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2. List of chess openings - Wikipedia

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   Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Appearance. move to sidebar hide. This is a list of chess openings, organised by the Encyclopaedia ...

3. Chess opening - Wikipedia

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   h. The starting position of chess. 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 ".

4. Italian Game - Wikipedia

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   The Italian Game is a family of chess openings beginning with the moves: 2. Nf3 Nc6. 3. Bc4. This opening is defined by the development of the white bishop to c4 (the so-called " Italian bishop "), where it attacks Black's vulnerable f7-square. It is part of the large family of Open Games or Double King's Pawn Games.

5. Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation - Wikipedia

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   The Najdorf Variation[ 1 ] (/ ˈnaɪdɔːrf / NY-dorf) of the Sicilian Defence is one of the most popular, reputable, and deeply studied of all chess openings. [ 2 ][ 3 ] Modern Chess Openings calls it the " Cadillac " or " Rolls-Royce " of chess openings. [ 4 ] The opening is named after the Polish-Argentine grandmaster Miguel Najdorf ...

6. 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] This structure can be obtained by a wide variety of move orders but it ...

7. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings - Wikipedia

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   The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) is a reference work describing the state of opening theory in chess, originally published in five volumes from 1974 to 1979 by the Yugoslavian company Šahovski Informator (Chess Informant). It is currently undergoing its fifth edition. ECO may also refer to the opening classification system used by the ...

8. Barnes Opening - Wikipedia

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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 (1825–1874), an English player who had an impressive [1] eight wins over Paul Morphy, including one game where Barnes answered 1.e4 with 1...f6, known as the Barnes Defence.

9. Ponziani Opening - Wikipedia

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   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 in literature by 1497. It was advocated by Howard Staunton, generally considered the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851, in his 1847 book The Chess-Player's Handbook.