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Some openings described as "defenses", such as the King's Indian Defense and Sicilian Defense, can in fact be quite aggressive. Gambit: An opening that involves the sacrifice of material, usually one or more pawns. Most openings described as "Gambits" are played by White (e.g., King's Gambit), but a few are played by Black (e.g., Latvian Gambit).
ECO. B00–B99, C00–C99. Synonym (s) e4. King's Pawn Opening. The King's Pawn Game is any chess opening starting with the move: 1. e4. It is the most popular opening move in chess, [1] followed by 1.d4, the Queen's Pawn Game. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.
The Bishop's Opening is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5. 2. Bc4. White attacks Black's f7-square and prevents Black from advancing the d-pawn to d5. By ignoring the beginner's maxim "develop knights before bishops ", White leaves their f-pawn unblocked, preserving the possibility of f2–f4.
The King's Knight Opening is a chess opening consisting of the moves: 2. Nf3. White's second move attacks the e-pawn. Black usually defends this with 2...Nc6, which leads to several named openings. Of the alternatives, the most important are Petrov's Defense (2...Nf6) and Philidor's Defense (2...d6). This article uses algebraic notation to ...
Homicides with white victims and black offenders were more than 2.3 times more common than the opposite (566 vs 246). Including homicide victims in 2019 where the race was unknown, 53.7% were black or African-American, 41.6% were white, 3% were of other races, and 1.7% were of unknown races.
First African-American NBA general manager to win the NBA Finals: Joe Dumars (Detroit Pistons), 2004 NBA Finals. First African-American Canadian Football League head coach to reach (and win) the Grey Cup: Pinball Clemons (Toronto Argonauts), 92nd Grey Cup. First African-American inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame: Charlie Sifford.
Sergio Romo served as an opener in 2018. In baseball, an opening pitcher, more frequently referred to as an opener, is a pitcher who specializes in getting the first outs in a game, before being replaced by a long reliever or a pitcher who would typically be a starting pitcher. Pitchers employed in the role of opener have usually been relief ...
The All Blacks opened their 2021 campaign by easily defeating Tonga (102–0), followed by two wins against Fiji (57–23) and (60–13). They opened their Bledisloe Cup campaign by defeating Australia at Eden Park (33–25). The All Blacks then went onto defeat the Wallabies 2 more times, (57–22) and (38–21) to retain the Bledisloe Cup.