OPENINGS REVIEWED DURING SPRING 2017
[I] Giuoco Piano
 
The "Giuoco Piano"
("quiet game" in Italian) often poses few problems for either player, and often leads to a draw.
White Black
1. e4 e5
2. Nf 3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5
4. pd3 Nf 6
[2] The Ruy Lopez
 
Ruy Lopez lived from about 1530 to about 1580, wrote a book describing this opening. This opening is among the first to have been written down.
White Black
1. pe4 pe5
2. Nf 3 Nc6
3. Bb5 pa6 *
4. Ba4 Nf 6
* = Morphy Defense Photo of Paul Morphy
[3] Sicilian Defense
White Black
1. pe4 pc5
2. Nf 3 Nc6
3. pd4 pxp
4. Nxp Nf 6
[4] French Defense
White Black
1. pe4 pe6
2. pd4 pd5
3. Nc3 Nf 6
4. Bg5 Be7
[5] Queen's Gambit Declined
 
White Black
1. pd4 pd5
2. pc4 * pe6
3. Nc3 Nf 6
4. Bg5 Be7
* This is the gambit:
A gambit is the offer of
a pawn early in a game, with the
with the hope of later gaining a
material or positional reward
[6] The Reti Opening
 
Richard Reti was one of the "young revolutionaries" loosely referred to as the HYPER-MODERN SCHOOL, who played chess in Paris about a century ago.
White Black
1. Nf 3 pd5
2. pc4 pe6
3. pg3 * Nf 6
4. Bg2 * Be7
* This way of developing a bishop
is called "fianchettoing", named
for the Italian master Fianchetto