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Chess: Openings and Notation
Famous opening names, their first moves, and how chess moves are written.
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- Italian GameOpening or symbol1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4
- Ruy Lopez (Spanish Game)Opening or symbol1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
- Scotch GameOpening or symbol1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
- Sicilian DefenseOpening or symbol1. e4 c5
- French DefenseOpening or symbol1. e4 e6
- Caro-Kann DefenseOpening or symbol1. e4 c6
- Pirc DefenseOpening or symbol1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6
- Scandinavian DefenseOpening or symbol1. e4 d5
- Queen's GambitOpening or symbol1. d4 d5 2. c4
- Queen's Gambit DeclinedOpening or symbol1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6
- Slav DefenseOpening or symbol1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6
- King's Indian DefenseOpening or symbol1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 and Black plays Bg7
- Nimzo-Indian DefenseOpening or symbol1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
- English OpeningOpening or symbol1. c4
- Reti OpeningOpening or symbol1. Nf3 followed by c4
- King's GambitOpening or symbol1. e4 e5 2. f4
- Vienna GameOpening or symbol1. e4 e5 2. Nc3
- London SystemOpening or symbolA setup with d4, Nf3, Bf4, e3 and c3
- Dutch DefenseOpening or symbol1. d4 f5
- Petrov's DefenseOpening or symbol1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
- Alekhine's DefenseOpening or symbol1. e4 Nf6
- Evans GambitOpening or symbol1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4
- Fried Liver AttackOpening or symbolA sharp Italian line with Nxf7 after Ng5 and Nxd5
- Two Knights DefenseOpening or symbol1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6
- KOpening or symbolKing
- QOpening or symbolQueen
- ROpening or symbolRook
- BOpening or symbolBishop
- NOpening or symbolKnight
- No letterOpening or symbolA pawn move, like e4
- xOpening or symbolA capture, like Nxe5
- +Opening or symbolCheck
- #Opening or symbolCheckmate
- O-OOpening or symbolCastling kingside (short castling)
- O-O-OOpening or symbolCastling queenside (long castling)
- =QOpening or symbolPromotes a pawn to a queen, like e8=Q
- !Opening or symbolA good move
- ?Opening or symbolA mistake
- ??Opening or symbolA blunder
- !!Opening or symbolA brilliant move
- 1-0Opening or symbolWhite won the game
- 0-1Opening or symbolBlack won the game
- 1/2-1/2Opening or symbolThe game was a draw
- e4Opening or symbolThe square on file e, rank 4
- a1Opening or symbolThe bottom-left corner square from White's side, a dark square
- h8Opening or symbolThe top-right corner from White's side, a dark square
- Algebraic notationOpening or symbolThe standard way to record chess moves using squares and piece letters
- FENOpening or symbolA line of text that describes a chess position
- PGNOpening or symbolA file format for saving chess games
- Elo ratingOpening or symbolA number that estimates a player's strength
- GrandmasterOpening or symbolThe highest title a chess player can earn
- Mikhail BotvinnikOpening or symbolWorld champion from the Soviet Union and teacher of future champions
- Bobby FischerOpening or symbolAmerican world champion in 1972
- Deep BlueOpening or symbolIBM computer that beat the world champion Kasparov in a match in 1997
- CapablancaOpening or symbolCuban world champion, famous for clear, simple play
- Paul MorphyOpening or symbolAmerican chess star of the 1850s
- Wilhelm SteinitzOpening or symbolThe first official world champion, 1886
- AlekhineOpening or symbolRussian-born world champion who gave his name to an opening
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