defense, 1.d4 f5 2.e4!?, if Black declines the gambit with 2...d6. List of chess openings and Balogh Defense are chess openings.
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Baltic Defense
The Baltic Defense (also known as the Grau Defense, or the Sahovic Defense) is a chess opening characterized by the moves: The Baltic is an unusual variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined (QGD). List of chess openings and Baltic Defense are chess openings.
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Barnes Opening
The Barnes Opening (sometimes called Gedult's Opening) is a chess opening where White opens with: The opening is named after Thomas Wilson Barnes (1825–1874), an English player who had an impressive eight wins over Paul Morphy, including one game where Barnes answered 1.e4 with 1...f6, known as the Barnes Defence. List of chess openings and Barnes Opening are chess openings.
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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. List 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. List of chess openings and Benoni Defense are chess openings.
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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. List of chess openings and Bird's Opening are chess openings.
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Bishop's Opening
The Bishop's Opening is a chess opening that begins with the moves: White attacks Black's f7-square and prevents Black from advancing the d-pawn to d5. List of chess openings and Bishop's Opening are chess openings.
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Black Knights' Tango
The Black Knights' Tango (also known as the Mexican Defense, Two Knights' Tango or Kevitz–Trajkovic Defense) is a chess opening beginning with the moves: This position can also be reached by transposition, for example 1.c4 Nf6, 1.d4 Nc6, or 1.c4 Nc6. List of chess openings and Black Knights' Tango are chess openings.
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Blackburne Shilling Gambit
The Blackburne Shilling Gambit or the Schilling-Kostić gambit is the name facetiously given to a dubious chess opening, derived from an offshoot of the Italian Game, that begins: It is also sometimes referred to as the Kostić Gambit after the Serbian grandmaster Borislav Kostić, who played it in the early 20th century. List of chess openings and Blackburne Shilling Gambit are chess openings.
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Blackmar–Diemer Gambit
The Blackmar–Diemer Gambit (or BDG) is a chess opening characterized by the moves: where White intends to follow up with f3, usually on the fourth move. List of chess openings and Blackmar–Diemer Gambit 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. List of chess openings and Bogo-Indian Defence are chess openings.
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Bongcloud Attack
The Bongcloud Attack (or Bongcloud Opening) is an irregular chess opening that consists of the moves: It is considered a joke opening and is associated with internet chess humor. List of chess openings and Bongcloud Attack are chess openings.
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Budapest Gambit
The Budapest Gambit (or Budapest Defence) is a chess opening that begins with the moves: Despite an early debut in 1896, the Budapest Gambit received attention from leading players only after a win as Black by Grandmaster Milan Vidmar over Akiba Rubinstein in 1918. List of chess openings and Budapest Gambit are chess openings.
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Caro–Kann Defence
The Caro–Kann Defence is a chess opening characterised by Black responding to e4 with c6. List 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. List 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. List of chess openings and Center Game are chess openings.
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Centre Pawn Opening
The Centre Pawn OpeningHooper & Whyld (1992), p. 72. List of chess openings and Centre Pawn Opening are 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. List of chess openings and chess opening theory table are chess openings.
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Chigorin Defense
The Chigorin Defense is a chess opening named for 19th-century Russian master Mikhail Chigorin. List of chess openings and Chigorin Defense are chess openings.
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Clemenz Opening
The Clemenz Opening is a chess opening beginning with the move: This opening is named after Hermann Clemenz (1846–1908), an Estonian player. List of chess openings and Clemenz Opening 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. List of chess openings and Closed Game are chess openings.
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Colle System
The Colle System, also known as the Colle–Koltanowski System, is a chess opening for White, popularised in the 1920s by the Belgian master Edgard Colle and further developed by George Koltanowski. List of chess openings and Colle System are chess openings.
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Damiano Defence
The Damiano Defence is a chess opening beginning with the moves. List of chess openings and Damiano Defence are chess openings.
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Danish Gambit
The Danish Gambit, known as the Nordisches Gambit in German and the Noords Gambiet in Dutch (both meaning Nordic Gambit), is a chess opening that begins with the moves: White will sacrifice one or two pawns for the sake of rapid and the attack. List of chess openings and Danish Gambit are chess openings.
