KING'S-PAWN OPENINGS Definition & Meaning

king's-pawn openings

[ kingz-pawn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

(used with a singular verb)

a class of chess openings in which the pawn in front of the king is advanced two squares on the first move.

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The sterile positions arising from the main lines had many grandmasters eschewing king’s-pawn openings altogether as White in must-win games.

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