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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 Variation
29. Nimzo-Indian
Defense, Classical Variation
30. Queen’s Indian Defense
31. Queen’s Indian
Defense, Petrosian Variation
32. Bogo-Indian Defense
33. Gruenfeld Defense
34. King’s Indian Defense
These openings and the expla-
nations of each move, along
with example games by chess
masters, are given in many
books on chess available at
bookstores and libraries.
8.4
MULTI-MOVE: setting up
your own opening positions
King Arthur also allows you to
set up any book opening you
want—or even an opening you
invent—to practice. Press
MULTI-MOVE. Your display will
read “
PLAYr.” Make sure the
number of players is set to 2.
Then make moves for both sides
until the opening position you
want to practice is reached.
Then press
MULTI-MOVE again to
set the number of players to 1.
Press
CLEAR and play against the
computer in this position.
8.5 Great Games
One of the many extra features
offered by King Arthur that is
both great chess training and a
lot of fun is the Great Games.
Over the centuries there have
been many chess masterpieces
that players have recorded, stud-
ied, and passed down to follow-
ing generations. Top chess play-
ers know many such games by
heart.
King Arthur gives you 16 such
games to enjoy and study.
What’s more,
you play the win-
ning side in these masterpieces
and try to find the same ingen-
ious moves the great masters
did! Don’t worry; King Arthur
will help you whenever you
want. Just push the
HINT key to
find the next move. (Don’t feel
bad about pushing the
HINT key
often—after all, these are among
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MODE until “OP En” is dis-
played. Then press
> until the
number of the opening (see list
below) you want to learn or
review is displayed in the upper
left of the display. (You can use
< to “loop” backward in the list.
For example, if you want to
select opening 30, it’s faster to
use the
< key.)
Now play a move. If your
move is not correct, an error
buzz will sound and the move
will NOT be made. You can
take another guess, or learn the
correct move by pressing
HINT
.
When the computer comes back
with its move, you will briefly
see the word “
OP En” on the
screen if you have another
opening move to make. If
“
OP En” does not
appear, you
may continue normal play or go
on to another opening. You have
completed the training for that
opening line.
Below are the numbers and
names of openings that you can
study with King Arthur’s Book
Opening Trainer.
1. Ruy Lopez, Exchange
Variation
2. Ruy Lopez, Closed Defense
3. Ruy Lopez, Open Defense
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
17. Caro-Kann Defense
18. Panov-Botvinnik Attack
19. French Defense, Winawer
Variation
20. French Defense,
Classical Defense
21. French Defense,
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AFTER THE FIRST MOVE OF ANY OPENING,
WHENEVER IT’S YOUR MOVE, YOU CAN SWITCH SIDES
WITH
KING ARTHUR BY PRESSING MOVE.
I
N THIS WAY, YOU CAN PRACTICE BOTH SIDES OF THESE
IMPORTANT
, STANDARD CHESS OPENINGS.
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