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- ...The Dutch Boy is also useful in combination with a Russian Northern System opening. With a Russian army in St. Petersburg after Spring of 1901, and with press [[German Openings|BACK]] to [[German Openings]]841 bytes (143 words) - 22:59, 31 March 2008
- Any opening sending the Brest fleet to the Mid-Atlantic Ocean. There are a many named v *[[Atlantic Openings#Maginot Opening|Maginot Opening]]8 KB (1,327 words) - 05:41, 19 December 2010
- ...z (a.k.a. the Italian Attack) is recognized as a variant of the Blue Water Opening. '''BLUE WATER OPENING, VON METZKE BLITZ'''4 KB (696 words) - 12:57, 7 January 2008
- The Balkan Gambit is any opening sending Trieste to Albania and Budapest to Serbia. The gambit here is that Richard Sharp's name for the opening F Tri-Alb, A Bud-Ser, A Vie-Boh. Also known as Fisher's Folly.4 KB (654 words) - 12:58, 7 January 2008
- ...d the vast majority of German openings in completed UK games. The orthodox German player really has only two decisions to consider during the whole of 1901. .../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 offe6 KB (1,160 words) - 01:13, 7 January 2008
- ...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 diff6 KB (1,107 words) - 12:54, 7 January 2008
- "F(StP)sc-GoB? is the only reasonable opening for that unit." - Rod Walker, The Gamers Guide to Diplomacy ...n openings. But opening moves exhibit tremendous variety and the "correct" opening depends on a myriad of circumstances. The word "always", with one exception5 KB (972 words) - 01:25, 7 January 2008
- 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 and4 KB (660 words) - 01:11, 7 January 2008
- ...ering a wealth of options for each Great Power in S01, but none favour the German attack. ...rican Diplomacy scribe, offered no more than this: "This is an anti-German opening." Richard Sharp, author of The Game of Diplomacy wrote, "Russia's most prom6 KB (1,123 words) - 01:12, 7 January 2008
- ...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 on5 KB (961 words) - 18:53, 31 March 2008
- ...agreement has been reached with Italy to vacate Trieste and Venice on the opening move. It has invariably failed due to a double cross by Italy. The new idea ...vents Italy from entering Tyrolia, without the possibility that either the German or Austrian pieces will lose their positions. Now if A-H has also played A(4 KB (639 words) - 12:11, 6 January 2008
- Richard Sharp christened the Italian Opening A(Ven)-Pie, A(Rom)-Ven, F(Nap)-ION as the Alpine Chicken "Because it shows ...to use A(Pie) against Mar without leaving yourself open to an Austrian (or German) attack on Venice. The fleet goes F(Nap)-ION and the F(ION)-Tun for the bui2 KB (469 words) - 01:23, 7 January 2008
- 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,6 KB (1,007 words) - 18:54, 31 March 2008
- ..., "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%).7 KB (1,189 words) - 01:27, 7 January 2008
- 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,4 KB (796 words) - 01:28, 7 January 2008
- ...France and Germany in 1901. At the root of the problem is the fact that a German army there, in Spring 1901 can really prove devastating to the French posit ...French opening to this province, or to a French announcement that such am opening is in the offing even if it doesn't materialize.5 KB (825 words) - 01:01, 7 January 2008
- ...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:5 KB (972 words) - 01:23, 7 January 2008
- ...ll and I discovered that we had both, independently, invented the same new opening for Austria. I had gone one better and also given it a name, the Hedgehog. By far the most popular Austrian opening is the fatuous A(Vie)-Tri, F(Tri)-Alb, A(Bud)-Ser. Why fatuous? because it5 KB (949 words) - 01:14, 7 January 2008
- ...le opposition and that is F(Edi)-NWG, F(Lon)-NTH and A(Lpl)-Yor. With this opening he can take Norway in the Autumn even in the face of Russian opposition fro Despite the limitations of opening moves, England must conduct a lot of diplomacy prior to the first moves bas4 KB (770 words) - 01:19, 7 January 2008
- [[The Sealion Opening in Action|BACK]] to [[The Sealion Opening in Action]] *Fleet English Channel SUPPORT German Fleet Denmark -> North Sea.8 KB (1,107 words) - 14:13, 31 March 2008
