Names of Chess Openings and Their Recognition | Lesson 3


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Each chess opening has its own name. But how to spot the name of a chess opening?.. It is not difficult if you know the designated moves of a chess opening. The name of a chess opening is recognized by the first moves of White and Black on the board. It may be 1 move, 2 moves, 3 moves, or even more; in strict or other order...

Name of this chess opening

For example, 1.c4 (see above) - what is the name of this chess opening? Then, what is the name of chess opening with 1.e4 c6? The following is some names of the chess openings recognized by their moves: English Opening (1.c4); Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6); Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4); Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6);

Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5)... At the bottom of this page, you can download the "Chess Opening Puzzles" PDF ebook . This PDF ebook will help you recognize 32 names of chess openings by their designated moves. After seeing this PDF ebook, you will learn the moves of 32 most common openings in play...

How many chess openings are there? Which ones are the most common in chess?.. The answers to those questions you will find in a video below. And here is a short description of the video: Each opening has its own name. The name is recognized by the first moves: King's Gambit, Italian Game...

Each opening has variations with their own moves... Roughly, there are 60 popular chess openings. You should learn 15-20 of them. See which openings are the most common ones... To see Lesson 3 about names and recognition of chess openings, with some additional information, click the Play button below:



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On this lesson we have discussed the names of chess openings and how to recognize them. You also downloaded the chess opening puzzle PDF ebook to learn the moves of the most common chess openings. The next lesson to see is Lesson 4 which will help you recognize the Open Game chess openings... This is chess opening website chess-openings-for-beginners.blogspot.com.