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Alekhine Defense7,731
Amar Opening106
Benoni Defense8,495
Bird Opening5,918
Bishop's Opening12,258
Caro-Kann Defense44,443
Accelerated Panov Attack1,479
Advance Variation8,849
Alekhine Gambit129
Apocalypse Attack103
Breyer Variation728
Bronstein-Larsen Variation194
Campomanes Attack342
Classical Variation2,994
Euwe Attack185
Exchange Variation4,257
Forgacs Variation191
Goldman Variation171
Gurgenidze System134
Hillbilly Attack1,843
Karpov Variation823
Main Line728
Maróczy Variation1,224
Modern Variation118
Panov Attack2,629
Rasa-Studier Gambit173
Tartakower Variation1,131
Two Knights Attack2,981
Ulysses Gambit113
von Hennig Gambit123
Carr Defense167
Center Game4,366
Danish Gambit2,977
Duras Gambit831
Dutch Defense5,647
English Defense2,639
English Opening28,858
Agincourt Defense2,445
Anglo-Dutch Defense416
Anglo-Grünfeld Defense199
Anglo-Indian Defense3,950
Anglo-Lithuanian Variation184
Anglo-Scandinavian Defense1,415
Carls-Bremen System487
Caro-Kann Defensive System976
Four Knights System251
Great Snake Variation926
Jaenisch Gambit92
King's English Variation10,382
Mikenas-Carls55
Mikenas-Carls Variation419
Neo-Catalan57
Symmetrical Variation4,819
The Whale761
Englund Gambit3,367
Four Knights Game13,859
French Defense58,928
Advance Variation11,059
Alapin Gambit107
Alekhine-Chatard Attack267
Bird Invitation53
Burn Variation366
Carlson Gambit50
Chigorin Variation304
Classical Variation2,304
Diemer-Duhm Gambit65
Diemer-Duhm Gambit Accepted169
Exchange Variation8,534
Franco-Hiva Gambit96
Franco-Sicilian Defense790
Horwitz Attack576
King's Indian Attack1,171
Knight Variation8,850
La Bourdonnais Variation1,875
MacCutcheon Variation202
Mediterranean Defense342
Normal Variation3,156
Orthoschnapp Gambit332
Paulsen Variation508
Pelikan Variation105
Perseus Gambit112
Queen's Knight1,455
Rubinstein Variation2,392
Réti-Spielmann Attack132
Schlechter Variation633
St. George Defense219
Steiner Variation1,189
Steinitz Attack615
Steinitz Variation720
Tarrasch Variation3,812
Two Knights Variation1,194
Winawer Variation2,714
Wing Gambit370
Grünfeld Defense3,132
Horwitz Defense7,268
Hungarian Opening4,193
Indian Defense24,578
Anti-Grünfeld77
Anti-Nimzo-Indian753
Budapest Defense3,945
Colle System97
Czech-Indian101
Devin Gambit39
King's Indian Variation104
Knights Variation773
London System1,340
Maddigan Gambit67
Normal Variation1,506
Omega Gambit153
Pawn Push Variation236
Przepiorka Variation298
Pseudo-Benko41
Reversed Chigorin Defense275
Seirawan Attack304
Spielmann-Indian560
Tartakower Attack264
Wade-Tartakower Defense640
West Indian Defense464
Italian Game50,756
Anti-Fried Liver Defense5,594
Bird's Attack104
Blackburne-Kostić Gambit1,880
Classical Variation7,778
Deutz Gambit270
Evans Gambit2,703
Evans Gambit Declined385
Giuoco Pianissimo6,481
Giuoco Piano4,099
Hungarian Defense1,237
Jerome Gambit142
Paris Defense404
Rosentreter Gambit254
Rousseau Gambit800
Scotch Gambit2,191
Two Knights Defense13,202
King's Gambit2,832
King's Gambit Accepted13,688
Abbazia Defense558
Allgaier Gambit131
Becker Defense370
Bishop's Gambit1,211
Blachly Gambit267
Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation176
Cunningham Defense1,204
Double Muzio Gambit75
Fischer Defense1,784
Ghulam-Kassim Gambit63
Gianutio Countergambit36
Hanstein Gambit95
Kieseritzky Gambit377
King's Knight's Gambit1,694
Lolli Gambit80
MacLeod Defense2,097
Mason-Keres Gambit38
Modern Defense1,114
Muzio Gambit327
Polerio Gambit130
Rosentreter Gambit207
Salvio Gambit237
Schallopp Defense1,056
Sörensen Gambit52
Traditional Variation68
King's Indian Attack2,893
King's Indian Defense8,763
Accelerated Averbakh Variation156
Averbakh Variation109
Exchange Variation72
Fianchetto Variation688
Four Pawns Attack602
Kramer Variation68
Larsen Variation137
Makogonov Variation252
Normal Variation2,738
Orthodox Variation926
Petrosian Variation115
Semi-Averbakh System132
Semi-Classical Variation175
Smyslov Variation360
Steiner Attack58
Sämisch Variation668
Zinnowitz Variation287
King's Pawn Game11,640
Alapin Opening172
Beyer Gambit182
Busch-Gass Gambit2,144
Clam Variation49
Damiano Defense455
Dresden Opening190
Gunderam Gambit254
King's Head Opening253
Leonardis Variation2,044
MacLeod Attack144
Maróczy Defense466
McConnell Defense1,427
Mengarini's Opening159
Napoleon Attack565
Tayler Opening353
Tortoise Opening42
Wayward Queen Attack1,280
Modern Defense13,825
Nimzo-Indian Defense5,617
Nimzo-Larsen Attack7,677
Nimzowitsch Defense7,812
Old Indian Defense1,656
Philidor Defense18,253
Pirc Defense12,008
Polish Opening3,083
Ponziani Opening3,431
Queen's Gambit Declined34,451
Alapin Variation59
Albin Countergambit2,758
Alekhine Variation40
Anti-Tartakower Variation57
Austrian Attack115
Austrian Defense712
Baltic Defense1,435
Barmen Variation192
Been-Koomen Variation82
Cambridge Springs Defense153
Capablanca Variation91
Charousek Variation196
Chigorin Defense1,904
Exchange Variation2,354
Harrwitz Attack1,111
Janowski Variation225
Lasker Defense55
Marshall Defense5,342
Modern Variation1,919
Neo-Orthodox Variation213
Normal Defense1,327
Orthodox Defense376
Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation79
Queen's Knight Variation1,645
Ragozin Defense1,662
Semi-Tarrasch Defense1,119
Tarrasch Defense701
Tartakower Defense140
Three Knights83
Three Knights Variation1,356
Traditional Variation680
Vienna Variation523
Queen's Pawn Game51,250
Accelerated London System11,566
Anglo-Slav Opening277
Anti-Torre745
Barry Attack44
Chigorin Variation6,030
Colle System3,525
Hübsch Gambit79
Krause Variation1,155
Levitsky Attack1,173
London System3,696
Mason Attack607
Modern Defense633
Stonewall Attack745
Symmetrical Variation2,320
Torre Attack785
Veresov105
Veresov Attack558
Zukertort Variation4,193
Rat Defense2,857
Russian Game19,744
Ruy Lopez28,748
Alapin Defense40
Berlin Defense5,131
Bird Variation1,478
Classical Variation2,887
Closed1,013
Cozio Defense1,409
Exchange Variation2,749
Fianchetto Defense92
Lucena Variation36
Marshall Attack345
Morphy Defense5,543
Nürnberg Variation235
Open499
Open Berlin Defense70
Schliemann Defense1,168
Spanish Countergambit84
Steinitz Defense4,801
Vinogradov Variation53
Réti Opening1,375
Scandinavian Defense35,557
Anderssen Counterattack129
Blackburne Gambit804
Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit447
