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Ludus Anglicorum, also called the English Game, is an historical English tables game for two players using a board similar to that used today for Backgammon and other games. It is a "strategic game for serious game-players" and was well known in the Middle Ages. [1] At one time it was considered the most popular tables game in England. [2]
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. [1] [3] White begins the fight for the centre by staking a claim to the d5-square from the wing, in ...
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.
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The game originated in the moors of Yorkshire, in England, but then spread throughout the north of England. [2] It can be traced back to the beginning of the 14th century. [ citation needed ] It was especially popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, but was virtually unknown by the 21st century, [ 3 ] though there was a local revival in the ...
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The question of winning or drawing in the Symmetrical English depends on the struggle over the d4 and d5 squares. This particular opening is significant in that it is White that first plays the queen pawn into the center. Vasily Smyslov had an unbeaten record with it as White and Zoltan Ribli has a plus score out of 7 games on the White side.
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