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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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    The Immortal Game was a chess game played in 1851 between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky during the London 1851 chess tournament, an event in which both players participated. It was itself a casual game, however, not played as part of the tournament.

  4. 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.

  5. 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").

  6. Romantic chess - Wikipedia

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    The Immortal Game, played by Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky on 21 June 1851 in London—where Anderssen made bold sacrifices to secure victory, giving up both rooks and a bishop, then his queen, and then checkmating his opponent with his three remaining minor pieces—is considered a supreme example of Romantic chess. [4]

  7. Australian Open Day 4: Coco Gauff sails through, Novak ... - AOL

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    Round 2 of the 2025 Australian Open is here. The first matches were played on Day 4, and while many of the top-seeded stars made it through to Round 3, there were also a few surprising upsets ...

  8. List of chess openings named after people - Wikipedia

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    Anderssen's Opening – 1.a3 – named after Adolf Anderssen [13] Arkell–Khenkin Variation of the Caro–Kann Defense – 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 – named after Keith Arkell and Igor Khenkin [14] Averbakh System of the King's Indian Defence – 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Bg5 – named after Yuri Averbakh [15]

  9. NBA playoffs: 5 takeaways from opening games, including ... - AOL

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    Harden scored another 42 points in a Game 5 victory against Boston, only to disappear in Games 6 and 7. He averaged 13.4 points on 25.4% shooting from the field for the rest of the series ...