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Alapin's Opening

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Summary

Alapin's Opening is a chess opening[1]. It draws 197 Wikipedia views per month (chess opening category, ranking #79 of 129).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: Semyon Alapin[3]
  • Subclass of: Open Game[4]
  • Portable Game Notation: e4 e5[5], Ne2[6]

Why It Matters

Alapin's Opening has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Semyon Alapin
    Subclass of → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ko', '
    Instance of → chess opening
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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