e4 is a good move for beginners! It opens up the Queen and Bishop. Then you should try Nf3!
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Ed Edmondson (1920-1982) was a former President (1963-1966) and Executive Director (1966-1977) of the U.S. Chess Federation. In 1969, he arranged the merger of Chess Life and Chess Review magazines to form Chess Life & Review. He s... Read more »
Jaan Ehlvest, born Oct 14, 1962, is an Estonian Grandmaster (1987). In 1981, he took 2nd in the World Junior Chess Championship. He won the European Junior Championship in 1982/83. He won the New York Open in 1994 and the W... Read more »
Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami born 11 August 1982 is a chess grandmaster from Iran.In 2000, at the age of 18, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami achieved the sacred title of grandmaster. On the April 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2593.E... Read more »
Louis Eichborn was born in 1812. He was a fellow professor and collegue of Adof Anderssen. In 1851, Eichborn won 2 games against Anderssen. In 1852, he won 8 games and drew one game in a match against Adolf Anderssen in Breslau.&... Read more »
Erich Gottlieb Eliskases (1913-1997) was Austrian chess champion (1929) and Grandmaster who remained in Argentina during a chess Olympiad after World War II broke out. In 1934, he was the Hungarian chess champion. In 1938 and... Read more »
Arpad Elo (1903-1992) was born in Egyhazaskeszo, Hungary, he moved to the United States with his parents in 1913. He played in 37 consecutive state championships in Wisconsin, from 1933 to 1969, winning the title 7 times (1935, 1937, 1940, 1... Read more »
En passant (from French: "in [the pawn's] passing") is a maneuver in chess when a player moves a pawn two squares forward from its starting position, and an opposing pawn could have captured it if it had only moved one square forward. The En passa... Read more »
Max Euwe (1901-1981) was a former FIDE President (1970-1978) who was twice world champion - 1935-37 and for one day in 1947. In July 1947, the FIDE Congress, held in The Hague, voted for Euwe to be world champion since Alekhine died. However... Read more »
Larry Melvyn Evans is an American Grandmaster (1957). His is probably the best backjack player of any Grandmaster. He lives in Reno, Nevada. He has won the U.S. championship five times (1951, 1962, 1968, 1979, and 1980) and the U... Read more »