Questions tagged [opening]
Questions relating to the initial moves of the game and their aims
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What's the etymology behind the Great Snake Variation?
This is called the Modern Defense:
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1.e4 g6
This is called the Modern Defense:
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1.d4 g6
This is called the "English Opening: Great Snake Variation":
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Rep Suggestions for Petrosian System in Gruenfeld
I was wondering what people suggest against the Petrosian System in the Gruenfeld. I'm "club strength" and am just starting to learn the Gruenfeld. I'm especially curious about this c5-b5-...
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What are some common opening positions where reasonable looking moves are misplays?
A perfect example of what I'm looking for is a position like this one, the "Blackburne Shilling Gambit"
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nd4?
[fen "r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/2BnP3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/...
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What is the point of playing the 5.d3 (or 6.d3) Ruy Lopez, when White can play Giuoco Piano (or Modern Italian)?
As title above, what is the point of playing the 5.d3 (or 6.d3) Ruy Lopez, when White can play Giuoco Piano (or Modern Italian)? In other words, why play 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 (or ...
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Response in antichess to 1. e3 b5 2. Bxb5 Bb7
I've been playing a lot of blitz Giveaway Chess (aka Antichess, etc; a chess variant in which capturing is compulsory, the goal is to lose all the pieces or be stalemated, there is no castling, and ...
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Fragility of the King's Indian setup for black
I have been working on the Kings Indian setup/Pirc defense for black(from the advice of one of the comments on my previous posts) and have had quite some unsuccessful games.
What I noticed was that a ...
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Looking for a French exchange sub-variation where white castles long
I remember seeing a video a while back, which introduces this sub-variation to spice things up and to surprise black when they expect a dull draw game.
I don't think it has a name, and I can't quite ...
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In the Benoni / Symmetric Benoni structures, what is Black supposed to do after a6/a4 is played?
In the Benoni (exd5 cxd5) and Symmetric Benoni (exd5 exd5) structures, Black will often try to play a6 to try and play b5, but White can easily stop this plan with a4 / a later a5. After this happens, ...