CLOSED opening

Term given to any opening which doesn’t start with 1.e4. The converse of ‘Closed Opening’ is ‘Open Game’.

When I am White I win because I am White. When I am Black I win because I am Bogoljubov. Efim Bogoljubov
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game Siegbert Tarrasch
Fischer’s strength, among other things, was his ability to evolve the most efficient plan for the middlegame right after the opening. Boris Spassky
Magnus is playing fantastic and I play like I always play, pretty badly Anish Giri
2017
After losing a game I play the next one better. After losing the 2nd game I play like a lion. After 3 defeats in a row, anyone can beat me! Eduard Gufeld

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