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"Black has gained a tempo on the queen". And that right there is opening theory in microcosm. In the opening, developing your pieces is everything. To develop...

Wikimedia Foundation Project Set Theory is the study of sets. Essentially, a set is a collection of mathematical objects. Set Theory forms the foundation of all...

category theory. It is written for those who have some understanding of one or more branches of abstract mathematics, such as group theory, analysis...

article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. A chess opening theory table or ECO (Encyclopedia of Chess Openings) table presents lines of moves...

Communication Theory has one universal law, written by S. F. Scudder in the early 1900s, and later published in 1980. The Universal Communication Law states...

the current position. Thus, from the opening position at Chess Opening Theory, the position reached after 1. e4 is addressed as /1. e4. The position reached...

Game Theory might be better described as Strategy Theory, or Theory of Interactive Decision Making. A strategic situation involves two or more interacting...

questions related to communication theory, ask at the Q&A. This book is an introduction to communication theory — the theory of how humans share, encode, and...

Open Sicilian have been extensively studied, their use involves a lot of theory to become comfortable with them. This means low- and mid-rated players (up...

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black has. Capturing the pawn with 2... dxc4 isn't considered the best, but theory and practice has shown that black does just fine. This usually transposes...

normal opening theory with 2...e5) has become the modern main line. White can either play the main line 2. d4 or try to avoid complex theory with 2. Nf3...

would be more appropriate and this is certainly borne out with current theory. The Two Knights has been adopted as Black by many aggressive players including...

Circuit Theory Most of electrical engineering was invented by 1925, reduced to practice by 1936, and mathematically analyzed and scientifically understood...

English by IM Yury Lapshun, Nick Conticello Everyman Chess, 2008, PB 1.b4: Theory & Practice of the Sokolsky Opening Full of Fresh Analysis by Jerzy Konikowski...

the single worst starting move, for White. However, if White knows some theory and Black is caught by surprise, this opening can be playable even at relatively...

fianchetto the Bishop to g2, which does. The hypermodern school of opening theory, most influential in the 1920s and 1930s, was all about controlling the...

not support the central d5 pawn but develops a piece for an uneven game. Theory in this defence has been extended in recent years in part due to the attempt...

named after Alexander Alekhine, who introduced it in 1921; however, the theory and mainlines were created much later. 1.e4 Nf6 Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999...

Circuit Theory Variables are defined the same way. But there is a difference. Before variables were either "known" or "unknown." Now there is a sort of...