The Two Knights Defense (also called the Prussian Defense) is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 First recorded...
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variation of the Two Knights Defense where White has chosen the offensive line 4.Ng5, immediately attacking the f7-square with the knight and bishop, and...
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Fried Liver Attack (redirect from Two Knights Defense, Fried Liver Attack)
Italian dish), is a chess opening variation of the Two Knights Defense in which White sacrifices a knight for an attack on Black's king. The opening begins...
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Max Lange Attack (redirect from Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack)
lines, including the Two Knights Defense, Petroff's Defense, Scotch Gambit, Bishop's Opening, Center Game, and Giuoco Piano. Two of the most commonly...
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Two knights may refer to: Two Knights Defense – chess opening Two knights endgame – chess endgame Two Knights from Brooklyn – 1949 film Two Arabian Knights...
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Bishop's Opening (redirect from Berlin Defense (Bishop's Opening))
can circumvent this. Transpositions into the Giuoco Piano and the Two Knights Defense and other openings are also possible. The Encyclopaedia of Chess...
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Pirc Defence (redirect from Pirc, Classical (Two knights) system)
exd6 0-0 is considered to offer good play for Black. The Classical (Two Knights) System begins 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0. White...
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C55–C59 for the Two Knights Defense. Side lines are covered under C50. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Black's two main options...
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The Chigorin Defense is a chess opening named for 19th-century Russian master Mikhail Chigorin. An uncommonly played defense to the Queen's Gambit, it...
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Four Knights Game is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 This is the most common sequence, but the knights may develop...
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Petrov's Defence (redirect from Petrov's Three Knights Game)
the Three Knights Game of Petrov's Defence. It can also be reached via 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 (the Vienna Game). 3...Nc6 transposes to the Four Knights Game. With...
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of the Giuoco Piano (3...Bc5), Evans Gambit (3...Bc5 4.b4), and Two Knights Defense (3...Nf6). White has an advantage in space and freer development...
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The Black Knights' Tango (also known as the Mexican Defense, Two Knights' Tango or Kevitz–Trajkovic Defense) is a chess opening beginning with the moves:...
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The Scandinavian Defense (or Center Counter Defense, or Center Counter Game) is a chess opening characterized by the moves: 1. e4 d5 This opening is classified...
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positions, a king and two knights cannot force them against proper, relatively easy defense. Although the king and two knights cannot force checkmate...
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The Modern Defense is closely related to the Pirc Defence, the primary difference being that in the Modern, Black delays developing the knight to f6. This...
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Chess opening (redirect from Defense (chess))
Opening. Defense: Refers to an opening chosen by Black, such as Two Knights Defense or Caro-Kann Defense. Some openings described as "defenses", such as...
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Game: Two Knights Defense, Ponziani-Steinitz Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Nxe4 C58 Two Knights Defence Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio...
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hyper-aggressive variation named after him, the Traxler Variation in the Two Knights Defense. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. The...
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Vienna Game (section 2...Nc6: Max Lange Defense)
transposes to the Petrov's Three Knights Game. This usually continues with either 3...Nc6, leading to the Four Knights Game, or an independent line beginning...
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2009 Minority attack: Evans–Opsahl, Dubrovnik 1950 Three Knights Variation The Three Knights Variation of the QGD is usually reached from the move order...
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The Baltic Defense (also known as the Grau Defense, or the Sahovic Defense) is a chess opening characterized by the moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5!? The Baltic...
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Old Indian Defense is a chess opening defined by the moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 This opening is distinguished from the King's Indian Defense in that Black...
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distinctive enough to warrant separate treatment. The Orthodox Defense and the Tarrasch Defense are two important examples. (See Queen's Gambit Declined for more...
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test during the two Alekhine–Euwe World Championship matches in 1935 and 1937. Played by 11 of the first 13 world champions, this defense was particularly...
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The Queen's Indian Defense (QID) is a chess opening defined by the moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 The opening is a solid defense to the Queen's Pawn...
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material are named as gambits, for example the main line of the Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5) in which Black...
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Amar Opening (redirect from Drunken Knight Opening)
The Amar Opening (also known as the Paris Opening, or the Drunken Knight Opening) is a chess opening defined by the move: 1. Nh3 Analogous to calling the...
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This development of the queen's knight does little to utilize White's advantage of the first move. On a3 the knight does not control central squares...
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number of chess openings. After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 (the Two Knights Defense), White's most popular continuation is 4.Ng5, attacking f7, which...
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