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 Chess opening - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first moves of a chess game are the opening moves, collectively referred to as the opening.
The name given to an opening is not always that of the first player to adopt it; often an opening is named for the player who was the first to popularize it or to publish analysis of it.
The flank openings are the group of White openings typified by play on one or both flanks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_opening   (4998 words)

  
 Opening Chess Books
Every opening includes a diagram of the opening position, the typical move order, clear explanations of the thinking behind the moves, the direction the opening is heading and how the ideas behind the opening are influential throughout the game.
A comprehensive guide to opening chess play for players at all levels.
This book aims to guide the chess player through the most difficult part of a chess game, the opening.
http://www.chesscorner.com/reviews/books/usa/opening/opening.htm   (585 words)

  
 Chess Opening - Opening Moves in Chess
You are going to run into chess opening variations you don't like.
You are going to have your chess opening or defense fall out of favor.
The easiest way to play over chess opening lines again and again is by using a ChessCentral e-book.
http://www.chesscentral.com/novice/Openings_Moves_in_Chess.htm   (503 words)

  
 Chess Theory/Chess problems
Ifgash - the whole point with chess is that only player can win, the webmaster states.
A Basic Guide To Chess Openings - the openings are illustrated with the aid of a webbased game replayer.
Armin Fingerhut´s Eröffnungstips (Opening Tips) is intended for club players, who are interested in certain openings or want to enlarge their opening repertoire.
http://www.schackportalen.nu/English/eschackteori.htm   (3213 words)

  
 art of chess
Chess is an amazingly simple game to learn and takes a lifetime to master.
chess rules are easy to learn; we’ll point you to the right places to improve your skills.
It took centuries to bring the game to the level it is played today.
http://www.art-of-chess.com   (297 words)

  
 Opening theory in chess - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
Opening theory consists of the analysis of lines of play.
Typically, these lines of play are divided into openings and variations named after their inventor or the city where they were first played.
Main lines are those lines considered best play by Black and White.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chess/Opening_Theory   (251 words)

  
 Chess Openings / Chess Opening Analysis & Theory [Chessopolis > Chess Links]
Exeter Chess Club Coaching Pages: Opening - These materials on the opening from this comprehensive site are just part of a complete guide to improving your chess from a "D" player to an "A" player.
Charting Chess Openings - Shows you what opening you are playing by following the moves through a flowchart-like diagram.
GM Laboratory - Opening theory and annotated games from the Russian Chess site.
http://www.chessopolis.com/openings.htm   (1090 words)

  
 Chess Openings
This is an opening that you can use to con your opponent into thinking you are an absolute beginner who hasn't got a clue what they are doing.
I particularly recommend it for players with good end games as in my experience, it tends to lead to equal end games.
A good thing about the opening is that it can be played against almost any opening that white chooses (1.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adam.bozon/openings.htm   (713 words)

  
 chess opening strategy, info about chess opening strategy
chess opening strategy a large diversity of tournaments and games.
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Crafted by player pm3 This quiz is designed to test your knowledge of the strategic aims of some of the main chess openings.
http://www.1001chesstactics.com/resources/chessopeningstrategy   (1165 words)

  
 Nilatac - A Suicide Chess Program
We do not learn an opening if our last game was against a weak player, because we might have played a bad opening, but got away with it due to our opponent's weakness.
You can play chess and variants, simultaneous matches, blind matches, bughouse, or you can sit back and watch lectures or other people's games (you can kibitz on those games too).
However, chess servers provide what you cannot always find in real life: a huge diversity of opponents with various styles and temperaments (and vocabulary, for that matter).
http://catalin.francu.com/nilatac   (1430 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Mastering the Opening (Everyman Chess): Books: Byron Jacobs
Chess players will enjoy the attention to numerous thematic games and a layout which requires basic chess knowledge but still proves easy to understand.
The opening phase of the game throws up difficult questions for those keen to study and improve their chess.
But to 'master' any opening, the player will need to go get a few more detailed books.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1857442237?v=glance   (1639 words)

  
 Chess Opening Trainer free download This software helps you learn and remember chess opening theory very effectively. ...
Chess Commander is a next generation chess game for the PC.
One of the traditional methods of studying an opening is to get a book about your favorite opening and play the moves and variations over the board as you read.
It has many features to make the classic game of chess even more enjoyable to play - including legal move display, realistic voices, orchestral soundtrack and board annotation.
http://3d2f.com/programs/18-164-chess-opening-trainer-download.shtml   (1832 words)

  
 Chess Opening Links
But there is so much good opening information on the web that it is possible for club players to develop a pretty good opening repertoire simply by reading through the articles that interest them and supplementing with some games for closer study and analysis on their own.
This site offers to annotate your game with others from their database, which might be a useful way of studying the opening.
The Kibitzer is great for when you have time to print out an article and play over the games with a board, and Harding has covered a wide range of interesting openings over the years with sharp analysis supported by excellent research.
http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/links/openings.html   (3902 words)

  
 Marshall Chess Opening CD
This CD is for anyone who plays chess - not just correspondence players.
On this work he has collaborated with Latvian CC-GM Janis Vitomskis, who has been playing the Marshall since the 1960s and analysed it with Tal, and German amateur player Martin Bennedik, a finalist in the IECG 2000 World Championship.
The Marshall Attack has been employed by numerous top grandmasters including Spassky, Geller, Nunn, Adams and Short, and is also a popular line in amateur, Internet and correspondence play.
http://www.chesscentral.com/publisher/marshall.htm   (482 words)