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Danvers Opening
The Danvers OpeningEdward Winter, at chesshistory.com is an unorthodox chess opening characterized by the moves: It is also known as the Kentucky Opening,, Dubuque Chess Journal, May 1875, page 250 scanned at Hathitrust (original from New York Public Library) Queen's Attack, Queen's Excursion, Wayward Queen Attack, Patzer Opening,Lev Alburt & Al Lawrence,, Rowman & Littlefield, 2010 and Parham Attack. List of chess openings and Danvers Opening are chess openings.
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Desprez Opening
The Despréz Opening, also called the Kadas Opening is a chess opening characterised by the opening move: The opening is named after the French player. List of chess openings and Desprez Opening are chess openings.
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Dunst Opening
The Dunst Opening is a chess opening in which White opens with the move: This fairly uncommon opening may have more names than any other: it is also called the Heinrichsen Opening, Baltic Opening, Van Geet Opening, Sleipnir Opening, Kotrč's Opening, Meštrović Opening, Romanian Opening, Queen's Knight Attack, Queen's Knight Opening, Millard's Opening, Knight on the Left, and (in German) der Linksspringer. List of chess openings and Dunst Opening are chess openings.
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Durkin Opening
The Durkin Opening (also known as the Durkin Attack or the Sodium Attack) is a rarely played chess opening that consists of the following move: The Durkin Opening is named for Robert T. Durkin (1923–2014) of New Jersey. List of chess openings and Durkin Opening 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). List of chess openings and Dutch Defence are chess openings.
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East Indian Defence
The East Indian Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves. List of chess openings and East Indian Defence are chess openings.
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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. List of chess openings and Elephant Gambit are chess openings.
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Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings
The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) is a reference work describing the state of opening theory in chess, originally published in five volumes from 1974 to 1979 by the Serbian company Šahovski Informator (Chess Informant). List of chess openings and Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings are chess openings.
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English Defence
The English Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves. List of chess openings and English Defence 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. List of chess openings and English Opening are chess openings.
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Englund Gambit
The Englund Gambit is a rarely played chess opening that starts with the moves: Black's idea is to avoid the traditional queen's pawn games and create an with tactical chances, but at the cost of a pawn. List of chess openings and Englund Gambit 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. List of chess openings and Evans Gambit are chess openings.
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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. List of chess openings and Four Knights Game are chess openings.
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Franco-Indian Defence
The Franco-Indian Defence (also Horwitz Defence) is a chess opening defined by the moves: This response to White's 1.d4 is so named "because it may lead to the French Defence, or to one of the Indian Defences; it may, however, take a different course." Alternatively, author Eric Schiller has proposed the name "Horwitz Defence", after the German chess master and writer Bernhard Horwitz (1807–1885), who played it against Daniel Harrwitz between 1849 and 1852. List of chess openings and Franco-Indian Defence 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. List of chess openings and French Defence are chess openings.
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Fried Liver Attack
The Fried Liver Attack, also called the Fegatello Attack (named after an Italian dish), is a chess opening. List of chess openings and Fried Liver Attack are chess openings.
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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. List of chess openings and Giuoco Piano are chess openings.
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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. List of chess openings and Grünfeld Defence are chess openings.
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Grünfeld Defence, Nadanian Variation
The Nadanian Variation (sometimes called the Nadanian Attack) of the Grünfeld Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: The Nadanian Variation is classified in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings with the code D85. List of chess openings and Grünfeld Defence, Nadanian Variation are chess openings.
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Greco Defence
The Greco Defence (or McConnell Defence), named after Gioachino Greco (c. 1600 – c. 1634), is a chess opening that begins with the moves: The opening is categorised by Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings as code C40. List of chess openings and Greco Defence are chess openings.
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Grob's Attack
Grob's Attack is an unconventional chess opening in which White begins with the move: Although it has a cult following, it is widely considered to be one of the worst possible first moves for White. List of chess openings and Grob's Attack are chess openings.
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Gunderam Defense
The Gunderam Defense, also known as the Brazilian Defense or the Câmara Defense if followed by moves...g6,...Bg7 and...Nf6, creating the typical King's Indian formation, is a rarely played chess opening starting with the moves: It is named after chess player and theoretician, though Hélder Câmara played it 4 years prior to Gunderam. List of chess openings and Gunderam Defense are chess openings.
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Halloween Gambit
The Halloween Gambit (also known as the Müller–Schulze Gambit or Leipzig Gambit) is an aggressive chess opening gambit in which White sacrifices a knight early on for a single pawn. List of chess openings and Halloween Gambit are chess openings.
