Eighteenth century chess player François-André Danican Philidor advocated this opening in contrast to 2 … Nc6. Currently it is not a popular opening and is perceived as a cramping and inert defensi...
As the game developed, through the centuries, players and students of chess have developed several basic principles chess opening. These principles were developed with the aim of achieving certain ...
Queen's Gambit Accepted which usually referred to by abbreviation QGA, unsurprisingly has a long history since Queen's Gambit openings have been around since fifteenth century at least. It is the t...
Queens' Gambit has a long history. It is mentioned in a German manuscript in 1490 and Luis Ramirez Lucena mentioned it in 1497. However it was not popular in nineteenth century but became so after ...
Bishop's Opening is a very old opening. In sixteenth century it was analyzed by Lucena and Ruy Lopez. However in spite its history it is rarely played on a consistent basis by grand masters in tour...
Center Game has a long history. It was however almost completely discarded from serious play for most of twentieth century. However since eighties it is enjoying a revival as several grandmasters h...
This opening, also called Ufimtsev Defense or Yugoslav Defense, is named after Grandmaster Vasja Pirc who was a Slovenian. It is fairly new in origin and was considered unsound as late as 1930s. I...