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4. Ruy Lopez Archangel Defense

5. Giuoco Piano

6. Scotch Game

7. FourKnights

8. Petroff Defense

9. Vienna Game

10. Sicilian, Classical Defense

11. Sicilian, Accelerated Dragon

12. Sicilian, Rossolimo Attack

13. Sicilian, Dragon Variation

14. Sicilian, Scheveningen Variation

15. Sicilian, Najdorf Variation

16. Sicilian, Moscow Variation

17. Caro-Kann Defense

18. Panov-Botvinnik Attack

19. French Defense, WinawerVariation

20. French Defense, Classical Defense

21. French Defense, McCutcheon Variation

22. French Defense, Tarrasch Variation

23. Queen’s Gambit Accepted

24. Queen’s Gambit Declined

25. Queen’s Gambit, Semi-Slav Defense

26. Queen’s Gambit, Tarrasch Defense

27. Queen’s Gambit, Slav Defense

28. Nimzo-Indian Defense, Rubinstein Var.

29. Nimzo-Indian Defense, Classical Var.

30. Queen’s Indian Defense

31. Queen’s Indian Defense,Petrosian Var.

32. Bogo-Indian Defense

33. Gruenfeld Defense

34. King’s Indian Defense

The moves and explanations of these famous

openings are given in many books on chess.

Entering YourOwn Opening

Touch Chess also allows you to set up

any book opening you want—or even an

opening you invent—to practice. Press

MODE then OPTIONS until the display

reads . Use +NEXT to set the

number of players to 2. Press MODE,

then make moves for both sides until the

opening position you want to practice is

reached. Now press M O D E t h e n

O P T I O N S until the display reads

. Use +NEXT to set the number

of players to 1. Press MODE and play

against the computer in this position.

Great Games

At the beginning of the game, you may

select one of sixteen of the world’s great-

est chess games by pressing MODE, then

OPTIONS to display , and

then

pressing the +NEXT or -SETUP key to

select a game number

Along with the game number, you will

see the position of the game after the first

two moves were played. Press the MODE

key to return to normal play starting at

move three. You take the winning side.

The display will show your total great-

game score in two digits (zero at the start)

on the left. On the right, the display also

shows the amount of points you will win

if you play the correct next great-game

move.

If you don’t play the correct great-game

move, an error buzz will sound and the

points for this move will be divided in

half. If the bonus goes to zero, the correct

move will automatically flash. Most

moves start with 4 bonus points, but some

brilliant moves start with 8 points.

The number, players, locations, and dates

of the great games are given below, along

with a brief explanation of each game.

1. Adolf Anderssen vs. Lionel Kieseritsky,

London, 1851

This marvelous attacking game, a King's

Gambit, is widely known as "The Immortal

Game." Both players show the 19th-century

preference for attack at all costs, and

Anderssen was one of the most ingenious

attackers of all time. After

18. Bd6, he gives

away both of his rooks and his queen! In the

final position, his tiny force is deployed in just

the right way to bring the complete Black army

to its knees.

2. Adolf Anderssen vs. J. Dufresne,

Berlin, 1852

Again we see Anderssen bamboozling his

opponent. The game starts as an Evan's

Gambit, a form of the Giuoco Piano. White's

19th move, Rad1!! is one of the most celebrat-

ed in the history of the game. With his reply,

… Qxf3, Black actually wins a knight and

threatens mate. You'd think that would be

enough! But Anderssen follows with a rook

and queen sacrifice that forces checkmate in a

shower of brilliant blows. This classic is

known as the "Evergreen Game."

3. Paul Morphy vs. Duke Karl & Count

Isouard, Paris, 1858

While in Paris at the opera, the brilliant, unof-

ficial world champion from New Orleans

plays an offhand game against two noblemen.

In this case, we're sure it was over before the

fat lady sang! In a Philidor Defense, the team

of two played a weak 3. … Bg5 that left

Morphy with superior development (more of

his pieces are deployed) and the bishop pair

(two bishops against a bishop and knight).

These two important advantages were all

Morphy needed. After Black wastes even more

time with another pawn move, 9. … b5?,

Morphy hits the duo with a series of brilliant

sacrifices to mate. Victory of mind over mate-

rial is the poetry of chess.

4.Wilhelm Steinitz vs. Kurt von Bardeleben,

Hastings, 1895

Wilhelm Steinitz, the first official world cham-

pion, begins this game as a Giuoco Piano. He

maneuvers deftly to keep his opponent from

castling into safety. Then he sacrifices his

pawn on d5 so that he can make the square

available for his knight. But the most brilliant

move of the game is 22. Rxe7+. At first glance,

it simply looks like a blunder.All of White's

pieces are attacked, and if Black wasn't in

check, he could play … Rxc1+ with mate next.

But if Black can't take the rook—with either

his king or queen—he loses in all variations.

And by not taking it, he is eventually mated

anyway. If you're interested in these complex

lines, you can find a complete explanation of

this classic game in many books.

5. A l e x a n d e r Alekhine vs. O. Te n n e r,

Cologne, 1911

World Champion Alekhine was a chess fanatic

(he even named his cat "Chess") and one of the

greatest attacking players of all time. Here he

plays the unusual Bishop's Opening and seems

to be developing quietly. Black even appears

to be getting a good game just at the time

Alekhine is able to play the swashbuckling

11. Nxe5, allowing Black to capture his queen.

Black's king is forced to march to the center of

the board, an unhealthy spot for a monarch

when so many pieces are still on the board,

where he is mated. It's important to understand

that such sacrifices don't just happen illogical-

ly.White's pieces again had a dominating com-

mand of the board, and Black allowed White's

pressure on f7, Black's most sensitive defen-

sive square when he hasn't castled, to build

into an explosion.

6. Gaudersen vs. Paul, Melbourne, 1928

This "miniature" of only 15 moves, starts off

as a French Defense in which White plays the

Advance Variation, placing his pawns on d4

and e5. Black's 8th move, castling, was in this

case a blunder because his kingside is attacked

by many pieces and not effectively defended.

White's sparkling 9. Bxh7+ is an example of a

bishop sacrifice that's happened so often it has

a name—the "Greek Gift." White's 14. Nxe6+

is an example of a discovered check, the diver

bomber of the chessboard. White's amusing

15th move is a very rare example of checkmate

with the en passant capture.

7. Edward Lasker vs. George T h o m a s ,

London, 1910

This masterpiece, a Dutch Defense, features a

famous example of the king’s walk to mate.

Edward, an American distant cousin of the

great world champion Emmanuel Lasker, gets

his pieces activated against Black's kingside