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The Grampian Opening
The Grampian Opening is one of three Splits openings. They’re called the Splits because the fleets separate from each other and leave the North Sea empty: F Edi-NWG, F Lon-ENG. In the Grampian Opening, the English army moves to Edinburgh. I’ve named the Splits openings after mountain ranges. The Grampians are a range of mountains…
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The Severn Opening
This Southern opening is named after the River Severn, which rises in Wales (it flows into England and meets the sea at the Bristol Channel). Here, A Lpl-Wal is the order in Spring 1901. And look at that: you’re in the Channel with an army ready to be convoyed to France! The Severn Opening is…
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The Ouse Opening
This Southern opening is named after the river that flows through York, the Ouse (or Great Ouse – I wasn’t calling it the Great Ouse Opening, though, because, well, it isn’t all that great). In this opening, then, England orders A Lpl-Yor. In some ways this is no different to the Leith Opening. With the…
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The Leith Opening
The Leith Opening is one of three Southern openings. This group of openings is characterised by England’s fleets moving south, shockingly: F Edi-NTH, F Lon-ENG. The three are differentiated by the movement of England’s army. In the Leith Opening, the army moves to Edinburgh. It could also move, of course, to Yorkshire (the Ouse Opening)…
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The Jorvik Opening
The Jorvik Opening is one of England’s two Northern openings. Like the Churchill Opening the usual aim is to capture Norway. However, whereas the Churchill Opening has England move their army to Edinburgh, with the Jorvik Opening it moves to Yorkshire. As discussed in the post on the Churchill Opening, the Jorvik appears to be…
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