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Simple Secrets of Chess Openings
Perfect for beginners with simple, common vocabulary
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- 1. A move involving the king and a rook
- 2. A strategy of giving up material for advantage
- 3. Pieces like bishops and knights
- 4. The most powerful chess piece
- 6. A popular chess opening starting with c5
- 8. Type of game after pawn exchanges at the start
- 12. A variation in the Sicilian opening
- 15. A piece that moves in straight lines
- 16. Part of a two-word opening known for solid play
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- 5. A piece that moves diagonally
- 7. A pawn move to develop a bishop
- 9. The smallest chess piece that moves forward
- 10. A classical chess opening also called Petrov's
- 11. The most important piece to protect
- 13. A chess opening using the c4 pawn move
- 14. An opening starting with pawn to e6
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