Saturday, 19 February 2011

King's Pawn Game

Any Chess game with the opening move 1.e4 is called a King's Pawn Game (or Opening). 
Double King's Pawn Game (Open-Game).
If black responds with 1...e5 it is called a Double King's Pawn Game or an Open Game, if black plays a move other than 1...e5 it's called an Asymmetrical King's Pawn Game or a Semi-Open Game.

The reason the King's Pawn Game is so popular is probably due to the fact that it allows for easy development of white's queen and bishop. A pawn on the e4 square can be highly useful because it occupies one of the 4 center squares and attacks the center square d5.

The most popular response to 1.e4 is 1...c5 (The Sicilian Defence). The Sicilian Defence allows black to fight for the center by preparing to meet a d2-d4 advance with ...c5xd4. The Sicilian is among the sharpest and most analyzed openings in chess. I will cover this defense soon.

Pros: Occupies the center of the board, it frees up a lane for the kingside bishop and allows for 
Cons: The e-pawn has no immediate back-row guard.
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17 comments:

  1. Grinds my Gears19 February 2011 at 3:02 pm

    Very interesting read.

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  2. Ahy19 February 2011 at 3:18 pm

    Me and my father used to play a lot of chess when I was younger. I love this game, it's so exciting even though it's slow!

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  3. Jcache19 February 2011 at 3:58 pm

    I try to stick to checkers, chess is wayyyy too complicated.

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  4. Charles19 February 2011 at 5:06 pm

    chess is hard, maybe this will teach me

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  5. Anonymous19 February 2011 at 5:09 pm

    I played a 2 hour match today that ended in a stalemate :(

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  6. mtn19 February 2011 at 5:49 pm

    never really was good in chess, i hope your blog will help me to get better

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  7. Justin19 February 2011 at 6:07 pm

    i'll be able to beat my boss soon!

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  8. Anonymous.19 February 2011 at 8:55 pm

    Complex :(

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  9. Dr. Grim19 February 2011 at 9:15 pm

    i always loved playing chess, tough i never actually studied it, i think i'll learn quite a bit here

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  10. jopjopjop19 February 2011 at 10:59 pm

    wow thanks for the info, i play this opening very often but didn't know that its called "King's Pawn"

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  11. Jesse Brooks19 February 2011 at 11:46 pm

    I've never really been fantastic at chess; my fiance consistently beat me. Maybe I'll be able to pick up a few tips from here, thanks!

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  12. Harald19 February 2011 at 11:53 pm

    haha how funny is this! i recently picked up chess and now i find your blog! awesome thx!

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  13. Electric Addict20 February 2011 at 2:47 am

    This is interesting stuff. I really like playing chess but haven't played a game recently :/

    Supporting :)

    http://www.electricaddict.blogspot.com/

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  14. KUSHtunes20 February 2011 at 4:11 am

    I want to try and stretch my brain a bit and play more often. nice post.

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  15. Anonymous20 February 2011 at 4:53 am

    Great blog, now following :D
    I love Chess

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  16. fabio_200721 February 2011 at 2:43 am

    great tips, thanks

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  17. chesslovers11 March 2011 at 7:01 am

    if play white i play Nf3..nice post.

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