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A00-A99
A00 Polish (Sokolsky) opening Polish, Tuebingen variation Polish, Outflank variation Benko's opening Lasker simul special Benko's opening, reversed Alekhine Grob's attack Grob, spike attack Grob, Fritz gambit Grob, Romford counter-gambit
1.b4 1... 1.g3 1... h5 1... e5 2. 1.g4 1... d5 2. 1... d5 2. g2 c6 3.g5 g2 xg4 3.c4 f3 h6 1... b6
3... d4
Clemenz (Mead's, Basman's or de Klerk's) 1.h3 opening Global opening Amar (Paris) opening Amar gambit Dunst (Sleipner, Heinrichsen) opening Dunst (Sleipner,Heinrichsen) opening (1...e5) Battambang opening Novosibirsk opening Anderssen's opening Ware (Meadow Hay) opening Crab opening Saragossa opening Mieses opening Mieses opening (1...e5) Valencia opening Venezolana opening Van't Kruijs opening Amsterdam attack Gedult's opening Hammerschlag (Fried fox/Pork chop opening) Anti-Borg (Desprez) opening Durkin's attack A01 Nimzovich-Larsen attack Nimzovich-Larsen attack, modern variation Nimzovich-Larsen attack, Indian variation Nimzovich-Larsen attack, classical variation Nimzovich-Larsen attack, English variation Nimzovich-Larsen attack, Dutch variation 1.h4 1. a3 1... e5 1... f6 1.b3 1.f3 1... e5 2. f2 1.d3 c5 2. 1.e3 1... e5 2.c4 d6 3. c3 c6 4.b3 f6 1.c3 1.d3 1... e5 2. c3 d2 c6 3.g3 1. 1.a3 1.a4 1... e5 2.h4 1. 1. 1... e5 2.a3 h3 1...d5 2.g3 e5 3.f4 c3 1... e5 2.a3 c3 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3. xd4 c6 4. h4 xh3 4. xh3 exf4
1... d5 1... c5
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1... f5
Nimzovich-Larsen attack, Polish variation Nimzovich-Larsen attack, symmetrical variation A02 Bird's opening Bird, From gambit Bird, From gambit, Lasker variation Bird, From gambit, Lipke variation Bird's opening, Swiss gambit Bird, Hobbs gambit A03 Bird's opening Mujannah opening Bird's opening, Williams gambit Bird's opening, Lasker variation 1.f4
1... b5 1... b6
1... e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 1... f5 2.e4 fxe4 3. 1... g5 1.f4 d5 2.c4 2.e4 2. f3 f6 3.e3 c5 c3 xd6 4. xd6 4. f6 4.g4 f3 g5 f3 h6 5.d4
A04 Reti opening Reti v Dutch Reti, Pirc-Lisitsin gambit Reti, Lisitsin gambit deferred Reti opening (1...d6) Reti, Wade defence Reti, Herrstroem gambit A05 Reti opening Reti, King's Indian attack, Spassky's variation Reti, King's Indian attack Reti, King's Indian attack, RetiSmyslov variation A06 Reti opening Reti, old Indian attack Santasiere's folly Tennison (Lemberg, Zukertort) gambit Reti, Nimzovich-Larsen attack
1.
1.
f3
f6
2.g3 b5 2.g3 g6 3.b4 1. f3 d5 2.d3 2.b4 2.e4 2.b3 f3 d5 2.g3 2... 2... f6 3. g4 3. g2 c6 4.O-O g2 d7 g4
A07 Reti, King's Indian attack (Barcza system) 1. Reti, King's Indian attack, Yugoslav variation Reti, King's Indian attack, Keres variation Reti, King's Indian attack Reti, King's Indian attack, Pachman system Reti, King's Indian attack (with ...c5) A08 Reti, King's Indian attack Reti, King's Indian attack, French variation A09 Reti opening Reti, advance variation Reti accepted Reti accepted, Keres variation A10 English opening English opening (1...g6) English, Adorjan defence English, Anglo-Dutch defense English, Jaenisch gambit A11 English, Caro-Kann defensive system 1.c4 1. 1.
