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The major lines in the opening start with 1.e4 a6 2.d4 b5 and then branch. The main line continues 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bd3 e6 5.0-0 Nf6. Another important line is the Three Pawns Attack, sometimes called the St. George Gambit, which continues 3.c4 e6!? 4.cxb5 axb5 5.Bxb5 Bb7 (Black can also play 3...Bb7 and offer the b-pawn for the more valuable White e-pawn).
White opens with the most popular of the twenty possible opening moves. Since nearly all openings beginning 1.e4 have names of their own, the term King's Pawn Game, unlike Queen's Pawn Game, is rarely used to describe the opening of the game. Advancing the king's pawn two squares is highly useful because it occupies a center square, attacks the ...
As a tool for rapid piece development, it resembled a king pawn opening, and required fewer pawn moves than standard queen pawn fare. The opening has never been very popular at the top level, though various prominent players have employed it on occasion. In 1959, for example, David Bronstein played the Richter Attack against Veresov himself. [1]
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The Danvers Opening hinders this by forcing Black (unless they want to sacrifice a pawn) to first defend the e-pawn (usually with 2...Nc6), then 3.Bc4 forces Black to make some compromise to defend against the mate threat; 3...g6 commits Black to fianchettoing the king bishop, 3...Qe7 blocks the bishop, and 3...Qf6 occupies knight's best square.
Five boys basketball teams that won regional championships last season headline the field announced Wednesday for the 2024 Chad Gardner Law King of the Bluegrass Holiday Classic.. The 43 rd annual ...
The second-team All-Big Ten selection from last season has four years and 126 career games of experience, and at 6 foot 4, 205 pounds provides excellent size on defense at the position.
King's Knight Opening: The Gunderam Defense, ... Câmara's intent was to allow the use of the King's Indian setup against King's Pawn opening, proceeding with ...