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Alekhine Defense8,111
Amar Opening108
Benoni Defense8,835
Bird Opening6,226
Bishop's Opening12,803
Caro-Kann Defense46,811
Accelerated Panov Attack1,551
Advance Variation9,310
Alekhine Gambit138
Apocalypse Attack113
Breyer Variation768
Bronstein-Larsen Variation199
Campomanes Attack356
Classical Variation3,120
Euwe Attack195
Exchange Variation4,528
Forgacs Variation205
Goldman Variation182
Gurgenidze System136
Hillbilly Attack1,926
Karpov Variation852
Main Line776
Maróczy Variation1,339
Modern Variation126
Panov Attack2,763
Rasa-Studier Gambit184
Tartakower Variation1,207
Two Knights Attack3,194
Ulysses Gambit124
von Hennig Gambit137
Carr Defense169
Center Game4,567
Danish Gambit3,078
Duras Gambit872
Dutch Defense5,898
English Defense2,756
English Opening29,930
Agincourt Defense2,565
Anglo-Dutch Defense433
Anglo-Grünfeld Defense207
Anglo-Indian Defense4,076
Anglo-Lithuanian Variation194
Anglo-Scandinavian Defense1,483
Carls-Bremen System501
Caro-Kann Defensive System1,017
Four Knights System260
Great Snake Variation954
Jaenisch Gambit97
King's English Variation10,751
Mikenas-Carls56
Mikenas-Carls Variation436
Neo-Catalan59
Symmetrical Variation4,980
The Whale783
Four Knights Game14,436
French Defense61,244
Advance Variation11,396
Alapin Gambit116
Alekhine-Chatard Attack280
Bird Invitation54
Burn Variation386
Carlson Gambit54
Chigorin Variation316
Classical Variation2,397
Diemer-Duhm Gambit65
Diemer-Duhm Gambit Accepted174
Exchange Variation8,873
Franco-Hiva Gambit97
Franco-Sicilian Defense830
Horwitz Attack606
King's Indian Attack1,211
Knight Variation9,182
La Bourdonnais Variation1,951
MacCutcheon Variation208
Mediterranean Defense351
Normal Variation3,293
Orthoschnapp Gambit347
Paulsen Variation530
Pelikan Variation109
Perseus Gambit121
Queen's Knight1,522
Rubinstein Variation2,527
Réti-Spielmann Attack135
Schlechter Variation663
St. George Defense228
Steiner Variation1,236
Steinitz Attack632
Steinitz Variation754
Tarrasch Variation3,964
Two Knights Variation1,254
Winawer Variation2,811
Wing Gambit394
Grünfeld Defense3,224
Horwitz Defense7,540
Hungarian Opening4,343
Indian Defense25,553
Anti-Grünfeld81
Anti-Nimzo-Indian793
Budapest Defense4,107
Colle System100
Czech-Indian105
Devin Gambit41
King's Indian Variation109
Knights Variation797
London System1,402
Maddigan Gambit71
Normal Variation1,551
Omega Gambit162
Pawn Push Variation242
Przepiorka Variation307
Pseudo-Benko42
Reversed Chigorin Defense298
Seirawan Attack318
Spielmann-Indian593
Tartakower Attack268
Wade-Tartakower Defense663
West Indian Defense473
Italian Game53,044
Anti-Fried Liver Defense5,755
Bird's Attack107
Blackburne-Kostić Gambit1,962
Classical Variation8,141
Deutz Gambit284
Evans Gambit2,846
Evans Gambit Declined401
Giuoco Pianissimo6,757
Giuoco Piano4,295
Hungarian Defense1,269
Jerome Gambit153
Paris Defense522
Rosentreter Gambit271
Rousseau Gambit896
Scotch Gambit2,314
Two Knights Defense13,784
King's Gambit2,925
King's Gambit Accepted14,319
Abbazia Defense582
Allgaier Gambit137
Becker Defense384
Bishop's Gambit1,265
Blachly Gambit292
Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation185
Cunningham Defense1,259
Double Muzio Gambit83
Fischer Defense1,866
Ghulam-Kassim Gambit67
Hanstein Gambit97
Kieseritzky Gambit401
King's Knight's Gambit1,763
Lolli Gambit83
MacLeod Defense2,188
Mason-Keres Gambit40
Modern Defense1,157
Muzio Gambit354
Polerio Gambit137
Rosentreter Gambit218
Salvio Gambit257
Schallopp Defense1,092
Sörensen Gambit53
Traditional Variation71
King's Indian Attack2,991
King's Indian Defense9,015
Accelerated Averbakh Variation158
Averbakh Variation115
Exchange Variation75
Fianchetto Variation700
Four Pawns Attack618
Kramer Variation71
Larsen Variation141
Makogonov Variation264
Normal Variation2,815
Orthodox Variation948
Petrosian Variation118
Semi-Averbakh System140
Semi-Classical Variation181
Smyslov Variation381
Steiner Attack59
Sämisch Variation679
Zinnowitz Variation295
King's Pawn Game12,118
Alapin Opening185
Beyer Gambit191
Busch-Gass Gambit2,265
Clam Variation52
Damiano Defense483
Dresden Opening192
Gunderam Gambit266
King's Head Opening266
Leonardis Variation2,125
MacLeod Attack181
Maróczy Defense480
McConnell Defense1,478
Mengarini's Opening163
Napoleon Attack589
Tayler Opening360
Tortoise Opening42
Wayward Queen Attack1,312
Modern Defense14,314
Nimzo-Indian Defense5,854
Nimzo-Larsen Attack8,071
Nimzowitsch Defense8,169
Old Indian Defense1,719
Philidor Defense18,845
Pirc Defense12,531
Polish Opening3,228
Ponziani Opening3,634
Queen's Gambit Declined35,885
Alapin Variation60
Albin Countergambit2,892
Alekhine Variation42
Anti-Tartakower Variation59
Austrian Attack118
Austrian Defense745
