King's Pawn Game is any chess opening starting with the move: 1. e4 It is the most popular opening move in chess, followed by 1.d4, the Queen's Pawn Game...

Queen's Pawn Game is any chess opening starting with the move: 1. d4 It is the second-most popular opening move after 1.e4 (King's Pawn Game). This article...

Game (or Double King's Pawn Opening) is a generic term for a family of chess openings beginning with the moves: 1. e4 e5 White has moved the king's pawn...

The King's Gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 White offers a pawn to divert the black e-pawn. If Black accepts the gambit...

the game. Sometimes abbreviated "KN". king pawn Or king's pawn. A pawn on the king's file, i.e. the e-file. Sometimes abbreviated "KP". Also king bishop...

of the game, e.g. "White's king bishop's pawn" or "Black's queen knight's pawn". It is also common to refer to a rook's pawn, meaning any pawn on the...

proceed before deciding on the placement of the central pawns and on which side to castle. King's Indian-type defence: Nf6, g6, Bg7, d6, 0-0. Black will...

centre with pawns, with the view to subsequently challenge it. In the most critical lines of the King's Indian, White erects an imposing pawn centre with...

by exchanging their d-pawn for Black's e-pawn. Black usually plays 3...exd4, as they have no good way of maintaining their pawn on e5 (this same position...

Opening: King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bryan Countergambit (ECO C33) 1. e4 e5 2. f4 This is the King's Gambit: Anderssen offers his pawn in exchange...

hypermodern chess opening in which Black allows White to occupy the center with pawns on d4 and e4, then proceeds to attack and undermine this "ideal" center...

in the King's Indian Defence. The King's Indian Attack is characterised by the following moves: the central pawns are developed to e4 and d3, the knights...

It is part of the large family of Open Games or Double King's Pawn Games. The Italian Game is one of the oldest recorded chess openings; it occurs in...

e5 2.Bb5 Nf6 3.d4 King's Pawn Game: Tortoise Opening: 1.e4 e5 2.Bd3 King's Pawn Game: MacLeod Attack: 1.e4 e5 2.c3 King's Pawn Game: MacLeod Attack, Norwalde...

In a game of chess, the pawn structure (sometimes known as the pawn skeleton) is the configuration of pawns on the chessboard. Because pawns are the least...

is also more recent. The original idea behind the Vienna Game was to play a delayed King's Gambit with f4 (the Vienna Gambit), but in modern play White...

of the board at an early stage with pawns. Black's intent is to block or otherwise restrain White's central pawns and, if allowed to do so by inaccurate...

The chess endgame with a king and a pawn versus a king is one of the most important and fundamental endgames, other than the basic checkmates. It is an...

is 2.e4, called the King's Head Opening. Black can secure a comfortable advantage by the normal means – advancing central pawns and rapidly developing...

and preceding 10001 In chess openings, the opening move 1.e4 (see King's Pawn Game) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title...

does 1.e4, but unlike with the king's pawn openings where the e4-pawn is undefended after the first move, the d4-pawn is protected by White's queen. This...

controlling the center of the board with pawns, effectively forcing an open game, while allowing Black to build a strong pawn structure. This article uses algebraic...

to decide how to defend the e-pawn. After 3.d3 Black must be careful not to drift into an inferior variation of the King's Gambit Declined. One continuation...

for moving the e-pawn to e4 without blocking the c-pawn with the knight. Black's most popular replies are 2...e6, freeing the king's bishop and leading...

differently, according to the source; with the pawn move 3...g6, Black prepares to fianchetto the king's bishop to g7. Paul van der Sterren therefore described...

Angus & Robertson Corn Stalk Defense, a chess opening defense in the King's Pawn Game Chief Cornstalk Wildlife Management Area Cornstalk fiddle, a traditional...

Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 The opening is a solid defense to the Queen's Pawn Game. 3...b6 increases Black's control over the central light squares e4 and...

possibility 6.e4 e5. More often the game continues 6.Ne5 Bh5. With the Smyslov Variation, 5...Na6, Black allows the e-pawn to come to e4 but can gain counterplay...

c-pawns will help protect his king, and that his initiative and attacking potential will offset the longterm disadvantage of having doubled pawns. In...

consisted of 1.e4 openings such as the King's Gambit, Danish Gambit, Ruy Lopez and Giuoco Piano. Queenside pawn openings were not popular and rarely played...