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Alekhine Defense8,196
Amar Opening108
Benoni Defense8,912
Bird Opening6,290
Bishop's Opening12,921
Caro-Kann Defense47,322
Accelerated Panov Attack1,565
Advance Variation9,416
Alekhine Gambit139
Apocalypse Attack114
Breyer Variation774
Bronstein-Larsen Variation202
Campomanes Attack358
Classical Variation3,143
Euwe Attack196
Exchange Variation4,581
Forgacs Variation206
Goldman Variation182
Gurgenidze System137
Hillbilly Attack1,942
Karpov Variation860
Main Line789
Maróczy Variation1,369
Modern Variation128
Panov Attack2,808
Rasa-Studier Gambit189
Tartakower Variation1,225
Two Knights Attack3,245
Ulysses Gambit125
von Hennig Gambit140
Carr Defense169
Center Game4,615
Danish Gambit3,081
Duras Gambit880
Dutch Defense5,961
English Defense2,779
English Opening30,137
Agincourt Defense2,583
Anglo-Dutch Defense435
Anglo-Grünfeld Defense208
Anglo-Indian Defense4,105
Anglo-Lithuanian Variation196
Anglo-Scandinavian Defense1,497
Carls-Bremen System505
Caro-Kann Defensive System1,024
Four Knights System260
Great Snake Variation959
Jaenisch Gambit100
King's English Variation10,819
Mikenas-Carls56
Mikenas-Carls Variation441
Neo-Catalan59
Symmetrical Variation5,018
The Whale787
Four Knights Game14,526
French Defense61,712
Advance Variation11,466
Alapin Gambit116
Alekhine-Chatard Attack280
Bird Invitation54
Burn Variation395
Carlson Gambit55
Chigorin Variation319
Classical Variation2,417
Diemer-Duhm Gambit67
Diemer-Duhm Gambit Accepted177
Exchange Variation8,922
Franco-Hiva Gambit97
Franco-Sicilian Defense834
Horwitz Attack611
King's Indian Attack1,222
Knight Variation9,245
La Bourdonnais Variation1,967
MacCutcheon Variation209
Mediterranean Defense352
Normal Variation3,319
Orthoschnapp Gambit350
Paulsen Variation537
Pelikan Variation111
Perseus Gambit122
Queen's Knight1,538
Rubinstein Variation2,552
Réti-Spielmann Attack137
Schlechter Variation672
St. George Defense230
Steiner Variation1,253
Steinitz Attack637
Steinitz Variation759
Tarrasch Variation3,999
Two Knights Variation1,261
Winawer Variation2,832
Wing Gambit401
Grünfeld Defense3,246
Horwitz Defense7,591
Hungarian Opening4,373
Indian Defense25,777
Anti-Grünfeld83
Anti-Nimzo-Indian801
Budapest Defense4,149
Colle System101
Czech-Indian106
Devin Gambit41
King's Indian Variation109
Knights Variation805
London System1,418
Maddigan Gambit72
Normal Variation1,564
Omega Gambit162
Pawn Push Variation244
Przepiorka Variation309
Pseudo-Benko44
Reversed Chigorin Defense299
Seirawan Attack319
Spielmann-Indian598
Tartakower Attack271
Wade-Tartakower Defense666
West Indian Defense476
Italian Game53,486
Anti-Fried Liver Defense5,788
Bird's Attack108
Blackburne-Kostić Gambit1,980
Classical Variation8,208
Deutz Gambit290
Evans Gambit2,875
Evans Gambit Declined401
Giuoco Pianissimo6,809
Giuoco Piano4,330
Hungarian Defense1,271
Jerome Gambit153
Paris Defense542
Rosentreter Gambit277
Rousseau Gambit920
Scotch Gambit2,333
Two Knights Defense13,906
King's Gambit2,950
King's Gambit Accepted14,457
Abbazia Defense586
Allgaier Gambit137
Becker Defense384
Bishop's Gambit1,282
Blachly Gambit294
Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation189
Cunningham Defense1,269
Double Muzio Gambit84
Fischer Defense1,886
Ghulam-Kassim Gambit68
Gianutio Countergambit38
Hanstein Gambit99
Kieseritzky Gambit407
King's Knight's Gambit1,779
Lolli Gambit84
MacLeod Defense2,208
Mason-Keres Gambit41
Modern Defense1,166
Muzio Gambit360
Polerio Gambit139
Rosentreter Gambit220
Salvio Gambit259
Schallopp Defense1,099
Sörensen Gambit53
Traditional Variation72
King's Indian Attack3,014
King's Indian Defense9,076
Accelerated Averbakh Variation158
Averbakh Variation116
Exchange Variation75
Fianchetto Variation707
Four Pawns Attack621
Kramer Variation71
Larsen Variation141
Makogonov Variation267
Normal Variation2,827
Orthodox Variation954
Petrosian Variation118
Semi-Averbakh System141
Semi-Classical Variation182
Smyslov Variation386
Steiner Attack59
Sämisch Variation682
Zinnowitz Variation300
King's Pawn Game12,238
Alapin Opening189
Beyer Gambit192
Busch-Gass Gambit2,303
Clam Variation54
Damiano Defense486
Dresden Opening193
Gunderam Gambit268
King's Head Opening268
Leonardis Variation2,152
MacLeod Attack190
Maróczy Defense482
McConnell Defense1,485
Mengarini's Opening164
Napoleon Attack591
Tayler Opening363
Tortoise Opening42
Wayward Queen Attack1,319
Modern Defense14,392
Nimzo-Indian Defense5,905
Nimzo-Larsen Attack8,152
Nimzowitsch Defense8,253
Old Indian Defense1,730
Philidor Defense18,980
Pirc Defense12,634
Polish Opening3,250
Ponziani Opening3,675
Queen's Gambit Declined36,215
Alapin Variation62
Albin Countergambit2,923
Alekhine Variation43
Anti-Tartakower Variation59
Austrian Attack118