Baltic Defense1,501
Barmen Variation203
Been-Koomen Variation85
Cambridge Springs Defense160
Capablanca Variation93
Charousek Variation200
Chigorin Defense1,998
Exchange Variation2,451
Harrwitz Attack1,156
Janowski Variation241
Lasker Defense57
Marshall Defense5,561
Modern Variation1,990
Neo-Orthodox Variation227
Normal Defense1,367
Orthodox Defense397
Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation84
Queen's Knight Variation1,721
Ragozin Defense1,742
Semi-Tarrasch Defense1,163
Tarrasch Defense725
Tartakower Defense143
Three Knights105
Three Knights Variation1,406
Traditional Variation708
Vienna Variation531
Queen's Pawn Game53,709
Accelerated London System12,137
Anglo-Slav Opening290
Anti-Torre795
Barry Attack52
Chigorin Variation6,256
Colle System3,713
Hübsch Gambit82
Krause Variation1,202
Levitsky Attack1,251
London System3,979
Mason Attack631
Modern Defense784
Stonewall Attack788
Symmetrical Variation2,412
Torre Attack823
Veresov108
Veresov Attack580
Zukertort Variation4,364
Rat Defense3,006
Ruy Lopez29,891
Alapin Defense41
Berlin Defense5,334
Bird Variation1,526
Classical Variation3,029
Closed1,043
Cozio Defense1,463
Exchange Variation2,849
Fianchetto Defense97
Marshall Attack362
Morphy Defense5,761
Nürnberg Variation245
Open527
Open Berlin Defense73
Schliemann Defense1,251
Spanish Countergambit90
Steinitz Defense4,969
Vinogradov Variation53
Réti Opening1,464
Scandinavian Defense37,294
Anderssen Counterattack134
Blackburne Gambit835
Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit477
Boehnke Gambit636
Bronstein Variation231
Classical Variation168
Gubinsky-Melts Defense1,661
Icelandic-Palme Gambit1,298
Kiel Variation139
Kloosterboer Gambit357
Lasker Variation173
Main Line6,847
Marshall Variation794
Mieses-Kotroc Variation8,787
Modern Variation7,408
Panov Transfer1,020
Portuguese Gambit233
Richter Variation81
Schiller-Pytel Variation101
Valencian Variation1,072
Scotch Game25,531
Benima Defense816
Blumenfeld Attack143
Classical Variation3,530
Ghulam-Kassim Variation80
Göring Gambit1,500
Haxo Gambit1,093
Lolli Variation561
Malaniuk Variation200
Mieses Variation538
Modern Defense220
Paulsen Attack62
Potter Variation371
Relfsson Gambit71
Schmidt Variation2,394
Scotch Gambit5,036
Steinitz Variation132
Vitzthum Attack55
Semi-Slav Defense4,942
Sicilian Defense148,085
Accelerated Dragon4,242
Alapin Variation8,916
Boleslavsky Variation84
Bowdler Attack10,538
Bücker Variation80
Chekhover Variation905
Classical Variation1,385
Closed9,656
Delayed Alapin Variation1,758
Dragon Variation4,191
Drazic Variation229
Flohr Variation109
Four Knights Variation2,006
Franco-Sicilian Variation645
French Variation4,594
Godiva Variation377
Grand Prix Attack1,757
Halasz Gambit45
Hyperaccelerated Dragon1,564
Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto1,620
Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl476
Jalalabad Variation116
Kalashnikov Variation707
Kan Variation3,351
Katalimov Variation225
Keres Variation226
Kramnik Variation493
Kupreichik Variation48
Kveinis Variation88
Lasker-Dunne Attack460
Lasker-Pelikan Variation2,470
Löwenthal Variation2,740
Marshall Counterattack701
Marshall Gambit1,234
McDonnell Attack5,718
Mengarini Variation997
Modern Variations8,407
Morphy Gambit403
Moscow Variation1,122
Myers Attack55
Najdorf Variation8,695
Nimzo-American Variation93
Nimzowitsch Variation841
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack4,365
O'Kelly Variation1,974
Old Sicilian10,177
Open5,032
Paulsen-Basman Defense399
Pin Variation556
Portsmouth Gambit86
Prins Variation258
Quinteros Variation43
Richter-Rauzer Variation556
Scheveningen Variation1,184
Smith-Morra Gambit7,032
Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted2,065
Smith-Morra Gambit Declined1,102
Smith-Morra Gambit Deferred309
Snyder Variation776
Sozin Attack658
Staunton-Cochrane Variation1,350
Taimanov Variation5,011
Venice Attack51
Wing Gambit1,528
Wing Gambit Deferred125
Slav Defense12,456
Slav Indian378
Tarrasch Defense1,776
Van Geet Opening1,872
Van't Kruijs Opening5,147
Vienna Game12,192
Wade Defense131
Ware Defense225
Ware Opening267
Zukertort Opening13,072
Arctic Defense59
Basman Defense40
Black Mustang Defense1,090
Dutch Variation447
Herrstrom Gambit66
Kingside Fianchetto762
Lemberger Gambit329
Lisitsyn Gambit113
Lisitsyn Gambit Deferred50
Nimzo-Larsen Variation368
Old Indian Attack364
Pirc Invitation572
Polish Defense48
Queen's Gambit Invitation804
Queenside Fianchetto Variation498
Quiet System165
Reversed Grünfeld50
Reversed Mexican Defense208
Ross Gambit307
Sicilian Invitation1,290
Slav Invitation560
Tennison Gambit2,819
The Walrus88
Vos Gambit65
Wade Defense159
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