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Hedgehog (chess)
The Hedgehog is a pawn formation in chess adopted usually by Black that can arise from several openings. List of chess openings and Hedgehog (chess) are chess openings.
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Hippopotamus Defence
The Hippopotamus Defence is a chess employed by Black, consisting of a double structure (bishops on b7 and g7) and a small (pawns on d6 and e6). List of chess openings and Hippopotamus 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. List 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. List of chess openings and Indian Defence are chess openings.
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Inverted Hungarian Opening
The Inverted Hungarian Opening or Tayler Opening is an uncommon chess opening that starts with the moves: It is so-named because the position of White's bishop on e2 resembles that of Black's bishop on e7 in the Hungarian Defense. List of chess openings and Inverted Hungarian Opening are chess openings.
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Irish Gambit
The Irish Gambit, Chicago Gambit, or Razzle Dazzle Gambit is a weak chess opening that begins: intending 3...Nxe5 4.d4. List of chess openings and Irish Gambit are chess openings.
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Irregular chess opening
In chess, an irregular opening is an opening considered unusual or unorthodox. List of chess openings and irregular chess opening are chess openings.
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Italian Gambit
The Italian Gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves: It is often played as an alternative to the quiet and closed lines of the Giuoco Piano or Giuoco Pianissimo openings. List of chess openings and Italian Gambit are chess openings.
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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. List of chess openings and Italian Game are chess openings.
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Italian Game, Rousseau Gambit
The Rousseau Gambit (or Ponziani Countergambit after Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani) is a chess opening that begins with the moves: The gambit is named after French chess master Eugène Rousseau. List of chess openings and Italian Game, Rousseau Gambit are chess openings.
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Keres Defence
The Keres Defence (also known as the Kangaroo Defence) is a chess opening characterised by the moves: The opening is named after Estonian grandmaster Paul Keres. List of chess openings and Keres Defence are chess openings.
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King's Fianchetto Opening
The King's Fianchetto Opening or Benko's Opening (also known as the Hungarian Opening, Barcza Opening, or Bilek Opening) is a chess opening characterized by the move: White's 1.g3 ranks as the fifth most popular opening move, but it is far less popular than 1.e4, 1.d4, 1.c4 and 1.Nf3. List of chess openings and King's Fianchetto Opening are chess openings.
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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. List of chess openings and King's Gambit are chess openings.
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King's Gambit, Fischer Defense
The Fischer Defense to the King's Gambit is a chess opening variation that begins with the moves: Although 3...d6 was previously known, it did not become a major variation until Fischer advocated it in a famous 1961 article in the first issue of the American Chess Quarterly. List of chess openings and King's Gambit, Fischer Defense are chess openings.
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King's Gambit, McDonnell Gambit
The McDonnell Gambit is a chess opening gambit in the King's Gambit, Classical Variation that begins with the moves:Hooper & Whyld (1996), p. 241. List of chess openings and King's Gambit, McDonnell Gambit are chess openings.
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King's Gambit, Rice Gambit
The Rice Gambit is a chess opening that arises from the King's Gambit Accepted. List of chess openings and King's Gambit, Rice Gambit are chess openings.
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King's Indian Attack
The King's Indian Attack (or KIA) is a chess opening where White adopts the setup more commonly seen being played by Black in the King's Indian Defence. List of chess openings and King's Indian Attack are chess openings.
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King's Indian Defence
The King's Indian Defence (or KID) is a common chess opening. List of chess openings and King's Indian Defence are chess openings.
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King's Indian Defence, Four Pawns Attack
The Four Pawns Attack in the King's Indian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the moves: White immediately builds up a large in order to gain a advantage. List of chess openings and King's Indian Defence, Four Pawns Attack are chess openings.
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King's Indian Defence, Sämisch Variation
The Sämisch Variation of the King's Indian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the moves: The Sämisch is a subtle blockading system and a critical challenge to the King's Indian. List of chess openings and King's Indian Defence, Sämisch Variation are chess openings.
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King's Knight Opening
The King's Knight Opening is a chess opening consisting of the moves: White's second move attacks the e-pawn. List of chess openings and King's Knight Opening 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. List of chess openings and King's Pawn Game are chess openings.
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Konstantinopolsky Opening
The Konstantinopolsky Opening is a rarely played chess opening that begins with the moves as illustrated below. List of chess openings and Konstantinopolsky Opening are chess openings.
