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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. Many...
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    The game of chess is commonly divided into three phases: the opening, middlegame, and endgame. There is a large body of theory regarding how the game should...
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  • A chess opening theory table or ECO table (Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings) presents lines of moves, typically (but not always) from the starting position...
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  • The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) is a reference work describing the state of opening theory in chess, originally published in five volumes from...
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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...
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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 and, according to various databases...
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  • A chess opening book is a book on chess openings. This is by far the most common type of literature on chess. These books describe many major lines, like...
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  • The Réti Opening is a hypermodern chess opening whose "traditional" or "classic method" begins with the moves: 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 White attacks Black's pawn...
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  • This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. In chess, an irregular opening is an opening considered unusual or unorthodox. In the early...
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  • The Amar Opening (also known as the Paris Opening, or the Drunken Knight Opening) is a chess opening defined by the move: 1. Nh3 Analogous to calling...
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  • 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...
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  • List of chess openings List of chess openings named after people The Wikibook Chess Opening Theory has a page on the topic of: Durkin Opening Kasparov...
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  • Opening theory may refer to: Backgammon opening theory Chess opening theory Go opening theory This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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  • Backgammon opening theory is not developed in as much detail as opening theory in chess, which has been widely studied. This is because following the first...
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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...
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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...
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  • Modern Chess Openings (usually called MCO) is a reference book on chess openings, first published in 1911 by the British players Richard Clewin Griffith...
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  • The Despréz Opening, also called the Kadas Opening is a chess opening characterised by the opening move: 1.h4 The opening is named after the French player...
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  • The Catalan Opening is a chess opening where White plays d4 and c4 and fianchettoes the white bishop on g2. A common opening sequence is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...
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  • a chess opening characterised by Black responding to e4 with c6. Thus: 1. e4 c6 The Caro–Kann is a common defence against the King's Pawn Opening. It...
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