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 Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps 
Understanding The Chess Openings |
King's pawn openings, open games 1. e4 e5: King's Gambit, Giuoco Piano (or Italian Opening) Two Knights Defence , Ruy Lopez (or Spanish Opening) , Petroff's Defence , Scotch Game , Vienna Game , Four Knights Game , Three Knights Opening , Philidor's Defence , and more ... Semi-Open Games 1.e4 other than e5 (c6,c5,e6,Nf6,Nc6): Alekhine Defence , Caro-Kann Defence , French Defence, Sicilian Defence , Pirc Defence , Nimzowitsch Defence , more .. |
Queen's Pawn Openings: 1.d4 d5 Queen's Gambit Accepted , Declined Semi-Close Openings 1.d4 without d5 : Indian Defences : Catalan, Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Indian Defence , King's Indian Defence , Gruenfeld Defence , Modern Benoni Defence Non-Indian Defences : Dutch Defence more ... Other openings ( other than 1.e4 or d4) Réti Opening, English Opening and more ... |
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Chess openings wizard | ||
By using chess opening wizard you can learn first moves of the most played chess openings.  :It displays an annotation below the chessboard. : It displays there are variations below the move list.
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