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| Moves | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ECO | C44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Origin | Konstantinopolsky vs. Ragozin, Moscow 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Named after | Alexander Konstantinopolsky | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | King's Knight Opening | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Konstantinopolsky Opening is a rarely played chess opening that begins with the moves:
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The opening was first played in the game Alexander Konstantinopolsky versus Viacheslav Ragozin, Moscow 1956.
The Konstantinopolsky Opening is rarely seen at the top levels of chess, although some grandmasters such as Savielly Tartakower (who played many unusual openings) have experimented with it. Black is considered to achieve an easy game with the natural and strong 3...Nf6 4.d3 d5.
A chess opening or simply an opening refers to the initial moves of a chess game. The term can refer to the initial moves by either side, White or Black, but an opening by Black may also be known as a defense. There are dozens of different openings, and hundreds of variants. The Oxford Companion to Chess lists 1,327 named openings and variants. These vary widely in character from quietpositional play to wild tactical play. In addition to referring to specific move sequences, the opening is the first phase of a chess game, the other phases being the middlegame and the endgame.
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The Dutch Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves:
The Vienna Game is an opening in chess that begins with the moves:
The Réti Opening is a hypermodern chess opening whose traditional or classic method begins with the moves:
The Scotch Game, or Scotch Opening, is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
The Italian Game is a family of chess openings beginning with the moves:
The Dunst Opening is a chess opening where White opens with the move:
The King's Pawn Game is any chess opening starting with the move:
The Ponziani Opening is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
The Zukertort Opening is a chess opening named after Johannes Zukertort that begins with the move:
The Trompowsky Attack is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
The Elephant Gambit is a rarely played chess opening beginning with the moves:
Isaac Yefremovich Boleslavsky was a Soviet Ukrainian chess player and writer.
In the game of chess, Indian Defence or Indian Game is a broad term for a group of openings characterised by the moves:
An Open Game is a chess opening that begins with the following moves:
Alexander Markovich Konstantinopolsky was a Soviet chess player, trainer and writer. He was a five-time champion of Kiev, and trained the world title challenger David Bronstein from a young age. He was awarded the title of International Master (IM) by FIDE in 1950, won the first Soviet Correspondence Chess Championship in 1951, earned the IM title at correspondence in 1966, and earned the title of Honorary Grandmaster in 1983.
A Closed Game is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
The Semi-Italian Opening is one of Black's responses to the Italian Game. It begins with the moves:
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