  
 Chess Openings Chess Opening Software
Every day I talk to chess players who are researching huge collections of games and playing against outrageously strong programs, but they're not making much progress in their own playing strength!
If you want to play rock solid chess openings - and get better at chess every time you play, and you want the prestige of constantly playing higher rated competition, and if you want to do it quickly and easily while you're still young enough to enjoy it...
Bookup Express has a one-click feature that will move your latest game(s) to your favorite game database (Bookup, ChessBase, Fritz, Chess Assistant, etc.), and then import the game into your Bookup repertoire where it will show you exactly where you or your opponent played a new move.
http://www.bookup.com   (970 words)

  
 Oa sis CF: Chess opening
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Conversely, all chess players, even budding World Champions
http://www.oasiscf.org/chess/chess-opening.html   (276 words)

  
 CA Shop :: Chess Assistant Store :: Welcome!
Chess Assistant 8.1 includes a database of 2,710,000 games that can automatically be updated with 2,500 new games weekly on the Internet.
Here you can find over 100 chess criteria built-in into Chess Assistant’s search facility, guiding a player through the chess game various stages such as opening, middlegame and endgame.
You can automatically get the opening phase of the game commented for you, using all the above mentioned sources of information.
http://store.convekta.com/shop_model.asp?gid=62&sView=Catalog   (3380 words)

  
 chess: opening moves...
You will study closed games, open games and semi-open games.
TIME: 3:15 - 4:45 PM Most chess games are won or lost in the opening moves.
Carl Haessler is a US Chess Federation Life Master, a three-time Oregon Champion and a chess instructor.
http://www.saturdayacademy.pdx.edu/classes-summer03/chess-opening-moves.htm   (122 words)

  
 Learning Chess Area. Learn Chess from the Masters
Marius Ceteras, one of our chess teachers, played against the best romanian player, the grandmaster Dieter Nisipeanu, ELO near 2700 and made a DRAW (after a long and great game)!
The Fide Master, Alexandru Manea, a very good chess theoretician and teacher, joins the team.
A single annotated game can be considered as complex as more lessons together.
http://www.chessarea.com   (600 words)

  
 The Chess Cafe Archives
October 1997 Chess Games Belong To The World
February 2000 New Thoughts on Power Play in the Chess Opening
February 1997 Power Play in the Correspondence Chess Opening
http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/archives.htm   (1088 words)

  
 Chess Openings : Index of all chess positions
Bishop's Opening - Urusov Gambit Main Line "Variation II-A" Bishop's Opening - Urusov Gambit Main Line "Variation II-B" Bishop's Opening - Urusov Gambit "Variation I" Bishop's Opening - Urusov Gambit "Variation II"
Bishop's Opening - Urusov Gambit Main Line "Variation I" Bishop's Opening - Urusov Gambit Main Line "Variation I-A" Bishop's Opening - Urusov Gambit Main Line "Variation I-A-1"
French - Open Main Line "Variation I" French - Open Main Line "Variation I-A" French - Open Main Line "Variation I-A-1"
http://www.csm.astate.edu/~wpaulsen/chess   (4795 words)

  
 Chess opening moves
If you can't survive the opening, you will lose many a game of chess.
Specializing in books about chess strategy, openings, middlegame, chess grandmasters and more.
Beginners Beginners-Kids Chess endgame Chess history Chess puzzles Chess Sets Chess Strategy Computer games Game collections Middlegame
http://www.chess-strategy-online.com/books/chess-opening   (244 words)

  
 Exeter Chess Home Page
and get ready for the wacky game of chess.." "
University disclaimer and the GNU Chess public licence.
Did you know you can play live chess for free on the internet?
http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk   (216 words)

  
 CHESSBASE OPENING ENCYCLOPEDIA 2006 - Chess Software
access to the games with the big opening key
For each of 500 opening sectors according to ECO standard there is at least one opening survey, so that the database is the ideal tool for building up a complete opening repertoire.
Furthermore, the DVD contains a big opening key with 109,000 singles keys and a separate directory with 221 special theory databases from the Chessbase Magazine.
http://www.chesscentral.com/software/Opening_Encyclopedia.htm   (198 words)

  
 List of chess openings - One Language
A39 English Opening, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
This is a list of chess openings by the ECO classification:
A07 Reti Opening, King's Indian attack (Barcza system)
http://www.onelang.com/encyclopedia/index.php/List_of_chess_openings   (270 words)

  
 Chess Opening
Personal Chess Trainer is a chess training software, developed by GM Gilberto Milos, based on memorization of key concepts and positions, that many Grandmasters consider the most powerful way to become a strong player.
Personal Chess Trainer 1.08.02 by Sersoft Informatica Ltda.
PCT is a chess training software, developed by GM Gilberto Milos, based on memorization of key concepts and positions, which is essential and the most powerful way to become a strong player.
http://www.downloadjunction.com/product/software/77203   (111 words)

  
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This is an HTML version of the ECO database that is distributed with GNU Chess.
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~amos/chess/Start.html   (25 words)

  
 Tucows Downloads - Chess Opening Trainer 1.1 Shareware Software
This chess tutorial program does not randomly select training moves and positions.
Tucows Downloads - Chess Opening Trainer 1.1 Shareware Software
http://www.tucows.com/preview/363796   (43 words)

  
 Bucknell Openings Library
To view the openings page, you will need Netscape Communicator.
http://www.orgs.bucknell.edu/chessclub/openings   (10 words)

  
 The page cannot be found
Go to Microsoft Product Support Services and perform a title search for the words HTTP and 404.
Open IIS Help, which is accessible in IIS Manager (inetmgr), and search for topics titled Web Site Setup, Common Administrative Tasks, and About Custom Error Messages.
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/c/ch/chess_opening.htm   (121 words)

  
 Chess Opening Exploration Utility
Your starting point to a universe of chess opening exploration.
Web design and database development by 20/20 Technologies
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/explorer   (18 words)

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