Chess Openings

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Recognize the major chess openings, their moves, and their ideas.

What is the Italian Game opening?

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4

What is the Ruy Lopez opening?

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5

What is the Sicilian Defense?

1.e4 c5

What is the French Defense?

1.e4 e6

What is the Caro-Kann Defense?

1.e4 c6

What is the Pirc Defense?

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6

What is the Alekhine's Defense?

1.e4 Nf6

What is the Scandinavian Defense?

1.e4 d5

What is the Queen's Gambit?

1.d4 d5 2.c4

What is the Queen's Gambit Accepted?

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4

What is the Queen's Gambit Declined?

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6

What is the Slav Defense?

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6

What is the King's Indian Defense?

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7

What is the Nimzo-Indian Defense?

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4

What is the Grünfeld Defense?

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5

What is the English Opening?

1.c4

What is the Réti Opening?

1.Nf3

What is the King's Indian Attack?

System with Nf3 g3 Bg2 O-O d3

What is the London System?

1.d4 and Bf4

What is the Catalan Opening?

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3

What is the Scotch Game?

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4

What is the Four Knights Game?

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6

What is the Vienna Game?

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3

What is the King's Gambit?

1.e4 e5 2.f4

What is the Danish Gambit?

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3

What is the Evans Gambit?

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4

What is the Budapest Gambit?

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5

What is the Benko Gambit?

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5

What is the Dutch Defense?

1.d4 f5

What is the Benoni Defense?

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5