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  2. Réti Opening - Wikipedia

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    Réti popularized these moves against all defenses in the spirit of hypermodernism, and as the opening developed it gained structure and a clearer distinction between it and other openings. Hans Kmoch called the system of attack employed by Réti in the game Réti–Rubinstein, Carlsbad 1923, [ 5 ] "the Réti Opening" or "the Réti System".

  3. Zukertort Opening - Wikipedia

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    1. Nf3. Sometimes the name "Réti Opening" is used for the opening move 1.Nf3, [1] although most sources define the Réti more narrowly as the sequence 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4. [2] A flank opening, it is the third most popular of the twenty legal opening moves White has, behind only 1.e4 and 1.d4. [3] [4] [5]

  4. List of chess openings - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Queen's Pawn Game: Anglo-Slav Opening: 1. d4 c6 2. c4 d6; Slav Indian: Kudischewitsch Gambit: 1 ...

  5. List of chess traps - Wikipedia

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    In chess, a trap is a move which tempts the opponent to play a bad move. [1] Traps are common in all phases of the game; in the opening, some traps have occurred often enough that they have acquired names. [citation needed] If the opponent sees through the trap, it can backfire. [1]

  6. English Defence - Wikipedia

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    The English Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. d4 e6 ... Aron Nimzowitsch and Richard Reti. ... 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxf3 ...

  7. Van 't Kruijs Opening - Wikipedia

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    The most common response after 1.e3 is 1...Nf6, where White generally continues with 2.Nf3, effectively transposing to the Reti Opening. Here, White can either play d4 soon after, potentially transposing to a Queen's Gambit Declined line, but can also deviate with a system similar to the Hedgehog System played by Black, with b3, c4, Nbd2, and Be2.

  8. Polish Defense - Wikipedia

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    The Polish can be used to combat certain variations of the Réti Opening or King's Indian Attack. [12] In particular, 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5, sometimes called the Spassky Variation after its use by Boris Spassky in the 1966 World Championship match against Tigran Petrosian, is a fully respectable opening that has been successfully played by several grandmasters including former world champions ...

  9. Catalan Opening - Wikipedia

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    A common opening sequence is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3, although various other openings can transpose into the Catalan. The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) lists codes E01–E09 for lines with 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2; other lines are part of E00. In the Catalan, White adopts a combination of the Queen's Gambit and Réti Opening. White ...