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Grob's Attack, or the Grob Opening, is an unconventional chess opening in which White begins with the move: 1. g4. It is widely considered to be one of the worst possible first moves for White. International Master (IM) John Watson writes, "As far as I can tell, 1 g4 is competitive with 1 h4 for the honour of being White's worst first move ...
The Marshall Attack (also called the Marshall Gambit) is a chess opening characterised by the moves: . 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5. The Marshall Attack is an aggressive line in the Ruy Lopez, where Black sacrifices a pawn by playing d5 to gain initiative and a kingside attack.
Though known for his attacking play, Alexey Shirov produces "The best move of all time" [97] on move 47 of a quiet endgame to score a seemingly impossible win. [98] Tim Krabbe ranked Shirov's bishop-h3 move as the 2nd greatest move in chess, only being behind Spassky's knight-c6 against Averbakh in 1956.
The Austrian Attack is a chess opening characterised by the following moves: . 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4. The opening is a variation of the Pirc Defence.After 4...Bg7, typical continuations include the main line 5.Nf3 0-0, an immediate kingside attack with 5.e5 Nfd7, or a queenside counterattack with 5.Nf3 c5.
The Tarrasch Defense is a chess opening characterized by the moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5. The Tarrasch is a variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Black's third move is an aggressive bid for central space. After White plays cxd5 and dxc5, Black will be left with an isolated pawn on d5.
The Queen's Knight Defense (also known as the Nimzowitsch Queen Pawn Defence, Bogoljubov–Mikenas Defense, or Lundin Defense) is a chess opening defined by the moves: 1. d4 Nc6. Unless the game transposes to another opening, the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings code for the Queen's Knight Defense is A40.
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The Torre Attack is rarely met in modern top-flight play as a "Go-to or Primary" system, and statistics suggest that it is not particularly advantageous for White. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Due to its calm nature and relative lack of theory, however, it is popular at club level, giving White chances to seize a middlegame initiative.