The Ponziani Opening is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 It is one of the oldest chess openings, having been discussed...
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Knights Game, etc. King's Pawn Opening, etc. (covers unusual/rare 1. e4 openings such as the Elephant Gambit and Ponziani Opening). (including Grünfeld Defence...
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The English Opening is a chess opening that begins with the move: 1. c4 A flank opening, it is the fourth most popular and, according to various databases...
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The Réti Opening is a hypermodern chess opening whose "traditional" or "classic method" begins with the moves: 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 White attacks Black's pawn...
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Dutch Defence (redirect from Dutch Opening)
The Dutch Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. d4 f5 Black's 1...f5 stakes a claim to the e4-square and envisions an attack in the...
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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: 1. Na3...
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The Barnes Opening (sometimes called Gedult's Opening) is a chess opening where White opens with: 1. f3 The opening is named after Thomas Wilson Barnes...
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Open Game (redirect from Double King's Pawn Opening)
e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Ponziani Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 Konstantinopolsky Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Be2 Inverted Hungarian Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6...
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The Catalan Opening is a chess opening where White plays d4 and c4 and fianchettoes the white bishop on g2. A common opening sequence is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...
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Semi-Italian Opening 3. d4: Scotch Game 3. Nc3: Three Knights Game 3...Nf6: Four Knights Game 3...g6: Three Knights Game (main) 3. c3: Ponziani Opening Of the...
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The Amar Opening (also known as the Paris Opening, or the Drunken Knight Opening) is a chess opening defined by the move: 1. Nh3 Analogous to calling...
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Scotch Game (redirect from Scotch Opening)
Black can also decline with 4...Nf6, transposing to a line of the Ponziani Opening. The continuation 5.e5 Ne4 was endorsed by Dangerous Weapons, 1.e4...
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Opening (or the Dutch Attack) is a chess opening characterised by the move: 1. f4 Named after 19th century English player Henry Bird, Bird's opening is...
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Chess theory (redirect from Chess opening theory)
the openings now known as Damiano's Defence, Philidor's Defense, the Giuoco Piano, Petrov's Defense, the Bishop's Opening, the Ruy Lopez, the Ponziani Opening...
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Sicilian Defence (redirect from B52 (chess opening))
The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: 1. e4 c5 The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's...
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Grob's Attack (redirect from Grob Opening)
Grob's Attack is an unconventional chess opening in which White begins with the move: 1. g4 Although it has a cult following, it is widely considered...
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Defence) 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Nc3. 3.Nc3 (Vienna Game, by transposition) 3.d3 3.d4 (Ponziani's Gambit) 3...exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 (Center Game, by transposition) 3...exd4 4...
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Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack (redirect from Larsen Opening)
(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.b3 but sometimes...
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London System (redirect from London Opening)
The London System is an opening system in chess where White opens with 1.d4 and develops the dark-squared bishop to f4, then supports the d4-pawn with...
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the Ponziani Countergambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 f5) in the Ponziani Opening as he published the first analysis in 1782. Ponziani 1769 Ponziani 1782...
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Benoni Defense (redirect from A60 (chess opening))
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 form of the Benoni...
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King's Gambit (redirect from C39 (chess opening))
The King's Gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 White offers a pawn to divert the black e-pawn. If Black accepts the gambit...
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List of chess gambits (category Chess openings)
Pachman Gambit - Chess Openings". "Bishop's Opening: Berlin, Ponziani, Warsaw Gambit - Chess Openings". "Bishop's Opening: Berlin, Ponziani, Urusov, Keidansky...
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Opening is a chess opening named after Johannes Zukertort that begins with the move: 1. Nf3 Sometimes the name "Réti Opening" is used for the opening...
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Caro–Kann Defence (redirect from B17 (chess opening))
The Caro–Kann Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 c6 The Caro–Kann is a common defence against 1.e4. It is classified as a Semi-Open...
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Ruy Lopez (redirect from Ruy Lopez Opening)
ˈruːi/; Spanish: [ˈruj ˈlopeθ]), also called the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game, is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5...
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Scandinavian Defense (redirect from B01 (chess opening))
is a chess opening characterized by the moves: 1. e4 d5 This opening is classified under code B01 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. The Scandinavian...
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Vienna Game (redirect from Mengarini's Opening)
The Vienna Game is an opening in chess that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 White's second move is less common than 2.Nf3, and is also more recent...
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Petrov's Defence (redirect from C43 (chess opening))
Russian Defence, or Russian Game – Russian: Русская партия) is a chess opening characterised by the following moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 Though this symmetrical...
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C44 King's Pawn Game (includes Ponziani Opening, Inverted Hungarian Opening, Irish Gambit, Konstantinopolsky Opening and some Scotch Game) C45 Scotch...
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