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Latvian Gambit
The Latvian Gambit (or Greco Countergambit) is a chess opening characterised by the moves: It is one of the oldest chess openings, having been analysed in the 16th century by Giulio Cesare Polerio and then the 17th century by Gioachino Greco, after whom it is sometimes named. List of chess openings and Latvian Gambit are chess openings.
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Légal Trap
The Légal Trap or Blackburne Trap (also known as Légal Pseudo-Sacrifice and Légal Mate) is a chess opening, characterized by a queen sacrifice followed by checkmate involving three minor pieces if Black accepts the sacrifice.
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List of chess openings named after people
The Oxford Companion to Chess lists 1,327 named openings and variants. List of chess openings and list of chess openings named after people are chess openings and chess-related lists.
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List of chess openings named after places
Many of the 1,327 named chess openings and variants listed by The Oxford Companion to Chess are named for geographic places. List of chess openings and list of chess openings named after places are chess openings and chess-related lists.
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London System
The London System is an in chess where White opens with 1.d4 and develops the to f4, then supports the d4-pawn with pawns on e3 and c3. List of chess openings and London System are chess openings.
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Maróczy Bind
In chess, the Maróczy Bind is a term alternately used to refer to an opening or its associated pawn structure, named for the Hungarian grandmaster Géza Maróczy.
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Marshall Defense
The Marshall Defense is a chess opening that begins with the moves: The Marshall Defense is a fairly dubious variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined. List of chess openings and Marshall Defense are chess openings.
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Mieses Opening
The Mieses Opening is a chess opening that begins with the move: The opening is named after the German-British grandmaster Jacques Mieses. List of chess openings and Mieses Opening are chess openings.
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Modern Benoni
The Modern Benoni is a chess opening that begins with the moves 1. List of chess openings and Modern Benoni are 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. List of chess openings and Modern Defense are chess openings.
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Modern Defense, Monkey's Bum
The Monkey's Bum is a variation of the Modern Defense, a chess opening. List of chess openings and Modern Defense, Monkey's Bum are chess openings.
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Muzio Gambit
In chess, the Muzio Gambit, sometimes called the Polerio Gambit, is an opening line in the King's Gambit in which White sacrifices a knight for a large lead in and chances. List of chess openings and Muzio Gambit are chess openings.
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Napoleon Opening
The Napoleon Opening is an irregular chess opening starting with the moves: As with the similar Danvers Opening (2.Qh5), White hopes for the scholar's mate (2...Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Qxf7), but Black can easily avoid the attack. List of chess openings and Napoleon Opening are chess openings.
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Neo-Indian Attack
The Neo-Indian Attack is a chess opening that begins with the moves: This opening is also known as the Seirawan Attack, after top 1980s player Yasser Seirawan. List of chess openings and Neo-Indian Attack are chess openings.
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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. List of chess openings and Nimzo-Indian Defence are chess openings.
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Nimzowitsch Defence
The Nimzowitsch Defence (named after Aron Nimzowitsch) is a somewhat uncommon chess opening characterised by the moves: This opening is an example of a hypermodern opening in which Black invites White to occupy the of the board at an early stage with pawns. List of chess openings and Nimzowitsch Defence are chess openings.
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Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack
The Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack (also known as the Nimzo-Larsen Attack, Larsen's Opening and Queen's Fianchetto Opening) is a chess opening typically starting with the move: 1. List of chess openings and Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack 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. List 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. List of chess openings and open Game are chess openings.
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Owen's Defence
Owen's Defence (also known as the Queen's Fianchetto Defence) is an uncommon chess opening defined by the moves: By playing 1...b6, Black prepares to fianchetto the where it will participate in the battle for the. List of chess openings and Owen's Defence are chess openings.
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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. List of chess openings and Petrov's Defence are chess openings.
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Petrov's Defence, Marshall Trap
The Marshall Trap is a chess opening in Petrov's Defence named after Frank Marshall.
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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. List 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. List of chess openings and Pirc Defence are chess openings.
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Pirc Defence, Austrian Attack
The Austrian Attack is a chess opening characterised by the following moves: The opening is a variation of the Pirc Defence. List of chess openings and Pirc Defence, Austrian Attack are chess openings.
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Poisoned Pawn Variation
The Poisoned Pawn Variation is any of several series of opening moves in chess in which a pawn is said to be "poisoned" because its capture can result in a positional loss of or a loss of. List of chess openings and Poisoned Pawn Variation are chess openings.
