• The Greco Defence (or McConnell Defence), named after Gioachino Greco (c. 1600 – c. 1634), is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2....
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  • Japanese guitar manufacturer Greco Pizza Restaurant, a food chain in Eastern Canada Greco Defence, a chess opening Greco (Chrono Cross), a playable character...
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    Gioachino Greco (c. 1600 – c. 1634), surnamed Cusentino and more frequently il Calabrese, was an Italian chess player and writer. He recorded some of...
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  • d5: Elephant Gambit 2...Qe7: Gunderam Defense 2...f6: Damiano Defence 2...Qf6: Greco Defence 2...Bc5: Busch-Gass Gambit Batsford Chess Openings 2 (1989,...
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  • The Latvian Gambit (or Greco Countergambit) is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5?! It is one of the oldest chess openings...
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  • notes on the Sicilian Defence date back to the late 16th century by the Italian chess players Giulio Polerio and Gioachino Greco. This article uses algebraic...
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  • Petrov's Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 Philidor Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 Latvian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!? Elephant Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qf6 Greco Defense 1...
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    The Chief of the Defence Staff of Italy is the service head of the Italian Armed Forces. The current Chief of the Defence staff is General Luciano Portolano...
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  • cxd5 Nf6 – named after Yuri Gusev Greco Defence – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qf6 – named after Gioachino Greco Grünfeld Defence – 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 – named...
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    πτέρυγες (ptéruges) 'feathers') are strip-like defences for the upper parts of limbs attached to armor of the Greco-Roman world. Pteruges formed a defensive...
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    The Lorsch Pharmacopoeia (sometimes called the Lorsch Leechbook, Lorscher Arzneibuch or Lorsch Book of Remedies) is an extensive medical manuscript composed...
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  • ISBN 978-0-8129-3682-7. "Owen's Defence ... is regarded by current theory as suspicious". Bauer 2005, p. 7. Louis Hoffmann, The Chess Games of Greco, George Routledge...
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    consequences which are still felt today, particularly through the influence of Greco-Buddhist art. The ethnicity of the Indo-Greek may also have been hybrid...
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    The Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922 was fought between Greece and the Turkish National Movement during the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath...
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  • Georgios Bakos (category Greek military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922))
    the Greco-Italian War of 1940–41. After the German invasion of Greece and the Hellenic Army's capitulation, he served as Minister of National Defence in...
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    National Defence Petros Garoufalias. In total, the Hellenic Army has taken part in the following engagements: Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) Greco-Turkish...
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    The Greco-Persian Wars (also often called the Persian Wars) were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that started...
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  • The French Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 e6 This is most commonly followed by 2.d4 d5. Black usually plays ...c5 soon after...
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    major projects in the defence industry, the Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO) was created to promote Pakistani defence equipment to the world...
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    Emma Greco (born March 6, 1995) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman for the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). Greco has been...
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    The Greco-Italian War (Greek: Ελληνοϊταλικός Πόλεμος, romanized: Ellinoïtalikós Pólemos), also called the Italo-Greek War, Italian campaign in Greece...
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  • covering the coasts of northern Greece and the northern Aegean Sea, from the Greco-Turkish border at the mouth of the river Evros to Mount Pelion. It is one...
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    of the traditional subject which was painted during the last year of El Greco's life. The painting is a work which the artist made to hang over his own...
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  • ex-governador do Acre, morre aos 75 anos em São Paulo (in Portuguese) Ex-Iran Greco-Roman wrestler Mir Malek dies RIP, Dahir: Former Rough Rider defender Mohammed...
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  • and Run" Unknown Unknown October 6, 2017 (2017-10-06) Jacquelyn "Jackie" Greco is living the good life in Illinois with husband Carl Gaimari, but their...
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    Alexandros Papagos (category Greek military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922))
    reequip the Army for the oncoming Second World War. At the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War on 28 October 1940, he became Commander-in-Chief of the Army...
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    an insurrection in Kashmir and was instead forced to shift gears in the defence of Lahore. India also failed to achieve its objective of military deterrence...
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  • its control of g6. 7... Rxh5 8. Bg6# Greco vs. NN A similar trap occurred in a game published by Gioachino Greco in 1625: 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 f5...
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    Kâzım Özalp (category Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922))
    Kâzım Özalp (17 February 1882 – 6 June 1968) was a Turkish military officer, politician, and one of the leading figures in the Turkish War of Independence...
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    Independence Anglo-Turkish War (1918–1923) Franco-Turkish War (1918–1921) Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Turkish–Armenian War (1920) Iraqi Revolt (1920)...
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