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Alekhine Defense7,723
Amar Opening105
Benoni Defense8,485
Bird Opening5,911
Bishop's Opening12,246
Caro-Kann Defense44,386
Accelerated Panov Attack1,477
Advance Variation8,840
Alekhine Gambit129
Apocalypse Attack102
Breyer Variation727
Bronstein-Larsen Variation194
Campomanes Attack342
Classical Variation2,990
Euwe Attack185
Exchange Variation4,253
Forgacs Variation191
Goldman Variation171
Gurgenidze System134
Hillbilly Attack1,842
Karpov Variation823
Main Line727
Maróczy Variation1,220
Modern Variation118
Panov Attack2,623
Rasa-Studier Gambit173
Tartakower Variation1,131
Two Knights Attack2,973
Ulysses Gambit113
von Hennig Gambit123
Carr Defense167
Center Game4,350
Danish Gambit2,977
Duras Gambit831
Dutch Defense5,642
English Defense2,637
English Opening28,836
Agincourt Defense2,445
Anglo-Dutch Defense416
Anglo-Grünfeld Defense199
Anglo-Indian Defense3,945
Anglo-Lithuanian Variation184
Anglo-Scandinavian Defense1,413
Carls-Bremen System487
Caro-Kann Defensive System975
Four Knights System251
Great Snake Variation924
Jaenisch Gambit92
King's English Variation10,376
Mikenas-Carls55
Mikenas-Carls Variation418
Neo-Catalan57
Symmetrical Variation4,815
The Whale761
Englund Gambit3,360
Four Knights Game13,848
French Defense58,887
Advance Variation11,056
Alapin Gambit107
Alekhine-Chatard Attack266
Bird Invitation53
Burn Variation366
Carlson Gambit50
Chigorin Variation304
Classical Variation2,303
Diemer-Duhm Gambit65
Diemer-Duhm Gambit Accepted168
Exchange Variation8,530
Franco-Hiva Gambit96
Franco-Sicilian Defense789
Horwitz Attack576
King's Indian Attack1,171
Knight Variation8,840
La Bourdonnais Variation1,874
MacCutcheon Variation202
Mediterranean Defense342
Normal Variation3,154
Orthoschnapp Gambit332
Paulsen Variation508
Pelikan Variation105
Perseus Gambit112
Queen's Knight1,454
Rubinstein Variation2,386
Réti-Spielmann Attack132
Schlechter Variation633
St. George Defense219
Steiner Variation1,188
Steinitz Attack615
Steinitz Variation719
Tarrasch Variation3,805
Two Knights Variation1,193
Winawer Variation2,714
Wing Gambit370
Grünfeld Defense3,129
Horwitz Defense7,260
Hungarian Opening4,189
Indian Defense24,558
Anti-Grünfeld77
Anti-Nimzo-Indian753
Budapest Defense3,940
Colle System97
Czech-Indian101
Devin Gambit39
King's Indian Variation104
Knights Variation771
London System1,340
Maddigan Gambit67
Normal Variation1,505
Omega Gambit152
Pawn Push Variation236
Przepiorka Variation298
Pseudo-Benko41
Reversed Chigorin Defense275
Seirawan Attack304
Spielmann-Indian558
Tartakower Attack264
Wade-Tartakower Defense640
West Indian Defense464
Italian Game50,704
Anti-Fried Liver Defense5,592
Bird's Attack104
Blackburne-Kostić Gambit1,877
Classical Variation7,774
Deutz Gambit270
Evans Gambit2,702
Evans Gambit Declined383
Giuoco Pianissimo6,473
Giuoco Piano4,096
Hungarian Defense1,236
Jerome Gambit142
Paris Defense402
Rosentreter Gambit253
Rousseau Gambit796
Scotch Gambit2,187
Two Knights Defense13,186
King's Gambit2,829
King's Gambit Accepted13,680
Abbazia Defense558
Allgaier Gambit131
Becker Defense370
Bishop's Gambit1,210
Blachly Gambit267
Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation176
Cunningham Defense1,204
Double Muzio Gambit75
Fischer Defense1,783
Ghulam-Kassim Gambit63
Gianutio Countergambit36
Hanstein Gambit94
Kieseritzky Gambit376
King's Knight's Gambit1,694
Lolli Gambit80
MacLeod Defense2,096
Mason-Keres Gambit38
Modern Defense1,113
Muzio Gambit326
Polerio Gambit130
Rosentreter Gambit207
Salvio Gambit237
Schallopp Defense1,056
Sörensen Gambit52
Traditional Variation68
King's Indian Attack2,893
King's Indian Defense8,761
Accelerated Averbakh Variation156
Averbakh Variation109
Exchange Variation72
Fianchetto Variation688
Four Pawns Attack602
Kramer Variation68
Larsen Variation137
Makogonov Variation252
Normal Variation2,737
Orthodox Variation926
Petrosian Variation115
Semi-Averbakh System131
Semi-Classical Variation175
Smyslov Variation360
Steiner Attack58
Sämisch Variation668
Zinnowitz Variation287
King's Pawn Game11,630
Alapin Opening172
Beyer Gambit182
Busch-Gass Gambit2,141
Clam Variation49
Damiano Defense455
Dresden Opening190
Gunderam Gambit254
King's Head Opening253
Leonardis Variation2,040
MacLeod Attack144
Maróczy Defense466
McConnell Defense1,426
Mengarini's Opening159
Napoleon Attack564
Tayler Opening352
Tortoise Opening42
Wayward Queen Attack1,280
Modern Defense13,822
Nimzo-Indian Defense5,614
Nimzo-Larsen Attack7,667
Nimzowitsch Defense7,806
Old Indian Defense1,656
Philidor Defense18,238
Pirc Defense11,995
Polish Opening3,079
Ponziani Opening3,430
Queen's Gambit Declined34,419
Alapin Variation59
Albin Countergambit2,756
Alekhine Variation39
Anti-Tartakower Variation57
Austrian Attack115
Austrian Defense709
Baltic Defense1,433
Barmen Variation192
Been-Koomen Variation82
Cambridge Springs Defense153
Capablanca Variation91
Charousek Variation196
Chigorin Defense1,903
Exchange Variation2,352
Harrwitz Attack1,111
Janowski Variation225
Lasker Defense55
Marshall Defense5,338
Modern Variation1,917
Neo-Orthodox Variation213
Normal Defense1,326
Orthodox Defense376
Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation79
Queen's Knight Variation1,645
Ragozin Defense1,659
Semi-Tarrasch Defense1,117
Tarrasch Defense700
Tartakower Defense140
Three Knights82
Three Knights Variation1,355
Traditional Variation680
Vienna Variation522
Queen's Pawn Game51,203
Accelerated London System11,557
Anglo-Slav Opening277
Anti-Torre745
Barry Attack44
Chigorin Variation6,025
Colle System3,517
Hübsch Gambit79
Krause Variation1,153
Levitsky Attack1,171
London System3,689
Mason Attack607
Modern Defense631
Stonewall Attack744
Symmetrical Variation2,319
Torre Attack784
Veresov105
Veresov Attack558
Zukertort Variation4,190
Rat Defense2,855
Russian Game19,721
Ruy Lopez28,722
Alapin Defense40
Berlin Defense5,127
Bird Variation1,476
Classical Variation2,884
Closed1,011
Cozio Defense1,406
Exchange Variation2,748
Fianchetto Defense92
Lucena Variation36
Marshall Attack345
Morphy Defense5,538
Nürnberg Variation235
Open498
Open Berlin Defense70
Schliemann Defense1,167
Spanish Countergambit84
Steinitz Defense4,798
Vinogradov Variation53
Réti Opening1,374
Scandinavian Defense35,516
Anderssen Counterattack129
Blackburne Gambit804
Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit446