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Polish Defense
The Polish Defense is the name commonly given to one of several sequences of chess opening moves characterized by an early...b5 by Black. List of chess openings and Polish Defense 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. List of chess openings and Ponziani Opening are chess openings.
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Portuguese Opening
The Portuguese Opening is a chess opening that begins with the moves: The Portuguese is an uncommon opening. List of chess openings and Portuguese 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. List 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). List 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. List of chess openings and Queen's Gambit Declined are chess openings.
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Queen's Gambit Declined, Cambridge Springs Defense
In chess, the Cambridge Springs Defense (or less commonly, the Pillsbury Variation) is a variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined that begins with the moves: Black breaks the pin on the h4–d8 diagonal and forms a pin of their own on the c3-knight (exploiting the absence of the White's queen bishop from the). List of chess openings and Queen's Gambit Declined, Cambridge Springs Defense are chess openings.
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Queen's Gambit Declined, Elephant Trap
In chess, the Elephant Trap is a faulty attempt by White to win a pawn in a popular variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined. List of chess openings and Queen's Gambit Declined, Elephant Trap are chess openings.
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Queen's Gambit Declined, Rubinstein Trap
The Rubinstein Trap is a chess opening trap in the Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense.
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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. List of chess openings and Queen's Indian Defense are chess openings.
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Queen's Knight Defense
The Queen's Knight Defense (also known as the Nimzowitsch Queen Pawn Defence, Bogoljubov–Mikenas Defense, or Lundin Defense) is a chess opening defined by the moves: Unless the game transposes to another opening, the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings code for the Queen's Knight Defense is A40. List of chess openings and Queen's Knight 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). List 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. List 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. List of chess openings and Richter–Veresov Attack are chess openings.
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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. List of chess openings and Ruy Lopez are chess openings.
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Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation
The Exchange Variation of the Ruy Lopez is a chess opening that begins with the moves: Black may recapture on c6 with either pawn; although 4...bxc6 is playable, 4...dxc6 is almost always chosen at master level. List of chess openings and Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation are chess openings.
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Ruy Lopez, Mortimer Trap
The Mortimer Trap is a chess opening trap in the Ruy Lopez named after James Mortimer.
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Ruy Lopez, Noah's Ark Trap
The Noah's Ark Trap is a family of traps in the Ruy Lopez chess opening in which a white bishop is trapped on the b3-square by black pawns.
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Saragossa Opening
The Saragossa Opening is a chess opening defined by the opening move: Since White usually plays more aggressively in the opening, the Saragossa is considered an irregular opening, classified as A00 by the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. List of chess openings and Saragossa Opening 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. List 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. List of chess openings and Scotch Game are chess openings.
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Semi-Italian Opening
The Semi-Italian Opening (also known as Half Giuoco Piano, Lesser Giuoco Piano, and Paris Defence) is one of Black's responses to the Italian Game. List of chess openings and Semi-Italian Opening are chess openings.
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Semi-Slav Defense
The Semi-Slav Defense is a variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined chess opening defined by the position reached after the moves: The position may readily be reached by a number of different. List of chess openings and Semi-Slav Defense are chess openings.
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Semi-Tarrasch Defense
The Semi-Tarrasch Defense is a chess opening characterized by the following moves: The Semi-Tarrasch is a variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined (ECO codes D40 through D42). List of chess openings and Semi-Tarrasch Defense are chess openings.
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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. List of chess openings and Sicilian Defence are chess openings.
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Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Dragon
The Accelerated Dragon (or Accelerated Fianchetto) is a chess opening variation of the Sicilian Defence that begins with the moves: The Accelerated Dragon features an early...g6 by Black. List of chess openings and Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Dragon are chess openings.
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Sicilian Defence, Alapin Variation
In chess, the Sicilian Defence, Alapin Variation is a response to the Sicilian Defence characterised by the moves: It is named after the Russian master Semyon Alapin (1856–1923). List of chess openings and Sicilian Defence, Alapin Variation are chess openings.
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Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation
In chess, the Dragon Variation is one of the main lines of the Sicilian Defence and begins with the moves: In the Dragon, Black's bishop is fianchettoed on g7, castling on the king's side while aiming the bishop at the center and. List of chess openings and Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation are chess openings.
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Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack
In chess, the move 9.Bc4 is one of the main options in the chess opening called the Yugoslav Attack, which is an attack in the Dragon Variation of the Sicilian Defence. List of chess openings and Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack are chess openings.
