{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/fun-chess-openings-notation",
 "id": "fun-chess-openings-notation",
 "title": "Chess: Openings and Notation",
 "category": "trivia-fun",
 "subject": "Chess",
 "levels": [
  "3-5",
  "6-8",
  "9-12"
 ],
 "description": "Famous opening names, their first moves, and how chess moves are written.",
 "tags": [
  "chess",
  "openings",
  "notation"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Opening or symbol",
 "backLabel": "Meaning or moves",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Italian Game",
   "1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4"
  ],
  [
   "Ruy Lopez (Spanish Game)",
   "1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5"
  ],
  [
   "Scotch Game",
   "1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4"
  ],
  [
   "Sicilian Defense",
   "1. e4 c5"
  ],
  [
   "French Defense",
   "1. e4 e6"
  ],
  [
   "Caro-Kann Defense",
   "1. e4 c6"
  ],
  [
   "Pirc Defense",
   "1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6"
  ],
  [
   "Scandinavian Defense",
   "1. e4 d5"
  ],
  [
   "Queen's Gambit",
   "1. d4 d5 2. c4"
  ],
  [
   "Queen's Gambit Declined",
   "1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6"
  ],
  [
   "Slav Defense",
   "1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6"
  ],
  [
   "King's Indian Defense",
   "1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 and Black plays Bg7"
  ],
  [
   "Nimzo-Indian Defense",
   "1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4"
  ],
  [
   "English Opening",
   "1. c4"
  ],
  [
   "Reti Opening",
   "1. Nf3 followed by c4"
  ],
  [
   "King's Gambit",
   "1. e4 e5 2. f4"
  ],
  [
   "Vienna Game",
   "1. e4 e5 2. Nc3"
  ],
  [
   "London System",
   "A setup with d4, Nf3, Bf4, e3 and c3"
  ],
  [
   "Dutch Defense",
   "1. d4 f5"
  ],
  [
   "Petrov's Defense",
   "1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6"
  ],
  [
   "Alekhine's Defense",
   "1. e4 Nf6"
  ],
  [
   "Evans Gambit",
   "1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4"
  ],
  [
   "Fried Liver Attack",
   "A sharp Italian line with Nxf7 after Ng5 and Nxd5"
  ],
  [
   "Two Knights Defense",
   "1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6"
  ],
  [
   "K",
   "King"
  ],
  [
   "Q",
   "Queen"
  ],
  [
   "R",
   "Rook"
  ],
  [
   "B",
   "Bishop"
  ],
  [
   "N",
   "Knight"
  ],
  [
   "No letter",
   "A pawn move, like e4"
  ],
  [
   "x",
   "A capture, like Nxe5"
  ],
  [
   "+",
   "Check"
  ],
  [
   "#",
   "Checkmate"
  ],
  [
   "O-O",
   "Castling kingside (short castling)"
  ],
  [
   "O-O-O",
   "Castling queenside (long castling)"
  ],
  [
   "=Q",
   "Promotes a pawn to a queen, like e8=Q"
  ],
  [
   "!",
   "A good move"
  ],
  [
   "?",
   "A mistake"
  ],
  [
   "??",
   "A blunder"
  ],
  [
   "!!",
   "A brilliant move"
  ],
  [
   "1-0",
   "White won the game"
  ],
  [
   "0-1",
   "Black won the game"
  ],
  [
   "1/2-1/2",
   "The game was a draw"
  ],
  [
   "e4",
   "The square on file e, rank 4"
  ],
  [
   "a1",
   "The bottom-left corner square from White's side, a dark square"
  ],
  [
   "h8",
   "The top-right corner from White's side, a dark square"
  ],
  [
   "Algebraic notation",
   "The standard way to record chess moves using squares and piece letters"
  ],
  [
   "FEN",
   "A line of text that describes a chess position"
  ],
  [
   "PGN",
   "A file format for saving chess games"
  ],
  [
   "Elo rating",
   "A number that estimates a player's strength"
  ],
  [
   "Grandmaster",
   "The highest title a chess player can earn"
  ],
  [
   "Mikhail Botvinnik",
   "World champion from the Soviet Union and teacher of future champions"
  ],
  [
   "Bobby Fischer",
   "American world champion in 1972"
  ],
  [
   "Deep Blue",
   "IBM computer that beat the world champion Kasparov in a match in 1997"
  ],
  [
   "Capablanca",
   "Cuban world champion, famous for clear, simple play"
  ],
  [
   "Paul Morphy",
   "American chess star of the 1850s"
  ],
  [
   "Wilhelm Steinitz",
   "The first official world champion, 1886"
  ],
  [
   "Alekhine",
   "Russian-born world champion who gave his name to an opening"
  ]
 ]
}