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  2. Clemenz Opening - Wikipedia

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    The Clemenz Opening is a chess opening beginning with the move: 1. h3. This opening is named after Hermann Clemenz (1846–1908), an Estonian player. [1] It is considered an irregular opening and is classified under the code A00 (irregular first moves by White) in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.

  3. 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.

  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. Dunst Opening - Wikipedia

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    The Dunst Opening is a chess opening in which White opens with the move: . 1. Nc3. This fairly uncommon opening may have more names than any other: it is also called the Heinrichsen Opening, Baltic Opening, Van Geet Opening, Sleipnir Opening, Kotrč's Opening, Meštrović Opening, Romanian Opening, Queen's Knight Attack, Queen's Knight Opening, Millard's Opening, Knight on the Left, and (in ...

  6. Irregular chess opening - Wikipedia

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    The vast majority of high-level chess games begin with either 1.e4, 1.d4, 1.Nf3, or 1.c4. [5] Also seen occasionally are 1.g3, 1.b3, and 1.f4. Other opening moves by White, along with a few non-transposing lines beginning 1.g3, are classified under the code "A00" by the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and described as "uncommon" or "irregular".

  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 their king's bishop with g3 and Bg2).

  8. Anderssen's Opening - Wikipedia

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    The move is classified under the A00 code in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. Anderssen's Opening is also the very first opening enumerated in the Oxford Companion to Chess' index of 1327 openings, due to a systematic ordering which begins at White's left-hand queenside and proceeds to White's right-hand kingside. [4]

  9. Sokolsky Opening - Wikipedia

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    The Sokolsky Opening, also known as the Orangutan and the Polish Opening, is an uncommon chess opening that begins with the move: . 1. b4. According to various databases, out of the twenty possible first moves from White, the move 1.b4 ranks ninth in popularity. [1]