opening move in a sentence

Examples

1. But it was clearly an opening move from the left, not from the center, as many Republicans had hoped.
2. Trade-dependent Singapore has already made the opening moves for negotiating bilateral free-trade deals with India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
3. In Game 9, Anand, White, began pressuring Kasparov from the opening move and gained an advantage on the queenside.
4. A chess opening is the group of initial moves of a game ( the " opening moves " ).
5. Averbukh leapfrogged his partner on the opening move in an energetic rock'n'roll medley choreographed with American audiences in mind.
6. A common opening move in the pankration was breaking one of your opponent's fingers to gain an early submission.
7. Her proposal, however, was an opening move that will likely be modified as negotiations continue for months, if not longer.
8. A few other opening moves are considered reasonable but less consistent with opening principles than the four most popular moves.
9. The remarks by the Russian president were important as an opening move in what promises to be a difficult negotiation.
10. "I think we have a new opening move, " said Yasser Seirawan, a grandmaster providing live commentary on the match.