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

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