chess opening

1. LAST November Henry Kissinger compared Barack Obama to a chess grandmaster who had played his opening in six simultaneous matches, but hadn't completed a single game.
   去年十一月，亨利？基辛格把奥巴马比作一位国际象棋大师，因为这位总统同时开始了六场比赛，却没有完成其中任何一场。

noun

1. a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
   1. he memorized all the important chess openings

   Synonym:    opening