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Alekhine Defense7,715
Amar Opening105
Benoni Defense8,476
Bird Opening5,905
Bishop's Opening12,234
Caro-Kann Defense44,304
Accelerated Panov Attack1,473
Advance Variation8,826
Alekhine Gambit129
Apocalypse Attack102
Breyer Variation725
Bronstein-Larsen Variation194
Campomanes Attack342
Classical Variation2,982
Euwe Attack185
Exchange Variation4,244
Forgacs Variation190
Goldman Variation171
Gurgenidze System134
Hillbilly Attack1,837
Karpov Variation822
Main Line726
Maróczy Variation1,215
Modern Variation118
Panov Attack2,621
Rasa-Studier Gambit172
Tartakower Variation1,129
Two Knights Attack2,966
Ulysses Gambit112
von Hennig Gambit122
Carr Defense166
Center Game4,342
Danish Gambit2,973
Duras Gambit830
Dutch Defense5,639
English Defense2,635
English Opening28,807
Agincourt Defense2,444
Anglo-Dutch Defense416
Anglo-Grünfeld Defense199
Anglo-Indian Defense3,942
Anglo-Lithuanian Variation184
Anglo-Scandinavian Defense1,410
Carls-Bremen System486
Caro-Kann Defensive System974
Four Knights System251
Great Snake Variation924
Jaenisch Gambit91
King's English Variation10,362
Mikenas-Carls54
Mikenas-Carls Variation417
Neo-Catalan57
Symmetrical Variation4,813
The Whale761
Englund Gambit3,356
Four Knights Game13,828
French Defense58,815
Advance Variation11,052
Alapin Gambit107
Alekhine-Chatard Attack266
Bird Invitation53
Burn Variation364
Carlson Gambit50
Chigorin Variation304
Classical Variation2,300
Diemer-Duhm Gambit65
Diemer-Duhm Gambit Accepted167
Exchange Variation8,517
Franco-Hiva Gambit95
Franco-Sicilian Defense789
Horwitz Attack574
King's Indian Attack1,169
Knight Variation8,827
La Bourdonnais Variation1,872
MacCutcheon Variation201
Mediterranean Defense342
Normal Variation3,149
Orthoschnapp Gambit332
Paulsen Variation506
Pelikan Variation105
Perseus Gambit112
Queen's Knight1,454
Rubinstein Variation2,381
Réti-Spielmann Attack132
Schlechter Variation632
St. George Defense218
Steiner Variation1,185
Steinitz Attack615
Steinitz Variation719
Tarrasch Variation3,803
Two Knights Variation1,191
Winawer Variation2,712
Wing Gambit370
Grünfeld Defense3,125
Horwitz Defense7,245
Hungarian Opening4,184
Indian Defense24,520
Anti-Grünfeld77
Anti-Nimzo-Indian749
Budapest Defense3,930
Colle System97
Czech-Indian101
Devin Gambit39
King's Indian Variation103
Knights Variation771
London System1,338
Maddigan Gambit67
Normal Variation1,501
Omega Gambit152
Pawn Push Variation236
Przepiorka Variation297
Pseudo-Benko41
Reversed Chigorin Defense275
Seirawan Attack304
Spielmann-Indian558
Tartakower Attack264
Wade-Tartakower Defense640
West Indian Defense464
Italian Game50,630
Anti-Fried Liver Defense5,589
Bird's Attack104
Blackburne-Kostić Gambit1,876
Classical Variation7,757
Deutz Gambit269
Evans Gambit2,696
Evans Gambit Declined383
Giuoco Pianissimo6,468
Giuoco Piano4,089
Hungarian Defense1,234
Jerome Gambit142
Paris Defense400
Rosentreter Gambit252
Rousseau Gambit794
Scotch Gambit2,181
Two Knights Defense13,168
King's Gambit2,827
King's Gambit Accepted13,649
Abbazia Defense557
Allgaier Gambit131
Becker Defense370
Bishop's Gambit1,208
Blachly Gambit266
Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation176
Cunningham Defense1,201
Double Muzio Gambit74
Fischer Defense1,779
Ghulam-Kassim Gambit63
Gianutio Countergambit36
Hanstein Gambit93
Kieseritzky Gambit375
King's Knight's Gambit1,691
Lolli Gambit80
MacLeod Defense2,089
Mason-Keres Gambit38
Modern Defense1,112
Muzio Gambit324
Polerio Gambit129
Rosentreter Gambit206
Salvio Gambit237
Schallopp Defense1,054
Sörensen Gambit52
Traditional Variation68
King's Indian Attack2,890
King's Indian Defense8,754
Accelerated Averbakh Variation156
Averbakh Variation109
Exchange Variation72
Fianchetto Variation687
Four Pawns Attack602
Kramer Variation68
Larsen Variation137
Makogonov Variation252
Normal Variation2,735
Orthodox Variation926
Petrosian Variation115
Semi-Averbakh System130
Semi-Classical Variation175
Smyslov Variation360
Steiner Attack58
Sämisch Variation667
Zinnowitz Variation287
King's Pawn Game11,611
Alapin Opening171
Beyer Gambit181
Busch-Gass Gambit2,137
Clam Variation49
Damiano Defense454
Dresden Opening190
Gunderam Gambit252
King's Head Opening253
Leonardis Variation2,039
MacLeod Attack143
Maróczy Defense464
McConnell Defense1,423
Mengarini's Opening159
Napoleon Attack564
Tayler Opening352
Tortoise Opening42
Wayward Queen Attack1,278
Modern Defense13,806
Nimzo-Indian Defense5,610
Nimzo-Larsen Attack7,654
Nimzowitsch Defense7,798
Old Indian Defense1,654
Philidor Defense18,221
Pirc Defense11,973
Polish Opening3,073
Ponziani Opening3,422
Queen's Gambit Declined34,378
Alapin Variation59
Albin Countergambit2,753
Alekhine Variation39
Anti-Tartakower Variation57
Austrian Attack115
Austrian Defense707
Baltic Defense1,433
Barmen Variation192
Been-Koomen Variation81
Cambridge Springs Defense153
Capablanca Variation91
Charousek Variation196
Chigorin Defense1,901
Exchange Variation2,346
Harrwitz Attack1,111
Janowski Variation225
Lasker Defense55
Marshall Defense5,337
Modern Variation1,915
Neo-Orthodox Variation213
Normal Defense1,322
Orthodox Defense375
Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation79
Queen's Knight Variation1,643
Ragozin Defense1,654
Semi-Tarrasch Defense1,116
Tarrasch Defense700
Tartakower Defense140
Three Knights82
Three Knights Variation1,350
Traditional Variation680
Vienna Variation522
Queen's Pawn Game51,118
Accelerated London System11,540
Anglo-Slav Opening277
Anti-Torre743
Barry Attack44
Chigorin Variation6,019
Colle System3,508
Hübsch Gambit79
Krause Variation1,150
Levitsky Attack1,167
London System3,681
Mason Attack606
Modern Defense627
Stonewall Attack742
Symmetrical Variation2,316
Torre Attack783
Veresov105
Veresov Attack558
Zukertort Variation4,185
Rat Defense2,852
Russian Game19,697
Ruy Lopez28,697
Alapin Defense40
Berlin Defense5,123
Bird Variation1,474
Classical Variation2,878
Closed1,009
Cozio Defense1,406
Exchange Variation2,748
Fianchetto Defense92
Lucena Variation36
Marshall Attack345
Morphy Defense5,534
Nürnberg Variation235
Open496
Open Berlin Defense70
Schliemann Defense1,166
Spanish Countergambit83
Steinitz Defense4,795
Vinogradov Variation53
Réti Opening1,374
Scandinavian Defense35,457
Anderssen Counterattack129
Blackburne Gambit802
Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit444
