Lopez Opening Lopez Opening The Lopez Opening (or MacLeod Attack) is a chess opening characterized by the moves: The opening was played frequently by 19th century Scottish–Canadian chess master Nicholas MacLeod but has otherwise arisen rarely in tournament play. White's second move prepares to push a pawn to d4, establishing a strong center. Play can potentially transpose to other openings, most likely the Ponziani Opening or the Göring Gambit in the Scotch Game. However, Eric Schiller states in "Unorthodox Chess Openings" that the opening is too slow; that Black can respond vigorously with 2...d5! to eliminate transpositional possibilities and solve all of
Tactical decision game consisted of scenarios that described situations faced by the commanders of battalions, companies, and platoons. In 1982, the Education Center of the United States Marine Corps Development and Education Command used this package as the starting point for a series of three "instructional pamphlets": "Tactical Problems for Battalion Commanders", "Tactical Problems for Platoon Leaders/Company Commanders", and "Tactical Problems for Squad Leaders". In addition to twelve problems taken from "What Now, Lieutenant?", the "Tactical Problems ..." series contained sixteen games that were written expressly for the series by Chief Warrant Officer Bryan N. Lavender, USMC. Like the scenarios in "What Now,