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  2. List of chess openings - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of chess openings, ... Zukertort Opening: Black Mustang Defense: 1. Nf3 Nc6; Zukertort Defense: Kingside Variation: 1. Nf3 Nh6 2. d4 g6;

  3. King's Indian Defence - Wikipedia

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    The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings classifies the King's Indian Defence under the codes E60 through E99. The King's Indian is a hypermodern opening, where Black deliberately allows White control of the centre with pawns, with the view to subsequently challenge it. In the most critical lines of the King's Indian, White erects an imposing pawn ...

  4. Chess opening - Wikipedia

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    The opening is the initial stage of a chess game. It usually consists of established theory.The other phases are the middlegame and the endgame. [1] Many opening sequences, known as openings, have standard names such as "Sicilian Defense".

  5. Scandinavian Defense - Wikipedia

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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 under code B01 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. The Scandinavian Defense, described in the poem Scachs d'amor, is the oldest opening by Black recorded in modern chess. [1]

  6. Trompowsky Attack - Wikipedia

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    The Trompowsky Attack [a] is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5. White prepares to exchange the bishop for Black's knight, inflicting doubled pawns upon Black in the process. This is not a lethal threat; Black can choose to fall in with White's plan.

  7. Modern Defense - Wikipedia

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    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 center with pawns on d4 and e4, then proceeds to attack and undermine this "ideal" center without attempting to occupy it. The Modern Defense usually starts with the opening moves: 1. e4 g6

  8. Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Dragon - Wikipedia

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    The Maróczy Bind can be seen in other openings as well, for both colors, including the English Opening, the King's Indian Defence, and other lines in the Sicilian Defence. This bind is distinctive for two White pawns on c4 and e4 (c5 and e5 for Black), where they clamp down on the d5 square.

  9. Hippopotamus Defence - Wikipedia

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    The Hippopotamus Defence is a chess opening system employed by Black, consisting of a double fianchetto structure (bishops on b7 and g7) and a small pawn centre (pawns on d6 and e6). The knights are typically developed to e7 and d7 and the rook's pawns to a6 and h6. [ 1 ]