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  2. List of chess openings - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of chess openings, organised by the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings ... (any move for white without 2.Nc3 (B23–B26), 2.c3 (B22), 2.f4 (B21) and 2.Nf3 ...

  3. English Opening - Wikipedia

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    The English Opening is a chess opening that begins with the move: 1. c4. A flank opening, it is the fourth most popular [1] [2] and, according to various databases, one of the four most successful of White's twenty possible first moves. [1] [3] White begins the fight for the centre by staking a claim to the d5-square from the wing, in ...

  4. Sicilian Defence - Wikipedia

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    The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: . 1. e4 c5. The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's first move 1.e4. The opening 1.d4 is a statistically more successful opening for White because of the high success rate of the Sicilian defence against 1.e4.

  5. Barnes Opening - Wikipedia

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    The Barnes Opening (sometimes called Gedult's Opening) is a chess opening where White opens with: . 1. f3. The opening is named after Thomas Wilson Barnes (1825–1874), an English player who had an impressive [1] eight wins over Paul Morphy, including one game where Barnes answered 1.e4 with 1...f6, known as the Barnes Defence.

  6. 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.

  7. Grob's Attack - Wikipedia

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    Grob's Attack, or the Grob Opening, is an unconventional chess opening in which White begins with the move: 1. g4. It is widely considered to be one of the worst possible first moves for White. International Master (IM) John Watson writes, "As far as I can tell, 1 g4 is competitive with 1 h4 for the honour of being White's worst first move ...

  8. Dunst Opening - Wikipedia

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    The Dunst Opening is a chess opening in which White opens with the move: . 1. Nc3. This fairly uncommon opening may have more names than any other: it is also called the Heinrichsen Opening, Baltic Opening, Van Geet Opening, Sleipnir Opening, Kotrč's Opening, Meštrović Opening, Romanian Opening, Queen's Knight Attack, Queen's Knight Opening, Millard's Opening, Knight on the Left, and (in ...

  9. Alekhine's Defence - Wikipedia

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    Alekhine's Defence is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 Nf6. Black tempts White's pawns forward to form a broad pawn centre, with plans to undermine and attack the white structure later in the spirit of hypermodern defence. White's imposing mass of pawns in the centre often includes pawns on c4, d4, e5, and f4.