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Alekhine Defense7,735
Amar Opening106
Benoni Defense8,497
Bird Opening5,920
Bishop's Opening12,267
Caro-Kann Defense44,475
Accelerated Panov Attack1,481
Advance Variation8,852
Alekhine Gambit129
Apocalypse Attack103
Breyer Variation728
Bronstein-Larsen Variation194
Campomanes Attack343
Classical Variation2,995
Euwe Attack185
Exchange Variation4,259
Forgacs Variation191
Goldman Variation171
Gurgenidze System135
Hillbilly Attack1,844
Karpov Variation823
Main Line729
Maróczy Variation1,224
Modern Variation118
Panov Attack2,634
Rasa-Studier Gambit173
Tartakower Variation1,131
Two Knights Attack2,983
Ulysses Gambit113
von Hennig Gambit123
Carr Defense167
Center Game4,368
Danish Gambit2,978
Duras Gambit831
Dutch Defense5,648
English Defense2,642
English Opening28,868
Agincourt Defense2,445
Anglo-Dutch Defense416
Anglo-Grünfeld Defense199
Anglo-Indian Defense3,951
Anglo-Lithuanian Variation184
Anglo-Scandinavian Defense1,416
Carls-Bremen System488
Caro-Kann Defensive System976
Four Knights System251
Great Snake Variation926
Jaenisch Gambit92
King's English Variation10,386
Mikenas-Carls55
Mikenas-Carls Variation419
Neo-Catalan57
Symmetrical Variation4,819
The Whale763
Englund Gambit3,368
Four Knights Game13,865
French Defense58,953
Advance Variation11,061
Alapin Gambit107
Alekhine-Chatard Attack267
Bird Invitation53
Burn Variation366
Carlson Gambit50
Chigorin Variation305
Classical Variation2,305
Diemer-Duhm Gambit65
Diemer-Duhm Gambit Accepted170
Exchange Variation8,539
Franco-Hiva Gambit96
Franco-Sicilian Defense790
Horwitz Attack577
King's Indian Attack1,171
Knight Variation8,855
La Bourdonnais Variation1,876
MacCutcheon Variation204
Mediterranean Defense342
Normal Variation3,158
Orthoschnapp Gambit333
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 Variation1,197
Winawer Variation2,714
Wing Gambit370
Grünfeld Defense3,132
Horwitz Defense7,270
Hungarian Opening4,195
Indian Defense24,592
Anti-Grünfeld77
Anti-Nimzo-Indian753
Budapest Defense3,947
Colle System97
Czech-Indian101
Devin Gambit39
King's Indian Variation104
Knights Variation773
London System1,341
Maddigan Gambit67
Normal Variation1,506
Omega Gambit153
Pawn Push Variation237
Przepiorka Variation298
Pseudo-Benko41
Reversed Chigorin Defense275
Seirawan Attack305
Spielmann-Indian561
Tartakower Attack264
Wade-Tartakower Defense640
West Indian Defense464
Italian Game50,786
Anti-Fried Liver Defense5,599
Bird's Attack104
Blackburne-Kostić Gambit1,883
Classical Variation7,782
Deutz Gambit270
Evans Gambit2,703
Evans Gambit Declined385
Giuoco Pianissimo6,488
Giuoco Piano4,101
Hungarian Defense1,237
Jerome Gambit142
Paris Defense405
Rosentreter Gambit254
Rousseau Gambit802
Scotch Gambit2,192
Two Knights Defense13,207
King's Gambit2,834
King's Gambit Accepted13,695
Abbazia Defense558
Allgaier Gambit131
Becker Defense370
Bishop's Gambit1,211
Blachly Gambit267
Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation176
Cunningham Defense1,204
Double Muzio Gambit75
Fischer Defense1,787
Ghulam-Kassim Gambit63
Gianutio Countergambit36
Hanstein Gambit95
Kieseritzky Gambit377
King's Knight's Gambit1,694
Lolli Gambit80
MacLeod Defense2,097
Mason-Keres Gambit38
Modern Defense1,115
Muzio Gambit327
Polerio Gambit131
Rosentreter Gambit207
Salvio Gambit237
Schallopp Defense1,058
Sörensen Gambit52
Traditional Variation68
King's Indian Attack2,894
King's Indian Defense8,769
Accelerated Averbakh Variation156
Averbakh Variation109
Exchange Variation72
Fianchetto Variation690
Four Pawns Attack602
Kramer Variation69
Larsen Variation137
Makogonov Variation252
Normal Variation2,740
Orthodox Variation926
Petrosian Variation115
Semi-Averbakh System133
Semi-Classical Variation175
Smyslov Variation360
Steiner Attack58
Sämisch Variation668
Zinnowitz Variation287
King's Pawn Game11,647
Alapin Opening172
Beyer Gambit182
Busch-Gass Gambit2,147
Clam Variation49
Damiano Defense456
Dresden Opening190
Gunderam Gambit254
King's Head Opening254
Leonardis Variation2,045
MacLeod Attack144
Maróczy Defense466
McConnell Defense1,427
Mengarini's Opening159
Napoleon Attack565
Tayler Opening353
Tortoise Opening42
Wayward Queen Attack1,281
Modern Defense13,830
Nimzo-Indian Defense5,621
Nimzo-Larsen Attack7,682
Nimzowitsch Defense7,813
Old Indian Defense1,657
Philidor Defense18,266
Pirc Defense12,013
Polish Opening3,084
Ponziani Opening3,433
Queen's Gambit Declined34,463
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 Variation2,356
Harrwitz Attack1,112
