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Alekhine Defense
B02-B051.e4 Nf6 2.e5
Amazon Attack
A45-D001.d4 d5 2.Qd3
Barnes Opening
A00-C201.f3
Benko Opening
A001.g3 e5
Benoni Defense
A40-A791. d4 c5
Bird's Opening
A02-B211.f4
Bishop's Opening
C23-C431.e4 e5 2.Bc4
Blackmar-Diemer
D001.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
D001.d4 d5 2.e4
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (BDG)
D001. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4
Blumenfeld Countergambit
E101.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5
Bogo-Indian Defense
E111.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
Borg Defense
A40-B001.d4 g5
Budapest
A51-A521.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5
Caro-Kann Advance Variation
B121. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O
Caro-Kann Defence: Classical Variation
B18-B191.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 Nd7
Caro-Kann Defense
B10-B191.e4 c6
Caro-Kann Defense
B10-B191.e4 c6 2.d4 d5
Catalan Opening
E00-E101.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3
Center Game
C20-C221.e4 e5 2.d4
Colle System
A04-A401. Nf3 c5 2. e3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+
Dutch Defense
A80-A991.d4 f5
Elephant Gambit
C401.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5
English Defense
A40-A501.d4 b6
English Opening
A10-A391.c4
Englund Gambit
A401.d4 e5
Englund Gambit Declined
A401.d4 e5 2.d5
Evans Gambit
C51-C521.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4
Evans Gambit Accepted
C521.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O
Evans Gambit Declined
C511.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb6
Facing the Berlin Defense
C65-C671.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
Facing the Marshall Attack
C891.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6
Facing the Traxler Counterattack
C571.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5
Formation
A001. c3 e5 2. a3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. a4 Bd6 6. g3 O-O 7. e3
Four Knights Game
C47-C501.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
French Defense
C00-C191.e4 e6
Fried Liver Attack
C571.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7
Giuoco Piano
C53-C541.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4
Giuoco Piano Main Line
C541.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3
Grob Opening
A001.g4
Grünfeld Defense
A56-E601.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
Gunderam Gambit
C401.e4 e5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Nxe5
Hillbilly Attack
B101.e4 c6 2.Bc4 d5
Hodgson Attack
D001.d4 d5 2.Bg5
Hungarian Opening
A00-A071.g3
Indian Defense
A43-E601. d4 Nf6
Indian Defense
A45-A501.d4 Nf6
Italian Classical
C531.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3
Italian Four Knights
C501.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3
Italian Game
C50-C541.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4
Kadas Opening
A001.h4 d5
Kádas Opening
A001.h4
Kangaroo Defense
A401.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+
Keres Variation
C68-E401.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.Nc3
King's Gambit
C30-C391.e4 e5 2.f4
King's Gambit Accepted
C33-C391.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 d5 4.Bxd5
King's Gambit Accepted: Main Lines After 2...exf4
C33-C391.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3
King's Gambit Declined
C30-C321.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Bc4
King's Gambit: Attack from Move 2
C30-C391.e4 e5 2.f4
King's Indian Attack
A00-A081.Nf3 d5 2.g3
King's Indian Defence
A16-E601.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4
King's Indian Defense
E60-E991. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3
King's Knight Opening
C40-C441.e4 e5 2.Nf3
King's Pawn Game
B00-C441.e4
King's Pawn Opening
C201.e4 e5 2.b3
Latvian Gambit
C40-C441. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5
Latvian Gambit Accepted
C401.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5
Lion Defense
B00-B071.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3
Lisitsin Gambit
A041.Nf3 f5 2.e4 fxe4
London System
A48-D021.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4
London System Main Base Position with ...d5
A45-D001.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5
Max Lange Attack
C551.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.e5 d5 7.exf6 dxc4 8.Re1+ Be6 9.Ng5
Mexican Defense
A501.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6
Mieses; Nimzovich Var
D001. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. f3 Nc6
Mikenas Defense
A00-A401.d4 Nc6
Modern
A42-B061.e4 g6 2.Nc3
Modern Defense
A04-B271.e4 g6
Neo-Benoni
A461.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3
Neo-Gruenfeld
D70-D791. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2
Neo-Grünfeld Defense
