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2. Chess opening - Wikipedia

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   The opening is the initial stage of a chess game. ... Opening moves that are considered ... giving up the center for free development and the chance to try to give ...

3. List of chess openings - Wikipedia

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   Download QR code; Print/export ... This is a list of chess openings, organised by the Encyclopaedia of ... This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.

4. Chess - Wikipedia

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   A chess opening is the group of initial moves of a game (the "opening moves"). Recognized sequences of opening moves are referred to as openings and have been given names such as the Ruy Lopez or Sicilian Defense. They are catalogued in reference works such as the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.

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. Sicilian Defence - Wikipedia

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   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 first move 1.e4. The opening 1.d4 is a statistically more successful opening for White because of the high success rate of the Sicilian defence against 1.e4.

7. Vienna Game - Wikipedia

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   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. The original idea behind the Vienna Game was to play a delayed King's Gambit with f4 (the Vienna Gambit), but in modern play White often plays more quietly (for example, by fianchettoing his king's bishop with g3 and Bg2).