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Alekhine Defense7,738
Amar Opening106
Benoni Defense8,502
Bird Opening5,926
Bishop's Opening12,271
Caro-Kann Defense44,511
Accelerated Panov Attack1,483
Advance Variation8,862
Alekhine Gambit129
Apocalypse Attack104
Breyer Variation728
Bronstein-Larsen Variation194
Campomanes Attack343
Classical Variation2,998
Euwe Attack185
Exchange Variation4,263
Forgacs Variation191
Goldman Variation171
Gurgenidze System135
Hillbilly Attack1,846
Karpov Variation824
Main Line729
Maróczy Variation1,226
Modern Variation118
Panov Attack2,635
Rasa-Studier Gambit173
Tartakower Variation1,131
Two Knights Attack2,983
Ulysses Gambit113
von Hennig Gambit123
Carr Defense167
Center Game4,371
Danish Gambit2,980
Duras Gambit831
Dutch Defense5,648
English Defense2,644
English Opening28,882
Agincourt Defense2,446
Anglo-Dutch Defense416
Anglo-Grünfeld Defense199
Anglo-Indian Defense3,951
Anglo-Lithuanian Variation184
Anglo-Scandinavian Defense1,417
Carls-Bremen System488
Caro-Kann Defensive System977
Four Knights System251
Great Snake Variation926
Jaenisch Gambit92
King's English Variation10,392
Mikenas-Carls55
Mikenas-Carls Variation419
Neo-Catalan58
Symmetrical Variation4,822
The Whale763
Englund Gambit3,371
Four Knights Game13,870
French Defense58,972
Advance Variation11,063
Alapin Gambit107
Alekhine-Chatard Attack268
Bird Invitation53
Burn Variation366
Carlson Gambit50
Chigorin Variation305
Classical Variation2,306
Diemer-Duhm Gambit65
Diemer-Duhm Gambit Accepted170
Exchange Variation8,541
Franco-Hiva Gambit96
Franco-Sicilian Defense790
Horwitz Attack577
King's Indian Attack1,171
Knight Variation8,858
La Bourdonnais Variation1,878
MacCutcheon Variation204
Mediterranean Defense342
Normal Variation3,158
Orthoschnapp Gambit333
Paulsen Variation508
Pelikan Variation105
Perseus Gambit112
Queen's Knight1,456
Rubinstein Variation2,392
Réti-Spielmann Attack132
Schlechter Variation633
St. George Defense221
Steiner Variation1,189
Steinitz Attack615
Steinitz Variation720
Tarrasch Variation3,813
Two Knights Variation1,198
Winawer Variation2,715
Wing Gambit370
Grünfeld Defense3,132
Horwitz Defense7,270
Hungarian Opening4,195
Indian Defense24,604
Anti-Grünfeld77
Anti-Nimzo-Indian753
Budapest Defense3,947
Colle System97
Czech-Indian101
Devin Gambit39
King's Indian Variation105
Knights Variation774
London System1,342
Maddigan Gambit67
Normal Variation1,507
Omega Gambit153
Pawn Push Variation237
Przepiorka Variation298
Pseudo-Benko41
Reversed Chigorin Defense275
Seirawan Attack306
Spielmann-Indian562
Tartakower Attack264
Wade-Tartakower Defense640
West Indian Defense464
Italian Game50,809
Anti-Fried Liver Defense5,603
Bird's Attack104
Blackburne-Kostić Gambit1,884
Classical Variation7,786
Deutz Gambit270
Evans Gambit2,705
Evans Gambit Declined385
Giuoco Pianissimo6,490
Giuoco Piano4,103
Hungarian Defense1,237
Jerome Gambit142
Paris Defense408
Rosentreter Gambit254
Rousseau Gambit803
Scotch Gambit2,193
Two Knights Defense13,210
King's Gambit2,837
King's Gambit Accepted13,700
Abbazia Defense559
Allgaier Gambit131
Becker Defense370
Bishop's Gambit1,211
Blachly Gambit267
Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation176
Cunningham Defense1,204
Double Muzio Gambit75
Fischer Defense1,788
Ghulam-Kassim Gambit63
Gianutio Countergambit36
Hanstein Gambit95
Kieseritzky Gambit377
King's Knight's Gambit1,694
Lolli Gambit80
MacLeod Defense2,099
Mason-Keres Gambit38
Modern Defense1,115
Muzio Gambit327
Polerio Gambit131
Rosentreter Gambit207
Salvio Gambit237
Schallopp Defense1,059
Sörensen Gambit52
Traditional Variation68
King's Indian Attack2,895
King's Indian Defense8,773
Accelerated Averbakh Variation156
Averbakh Variation109
Exchange Variation72
Fianchetto Variation690
Four Pawns Attack602
Kramer Variation69
Larsen Variation137
Makogonov Variation253
Normal Variation2,741
Orthodox Variation926
Petrosian Variation115
Semi-Averbakh System133
Semi-Classical Variation175
Smyslov Variation360
Steiner Attack58
Sämisch Variation668
Zinnowitz Variation287
King's Pawn Game11,652
Alapin Opening173
Beyer Gambit182
Busch-Gass Gambit2,148
Clam Variation49
Damiano Defense456
Dresden Opening190
Gunderam Gambit254
King's Head Opening254
Leonardis Variation2,045
MacLeod Attack144
Maróczy Defense466
McConnell Defense1,428
Mengarini's Opening159
Napoleon Attack566
Tayler Opening353
Tortoise Opening42
Wayward Queen Attack1,281
Modern Defense13,840
Nimzo-Indian Defense5,622
Nimzo-Larsen Attack7,690
Nimzowitsch Defense7,815
Old Indian Defense1,658
