Word.ws English Dictionary

Grob's attack

Grob's attack proper noun: an unconventional chess opening in which White immediately moves the king knight's pawn two squares ahead.

Proper noun

Grob's attack

  1. An unconventional chess opening in which White immediately moves the king knight's pawn two squares ahead.

Origin of Grob's attack

Named after Swiss chess player Henri Grob (1904–1974), who used and analyzed it extensively.

Questions about Grob's attack

What does Grob's attack mean?
Grob's attack means an unconventional chess opening in which White immediately moves the king knight's pawn two squares ahead.
What part of speech is Grob's attack?
Grob's attack is a proper noun.

Words near Grob's attack in the dictionary

  1. groaty dick
  2. groaty pudding
  3. groaty puddings
  4. groaty-pudding
  5. grob
  6. Grob's attack
  7. Groban
  8. Grobanite
  9. Grobanites
  10. grobble
  11. Grobe

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Grob's attack (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Grob's attack.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/grob%27s_attack. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.