2... g6 3. 2... c5 f3 d5 2.g3 c5 3. g2 f6 6. bd2 e7 7.e4 3... c6 4.O-O e6 5.d3 O-O 8. e1 f3 d5 2.c4 2... d4 2... dxc4 3.e3 1... g6 2.e4 e5 1... f5 1... b5 1.c4 c6
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g7 4.O-O e5 5.d3
e7
e6
A12 English, Caro-Kann defensive system English, Torre defensive system English, London defensive system English, Caro-Kann defensive system (3...Nf6 4.Bb2) English, Bled variation English, New York (London) defensive system English, Capablanca's variation English, Caro-Kann defensive system, Bogolyubov variation A13 English opening English, Romanishin gambit English opening, Agincourt variation English, Wimpey system English opening, Agincourt variation (3.g3) English, Kurajica defence English, Neo-Catalan English, NeoCatalan accepted A14 English, Neo-Catalan declined English, Symmetrical, Keres defence A15 English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense) English orang-utan English opening A16 English opening English, Anglo-Gruenfeld defense English, Anglo-Gruenfeld, Czech defense English, Anglo-Gruenfeld, Smyslov defense English, Anglo-Gruenfeld defense (4.Nf3) English, Anglo-Gruenfeld defense, Korchnoi variation A17 English opening English, Nimzo-English opening English, Queens Indian formation English, Queens Indian, Romanishin variation A18 English, Mikenas-Carls variation English, Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation English, Mikenas-Carls, Kevitz variation
3... 1.c4 e6 2. 2. f3
g4
f6 3.g3 a6 4. f6 4.
g2 b5
f3 d5 3.g3
5...c5 6.cxd5
xd5 7.
4... g6 5.g3
1.c4
f6 2. 3. 3. f3
c3 e6 b4 b7 5. d3
f3 b6 4.e4
1.c4
f6 2.
c3 e6 3.e4
A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian variation A20 English opening English, Nimzovich variation English, Nimzovich, Flohr variation A21 English opening English, Troeger defence English, Keres variation English opening (2...d6 3.Nf3) English, Smyslov defence
1.c4
f6 2. 2. f3
c3 e6 3.e4 c5
1.c4 e5 2... e4
1.c4 e5 2.
c3 e6 4. g2 c6
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English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack A22 English opening English, Bellon gambit English, Carls' Bremen system English, Bremen, reverse dragon English, Bremen, Smyslov system A23 English, Bremen system, Keres variation A24 English, Bremen system with ...g6 A25 English, Sicilian reversed English, closed system English, closed, Taimanov variation English, closed, Hort variation English, closed, 5.Rb1 English, closed, 5.Rb1 Taimanov variation English, closed system (without ...d6) A26 English, closed system English, Botvinnik system A27 English, three knights system A28 English, four knights system English, Nenarokov variation English, Bradley Beach variation English, four knights, Nimzovich variation English, four knights, Marini variation English, four knights, Capablanca variation English, four knights, 4.e3 English, four knights, Stean variation English, four knights, Romanishin variation A29 English, four knights, kingside fianchetto A30 English, symmetrical variation English, symmetrical, hedgehog system English, symmetrical, hedgehog, flexible formation A31 English, symmetrical, Benoni formation A32 English, symmetrical variation A33 English, symmetrical variation English, symmetrical, Geller variation A34 English, symmetrical variation English, symmetrical, three knights system English, symmetrical variation (2...Nf6 3.g3) English, symmetrical, Rubinstein system A35 English, symmetrical variation English, symmetrical, four knights system A36 English, symmetrical variation English, ultra-symmetrical variation English, symmetrical, Botvinnik system reversed
c3 c3 c3
3.g3 g6 4.
c6 3.g3 g6 4. f3 f3 f6 b4 6.
g2
g7 5.d3 d6
4.d4 exd4 5. xc3+ 8.bxc3 4.d4 e4 4.e4 4.a3 4.d3 4.e3 4... 4... 1.c4 e5 2. 1.c4 c5 c3
xd4 e5
g5 h6 7.
h4
b4 5. b4 5. c6 3.
d5
e8 7.
f5
b7 5.O-O e6 6.
xd4 d6 9. d1 a6 10.b3
xd4 e6 xd4 e6
f3 d5 4.cxd5
xd5
1.c4 c5 2. 3. 1.c4 c5 2. f3
c3 f6 c3
c6
c6 3.g3 g2 g7
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3... g6 4.
