Talk:Open Game
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[edit] Double King's Pawn Opening
I propose that this page be moved to Double King's Pawn Opening. Any objections? --Matthew Proctor 23:20, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, "Open Game" is much more commonly used. youngvalter 00:17, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
- In my experience, "open game" has always referred to a game that is open ie. lots of space, rather than an opening. Maybe I'm just wrong on this one. --Matthew Proctor 01:24, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
- The name "open game" dates from the 19th century and refers to everything after 1.e4 e5, since it was assumed those openings always led to the types of positions you're talking about. And everything else was a "closed game". Sometime afterwards somebody made up the term "semi-open game" for 1.e4 without 1...e5, and I've even seen "semi-closed game" being used for 1.d4 Nf6. Of course we know now that those are gross generalizations, but the names have stuck and are pretty well recognized (except for "semi-closed"). youngvalter 16:47, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
- In my experience, "open game" has always referred to a game that is open ie. lots of space, rather than an opening. Maybe I'm just wrong on this one. --Matthew Proctor 01:24, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
