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2. List of chess openings - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of chess openings, organised by the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) code classification system.The chess openings are categorised into five broad areas ("A" through "E"), with each of those broken up into one hundred subcategories ("00" through "99").

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. English Opening - Wikipedia

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   The English Opening is a chess opening that begins with the move: . 1. c4. A flank opening, it is the fourth most popular [1] [2] and, according to various databases, one of the four most successful of White's twenty possible first moves.

5. Trompowsky Attack - Wikipedia

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   The Trompowsky Attack[ a ] is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. d4 Nf6. 2. Bg5. White prepares to exchange the bishop for Black's knight, inflicting doubled pawns upon Black in the process. This is not a lethal threat; Black can choose to fall in with White's plan. The Trompowsky is a popular alternative to the more common lines ...

6. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings - Wikipedia

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   In the center are the two openings included in the volume: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6; and 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 without (symbol ┘) an early ...d7–d5. 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 ...

7. Italian Game - Wikipedia

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   The Italian Game is a family of chess openings beginning with the moves: 1. e4 e5. 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.

8. 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 ...

9. Rules of chess - Wikipedia

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   The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Each player controls sixteen pieces of six types on a chessboard. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king; checkmate occurs when a king is ...