Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-22


that revolve around the P-K4 order OF
openings than in those that emanate
from the more complicated P-Q4 sortie
It is customary to develop the
Knights before the Bishops are brought
into play and in the Kings Knights
Openings naturally the Kings Knight
is the focal move from which you
radiate your attack or defense.
Sixteen types Of openings may be
described a. stemming from the Kings
Knight to Kings Bishops third
square move. essayed after the P-K1
initial play by White.
Kings knight Openings.
II you wish to divide the numerous
standard and irregular openings that
game of chess may take at the out
set into orders" even as the science
Of botany or zoology adheres to the
scientific nomenclature of orders. FAM
lilies, genera, species and suhspecies,
then you might classify opening moves
into these major orders: Kings
knights Il P-K4, P-K4; 2 Kt-
KB3, etc., II Kings Bishops Il
P-K4, P-K4; B-B4. etc.. III
Kings Gambit's Il P-K4, P-K4;
P-KBD, Nv Queens Knights q
P-K4, P-K4; Kt-QB3. etc. and
v the Close Game comprising OPEN
ings in which the center of the
chessboard is commanded by Pawns
supported by major and minor pieces
in the rearguard; excellent types Of
the Close Game being the Queen S
Pawn, Queens Gambit Accepted or
Declined, French Defense, Sicilian
Defense, Kings Bishops Pawn Game,
or English. Want Hfuy and Fan
Ghetto Openings).
E. Peterborough and Rev. c. z. RAN
ken in their illuminating treatise on
Chess Openings-Ancient and Mod
en-" use the 5-order classification
just described with great success. But
in more recent studies on the open
ings. as Modern Chess Openings,
by P. w. Sergeant, r. c. Griffith
and NJ. E. Goldstein, you will find a
different order of segregating the
trunk-line openings every beginner
should know.
According to the five major group
ings of Ranken and Peterborough. the
is types of openings branching from
the Kings knights Opening (Order
Il are conducive to development Of
the imagination, foster creative and
inventive powers, provide the tyro
with beautiful combinations and in
sure progress that possesses a degree
Of permanent stability and simplicity
of understanding of the very character
essential to wholesome mastery CT
fundamental chess technique.
Tersely the Is types are given here
with a few pertinent observations for
the novice to heed.
/. Irregular.
Probably 400 years ago the counter
moves, P-KB3. Q-B3. BOB or B-B4
we're attempted by Black as replies to
l P-K4, P-K4: 2 Kt-KB3 with
little success unless the opponent was
an inferior player.
2.Greco Counter Gambit.
In 1915 Greco advocated l P-K4,
P-K4; 2 Kt-KB3. P-KB4, the latter
move. P-KB4. based on the maxim
that the strongest defense is counter
attack. The move theoretically is un-
sound. but favored by players who en-
joy action and risk hoping for bril-
liant continuation and seldom obtain
ing more than a series Of entertaining
and intricate moves that do not yield
a strong position.
3. Queens Pawn Counter Gambit.
After PKG, P-K4; 2 Kt-KB3 .
Black may defend by thrusting P-Q4
Pawn to Queens fourth square,. Of
fering what Is termed "gambit"
italian word meaning sacrifice or ex-
change), specifically the queens Pawn
Counter Gambit, Blacks intent being
to free his Queens Bishop for prob
ably a premature attack. or course
White plays PIP pawn stakes
Pawn and then Black may recapture
with his Queen. accept the loss. or
continue premature sorties. However,
White has the better game. is a move
ahead Il tempo) and the beginner Is
keenly aware that although the max
i'm of 1.-THE best defense is to attack"
is commendable, still it is meaning
less unless properly timed.
1. Petroff's Counter Attack.
In 1890. in the Gottingen manu-
script Black elects to answer ! P-k4,
P-K4; 2 Kt-KB3 with Kt-KB3
(Knight to Kings Bishops third
square), the purpose being to duplicate
Whites moves and bring about an
equalization of the game through
identical positions-a very poor policy,