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Philidor's Defence. The Philidor Defence (or Philidor's Defence) is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 e5. 2. Nf3 d6. The opening is named after the famous 18th-century player François-André Danican Philidor, who advocated it as an alternative to the common 2...Nc6. His original idea was to challenge White's centre by the pawn ...
This is most commonly followed by 2.d4 d5. Black ... Once again, a common Black response is 6...Nh6 intending 7...cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5 attacking d4. ... Aron Nimzowitsch ...
The Dutch Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. d4 f5. Black's 1...f5 stakes a claim to the e4-square and envisions an attack in the middlegame on White's kingside; however, it also weakens Black's kingside to an extent (especially the e8–h5 diagonal). [ 1 ] Like its 1.e4 counterpart, the Sicilian Defence, the Dutch is an ...
An unusual deviation for Black is 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6, which can transpose to the Scheveningen Variation of the Sicilian Defence after 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bb5+ c6 6.Be2 0-0 7.Be3 c5 8.0-0 cxd4 9.Nxd4. An unusual but quite reasonable deviation for White is 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3.
Grob's Attack is an unconventional chess opening in which White begins with the move: 1. g4. Although it has a cult following, 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 ...
The Grünfeld Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. d4 Nf6. 2. c4 g6. 3. Nc3 d5. Black offers White the possibility of 4.cxd5, which may be followed by 4...Nxd5 and 5.e4, giving White an imposing central pawn duo. If White does not take the d5-pawn, Black may eventually play ...dxc4, when a White response of e4 again leads ...
The Fischer Defense to the King's Gambit is a chess opening variation that begins with the moves: . 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6. Although 3...d6 was previously known, [1] it did not become a major variation until Fischer advocated it in a famous 1961 article in the first issue of the American Chess Quarterly.
An alternative eighth move for Black is 8...a5, which leads to play that can be quite different from other Dragon lines. 7...Qa5 is a tricky alternative. Black's position has a lot of energy, since Black pins the knight on c3, and Black's pieces target the d4 knight and e4 pawn. White's light-squared bishop is also undefended.