Philidor Defense18,277
Pirc Defense12,019
Polish Opening3,085
Ponziani Opening3,436
Queen's Gambit Declined34,477
Alapin Variation59
Albin Countergambit2,761
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 Defense1,905
Exchange Variation2,357
Harrwitz Attack1,112
Janowski Variation225
Lasker Defense55
Marshall Defense5,346
Modern Variation1,919
Neo-Orthodox Variation215
Normal Defense1,328
Orthodox Defense376
Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation80
Queen's Knight Variation1,648
Ragozin Defense1,662
Semi-Tarrasch Defense1,121
Tarrasch Defense701
Tartakower Defense140
Three Knights83
Three Knights Variation1,357
Traditional Variation681
Vienna Variation523
Queen's Pawn Game51,308
Accelerated London System11,579
Anglo-Slav Opening277
Anti-Torre746
Barry Attack44
Chigorin Variation6,037
Colle System3,530
Hübsch Gambit79
Krause Variation1,155
Levitsky Attack1,176
London System3,703
Mason Attack608
Modern Defense637
Stonewall Attack745
Symmetrical Variation2,322
Torre Attack786
Veresov105
Veresov Attack558
Zukertort Variation4,194
Rat Defense2,861
Russian Game19,762
Ruy Lopez28,773
Alapin Defense40
Berlin Defense5,135
Bird Variation1,480
Classical Variation2,891
Closed1,014
Cozio Defense1,409
Exchange Variation2,753
Fianchetto Defense92
Lucena Variation36
Marshall Attack345
Morphy Defense5,547
Nürnberg Variation235
Open499
Open Berlin Defense70
Schliemann Defense1,169
Spanish Countergambit84
Steinitz Defense4,806
Vinogradov Variation53
Réti Opening1,379
Scandinavian Defense35,597
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 Line6,561
Marshall Variation759
Mieses-Kotroc Variation8,488
Modern Variation7,080
Panov Transfer974
Portuguese Gambit178
Richter Variation79
Schiller-Pytel Variation99
Valencian Variation842
Scotch Game24,465
Benima Defense783
Blumenfeld Attack139
Classical Variation3,405
Ghulam-Kassim Variation78
Göring Gambit1,419
Haxo Gambit1,046
Lolli Variation412
Malaniuk Variation194
Mieses Variation524
Modern Defense210
Paulsen Attack60
Potter Variation358
Relfsson Gambit66
Schmidt Variation2,293
Scotch Gambit4,806
Steinitz Variation124
Vitzthum Attack50
Semi-Slav Defense4,754
Sicilian Defense142,879
Accelerated Dragon4,107
Alapin Variation8,479
Boleslavsky Variation83
Bowdler Attack10,219
Bücker Variation77
Chekhover Variation874
Classical Variation1,337
Closed9,292
Delayed Alapin Variation1,604
Dragon Variation4,069
Drazic Variation226
Flohr Variation105
Four Knights Variation1,917
Franco-Sicilian Variation621
French Variation4,419
Godiva Variation368
Grand Prix Attack1,696
Halasz Gambit43
Hyperaccelerated Dragon1,529
Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto1,560
Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl458
Jalalabad Variation112
Kalashnikov Variation680
Kan Variation3,221
Katalimov Variation218
Keres Variation212
Kramnik Variation479
Kupreichik Variation48
Kveinis Variation88
Lasker-Dunne Attack448
Lasker-Pelikan Variation2,390
Löwenthal Variation2,652
Marshall Counterattack678
Marshall Gambit1,190
McDonnell Attack5,523
Mengarini Variation943
Modern Variations8,173
Morphy Gambit382
Moscow Variation1,074
Myers Attack55
Najdorf Variation8,464
Nimzo-American Variation89
Nimzowitsch Variation804
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack4,200
O'Kelly Variation1,905
Old Sicilian9,840
Open4,850
Paulsen-Basman Defense385
Pin Variation537
Portsmouth Gambit67
Prins Variation253
Quinteros Variation43
Richter-Rauzer Variation542
Scheveningen Variation1,148
Smith-Morra Gambit6,850
Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted1,877
Smith-Morra Gambit Declined1,055
Smith-Morra Gambit Deferred284
Snyder Variation744
Sozin Attack644
Staunton-Cochrane Variation1,302
Taimanov Variation4,806
Venice Attack49
Wing Gambit1,461
Wing Gambit Deferred113
Slav Defense11,993
Slav Indian357
Tarrasch Defense1,723
Van Geet Opening1,790
Van't Kruijs Opening4,928
Vienna Game11,577
Wade Defense124
Ware Defense216
Ware Opening247
Zukertort Opening12,477
Arctic Defense58
Basman Defense40
Black Mustang Defense1,056
Dutch Variation428
Herrstrom Gambit62
Kingside Fianchetto729
Lemberger Gambit310
Lisitsyn Gambit107
Lisitsyn Gambit Deferred44
Nimzo-Larsen Variation357
Old Indian Attack348
Pirc Invitation559
Polish Defense46
Queen's Gambit Invitation774
Queenside Fianchetto Variation480
Quiet System158
Reversed Mexican Defense205
Ross Gambit288
Sicilian Invitation1,236
Slav Invitation531
Tennison Gambit2,650
The Walrus82
Vos Gambit64
Wade Defense150
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