The Sokolsky Opening, also known as the Orangutan and the Polish Opening, is an uncommon chess opening that begins with the move: 1. b4 According to various...
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.e5!? (From's Gambit). 1.b3 Larsen's Opening 1.b4 Sokolsky Opening 1.c4 English Opening 1.Nf3 Zukertort Opening (characteristically followed by fianchettoing...
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other. The openings classified as A00 are: 1.a3 – Anderssen's Opening 1.a4 – Ware Opening 1.b4 – Sokolsky Opening, also known as the Polish Opening or Orangutan...
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flank openings that are considered irregular: 1.a3 – Anderssen's Opening 1.a4 – Ware Opening 1.b4 – Sokolsky Opening, also known as the Polish Opening or...
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The Despréz Opening, also called the Kadas Opening is a chess opening characterised by the opening move: 1.h4 The opening is named after the French player...
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called the Heinrichsen Opening, Baltic Opening, Van Geet Opening, Sleipnir Opening, Kotrč's Opening, Meštrović Opening, Romanian Opening, Queen's Knight Attack...
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(6 ed.). D McKay. p. 87. "Alexey Sokolsky vs. Vasily Panov (1936)". Chess Informant (1979). Encyclopaedia of chess openings. Šahovski Informator. p. 12. Chess...
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The English Opening is a chess opening that begins with the move: 1. c4 A flank opening, it is the fourth most popular and, according to various databases...
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King's Fianchetto Opening or Benko's Opening (also known as the Hungarian Opening, Barcza Opening, or Bilek Opening) is a chess opening characterized by...
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The Barnes Opening (sometimes called Gedult's Opening) is a chess opening where White opens with: 1. f3 The opening is named after Thomas Wilson Barnes...
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