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Semi-Open Game
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semi-open game
English
tright rd nd bd qd kd bd nd rd pd pd pd pd pd pd pd pd pl pl pl pl pl pl pl pl rl nl bl ql kl bl nl rl The Sicilian Defence is a Semi-Open Game.
Moves: 1.e4 c5
Alternative forms
en semi-open game
Noun
Semi-Open Game
A type of chess opening, in which White plays 1.e4 (moves their king's pawn to the fourth rank with their first move) and Black breaks symmetry by replying with a move other than 1...e5.
See also
en Open Game
en Closed Game
See also
en Chess openings