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Sicilian Defence, Katalymov Variation
In chess, the Katalymov Variation (also spelled Katalimov) is a less popular line of the Sicilian Defence that begins with the moves. List of chess openings and Sicilian Defence, Katalymov Variation are chess openings.
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Sicilian Defence, Magnus Smith Trap
The Magnus Smith Trap is a chess opening trap in the Sicilian Defence, named after three-time Canadian chess champion Magnus Smith (1869–1934).
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Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation
The Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defence is one of the most popular, reputable, and deeply studied of all chess openings. List of chess openings and Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation are chess openings.
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Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation
In chess, the Scheveningen Variation of the Sicilian Defence is an opening that is a line of the Open Sicilian characterised by Black setting up a "small centre" with pawns on d6 and e6. List of chess openings and Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation are chess openings.
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Sicilian Defence, Smith–Morra Gambit, Siberian Trap
The Siberian Trap is a chess opening trap.
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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. List of chess openings and Slav Defense are chess openings.
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Smith–Morra Gambit
In chess, the Smith–Morra Gambit (or simply Morra Gambit) is an opening gambit against the Sicilian Defence distinguished by the moves: White sacrifices a pawn to quickly and create attacking chances. List of chess openings and Smith–Morra Gambit are chess openings.
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Sokolsky Opening
The Sokolsky Opening, also known as the Orangutan and the Polish Opening, is an uncommon chess opening that begins with the move: According to various databases, out of the twenty possible first moves from White, the move 1.b4 ranks ninth in popularity. List of chess openings and Sokolsky Opening are chess openings.
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St. George Defence
The St. List of chess openings and St. George Defence are chess openings.
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Staunton Gambit
The Staunton Gambit is a chess opening characterised by the moves: White sacrifices a pawn for quick, with the idea of launching an attack against Black's, which has been somewhat weakened by 1...f5. List of chess openings and Staunton Gambit are chess openings.
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Symmetrical Defense
The Symmetrical Defense (or Austrian Defense) is a chess opening that begins with the moves: First described in print by Alessandro Salvio in 1604, the opening is often called the Austrian Defense because it was studied by Austrian chess players including Hans Haberditz (c. 1901–57), Hans Müller (1896–1971), and GM Ernst Grünfeld. List of chess openings and Symmetrical 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. List of chess openings and Tarrasch Defense are chess openings.
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Tennison Gambit
The Tennison Gambit is a chess opening in which White gambits a pawn. List of chess openings and Tennison Gambit are chess openings.
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Three Knights Game
The Three Knights Game is a chess opening which most commonly begins with the moves: In the Three Knights Game, Black chooses to break symmetry in order to avoid the main lines of what is often considered the drawish Four Knights Game after the usual 3...Nf6. List of chess openings and Three Knights Game are chess openings.
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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). List 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. List 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. List of chess openings and Two Knights Defense are chess openings.
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Van 't Kruijs Opening
The Van 't Kruijs Opening is a chess opening defined by the move: It is named after the Dutch player Maarten van 't Kruijs (1813–1885) who won the sixth Dutch championship in 1878. List of chess openings and van 't Kruijs Opening are chess openings.
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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. List of chess openings and Vienna Game are chess openings.
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Vienna Game, Frankenstein–Dracula Variation
The Frankenstein–Dracula Variation is a chess opening for Black, usually considered a variation of the Vienna Game, beginning with the moves: or it can be reached by transposition from the Bishop's Opening: It involves many complications, but with accurate play is viable for both sides. List of chess openings and Vienna Game, Frankenstein–Dracula Variation are chess openings.
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Vienna Game, Würzburger Trap
The Würzburger Trap is a chess opening trap in the Vienna Gambit.
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Wade Defence
The Wade Defence is a chess opening characterised by the initial moves: The position can also arise from the move order 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4. List of chess openings and Wade Defence are chess openings.
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Ware Opening
The Ware Opening, also known as Meadow Hay Opening, is an uncommon chess opening for White beginning with the move: It is named after Preston Ware, a U.S. chess player who often played uncommon openings. List of chess openings and Ware Opening are chess openings.
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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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Zukertort Opening
The Zukertort Opening is a chess opening named after Johannes Zukertort that begins with the move: Sometimes the name "Réti Opening" is used for the opening move 1.Nf3, although most sources define the Réti more narrowly as the sequence 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4. List of chess openings and Zukertort Opening are chess openings.
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