Boehnke Gambit615
Bronstein Variation226
Classical Variation165
Gubinsky-Melts Defense1,601
Icelandic-Palme Gambit1,241
Kiel Variation134
Kloosterboer Gambit339
Lasker Variation162
Main Line6,551
Marshall Variation758
Mieses-Kotroc Variation8,481
Modern Variation7,070
Panov Transfer974
Portuguese Gambit178
Richter Variation79
Schiller-Pytel Variation98
Valencian Variation840
Scotch Game24,445
Benima Defense782
Blumenfeld Attack139
Classical Variation3,403
Ghulam-Kassim Variation78
Göring Gambit1,419
Haxo Gambit1,046
Lolli Variation408
Malaniuk Variation194
Mieses Variation523
Modern Defense209
Paulsen Attack59
Potter Variation358
Relfsson Gambit66
Schmidt Variation2,293
Scotch Gambit4,802
Steinitz Variation124
Vitzthum Attack50
Semi-Slav Defense4,750
Sicilian Defense142,745
Accelerated Dragon4,103
Alapin Variation8,462
Boleslavsky Variation83
Bowdler Attack10,209
Bücker Variation77
Chekhover Variation873
Classical Variation1,335
Closed9,286
Delayed Alapin Variation1,600
Dragon Variation4,067
Drazic Variation226
Flohr Variation105
Four Knights Variation1,916
Franco-Sicilian Variation620
French Variation4,418
Godiva Variation368
Grand Prix Attack1,694
Halasz Gambit43
Hyperaccelerated Dragon1,528
Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto1,559
Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl456
Jalalabad Variation112
Kalashnikov Variation679
Kan Variation3,218
Katalimov Variation218
Keres Variation211
Kramnik Variation479
Kupreichik Variation48
Kveinis Variation87
Lasker-Dunne Attack448
Lasker-Pelikan Variation2,386
Löwenthal Variation2,652
Marshall Counterattack678
Marshall Gambit1,190
McDonnell Attack5,520
Mengarini Variation940
Modern Variations8,171
Morphy Gambit382
Moscow Variation1,073
Myers Attack55
Najdorf Variation8,456
Nimzo-American Variation89
Nimzowitsch Variation803
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack4,198
O'Kelly Variation1,901
Old Sicilian9,833
Open4,845
Paulsen-Basman Defense385
Pin Variation536
Portsmouth Gambit67
Prins Variation252
Quinteros Variation43
Richter-Rauzer Variation542
Scheveningen Variation1,146
Smith-Morra Gambit6,842
Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted1,873
Smith-Morra Gambit Declined1,053
Smith-Morra Gambit Deferred281
Snyder Variation742
Sozin Attack644
Staunton-Cochrane Variation1,301
Taimanov Variation4,803
Venice Attack49
Wing Gambit1,459
Wing Gambit Deferred113
Slav Defense11,979
Slav Indian357
Tarrasch Defense1,721
Van Geet Opening1,786
Van't Kruijs Opening4,923
Vienna Game11,565
Wade Defense124
Ware Defense216
Ware Opening246
Zukertort Opening12,459
Arctic Defense58
Basman Defense40
Black Mustang Defense1,056
Dutch Variation426
Herrstrom Gambit62
Kingside Fianchetto729
Lemberger Gambit310
Lisitsyn Gambit107
Lisitsyn Gambit Deferred44
Nimzo-Larsen Variation356
Old Indian Attack348
Pirc Invitation558
Polish Defense46
Queen's Gambit Invitation772
Queenside Fianchetto Variation479
Quiet System158
Reversed Mexican Defense204
Ross Gambit288
Sicilian Invitation1,235
Slav Invitation531
Tennison Gambit2,646
The Walrus82
Vos Gambit64
Wade Defense150
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