4.Ruy Lopez Archangel Defense
5.Giuoco Piano
6.Scotch Game
7.Four Knights
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
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19.French Defense, Winawer Variation
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,
26.Queen’s Gambit, Tarrasch Defense
27.Queen’s Gambit, Slav Defense
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30.Queen’s Indian Defense
31.Queen’s Indian Defense,Petrosian Var.
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33.Gruenfeld Defense
34.King’s Indian Defense
The moves and explanations of these famous openings are given in many books on chess.
Entering Your Own Opening
Touch Chess also allows you to set up any book opening you
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 MODE then OPTIONS 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
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
If you don’t play the correct
The number, players, locations, and dates of the great games are given below, along with a brief explanation of each game.
(All game explanations are © 2000 by Al Lawrence; all rights reserved.)
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
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
5.Alexander Alekhine vs. O. Tenner, 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
7.Edward Lasker vs. George Thomas, 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
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