Definition of Opening move

1. Noun. The first of a series of actions.

Exact synonyms: First Step, Initiative, Opening
Generic synonyms: Beginning, Commencement, Start
Specialized synonyms: Curtain Raiser, First Base, Peace Initiative
Derivative terms: Open, Open, Open, Opening

Lexicographical Neighbors of Opening Move

openheartedly
openheartedness
opening
opening argument
opening arguments
opening axis
opening batsman
opening batsmen
opening ceremonies
opening ceremony
opening contraction
opening credits
opening fire
opening hours
opening line
opening move (current term)
opening movement
opening night
opening of an envelope
opening of external acoustic meatus
opening of inferior vena cava
opening of internal acoustic meatus
opening of pulmonary trunk
opening of superior vena cava
opening of the sphenoidal sinus
opening speech
opening speeches
opening statement
opening statements

Literary usage of Opening move

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Game Theory, Optimal Stopping, Probability and Statistics: Papers in Honor by Thomas Shelburne Ferguson, F. Thomas Bruss, Lucien Marie Le Cam (2000)
"Interpretation: When the values of x and x' lie in the appropriate regions of Figure 5, Black's orthodox opening move goes onto the same row as white and ..."

2. Chess Player's Chronicle (1856)
"the opening move of the second player. Major Jänisch (see Chess-Player s Chronicle for 1850, pp. 150, 151) concurs in their judgment, thus tacitly ..."

3. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"The opening move generally adopted is Pawn to QB 3 for the first three players, and P. to K. 3 by the fourth player. This move of P. to QB 3 is made in ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The only difficulty for the beginner in this problem is to determine the opening move, which should be Q.--KRsq. Bibliography.— Consult Morgan. ..."

5. The British Chess Magazine (1884)
"... opening move advocated by Mr. Bird (1 P to KB 4) has little to recommend it in theory. It does not even stop the reply 1 P to K 4 if the second player ..."

6. Chess World (1868)
"... with the illustrative first back game, and the notes on the opening move of the fourth game; notes from which it might be inferred that Philidor, ..."

7. The Book of Chess: Containing the Rudiments of the Game, and Elementary by Hyacinth R. Agnel, Howard Staunton (1852)
"LESSON I. OPENING THE GAME POWERS OF THE PIECES AT THE COMMENCEMENT KP TWO SQUARES, WHY A GOOD opening move THE REGULAR OPENINGS CLASSIFIED ELEMENTARY ..."

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