Janowski Variation225
Lasker Defense55
Marshall Defense5,343
Modern Variation1,919
Neo-Orthodox Variation213
Normal Defense1,327
Orthodox Defense376
Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation79
Queen's Knight Variation1,648
Ragozin Defense1,662
Semi-Tarrasch Defense1,120
Tarrasch Defense701
Tartakower Defense140
Three Knights83
Three Knights Variation1,357
Traditional Variation681
Vienna Variation523
Queen's Pawn Game51,283
Accelerated London System11,572
Anglo-Slav Opening277
Anti-Torre746
Barry Attack44
Chigorin Variation6,035
Colle System3,528
Hübsch Gambit79
Krause Variation1,155
Levitsky Attack1,175
London System3,699
Mason Attack607
Modern Defense636
Stonewall Attack745
Symmetrical Variation2,322
Torre Attack786
Veresov105
Veresov Attack558
Zukertort Variation4,194
Rat Defense2,857
Russian Game19,751
Ruy Lopez28,758
Alapin Defense40
Berlin Defense5,133
Bird Variation1,478
Classical Variation2,889
Closed1,013
Cozio Defense1,409
Exchange Variation2,751
Fianchetto Defense92
Lucena Variation36
Marshall Attack345
Morphy Defense5,545
Nürnberg Variation235
Open499
Open Berlin Defense70
Schliemann Defense1,168
Spanish Countergambit84
Steinitz Defense4,803
Vinogradov Variation53
Réti Opening1,377
Scandinavian Defense35,581
Anderssen Counterattack129
Blackburne Gambit804
Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit447
Boehnke Gambit615
Bronstein Variation227
Classical Variation165
Gubinsky-Melts Defense1,601
Icelandic-Palme Gambit1,243
Kiel Variation134
Kloosterboer Gambit339
Lasker Variation163
Main Line6,556
Marshall Variation759
Mieses-Kotroc Variation8,485
Modern Variation7,077
Panov Transfer974
Portuguese Gambit178
Richter Variation79
Schiller-Pytel Variation98
Valencian Variation840
Scotch Game24,456
Benima Defense782
Blumenfeld Attack139
Classical Variation3,405
Ghulam-Kassim Variation78
Göring Gambit1,419
Haxo Gambit1,046
Lolli Variation410
Malaniuk Variation194
Mieses Variation523
Modern Defense209
Paulsen Attack59
Potter Variation358
Relfsson Gambit66
Schmidt Variation2,293
Scotch Gambit4,804
Steinitz Variation124
Vitzthum Attack50
Semi-Slav Defense4,752
Sicilian Defense142,806
Accelerated Dragon4,105
Alapin Variation8,471
Boleslavsky Variation83
Bowdler Attack10,215
Bücker Variation77
Chekhover Variation873
Classical Variation1,335
Closed9,290
Delayed Alapin Variation1,602
Dragon Variation4,069
Drazic Variation226
Flohr Variation105
Four Knights Variation1,917
Franco-Sicilian Variation620
French Variation4,419
Godiva Variation368
Grand Prix Attack1,694
Halasz Gambit43
Hyperaccelerated Dragon1,528
Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto1,559
Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl457
Jalalabad Variation112
Kalashnikov Variation680
Kan Variation3,219
Katalimov Variation218
Keres Variation211
Kramnik Variation479
Kupreichik Variation48
Kveinis Variation88
Lasker-Dunne Attack448
Lasker-Pelikan Variation2,388
Löwenthal Variation2,652
Marshall Counterattack678
Marshall Gambit1,190
McDonnell Attack5,522
Mengarini Variation941
Modern Variations8,172
Morphy Gambit382
Moscow Variation1,073
Myers Attack55
Najdorf Variation8,459
Nimzo-American Variation89
Nimzowitsch Variation803
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack4,199
O'Kelly Variation1,903
Old Sicilian9,833
Open4,848
Paulsen-Basman Defense385
Pin Variation536
Portsmouth Gambit67
Prins Variation252
Quinteros Variation43
Richter-Rauzer Variation542
Scheveningen Variation1,146
Smith-Morra Gambit6,846
Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted1,874
Smith-Morra Gambit Declined1,055
Smith-Morra Gambit Deferred281
Snyder Variation742
Sozin Attack644
Staunton-Cochrane Variation1,302
Taimanov Variation4,805
Venice Attack49
Wing Gambit1,461
Wing Gambit Deferred113
Slav Defense11,989
Slav Indian357
Tarrasch Defense1,722
Van Geet Opening1,788
Van't Kruijs Opening4,926
Vienna Game11,571
Wade Defense124
Ware Defense216
Ware Opening246
Zukertort Opening12,468
Arctic Defense58
Basman Defense40
Black Mustang Defense1,056
Dutch Variation427
Herrstrom Gambit62
Kingside Fianchetto729
Lemberger Gambit310
Lisitsyn Gambit107
Lisitsyn Gambit Deferred44
Nimzo-Larsen Variation357
Old Indian Attack348
Pirc Invitation558
Polish Defense46
Queen's Gambit Invitation774
Queenside Fianchetto Variation479
Quiet System158
Reversed Mexican Defense205
Ross Gambit288
Sicilian Invitation1,236
Slav Invitation531
Tennison Gambit2,648
The Walrus82
Vos Gambit64
Wade Defense150
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