Konstantinopolsky Opening

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The Konstantinopolsky Opening is a rarely played chess opening that begins with the following moves:

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. g3

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Description

According to The Oxford Companion to Chess, the Konstantinopolsky Opening was introduced to master play in a game between Alexander Konstantinopolsky and Viacheslav Ragozin in a team championship in Moscow in 1956.[1]

The name Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Lit) was used by David Bronstein in his book 200 Open Games (published in Russian in 1970). Bronstein employed the opening against Levente Lengyel in the 1964 Interzonal in Amsterdam.[2][3][4]

The opening has been described as a form of "anti-preparation" that takes the game "Template:Chessgloss".[5]

See also

References

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