Chess Openings: First 10 Moves
The Italian, the Sicilian, the London — and the traps between them.
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Peek inside — 3 of 176 cards
1. e4 c5 is the…
Sicilian Defence — Black fights for the centre asymmetrically
Scholar's mate threat — how does Black defend?
…g6 (or …Qe7): block the f7 diagonal, hit the queen
The London System starts…
1. d4, 2. Bf4 — same setup against almost anything
About this deck
The mainlines of the openings club players actually meet, ten moves deep, plus the traps that decide casual games: the fried liver, the fishing pole, scholar's mate and how to punish it.
Each card asks for the move from the position and explains the idea behind it — develop, control, castle — so you learn plans, not just sequences.
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