Boehnke Gambit613
Bronstein Variation223
Classical Variation164
Gubinsky-Melts Defense1,599
Icelandic-Palme Gambit1,239
Kiel Variation134
Kloosterboer Gambit338
Lasker Variation162
Main Line6,533
Marshall Variation757
Mieses-Kotroc Variation8,463
Modern Variation7,051
Panov Transfer972
Portuguese Gambit175
Richter Variation79
Schiller-Pytel Variation98
Valencian Variation828
Scotch Game24,384
Benima Defense779
Blumenfeld Attack139
Classical Variation3,401
Ghulam-Kassim Variation78
Göring Gambit1,415
Haxo Gambit1,044
Lolli Variation399
Malaniuk Variation193
Mieses Variation520
Modern Defense206
Paulsen Attack59
Potter Variation358
Relfsson Gambit66
Schmidt Variation2,292
Scotch Gambit4,783
Steinitz Variation124
Vitzthum Attack50
Semi-Slav Defense4,741
Sicilian Defense142,460
Accelerated Dragon4,090
Alapin Variation8,442
Boleslavsky Variation83
Bowdler Attack10,193
Bücker Variation77
Chekhover Variation873
Classical Variation1,333
Closed9,265
Delayed Alapin Variation1,593
Dragon Variation4,059
Drazic Variation226
Flohr Variation104
Four Knights Variation1,913
Franco-Sicilian Variation620
French Variation4,404
Godiva Variation368
Grand Prix Attack1,691
Halasz Gambit43
Hyperaccelerated Dragon1,526
Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto1,556
Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl456
Jalalabad Variation112
Kalashnikov Variation677
Kan Variation3,214
Katalimov Variation218
Keres Variation211
Kramnik Variation479
Kupreichik Variation48
Kveinis Variation87
Lasker-Dunne Attack447
Lasker-Pelikan Variation2,380
Löwenthal Variation2,646
Marshall Counterattack676
Marshall Gambit1,188
McDonnell Attack5,510
Mengarini Variation937
Modern Variations8,158
Morphy Gambit380
Moscow Variation1,066
Myers Attack55
Najdorf Variation8,448
Nimzo-American Variation88
Nimzowitsch Variation801
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack4,191
O'Kelly Variation1,900
Old Sicilian9,818
Open4,838
Paulsen-Basman Defense385
Pin Variation535
Portsmouth Gambit67
Prins Variation251
Quinteros Variation43
Richter-Rauzer Variation541
Scheveningen Variation1,144
Smith-Morra Gambit6,825
Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted1,867
Smith-Morra Gambit Declined1,051
Smith-Morra Gambit Deferred280
Snyder Variation739
Sozin Attack643
Staunton-Cochrane Variation1,298
Taimanov Variation4,789
Venice Attack49
Wing Gambit1,454
Wing Gambit Deferred111
Slav Defense11,957
Slav Indian356
Tarrasch Defense1,719
Van Geet Opening1,778
Van't Kruijs Opening4,911
Vienna Game11,532
Wade Defense124
Ware Defense215
Ware Opening245
Zukertort Opening12,420
Arctic Defense58
Basman Defense39
Black Mustang Defense1,055
Dutch Variation426
Herrstrom Gambit61
Kingside Fianchetto728
Lemberger Gambit310
Lisitsyn Gambit107
Lisitsyn Gambit Deferred44
Nimzo-Larsen Variation355
Old Indian Attack348
Pirc Invitation557
Polish Defense46
Queen's Gambit Invitation769
Queenside Fianchetto Variation478
Quiet System157
Reversed Mexican Defense204
Ross Gambit288
Sicilian Invitation1,230
Slav Invitation526
Tennison Gambit2,635
The Walrus81
Vos Gambit63
Wade Defense150
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