The Albin Countergambit opening that begins with the moves:
1. d4 d5
2. c4 e5
and the usual continuation is:
3. dxe5 d4
The opening is an uncommon defense to the Queen's Gambit. White will try to return the pawn at an opportune moment to gain a positional advantage.
Declining the gambit
3. e3...
Kings Gambit Opening Tactics
The King's Gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
1. e4 e5
2. f4...
The King's Gambit is one of the oldest documented openings, as it was examined by the 17th-century Italian chess player Giulio Cesare Polerio.
King's Gambit Accepted
2. f4 exf4
3. Nf3 g5
5. h4 g4
6. Ne5...
Petrov Defence Tactical Games
Petrov's Defence (also called Petroff's Defence, Russian Game and Russian Defence) is a chess opening characterised by the following moves:
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nf6
It was first popularised by Alexander Petrov, a Russian chess player of the mid-19th century. In recognition of the early investigations...
Scotch Game Tactical Defense
The Scotch Game, or Scotch Opening, a chess opening that begins with moves:
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4
Ercole del Rio, in his 1750 treatise Sopra il giuoco degli Scacchi, Osservazioni pratiche d’anonimo Autore Modenese ("On the game of Chess, practical Observations by an anonymous Modenese Author"),...
Italian Game Opening Tactics
The Italian Game a chess openings begin with the moves:
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4
The Italian Game is one of the oldest recorded chess openings; it was developed by players Damiano and Polerio in the 16th century, and later by Greco in 1620, who gave the game its main line.
The Traxler Gambit
1....
Open Game Chess Tactical Opening
Open Game (or Double King's Pawn Opening) is a chess opening which begins:
1. e4 e5
White has moved the king's pawn forward two squares and Black replies in kind, the result being an Open Game. Other responses to 1.e4 are termed Semi-Open Games, or Single King's Pawn Games.
The term Open Game can...
Danish Gambit Tactical Defense
The Danish Gambit, known as the Nordisches Gambit (Nordic Gambit) in German, and the Noors Gambiet (Norwegian Gambit) in Dutch, is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
1. e4 e5
2. d4 exd4
3. c3
White will sacrifice one or two pawns for the sake of rapid development and the attack. However,...
