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• Split Opening
  Richard Sharp's name for the opening F Lon-ENG and F Edi-NWG. There are three named variations: the Edinburgh, t
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• Tyrolese Gambit
  Richard Sharp's name for the opening: F Tri-Alb, A Bud-Tri, A Vie-Tyr.
  70 bytes (12 words) - 13:11, 7 January 2008
• The Fiafranchetto
  An opening to remember or regret by ...eeded. If Germany, moves to Burgundy and England moves to the Channel, the opening will fail horribly…..but France can still recover if he has the wits and
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• Naming the Openings
  ..., "Defence" or "Gambit", as the case might be; everything else was simply "Opening". Here are some examples with the frequencies taken from New Statsman. ...5%), but if the army goes elsewhere the fleet moves constitute the Belgian Opening, with the usual Edinburgh and Yorkshire Variations (0.9% and 20.3%).
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• Italian Openings
  *Austrian Attack Opening (A Rom-Ven, A Ven-Tri)
  322 bytes (48 words) - 14:37, 7 January 2008
• North Sea Opening
  Richard Sharp's name for the opening in which England orders A Lvp-Yor, sends one fleet to the North Sea and doe
  368 bytes (61 words) - 14:32, 7 January 2008
• Norman Openings
  Any French Opening sending the fleet to Picardy. The typical intent is a pro-English occupatio
  343 bytes (54 words) - 13:40, 31 March 2008
• Berlin Defense
  Any German opening in which Berlin is ordered to HOLD. These openings guard against a Russian
  226 bytes (35 words) - 23:11, 31 March 2008
• The Octopus
  This is the name I give to the opening I regularly play as Russia, which is very little favoured by anyone else - (1) Turkey's best chance of winning, and most active opening, is A(Con)-Bul, F(Ank)-BLA, A(Smy)-Arm - it's also by far the most popular,
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• Is The Alpine Chicken A Tasty Bird
  Richard Sharp christened the Italian Opening A(Ven)-Pie, A(Rom)-Ven, F(Nap)-ION as the Alpine Chicken "Because it shows The stats show that the Chicken is the third most common Italian opening, used overall 11.64% of the time. However, that figure masks a 70’s popul
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• The Hedgehog: An Asset or a Liability for Austria
  ...oned and I now consider that except for certain circumstances, it is a bad opening. For the benefit of novices, the Hedgehog is F(Tri)-Ven, A(Vie)-Gal, and A( .... Far better for Austria to try to convince them not to attack and make an opening that will result in Gre and Ser being taken in 1901 and this is not as diff
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• German Variations
  .../Sil or A(Ber)-Sil/Pru. I once attempted a combination of both of these by opening F(Kie)-Den, A(Mun)-Sil, A(Ber)-Pru. But I failed to gain Warsaw and my offe More recently we had the opening which later went on to become a zine in its own right. The Bohemian Rhapsod
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• The Sealion Opening in Action: The Moves
  [[The Sealion Opening in Action|BACK]] to [[The Sealion Opening in Action]] [[The Sealion Opening in Action|BACK]] to [[The Sealion Opening in Action]]
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• The Lepanto Opening
  ...e Southeast is an alliance between Austria and Italy which uses an unusual opening by the Italians to quickly secure the fall of the Turks. The principal prob ...s, as the army in Apulia could be used for other things, as such a Turkish opening usually means that the Austrians are in for a lot of trouble from the Russi
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• The Italian Attack Against France
  ...oing to stab Austria by moving to Tyrolia and Trieste in the Autumn.) This opening is not without its uses, however, as you can often stop France getting a bu ...t seems to have better prospects against France, and is more flexible. The opening proceeds as follows:
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• The Iberian Indecision
  As France you have the option of opening with the Iberian Indecision. The S01 orders are A Par-Gas, A Mar-Spa, F Bre The single largest objection to this opening is the supposedly weakened defensive position it leaves France in. In fact,
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• The Jutland Gambit
  ...n interesting set of German moves in the North. The use of the traditional opening gains time for the German player as it allows him to determine if anything [[Category:Opening]]
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• An Introduction to Austrian Opening Strategy
  ...Russia and Turkey usually view Austria as very easy meat and so this ideal opening is often difficult to arrange. The standard Lepanto opening - Italy convoying A(Tun) to either Smy or Syr via F(ION) & F(EMS) - is of c
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• An Introduction to French Opening Strategy
  ...stal wins and has the best record for draws. However when I see the French opening set up it fails to fire me with the interest that both Austria and Russia s ...of non-aggressive ways but should England, Germany or Italy attack in the opening year then France can defend fairly well but will have to be content with on
  5 KB (961 words) - 18:53, 31 March 2008
• An Introduction to Turkish Opening Strategy
  Perhaps Turkish opening moves require less diplomacy than any other country. A(Con) should always g ...s arguably the best as Turkey wins most of his postal games following this opening. It immediately puts pressure on Russia even assuming there has been a stan
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