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tamamcanim

#1

Why are the chess openings named

sheckley666

#2

Because humans give names to every important thing.

Lil_Puppet

#3

@tamamcanim So they can be recognized easily - Usually they are named for the cities where they were first played, the players who may have originated them or used them in important matches. Ruy Lopez, for instance, was a monk who calculated many variations of the opening.

TB-123 edited

#4

Yeah, you can wonder. Sicilian defence - Budapest gambit - Volga gambit ( also known as Banko gambit ) ore fajarowicz gambit ( often this is mis plads with the budapest gambit. )
It is ( almost) a forest to begin with. But it does make it a bit easier to find info, on a opening in chess books like infomatier ore new in chess ( etc )

Yeah, you can wonder. Sicilian defence - Budapest gambit - Volga gambit ( also known as Banko gambit ) ore fajarowicz gambit ( often this is mis plads with the budapest gambit. ) It is ( almost) a forest to begin with. But it does make it a bit easier to find info, on a opening in chess books like infomatier ore new in chess ( etc )

TB-123

#5

What opening are you refer to?!. Maybe I can ( or someone else ) give you the answer. :-)

Lil_Puppet

#6

@TB-123 I think that he just asked, "Why are the openings named?"

TB-123

#7

If he means all openings, I can't answer that.
Spanish opening go´s back alle the way to the late 16th century ( or Ruy Lopez opening ) Ruy Lopez was a Spanish priest, therefor it known as the the Spanish opening.
Italien opening: also from the 16th century: The Italian Game is one of the oldest recorded chess openings; it occurs in the Göttingen manuscript and was developed by players such as Damiano and Polerio.
etc. You can find the answer to most of the openings on weki....

If he means all openings, I can't answer that. Spanish opening go´s back alle the way to the late 16th century ( or Ruy Lopez opening ) Ruy Lopez was a Spanish priest, therefor it known as the the Spanish opening. Italien opening: also from the 16th century: The Italian Game is one of the oldest recorded chess openings; it occurs in the Göttingen manuscript and was developed by players such as Damiano and Polerio. etc. You can find the answer to most of the openings on weki....

fpvbmct

#8

yeah i wouldn't trust a cheater to tell you anything about any opening.

lurarose

#9

Chess openings are named because people name things. It's what we do as humans.

Most openings have 2 main parts to them in the name.

Part 1 = City, Country, Player, Chess Piece, Animal, time period ect
Part 2 = Opening, Gambit, Attack, Defense, System ect
Part 3 = Optional to stick the word "variation" on the end of it.

Not all openings follow this precisely, and sometimes they don't follow it very much at all but most do.

Chess openings are named because people name things. It's what we do as humans. Most openings have 2 main parts to them in the name. Part 1 = City, Country, Player, Chess Piece, Animal, time period ect Part 2 = Opening, Gambit, Attack, Defense, System ect Part 3 = Optional to stick the word "variation" on the end of it. Not all openings follow this precisely, and sometimes they don't follow it very much at all but most do.

lurarose

#10

@fpvbmct I would agree for the most part, however it's kinda a simple question. What TB-123 said is true of the spanish opening regardless of cheater status.