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The Nimzowitsch–Larsen Attack (also known as the Nimzo–Larsen Attack, Larsen's Opening and Queen's Fianchetto Opening) is a chess opening typically starting with the move: 1.b3 but sometimes introduced by the move order 1.Nf3 and then 2.b3. The flank opening move 1.b3 prepares to fianchetto the queen's bishop where it will help control the ...
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".
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").
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]
If you search for Zukertort Opening in Amazon.com you instead find mentions of the Colle-Zukertort Variation, an opening that is unrelated to 1.nf3. If however you search Amazon.com for Reti Opening you find books that teach you the Reti and they all open with 1.nf3. Dionyseus 16:56, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
It is named after the Hungarian grandmaster Gedeon Barcza who employed the opening on many occasions throughout his career. After playing the four moves outlined above White will usually choose to direct play into another opening system [ 2 ] such as the Réti Opening (by playing c4), the King's Indian Attack (by playing d3, Nbd2 and e4), the ...
The Queen's Indian Defence, controlling the central e4-square with pieces, not pawns, is a hypermodern opening for Black. Hypermodernism is a school of chess that emerged after World War I . It featured challenges to the chess ideas of central European masters, including Wilhelm Steinitz 's approach to the centre and the rules established by ...
Ponziani Opening – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 – named after Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani [7] Popov Variation of the Ruy Lopez – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a5 – named after Bulgarian correspondence player Georgi Alexandrov Popov [117] [118] Prie Attack of the Queen's Pawn Opening – 1.d4 d5 2.a3 – named after Éric Prié [119]