Austrian Defense747
Baltic Defense1,521
Barmen Variation204
Been-Koomen Variation85
Cambridge Springs Defense160
Capablanca Variation94
Charousek Variation201
Chigorin Defense2,023
Exchange Variation2,467
Harrwitz Attack1,172
Janowski Variation244
Lasker Defense57
Marshall Defense5,604
Modern Variation2,012
Neo-Orthodox Variation228
Normal Defense1,382
Orthodox Defense399
Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation84
Queen's Knight Variation1,737
Ragozin Defense1,753
Semi-Tarrasch Defense1,167
Tarrasch Defense732
Tartakower Defense143
Three Knights112
Three Knights Variation1,423
Traditional Variation713
Vienna Variation534
Queen's Pawn Game54,188
Accelerated London System12,242
Anglo-Slav Opening290
Anti-Torre805
Barry Attack53
Chigorin Variation6,301
Colle System3,748
Hübsch Gambit87
Krause Variation1,211
Levitsky Attack1,256
London System4,030
Mason Attack641
Modern Defense819
Stonewall Attack792
Symmetrical Variation2,427
Torre Attack827
Veresov109
Veresov Attack584
Zukertort Variation4,410
Rat Defense3,028
Ruy Lopez30,122
Alapin Defense41
Berlin Defense5,376
Bird Variation1,538
Classical Variation3,054
Closed1,049
Cozio Defense1,471
Exchange Variation2,867
Fianchetto Defense99
Marshall Attack368
Morphy Defense5,803
Nürnberg Variation246
Open533
Open Berlin Defense74
Schliemann Defense1,267
Spanish Countergambit90
Steinitz Defense5,005
Vinogradov Variation53
Réti Opening1,481
Scandinavian Defense37,668
Anderssen Counterattack136
Blackburne Gambit842
Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit479
Boehnke Gambit639
Bronstein Variation232
Classical Variation168
Gubinsky-Melts Defense1,671
Icelandic-Palme Gambit1,313
Kiel Variation140
Kloosterboer Gambit359
Lasker Variation178
Main Line6,911
Marshall Variation801
Mieses-Kotroc Variation8,860
Modern Variation7,480
Panov Transfer1,029
Portuguese Gambit244
Richter Variation81
Schiller-Pytel Variation101
Valencian Variation1,128
Scotch Game25,763
Benima Defense822
Blumenfeld Attack145
Classical Variation3,569
Ghulam-Kassim Variation81
Göring Gambit1,533
Haxo Gambit1,100
Lolli Variation584
Malaniuk Variation201
Mieses Variation540
Modern Defense223
Paulsen Attack62
Potter Variation378
Relfsson Gambit71
Schmidt Variation2,408
Scotch Gambit5,082
Steinitz Variation132
Vitzthum Attack56
Semi-Slav Defense4,990
Sicilian Defense149,217
Accelerated Dragon4,272
Alapin Variation8,991
Boleslavsky Variation84
Bowdler Attack10,614
Bücker Variation80
Chekhover Variation910
Classical Variation1,399
Closed9,733
Delayed Alapin Variation1,789
Dragon Variation4,220
Drazic Variation231
Flohr Variation110
Four Knights Variation2,025
Franco-Sicilian Variation649
French Variation4,640
Godiva Variation378
Grand Prix Attack1,771
Halasz Gambit45
Hyperaccelerated Dragon1,577
Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto1,632
Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl480
Jalalabad Variation117
Kalashnikov Variation712
Kan Variation3,378
Katalimov Variation229
Keres Variation229
Kramnik Variation500
Kupreichik Variation48
Kveinis Variation89
Lasker-Dunne Attack464
Lasker-Pelikan Variation2,484
Löwenthal Variation2,764
Marshall Counterattack704
Marshall Gambit1,241
McDonnell Attack5,763
Mengarini Variation1,012
Modern Variations8,465
Morphy Gambit407
Moscow Variation1,143
Myers Attack55
Najdorf Variation8,742
Nimzo-American Variation95
Nimzowitsch Variation846
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack4,384
O'Kelly Variation1,990
Old Sicilian10,248
Open5,064
Paulsen-Basman Defense401
Pin Variation559
Portsmouth Gambit89
Prins Variation259
Quinteros Variation43
Richter-Rauzer Variation559
Scheveningen Variation1,193
Smith-Morra Gambit7,060
Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted2,125
Smith-Morra Gambit Declined1,114
Smith-Morra Gambit Deferred312
Snyder Variation786
Sozin Attack661
Staunton-Cochrane Variation1,358
Taimanov Variation5,052
Venice Attack51
Wing Gambit1,543
Wing Gambit Deferred131
Slav Defense12,566
Slav Indian383
Tarrasch Defense1,786
Van Geet Opening1,895
Van't Kruijs Opening5,183
Vienna Game12,344
Wade Defense132
Ware Defense228
Ware Opening268
Zukertort Opening13,221
Arctic Defense62
Basman Defense40
Black Mustang Defense1,101
Dutch Variation448
Herrstrom Gambit67
Kingside Fianchetto770
Lemberger Gambit332
Lisitsyn Gambit114
Lisitsyn Gambit Deferred50
Nimzo-Larsen Variation368
Old Indian Attack367
Pirc Invitation574
Polish Defense48
Queen's Gambit Invitation812
Queenside Fianchetto Variation501
Quiet System169
Reversed Grünfeld51
Reversed Mexican Defense209
Ross Gambit313
Sicilian Invitation1,309
Slav Invitation570
Tennison Gambit2,866
The Walrus88
Vos Gambit66
Wade Defense162
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