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77Chess Openings: Sicilian Defense
Category – Semi Open Game Opening Move Sequence – 1 e4 c5 ECO Codes – B20 and B99 Analyzed as far back as 1594 by Sicilian Giulio Polerio (after whom it is named) and Gioachino Greco, ...
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71Chess Openings: Scandinavian Defense
Category – Semi Open Game Opening Move Sequence – 1 e4 d5 ECO Codes – B01 Scandinavian Defense also known as Center Counter Defense was documented in a game played in 1475 in Valencia and...
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71Chess Openings: Closed games
Closed Games Closed Game or Double Queen Pawn Games are openings where the first moves are 1 d4 d5. The term “closed” can be misleading since they do not necessarily lead to closed positions. ...
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72Chess Openings: King's Gambit
Category – Open Game Opening Move Sequence – 1 e4 e5, 2 f4 ECO Codes – C30 to C39 King's Gambit opening has a long documented history. Both Luis Ramirez de Lucena and Giulio Polerio analyzed...
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70Chess Openings: Caro-Kann Defense
Category – Semi Open Game Opening Move Sequence – 1 e4 c6 ECO Codes – B10 and B19 Named after Englishman Horatio Caro and Austrian Marcus Kann, this opening was studied by them in nineteenth ...
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70Chess Openings
Analyzing chess openings goes back at least to the 1400s. Throughout the centuries, variety of names got attached to various openings. There was no systematic order to the way these names were adopted....
2 comments68Chess Openings: Indian Systems
Indian Systems Indian systems which come under Semi closed Games classification is studied separately because of their importance and variety. They begin with the asymmetrical opening moves 1 d4 Nf6....
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68Chess Openings: Flank openings
Flank openings Flank openings are openings where the White opens with a move other than e4 or d5. However they do not include the 12 obviously weak openings classed as unusual openings. Flank opening...
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69Chess Openings: French Defense
Category – Semi Open Game Opening Move Sequence – 1 e4 e6 ECO Codes – C00 and C19 French Defense was so named after 1834 London vs. Paris correspondence match though the opening was...
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66Chess Openings: Semi-Closed Games
Semi-Closed Games and Irregular and Unusual Openings Semi-Closed Games Semi-Closed Games or Single Queen Pawn Games are openings where after the White’s opening move 1 d4 Black replies by a move...
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