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Philidor's Defence with black pieces. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7

Is the gambit best accepted or declined? Which is your preferred gambit?

How many chess.com tournaments have you won, and how many medals have you archived?

I tend to enjoy watching chess events now and again, because I think it's good to learn from experienced players, because it can help to improve the way you play chess, giving you a better understanding on how to play the game. Who agrees? You should analyse the titled tournament games, such as The World Championship, U.S Championship and Tata Steel etc. Well you don't have to analyse every single game until your bored out your mind, you could just analyse a few of the good games. It does help to spare a bit time studying positions and daily puzzles, which also improves your thinking and reasoning skills.

A place to meet up and arrange a game of chess. If you like to challenge someone and have a fun game.

En Passant is the French word for in passing. A en passant is a legal move to take a in passing pawn. If you advance your pawn 2 squares which crosses the attacking square of your opponents pawn, your opponent has the legal right to claim your pawn. If he moves another piece instead of taking your pawn, the opponent will not be allowed to capture your passing pawn in the next move.

Who is your best chess player of all time?

Feel free to add openings and variations to the forum. I have added the opening move by move, so we can add moves for the continuation to improve tactics and stretegy by continuing on from the Ruy Lopez. Ruy Lopez starts off with pawn e4

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A guide by David A. Wheeler. The first moves of a chess game are termed the "opening" or "opening moves". A good opening will provide better protection of the King, control over an area of the board (particularly the center), greater mobility for pieces, and possibly opportunities to capture opposing pawns and pieces. The possible opening moves of chess have been extensively studied for hundreds of years, and many of these sequences have been given names to simplify discussion of a game. This document briefly lists a few of the more well-known chess openings, so that when you see the first few moves you can at least say "Ah! That's the X!", where X is some well-known opening. Many books and encyclopedias give "how to play" information on each opening; here, we'll concentrate on at least knowing some common approaches to starting chess. This is a small subset of well-known openings; many others are not covered here. Before you play a particular opening, you'd be wise to study it in more depth than given here. Pictures show the opening position; selecting the picture will show the opening moves animated one move at a time if you have a PGN viewer installed. In all openings there is a struggle for key territory, in particular the center squares, and an effort to deploy pieces and pawns in useful positions. Some are direct, while others are more subtle and indirect approaches toward these goals.