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chess opening

series of moves used to start a chess game
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chess opening
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Summary

chess opening ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,208 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Followed by: middlegame[2]
  • Subclass of: sequence[3], board game opening[4]
  • Part of: chess theory[5], chess terminology[6]
  • Commons category: Chess openings[7]
  • Sport: chess[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Chess openings[9]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox chess opening[10], Šablona:Šachové zahájení[11]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/opening[12]

Why It Matters

chess opening has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Altkirch

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0009285-sachova-zahajeni
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0009285-sachova-zahajeni, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259473|batch #259473]]"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → chess theory, chess terminology
    Subclass of → —
    Sport → chess
    Part of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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