Boehnke Gambit614
Bronstein Variation225
Classical Variation164
Gubinsky-Melts Defense1,601
Icelandic-Palme Gambit1,240
Kiel Variation134
Kloosterboer Gambit338
Lasker Variation162
Main Line6,544
Marshall Variation758
Mieses-Kotroc Variation8,473
Modern Variation7,062
Panov Transfer973
Portuguese Gambit177
Richter Variation79
Schiller-Pytel Variation98
Valencian Variation838
Scotch Game24,424
Benima Defense781
Blumenfeld Attack139
Classical Variation3,403
Ghulam-Kassim Variation78
Göring Gambit1,418
Haxo Gambit1,046
Lolli Variation404
Malaniuk Variation194
Mieses Variation522
Modern Defense207
Paulsen Attack59
Potter Variation358
Relfsson Gambit66
Schmidt Variation2,292
Scotch Gambit4,795
Steinitz Variation124
Vitzthum Attack50
Semi-Slav Defense4,747
Sicilian Defense142,621
Accelerated Dragon4,098
Alapin Variation8,453
Boleslavsky Variation83
Bowdler Attack10,206
Bücker Variation77
Chekhover Variation873
Classical Variation1,334
Closed9,276
Delayed Alapin Variation1,597
Dragon Variation4,063
Drazic Variation226
Flohr Variation104
Four Knights Variation1,914
Franco-Sicilian Variation620
French Variation4,413
Godiva Variation368
Grand Prix Attack1,693
Halasz Gambit43
Hyperaccelerated Dragon1,526
Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto1,557
Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl456
Jalalabad Variation112
Kalashnikov Variation679
Kan Variation3,214
Katalimov Variation218
Keres Variation211
Kramnik Variation479
Kupreichik Variation48
Kveinis Variation87
Lasker-Dunne Attack447
Lasker-Pelikan Variation2,384
Löwenthal Variation2,650
Marshall Counterattack677
Marshall Gambit1,189
McDonnell Attack5,519
Mengarini Variation939
Modern Variations8,164
Morphy Gambit381
Moscow Variation1,069
Myers Attack55
Najdorf Variation8,452
Nimzo-American Variation88
Nimzowitsch Variation803
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack4,195
O'Kelly Variation1,901
Old Sicilian9,827
Open4,842
Paulsen-Basman Defense385
Pin Variation536
Portsmouth Gambit67
Prins Variation252
Quinteros Variation43
Richter-Rauzer Variation542
Scheveningen Variation1,145
Smith-Morra Gambit6,835
Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted1,870
Smith-Morra Gambit Declined1,052
Smith-Morra Gambit Deferred281
Snyder Variation741
Sozin Attack643
Staunton-Cochrane Variation1,300
Taimanov Variation4,796
Venice Attack49
Wing Gambit1,455
Wing Gambit Deferred112
Slav Defense11,967
Slav Indian357
Tarrasch Defense1,721
Van Geet Opening1,782
Van't Kruijs Opening4,917
Vienna Game11,556
Wade Defense124
Ware Defense216
Ware Opening245
Zukertort Opening12,446
Arctic Defense58
Basman Defense40
Black Mustang Defense1,056
Dutch Variation426
Herrstrom Gambit62
Kingside Fianchetto728
Lemberger Gambit310
Lisitsyn Gambit107
Lisitsyn Gambit Deferred44
Nimzo-Larsen Variation355
Old Indian Attack348
Pirc Invitation557
Polish Defense46
Queen's Gambit Invitation772
Queenside Fianchetto Variation478
Quiet System158
Reversed Mexican Defense204
Ross Gambit288
Sicilian Invitation1,234
Slav Invitation528
Tennison Gambit2,642
The Walrus82
Vos Gambit64
Wade Defense150
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