The Two Knights Defense (also called the Prussian Defense) is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 First recorded...
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variation of the Two Knights Defense where White has chosen the offensive line 4.Ng5, immediately attacking the f7-square with the knight and bishop, and...
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Fried Liver Attack (redirect from Two Knights Defense, Fried Liver Attack)
chess opening. This opening is a variation of the Two Knights Defense in which White sacrifices a knight for an attack on Black's king. The opening begins...
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C55–C59 for the Two Knights Defense. Side lines are covered under C50. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Black's two main options...
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Max Lange Attack (redirect from Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack)
lines, including the Two Knights Defense, Petroff's Defense, Scotch Gambit, Bishop's Opening, Center Game, and Giuoco Piano. Two of the most commonly...
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Pirc Defence (redirect from Pirc, Classical (Two knights) system)
exd6 0-0 is considered to offer good play for Black. The Classical (Two Knights) System begins 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0. White...
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Two knights may refer to: Two Knights Defense – chess opening Two knights endgame – chess endgame Two Knights from Brooklyn – 1949 film Two Arabian Knights...
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Bishop's Opening (redirect from Berlin Defense (Bishop's Opening))
can circumvent this. Transpositions into the Giuoco Piano and the Two Knights Defense and other openings are also possible. The Encyclopaedia of Chess...
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Petrov's Defence (redirect from Petrov's Three Knights Game)
transpose to the Four Knights Game or the Three Knights Game. 3.Bc4 may lead to the Boden–Kieseritzky Gambit or transpose to the Two Knights Defence. Occasionally...
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of the Giuoco Piano (3...Bc5), Evans Gambit (3...Bc5 4.b4), and Two Knights Defense (3...Nf6). White has an advantage in space and freer development...
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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:...
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Minority attack: Evans vs. Opsahl, Dubrovnik 1950 Three Knights Variation The Three Knights Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined is usually reached...
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The Chigorin Defense is a chess opening named for 19th-century Russian master Mikhail Chigorin. An uncommonly played defense to the Queen's Gambit, it...
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The Modern Defense is closely related to the Pirc Defence, the primary difference being that in the Modern, Black delays developing the knight to f6. The...
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Chess opening (redirect from Defense (chess))
Sicilian Defense. Defense: Refers to an opening chosen by Black, such as Two Knights Defense or Caro-Kann Defense. Some openings described as "defenses", such...
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Four Knights Game is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 This is the most common sequence, but the knights may develop...
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test during the two Alekhine–Euwe World Championship matches in 1935 and 1937. Played by 11 of the first 13 world champions, this defense was particularly...
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The Scandinavian Defense (or Center Counter Defense, or Center Counter Game) is a chess opening characterized by the moves: 1. e4 d5 This opening is classified...
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Nf6 6. e5 d5 C55 Two Knights Defence Italian Game: Two Knights Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's...
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positions, a king and two knights cannot force them against proper, relatively easy defense. Paradoxically, although the king and two knights cannot force checkmate...
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distinctive enough to warrant separate treatment. The Orthodox Defense and the Tarrasch Defense are two important examples. (See Queen's Gambit Declined for more...
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King's Gambit (redirect from Cunningham Defense)
two methods of declining the gambit—the Classical Defense (2...Bc5) and the Falkbeer Countergambit (2...d5)—are also popular. After 2...exf4, the two...
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The Baltic Defense (also known as the Grau Defense, or the Sahovic Defense) is a chess opening characterized by the moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5!? The Baltic...
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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. The original...
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material are named as gambits, for example the main line of the Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5) in which Black...
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that 3.Nf3 transposes to the Petrov's Three Knights Game, which after 3...Nc6 leads to the Four Knights Game. At grandmaster level, the gambit move 3...
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Nimzowitsch Defence (redirect from Nimzowitch Defense)
than the former options and can lead to an inferior version of the Pirc Defense. The main line continues 3.d4 Bg4, but 3...Nf6 is completely playable....
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The Queen's Indian Defense (QID) is a chess opening defined by the moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 The opening is a solid defense to the Queen's Pawn...
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The 2017 UCF Knights football team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Knights played their...
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Old Indian Defense is a chess opening defined by the moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 This opening is distinguished from the King's Indian Defense in that Black...
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