Konstantinopolsky Opening
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The Konstantinopolsky Opening is a rarely played chess opening that begins with the following moves:
Description
According to The Oxford Companion to Chess, the Konstantinopolsky Opening was introduced to master play in a game between Alexander Konstantinopolsky and Viacheslav Ragozin in a team championship in Moscow in 1956.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The name {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Template:Lit) was used by David Bronstein in his book 200 Open Games (published in Russian in 1970). Bronstein employed the opening against Levente Lengyel in the 1964 Interzonal in Amsterdam.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite chessgames.com game</ref>
The opening has been described as a form of "anti-preparation" that takes the game "Template:Chessgloss".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>