CLOSED opening

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

Some twenty years ago an English journalist complained that in sports, only chess and marbles were above suspicion. One wonders what has happened in the world of marbles. Hans Ree
I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of Chess Siegbert Tarrasch
Man has no chance to win against the modern computer. And, by and large, a confrontation between two individuals is more interesting. Vladimir Kramnik
2015
Despite the ugliness of his decline, Bobby Fischer deserves to be remembered for the great things he did for chess and for his immortal games. Garry Kasparov
2004
Petrosian would never have beaten me if he had played like that in 1963. Mikhail Botvinnik
1966

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