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  2. Bird's Opening - Wikipedia

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    Bird's Opening (or the Dutch Attack) is a chess opening characterised by the move: 1. f4. Named after 19th century English player Henry Bird, Bird's opening is a standard flank opening. White's strategic ideas involve control of the e5-square, offering good attacking chances at the expense of slightly weakening their own kingside. Black may ...

  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. Chess opening - Wikipedia

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    Bird's Opening, 1.f4, addresses center control but not development and weakens the king position slightly. The Sokolsky Opening 1.b4 and the King's and Queen's fianchettos: Larsen's Opening 1.b3 and 1.g3 aid development a bit, but they only address center control peripherally and are slower than the more popular openings. The eleven remaining ...

  5. Stonewall Attack - Wikipedia

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    The Stonewall Attack is a chess opening characterized by White playing pawns to d4 and e3, bishop to d3, knight to d2, and then completing the Stonewall structure by playing pawns to c3 and f4. This set-up is usually achieved by a 1.d4 move order but transposition is also possible via Bird's Opening, 1.f4.

  6. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings - Wikipedia

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    In the center are the two openings included in the volume: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6; and 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 without (symbol ┘) an early ...d7–d5. The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings ( ECO ) is a reference work describing the state of opening theory in chess , originally published in five volumes from 1974 to 1979 by the Yugoslavian company Šahovski ...

  7. Swiss Gambit - Wikipedia

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    The Swiss Gambit is a chess opening which is an offshoot of Bird's Opening (1.f4) ... The Wagner Gambit begins with the moves: 1.f4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4. [1]

  8. Irregular chess opening - Wikipedia

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    The vast majority of high-level chess games begin with either 1.e4, 1.d4, 1.Nf3, or 1.c4. [5] Also seen occasionally are 1.g3 , 1.b3 , and 1.f4 . Other opening moves by White, along with a few non- transposing lines beginning 1.g3, are classified under the code "A00" by the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and described as "uncommon" or "irregular".

  9. King's Fianchetto Opening - Wikipedia

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    The King's Fianchetto Opening [1] or Benko Opening [2] (also known as the Rat Opening, [3] Hungarian Opening, or Bilek Opening) is a chess opening characterized by the move: 1. g3. White's 1.g3 ranks as the fifth most popular opening move, but it is far less popular than 1.e4, 1.d4, 1.c4 and 1.Nf3. It is usually followed by 2.Bg2, fianchettoing ...