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Enigmatic Gambits and Mystic Defenses
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
- 1. System classifying openings, also a cryptic clue
- 2. Popular counterattack beginning with c5
- 4. Common prefix for a royal attack opening
- 5. Gambit involving pawn sacrifice on the queenside
- 6. Hypermodern defense focusing on central counterattack
- 8. Aggressive variation in a classic French defense
- 10. A solid defense starting with c6
- 13. Tactical formation applied cryptically in openings (7 letters)
Down
- 3. Defense known for control of center with bishop
- 7. A famous gambit derived from Italian Game
- 9. Opening also called Center Counter Defense (8 letters, use SCANDI)
- 11. Less common gambit known for tricky play (7 letters)
- 12. Spanish opening named after a 16th-century priest
- 14. Symmetrical defense named after Russian master
- 15. A counter gambit against queen’s pawn (5 letters)
- 16. Defensive opening named after a European country
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