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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. 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 ...

  4. 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").

  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. Arrival (composition) - Wikipedia

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    "Arrival" is a 1976 composition by Swedish pop group ABBA featured on their album Arrival. It is an instrumental piece, mainly the brainchild of member Benny Andersson.The most widely heard cover versions are ones by French singer Michèle Torr released under the title "J'aime", British musician Mike Oldfield on his album QE2, the singing duo Daniel Balavoine and Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad ...

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. List of television theme music - Wikipedia

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    Solid Gold – Theme song performed by Dionne Warwick (Seasons 1 and 4) and Marilyn McCoo (Seasons 2–3, 5–8) Some Mothers Do 'Ave Em – Ronnie Hazlehurst; The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour ("The Beat Goes On") – Sonny Bono and Cher; Sonny with a Chance ("So Far, So Great") – Demi Lovato; The Sooty Show – Alan Braden