Chess is an ancient game, probably the oldest of all board games. Throughout centuries, there have been many interesting chess facts which are delightful to know! Here are 50 of such amazing chess facts! 1. First four possible moves in chess can be played in 318,979,564,000 different ways. The game of chess is contained in 64 squares, but its possibilities…
King’s Gambit is a king’s pawn opening that starts with 1.e4 e5 2.f4 . It is one of the oldest openings known in chess history. This opening belongs to the romantic era of chess where material was not a major concern. Beauty of chess was seen in sacrifices and tactical combinations. With move 2.f4, white offers a pawn sacrifice in…
Saragossa opening starts with 1.c3. It is not popular because it does not do much to control the center on the first move. Similar to 1.e3 or 1.d3, this move can also be used to transpose into a popular line. We will look at various possible alternatives arising after 1.c3. Sicilian Alapin If black plays 1…c5, white can transpose into…
1.d3 is Mieses opening. Similar to 1.e3, white doesn’t commit to a center pawn advance on the first move but gives a hint at either playing e4 or c4 later on. The idea of playing 1.d3 can be to transpose into a familiar opening with a different move order. We will see various possible structures arising after 1.d3 English Opening…
1.e3 is Van’t Kruijs opening. It is not really an opening but a way of transposing move into some other opening. So don’t need to be scared because of the fancy title of the blog. By playing 1.e3, white keeps the options of playing d4 or c4. We will look at various possible set-ups that can arise after 1.e3. English…
Hungarian Opening starts with 1.g3. It is not really an opening because the idea of the first move is generally to transpose into a well-known opening. White starts with 1.g3, keeping the options open to transpose into various openings. The drawback of move 1.g3 is that it allows black to occupy the center first. Black has various moves like c5,…