5.e3 e5
English, symmetrical, Botvinnik system A37 English, symmetrical variation English, symmetrical, Botvinnik system reversed A38 English, symmetrical variation English, symmetrical, main line with d3 English, symmetrical, main line with b3 A39 English, symmetrical, main line with d4 A40 Queen's pawn Queen's pawn, Lundin (KevitzMikenas) defence Queen's pawn, Charlick (Englund) gambit Queen's pawn, Englund gambit Queen's pawn, English defence Polish defence Queen's pawn (1...e6) Queen's pawn, Keres defence Queen's pawn, Franco-Indian (Keres) defence Modern defence Beefeater defence
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6.O-O O-O 7.d3 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 1.c4 c5 2. c3 c6 3.g3 g6 4. 5. f3 f6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 1.d4 1... c6 g2 g7
1... e5 2.dxe5 5.exf6 1... b6 1... b5 1... e6 2.c4 b6 2.c4 1... g6 2.c4 f5 1.d4 d6 2. 2.c4 2... g6 3. 1.e4 g6 2.d4 4... c5 5. 4... f5 4... 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e6 3.e4 2.d5 f5 2.d5 f6 3. 3. 2.d5 d6 3. 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6 1.d4 f6 2.g4 2.f4 2.f3 2.f4 d5 3.e4 2.f3 d5 3.g4 2. 1.d4 g5 f3
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c6 3. xf6
f3
e7 4.
d5 f6
b4+
g7 3.
c3 c5 4.d5
xc3+ 5.bxc3
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A41 Queen's Pawn Old Indian, Tartakower (Wade) variation Old Indian defence Modern defence Robatsch defence, Rossolimo variation A42 Modern defence, Averbakh system Pterodactyl defence Modern defence, Averbakh system, Randspringer variation Modern defence, Averbakh system, Kotov variation A43 Old Benoni defence Old Benoni, Franco-Benoni defence Old Benoni, Mujannah formation Old Benoni defence (2.d5 Nf6) Woozle defence Old Benoni defence (3.Nf3) Hawk (Habichd) defence Old Benoni defence ( 2...d6) Old Benoni, Schmid's system A44 Old Benoni defence Semi-Benoni (blockade variation) A45 Queen's pawn game Queen's pawn, Bronstein gambit Canard opening Paleface attack Blackmar-Diemer gambit Gedult attack Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening) A46 Queen's pawn game Queen's pawn, Torre attack
f3
g4
c3 c3 a5
g7 g4 g7 4.e4
g7 3. f3
f3 d6 4.c4
1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.
c6
c3 f3
a5
3... c4 c3 g6
f6 2.
