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ECO in Chess

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 06:51:00 +0000

ECO ( or Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings) is a classification of chess openings moves.The moves were taken from hundreds of thousands of games between masters, from published analysis in the Chess informant since 1966.
Instead of the traditional names for the openings, ECO has developed a unique coding system that has also been adopted by other chess publications. There are five main categories, "A" to "E", each of which is divided into one hundred sub-categories.
ECO code is a trademark of Chess Informant Inc.

Category A contains the openings which are considered as flank openings( i.e the attack using the minor pieces rather than the pawns such as in the e4 or d4 openings).
they also include the unusual openings which are denoted by A00.

Major openings that are used are:

1. English Opening ( A10 to A39 )
2. Nimzovich-Larsen Attack ( A01 )
3. Benko Gambit

Category B

These include the semi open games excluding the french opening. (A Semi-Open Game is a chess opening in which White plays 1.e4 and Black breaks symmetry immediately by replying with a move other than 1...e5. The Semi-Open Games are also called Single King Pawn, Asymmetrical King Pawn, or Half-Open Games)

The openings that are included are

1.Sicilian Defence ( B20 through B99). This opening is given the highest number of codes.
2.Caro-kann Defence( B10 to B19)
3.Alekhine's Defence (B02 to B05)
4. Modern Defence
..etc

Category C

This category includes the open games and the french opening. ( Open games are the games starting with 1.e4 e5) ( open games can also refer those games in which the gameplay tactics favour along the diagonals)

The opening in ECO C include
1. Ruy Lopez
2.French Defence
3. Italian Games
4. Kings Gambit

Category D

This category of ECO codes include the Closed game and semi closed games.

Closed game: is a chess opening that begins with the moves:

1. d4 d5

Semiclosed Game: in which White plays 1.d4 but Black does not make the symmetrical reply 1...d5.

The openings that are included are:

1. Queens Gambit: Accepeted/ Declined
2.Grunfeld Defence

Category E

ECO includes the Indian defences.

Indian defences are seen by the moves
1.d4 Nf6

The opening include
1. Nizmo Indian defence
2.Kings Indian defence
3.Queens Indian Defence
4. Catalan Opening.
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Links and credits:
Wikipedia
Chess informant
ficgs

BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CHESS OPENINGS

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:53:00 +0000

There are a few general principles which can be applied to the openings. Pieces are at their most powerful in the centre of the board, and from this a number of opening principles can be derived:
(1) Develop your pieces quickly to control central squares.

(2) Do not make too many pawn moves in the opening because the enemy will gain control of the centre with his pieces.

(3) Develop the minor pieces (knights and bishops) first. It is normal to develop the knights before the bishops because the knight is weak at the edge of the board and exerts much more inﬂuence in the centre.

(4) Do not bring the queen out too early; the queen is a very valuable piece and if attacked by enemy minor pieces will normally have to retreat.

(5) Castle early; this brings the king into safety and also helps the development of the rooks.Rooks are most powerful when coupled i.e when they support each other.

(6) Try not to move the same piece too many times in the opening, instead try to develop each piece by moving it once only.

BEST POSITION IN THE OPENING ( :D :D if your opponent dosen't move :D :D)

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Game of the day #2

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 10:44:00 +0000

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Game of the day #1

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 07:37:00 +0000

Viswanathan Anand vs Veselin Topalov (2006)your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard

Scholar's Mate

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:48:00 +0000

Scholar's Mate is the checkmate achieved by the moves:

1. e4 e5

2. Qh5 Nc6

3. Bc4 Nf6

4. Qxf7#

** The moves might vary, but, mate similar to this can be considered to be scholar's mate.

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Fool's Mate

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:41:00 +0000

Fools mate is the quickest possible checkmate that can occur in chess. Fools mate only occurs when a player plays very weakly. The moves that occur are

1.f3 e5

2.g4 Qh4#

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