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Specific Alternative Openings

After careful conversation of the capability of chess.com software to correctly implement starting positions, it was decided to use a standard starting position with move lines that represented the alternative openings. Craig

We now have a total of 6 alternative openings embodied in scheduled matches, announcements, or challenges. Membership in AOCC is the highest priority! Espresso time! ☕️☕️☕️

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The Réti Opening is a hypermodern chess opening whose "traditional" or "classic method" begins with the moves:[1]
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Réti Opening

https://www.chess.com/openings/Alekhines-Defensem
Alekhine's Defense

Réti Opening: Réti Gambit

King's Indian Attack
https://www.chess.com/openings/Kings-Indian-Attack
The fastest way to fianchetto the king's bishop and castle is the King's Indian Attack (KIA), the reverse of the King's Indian Defense. White just plays Nf3, g3, Bg2, and 0-0, before seeing how to proceed.

King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack
Originally considered almost a refutation of the King's Indian, the Four Pawns Attack creates a huge pawn center ranging from the c-file to the f-file. White seeks to run Black over by his central pawns, but in practice Black can easily break up the pawns, and the game settles down into some other kind of structure.

Nimzowitsch Defense
https://www.chess.com/openings/Nimzowitsch-Defense
Because in "theory", you're supposed to push pawns to the center. With the knight you can control 1 of opponents center square, d4, but your opponent's e-pawn can control 3 center spaces. the e4 its on, the d5, space it threatens or it can move into e5 or obstruct your e-pawn's movements by not moving.

The specific alternative openings that will be investigated from the first starting positions are Reti Defense, Van Geet , Alekhine's and Nimzowitch.Defenses.