2... e6 3. Queen's pawn, Torre attack, Wagner gambit Queen's pawn, Yusupov-Rubinstein system Doery defence A47 Queen's Indian defence Queen's Indian, Marienbad system Queen's Indian, Marienbad system, Berg variation A48 King's Indian, East Indian defence King's Indian, Torre attack King's Indian, London system A49 King's Indian, fianchetto without c4 A50 Queen's pawn game Kevitz-Trajkovich defence Queen's Indian accelerated A51 Budapest defence declined Budapest, Fajarowicz variation Budapest, Fajarowicz, Steiner variation A52 Budapest defence Budapest, Adler variation Budapest, Rubinstein variation Budapest, Alekhine variation Budapest, Alekhine, Abonyi variation Budapest, Alekhine variation, Balogh gambit A53 Old Indian defence Old Indian, Janowski variation A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian variation Old Indian, Dus-Khotimirsky variation Old Indian, Ukrainian variation, 4.Nf3 A55 Old Indian, main line A56 Benoni defence Benoni defence, Hromodka system Vulture defence Czech Benoni defence Czech Benoni, King's Indian system A57 Benko gambit Benko gambit half accepted Benko gambit, Zaitsev system Benko gambit, Nescafe Frappe attack A58 Benko gambit accepted Benko gambit, Nd2 variation Benko gambit, fianchetto variation A59 Benko gambit, 7.e4 Benko gambit, Ne2 variation Benko gambit Benko gambit, main line A60 Benoni defence A61 Benoni defence Benoni, Uhlmann variation Benoni, Nimzovich (knight's tour) variation Benoni, fianchetto variation A62 Benoni, fianchetto variation 1.d4 1.d4 f3 g6 1.d4 5... 5... 1.d4 1.d4 1.d4 1.d4 1.d4 3. 1.d4 4. 4. 1.d4 1.d4 1.d4 1.d4 3. 3. 1.d4
g5
f6 2.
f6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 4. e4 c2 g4
4.e4 ec6
c3 d6 5.e4 g6
f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
b5 d6 8.
c4
1.d4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 c3 d6 7.e4 7... 7... xf1 8. xf1 8. 9... xf1 g6 9. g7 10. ge2 f3 xf1 g6 9.g3 g2 O-O 11.
c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.
7.g3
1.d4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4. f3 g6 7.g3 g7 8. g2 O-O A63 Benoni, fianchetto, 9...Nbd7 A64 Benoni, fianchetto, 11...Re8
c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.
1.d4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4. c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6. f3 g6 7.g3 g7 8. g2 O-O 9.O-O bd7 1.d4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4. c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6. f3 g6 7.g3 g7 8. g2 O-O 9.O-O bd7 10. d2 a6 11.a4 e8 1.d4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4. c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 1.d4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4. g6 7.f4 7... g7 8.e5 c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 1.d4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4. g6 7.f4 g7 8. b5+ 1.d4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4. g6 7.f4 g7 8. f3 O-O
A65 Benoni 6.e4 A66 Benoni, pawn storm variation Benoni, Mikenas variation A67 Benoni, Taimanov variation A68 Benoni, four pawns attack A69 Benoni, four pawns attack, main line A70 Benoni, classical with e4 and Nf3 Benoni, classical without 9.O-O A71 Benoni, classical, 8.Bg5 A72 Benoni, classical without 9.O-O A73 Benoni, classical, 9.O-O A74 Benoni, classical, 9...a6, 10.a4 A75 Benoni, classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4 A76 Benoni, classical, 9...Re8 A77 Benoni, classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2 A78 Benoni, classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6 A79 Benoni, classical, 11.f3
1.d4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4. c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 g7 8. f3 O-O 9. e2 e8 1.d4 g6 7. 1.d4 g6 7. 1.d4 g6 7. 1.d4 g6 7. 1.d4 g6 7. 1.d4 g6 7. 1.d4 g6 7. 1.d4 g6 7. 1.d4 g6 7. 1.d4 g6 7. 11.f3 1.d4 f5 2. 2. c3 d3 2... e6 3.g4 2.h3 2.g4 2. 2... 2... g5 f6 3. f6 3. g2 e6 4. g2 g6 g2 g2 g7 4. g7 4. f3 c6 5.O-O h3 h6 h3 1.d4 f5 2.g3 f6 3.g4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4. f3 7... g7 8. e2 c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4. f3 g7 8. g5 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4. f3 g7 8. e2 O-O c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4
