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  2. Anderssen's Opening - Wikipedia

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    Anderssen's Opening is a chess opening defined by the opening move: 1. a3. Anderssen's Opening is named after unofficial World Chess Champion Adolf Anderssen, who played it three times [1] [2] [3] in his 1858 match against Paul Morphy. Although Anderssen was defeated decisively in the match, the games he opened with the novelty scored 1½/3 ...

  3. List of chess openings - Wikipedia

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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 into five broad areas ("A" through "E"), with each of those broken up into one hundred subcategories ("00" through "99").

  4. Immortal Game - Wikipedia

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    White: Adolf Anderssen [a] Black: Lionel Kieseritzky Opening: King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bryan Countergambit (ECO C33) 1. e4 e5 2. f4. This is the King's Gambit: Anderssen offers his pawn in exchange for faster development. This was one of the most popular openings of the 19th century and is still occasionally seen, though ...

  5. Anderssen - Wikipedia

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    Anderssen is a surname, and may refer to: Adolf Anderssen (1818–79), German chess grandmaster, unofficial first world champion from 1851–58, 1860–1865 and 1867–68 Anderssen's Opening , chess opening named after Adolf Anderssen

  6. Talk:Anderssen's Opening - Wikipedia

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    For many players at club level, who want to avoid studying masses of opening variations, 1.a3 can often be very useful because in many cases Black's first move will be e5 or d5 or c5 thus allowing White to play a strong Black defence as a mirror image i.e Sicilian or Kings Indian etc which will compensate for the loss of a tempo with 1.a3.

  7. Karin Dreijer - Wikipedia

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    Karin and their brother Olof Dreijer formed the electronic music duo the Knife in Gothenburg in 1999. [5] [6] The Knife released their eponymous debut album in 2001.The duo gained a wider international recognition following the release of "Heartbeats", the lead single of their second studio album, Deep Cuts (2003).

  8. Clemenz Opening - Wikipedia

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    Like Anderssen's Opening, 1.a3, 1.h3 is a time-wasting move, as it makes no claim on the central squares, nor does it aid development.It also leads to a slight weakening of White's kingside, albeit not as severely as Grob's Attack (1.g4) or Barnes Opening (1.f3).

  9. Evergreen Game - Wikipedia

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    Game animation. The Evergreen Game is a famous chess game won by Adolf Anderssen against Jean Dufresne in 1852.. This was probably an informal game.At the time, there was no formal title of "World Champion", but the German mathematics professor Anderssen was widely considered the best player in the world after winning the first major international chess tournament in London in 1851.