2. The French Defence is a couple of chess opening moves that are very popular for
professional players and beginners. It was named in 1834 after the match played by
Paris and London. The French Defence is represented by the following moves:
e4 – The white plays the pawn to e4 and with that takes the centre position on the
table.
e6 – The opponent moves his king pawn only one space, to e6 on the table and with
that he defends himself.
Opening 1(For Black): The
French Defence
3. The Sicilian Defence is the most common and one of the best chess openings in
modern play. It dates from 1594 and starts with the following moves:
e4 – Same as the previous chess opening (French Defence) the white moves its pawn to
e4.
c5 – The opponent moves his pawn two spaces and with that he plays the best scoring
and most popular response to c5.
Opening 2(For Black): The
Sicilian Defence
4. The Dutch Defence is interesting and active defence from the d4 move played by the
white. It dates from 1789 and it was recommended in a book by Elias Stein as the best
defence from d4. It contain the following moves:
d4 – The white moves to d4, the same is in Queen’s Gambit.
f5 – This is an alternative move for the black, if he does not want to play the Queen
Gambit. It offers a lot of counterattacking opportunities.
Opening 3 (For Black): The
Dutch Defence
5. The Queen’s Gambit is the oldest chess opening and dates before 1497. It is a great
opening for the white player and it’s often played by grandmasters. It features the
following moves:
d4 – The white moves his queen pawn 2 spaces to d4.
d5 – The black player moves his queen pawn also 2 spaces to d5.
c4 – Then the white moves his other pawn to c4 and with that he leaves the opponent to
bad position. If he takes the pawn, the white can build strong attack.
Opening 4(For White):
The Queen’s Gambit
6. The English Opening is very simple and flexible chess opening that dates from 1843.
This opening begins with this move:
c4 – The white moves his pawn to c4. In this opening you have a lot of options and the
other moves depend on what the opponent will play.
Opening 5 (For White):
The English Opening
7. First developed in the 1600s and perhaps the oldest of chess openings, the Italian Game
is reached by the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4. It remained quite popular through
the 19th century, but today has been supplanted by the Ruy Lopez as White's favourite
choice on the third move. Bc4 eyes Black's potentially weak f7 pawn, but improved
defensive technique has shown this to be less dangerous to Black than Bb5. Still, the
Italian Game often leads to aggressive, open positions which can be fun to play. This
opening is still seen at all levels - and is quite popular among club players.
Opening 6(For White):
The Italian Game
