A general term for the game starting with 1.e4-e5.
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Quotes of the Day
” Oh, those exclamation points! How they erode the innocent soul of the amateur, removing all hope of allowing him to examine another player’s ideas critically!”
Tigran Petrosian
The competition in the men’s tournament has grown massively over the past 20 years. Chess is becoming more and more popular, and there are no weak teams in the tournament any longer.
Andrey Filatov
I think the players in this world championship are in different leagues. Karjakin is excellent—Carlsen is special.
Garry Kasparov 2016
Carlsen is a combination of Karpov and Fischer style.
Garry Kasparov 2017
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.
Mark Dvoretsky
