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Van 't Kruys Opening. The Van 't Kruijs [a] Opening ( Dutch pronunciation: [vɑn ət ˈkrœys]) is a chess opening defined by the move: 1. e3. It is named after the Dutch player Maarten van 't Kruijs (1813–1885) who won the sixth Dutch championship in 1878. As this opening move is rarely played, it is considered an irregular opening, and thus ...
The Staunton chess set is the standard style of chess pieces, recommended for use in competition since 2022 by FIDE, the international chess governing body. [3] [4] The journalist Nathaniel Cooke is credited with the design on the patent, and they are named after the leading English chess master Howard Staunton , who endorsed it; [2] the first ...
Design and development Front view of a MiG-15 MiG-15 UTI Trainer version, Chino Planes of Fame Air Museum The first turbojet fighter developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB was the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9, which appeared in the years immediately after World War II. It used a pair of reverse-engineered German BMW 003 engines. The MiG-9 was a troublesome design that suffered from weak, unreliable ...
In the center are the two openings included in the volume: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6; and 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 without (symbol ┘) an early ...d7–d5. The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings ( ECO) is a reference work describing the state of opening theory in chess, originally published in five volumes from 1974 to 1979 by the Serbian company Šahovski ...
The rook and pawn versus rook endgame is a fundamentally important, widely studied chess endgame.Precise play is usually required in these positions. With optimal play, some complicated wins require sixty moves to either checkmate, capture the defending rook, or successfully promote the pawn.
Backdoor progression. Backdoor compared with the dominant (front door) in the chromatic circle: they share two tones and are transpositionally equivalent. In jazz and jazz harmony, the chord progression from iv 7 to ♭ VII 7 to I (the tonic or "home" chord) has been nicknamed the backdoor progression [1] [2] or the backdoor ii-V, as described ...
Kylo Ren (born Ben Solo) is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He was introduced in the The Force Awakens (2015), the first film of the sequel trilogy.He then appeared in The Last Jedi (2017) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
Richter–Veresov Attack. The Richter–Veresov Attack (or Veresov Opening) is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 2. Nc3 Nf6. 3. Bg5. It is also often reached by transposition, for example 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 (the most common move order), 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nc3, or 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.Bg5. The opening was named after the German ...