D70-D791.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5
Neo-King's Indian
A48-A491.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2
Neo-Old Indian
A411.d4 d6
Neo-Queen's Indian
A471.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Bf4
Nimzo-Indian Defense
E12-E591.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
Nimzo-Larsen Attack
A01-A061. b3
Nimzowitsch Defence
B001.e4 Nc6
Nimzowitsch Defense
B001.e4 Nc6
Nimzowitsch-Larsen
A011.b3 d5 2.Bb2
O'Neill Gambit Accepted
B001.e4 b5 2.Bxb5
Old Benoni
A43-A441.d4 c5 2.d5
Old Indian
A53-A551.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6
Old Indian Defense
A41-A551.d4 d6 2.c4
Open Game
C20-C441. e4 e5 2. d3 d5
Owen Defence
B001.e4 b6 2.d4
Owen Defense
B001.e4 b6
Parham Attack
C201.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6
Petrov Defense
C42-C431.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6
Petrov's Defence
C421.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6
Pfrang Gambit
D001.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 e6 5.fxe4
Philidor Defense
C411.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6
Pirc Defense
B07-B091.e4 d6
Polish
A001.b4 d5
Polish Opening
A00-A051. b4
Portuguese Opening
C201.e4 e5 2.Bb5
Pterodactyl Defense
A40-B271. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3
Queen Pawn Game
A48-D001.d4 d5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
Queen's Gambit
D06-D691.d4 d5 2.c4
Queen's Gambit Accepted
D20-D291.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4
Queen's Gambit Declined
D02-D691.d4 d5 2.c4 e6
Queen's Indian Defense
E12-E191.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
Rapport-Jobava System
D011.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4
Rat Defense
A41-C001.e4 d6 2.f4
Réti Opening
A09-A141. Nf3 d5 2. c4
Reti Opening
A04-A121.Nf3 c5 2.g3
Richter-Veresov Attack
D011.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5
Rubinstein Opening
D051.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 d5 5.b3
Ruy Lopez
C601.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
Ruy Lopez Anti-Marshall
C881.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4
Ruy Lopez Breyer System for White
C941.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2
Ruy Lopez Closed
C92-C991.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4
Ruy Lopez Deferred Steinitz
C73-C761.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.Bb3
Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation
C68-C691.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4
Ruy Lopez Morphy Defense
C651.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
Ruy Lopez Open Variation
C80-C831.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3
Ruy Lopez vs Archangel Defense
C781.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d5 8.d4 Bb6
Ruy Lopez Zaitsev Variation
C921.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4
Scandinavian Defense
B011.e4 d5
Scotch Classical: How to Beat 4...Bc5 as White
C451.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5
Scotch Four Knights: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3
C471.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3
Scotch Gambit: Attack with 4.Bc4
C441.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4
Scotch Game
C44-C451.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg5
Semi-Slav Defense
D30-D491.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
Sicilian Defense
A00-B991.e4 c5
Sicilian Najdorf
B90-B991.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
Simagin Variation
D86-E601.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O Bg4
Slav Defense
D10-D191.d4 d5 2.c4 c6
Slav Indian
A40-A501.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6
Slow Italian
C501.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1
Sodium Attack
A001.Na3
St. George Defence
B001.e4 a6
St. George Defense
A00-B001.e4 a6
Tarrasch Defense
D32-D341.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
Tejler Gambit
D001.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Qxf3 Qxd4 6.Be3 Qg4
Torre Attack
A46-D031.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5
Trompowsky
A45-D001.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5
Trompowsky Attack
A451.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5
Two Knights Defense
C57-C591.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 5.Nxf7 Bxf2+
Van Geet
A001.Nc3 d5
Van Geet Opening
A00-C311.Nc3
Van't Kruijs Opening
A001.e3
Vienna
C25-C281.e4 e5 2.Nc3
Vienna Gambit
C25-C291.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4
Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense
C251.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3
Vienna Game
C25-C291.e4 e5 2.Nc3
Ware Opening
A001.a4
Zukertort Defense
A041.Nf3 Nh6 2.d4 g6
Zukertort Opening
A04-A411. Nf3
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