f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4. c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 f3 g7 8. e2 O-O 9.O-O f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4. c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 f3 g7 8. e2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4. c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 f3 g7 8. e2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 g4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4. c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 f3 g7 8. e2 O-O 9.O-O e8 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4. c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 f3 g7 8. e2 O-O 9.O-O e8 10. d2 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4. c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 f3 g7 8. e2 O-O 9.O-O e8 10. d2 a6 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4. c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 f3 g7 8. e2 O-O 9.O-O e8 10. d2 a6
A80 Dutch Dutch, Spielmann gambit Dutch, Manhattan (Alapin, Ulvestad) variation Dutch, Von Pretzel gambit Dutch, Korchnoi attack Dutch, Krejcik gambit Dutch, 2.Bg5 variation A81 Dutch defence Dutch defence, Blackburne variation Dutch defence (2...Nf6 3.Bg2 g6) Dutch, Leningrad, Basman system Dutch, Leningrad, Karlsbad variation A82 Dutch, Staunton gambit Dutch, Balogh defence Dutch, Staunton gambit (2...fxe4) Dutch, Staunton gambit, Tartakower variation A83 Dutch, Staunton gambit, Staunton's line Dutch, Staunton gambit, Alekhine variation Dutch, Staunton gambit, Lasker variation Dutch, Staunton gambit, Chigorin variation
c3
f6 4.g4 c3 f6 4. g5
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4... c6
Dutch, Staunton gambit, Nimzovich variation A84 Dutch defence Dutch defence, Bladel variation Dutch defence (2...e6) Dutch defence, Rubinstein variation Dutch, Staunton gambit deferred Dutch defence (2...Nf6) A85 Dutch with c4 & Nc3 A86 Dutch with c4 & g3 Dutch, Hort-Antoshin system Dutch, Leningrad variation A87 Dutch, Leningrad, main variation A88 Dutch, Leningrad, main variation with c6
4... b6 1.d4 f5 2.c4 2... g6 3. 2... e6 3. 2... 1.d4 f5 2.c4 1.d4 f5 2.c4 3... d6 4. 3... g6 1.d4 f5 2.c4 1.d4 f5 2.c4 6.O-O d6 7. f6 3.g3 g6 4. f6 3.g3 g6 4. c3 c6 f6 3.g3 g6 4. c3 c6 f6 3.g3 e6 4. b4+ 5. 1.d4 f5 2.c4 1.d4 f5 2.c4 6.O-O 7. d2 e7 g2 g2 e7 e7 5. f3 O-O g2 g2 g2 g2 g7 5. g7 5. g7 5. f3 f3 O-O f3 O-O f6 f6 3. c3 c3 c7 f6 3.g3 g2 c6 5. c3 3.e4 c3 h6
A89 Dutch, Leningrad, main variation with Nc6 1.d4 f5 2.c4 6.O-O d6 7. A90 Dutch defence Dutch defence, Dutch-Indian (NimzoDutch) variation Dutch-Indian, Alekhine variation A91 Dutch defence A92 Dutch defence Dutch defence, Alekhine variation Dutch, stonewall variation Dutch, stonewall with Nc3 A93 Dutch, stonewall, Botwinnik variation A94 Dutch, stonewall with Ba3 A95 Dutch, stonewall with Nc3 Dutch, stonewall: Chekhover variation A96 Dutch, classical variation A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky variation Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, Winter variation A98 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky variation with Qc2 1.d4 f5 2.c4 4...
f6 3.g3 e6 4. f6 3.g3 e6 4. e4 c3
6.O-O d5 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Cf6 3.g3 e6 4. g2 e7 5. f3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.b3 1.d4 f5 2.c4 f6 3.g3 e6 4. 6.O-O d5 7.b3 c6 8. a3 1.d4 f5 2.c4 6.O-O d5 7. 8. c2 f6 3.g3 e6 4. c3 c6 e8 9. g5 g2 g2 e7 5. e7 5. f3 O-O f3 O-O g2 g2 e7 5. e7 5. f3 O-O f3 O-O
1.d4 f5 2.c4 6.O-O d6 1.d4 f5 2.c4 6.O-O d6 7. 8. e1 1.d4 f5 2.c4 6.O-O d6 7. 8. c2 1.d4 f5 2.c4 6.O-O d6 7.
f6 3.g3 e6 4. f6 3.g3 e6 4. c3 e8
g2
e7 5.
f3 O-O
g2
e7 5.
f3 O-O
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