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Owen's Defence

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Owen's Defence

Summary

Owen's Defence is a chess opening[1]. It draws 61 Wikipedia views per month (chess_opening category, ranking #58 of 129).[2]

Key Facts

  • Owen's Defence is credited with the discovery of Gioachino Greco[3].
  • Owen's Defence's instance of is recorded as chess opening[4].
  • John Owen is named after Owen's Defence[5].
  • Owen's Defence's subclass of is recorded as Semi-Open Game[6].
  • Owen's Defence's part of is recorded as chess terminology[7].
  • Owen's Defence's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1619-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Owen's Defence's sport is recorded as chess[9].
  • Owen's Defence's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06nw59[10].
  • Owen's Defence's Portable Game Notation is recorded as e4 b6[11].
  • Owen's Defence's ECO code is recorded as B00[12].

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Works and Contributions

Owen's Defence is credited with the discovery of Gioachino Greco[3].

Why It Matters

Owen's Defence draws 61 Wikipedia views per month (chess_opening category, ranking #58 of 129).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Gioachino Greco

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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