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The rare instances where the opening does not fall into a more specific category than King's Pawn Game are included in codes B00 (includes the Nimzowitsch Defence and unusual moves after 1.e4), C20 (includes Alapin's Opening and unusual moves after 1.e4 e5), C40 (includes the Latvian Gambit and unusual moves after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3), and C50 ...
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The Rat Defense, English Rat[1][2] is an irregular Queen's Pawn Game chess opening characterised by the initial moves: 1. d4 d6. 2. c4 e5. The position can also arise from an English Opening move order 1.c4 d6 2.d4 e5. Another possible move order can be reached via the Englund Gambit: 1. d4 e5 2. c4 d6. The "English Rat" has been played by top ...
The best known of these, called the Poisoned Pawn Variation, is a line of the Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation that begins with the moves: . 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. ...
The queen and pawn versus queen endgame is a chess endgame in which both sides have a queen and one side has a pawn, which one tries to promote. It is very complicated and difficult to play. Cross-checks are often used as a device to win the game by forcing the exchange of queens.
In castling, K moves to c/h files. Chessers: There are multiple variants that combine the rules of chess and checkers, including a 1925 variant by Frank Maus, [33] and a 1960 proprietary variant by Phillips Publishers, Inc. [34] Decimal Chess [multivariant]: Played on a 10×10 board, usually add extra pieces.
Pawn storm. A pawn storm, sometimes called a pawn avalanche, [1] is a chess tactic in which several pawns are moved in rapid succession toward the opponent's defenses. [2] A pawn storm usually involves adjacent pawns on the flank of the board, such as the queenside (a-, b-, and c- files) or the kingside (f-, g-, and h-files).
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