Accelerated Dragon of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6
Black Mustang Defense 1.Nf3 Nc6
Bullfrog Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4
Canard Opening 1.d4 Nf6 2.f4
Clam Variation 1.e4 e5 2.d3
Cobra Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bc5
Crab Opening 1.a4 e5 2.h4
Dragon Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
Elephant Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5
English Orangutan 1.c4 Nf6 2.b4
English Rat 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5
Fried Fox Variation 1.e4 f6 2.d4 Kf7
Frisky Knight Variation of the Bird's Opening 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Ne5
Giraffe Attack of the Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Qg4
Great Snake 1.c4 g6
Halibut Gambit 1.c4 b5
Hawk Defense 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.Nf3 c4
Hedgehog a pawn formation adopted usually by Black that can arise from several openings
Hippopotamus Defence a name for various chess opening systems in which Black moves a number of his pawns to the third rank (usually a6, b6, d6, e6, g6, h6)
Horsefly Defense the Bird's Opening 1.f4 Nh6
Kangaroo Defense 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+
Kingfisher Gambit of the Dutch Defense 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4
Lion Claw Gambit of the Pirc Defense 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.f4 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Qxd4 c6 7.Bc4 d5
Lizard Defense 1.d4 g6 2.h4 Nf6 3.h5
Lobster Gambit of the Latvian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.g4
Mad Dog Attack of the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.h4
Medusa Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g5
Monkey's Bum of the Modern Defense 1.e4 g6 2.Bc4 Bg7 3.Qf3 e6 4.d4 Bxd4 5.Ne2 Bg7 6.Nbc3
Mosquito Gambit of the Englund Gambit 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Qh4
Orangutan Opening 1.b4
Penguin Variation of the Réti Opening 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.Rg1
Porcupine Variation 1.c4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4
Pterodactyl Defense 1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 c5 5.Nf3 Qa5+
Raptor Attack of the Trompowsky Attack 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.h4
Rat Defence 1.d4 d6
Scorpion-Horus Gambit of the Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.Bg5
Sicilian Pterodactyl 1.e4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.d4 c5
Snail Variation of the Old Benoni Defense 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Na6
Snake Variation of the Benoni Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 Bd6
Tortoise Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Bd3
Vulture Defense 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 Ne4
Wasp Variation of the Elephant Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nxe5 dxe4 4.Bc4 Qg5
Whale Opening 1.e4 e5 2.c4
Wild Bull Defense 1.e4 Nh6
Wolf Gambit of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.Nge2
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Chess openings named after people
Abonyi Variation of the Budapest Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.f4 Nec6 (István Abonyi)
Adams Attack of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 (Weaver W. Adams)
Adler Variation of the Budapest Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 (Adler)
Alapin's Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Ne2 (Semyon Alapin)
Alapin Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.c3 (Semyon Alapin)
Albin Countergambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 (Adolf Albin)
Alburt Variation of the Alekhine's Defence 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 (Lev Alburt)
Alekhine's Defence 1.e4 Nf6 (Alexander Alekhine)
Alekhine Variation of the Budapest Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 (Alexander Alekhine)
Allgaier Gambit of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g5 5.Ng5 (Johann Baptist Allgaier)
Anderssen's Opening 1.a3 (Adolf Anderssen)
Arkell-Khenkin Variation of the Caro-Kann Defense 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 (Keith Arkell; Igor Khenkin)
Averbakh System of the King's Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Bg5 (Yuri Averbakh)
Balogh Defense 1.e4 d6 2.d4 f5 János Balogh
Barnes Opening 1.f3 (Thomas Wilson Barnes)
Basman Defence 1.e4 g5 (Michael Basman)
Becker Defense of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 h6 (Albert Becker)
Benko Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 (Pal Benko)
Benko's Opening 1.g3 (Pal Benko)
Bird Defense of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 (Henry Bird)
Bird's Opening 1.f4 (Henry Bird)
Blackburne Shilling Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 (Joseph Henry Blackburne)
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 (Armand Blackmar; Emil Josef Diemer)
Blumenfeld Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nf3 b5 (Benjamin Blumenfeld)
Bogoljubow Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ (Efim Bogoljubov)
Boleslavsky Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 (Isaac Boleslavsky)
Bonsch-Osmolovsky Defense of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Ne7 (Mikhail Bonch-Osmolovsky)
Botvinnik System of the Semi-Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 (Mikhail Botvinnik)
Botvinnik Variation of the English Opening 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e4 (Mikhail Botvinnik)
Brentano Defense of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g5 (Hans Brentano)
Breyer Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nb8 (Gyula Breyer)
Breyer Variation of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qf3 (Gyula Breyer)
Capablanca Variation of the Reti Opening 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Bg4 (José Raúl Capablanca)
Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 (Horatio Caro; Marcus Kann)
Chekhover Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 (Vitaly Chekhover)
Chigorin Defence of the Queen's Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 (Mikhail Chigorin)
Chigorin Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 (Mikhail Chigorin)
Clemenz Opening 1.h3 (Hermann Clemenz)
Cochrane Gambit of the Petrov's Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7 (John Cochrane)
Colle System 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 (Edgard Colle)
Colman Variation of the Two Knights Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 Rb8 (Eugene Ernest Colman)
Cunningham Defense of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 (Alexander Cunningham)
Damiano Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 (Pedro Damiano)
Desprez Opening 1.h4 (Marcel Desprez)
Dunst Opening 1.Nc3 (Ted A. Dunst)
Durkin Opening 1.Na3 (Robert Durkin)
Duras Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5.c4 (Oldřich Duras)
Eisenberg Gambit of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nh3 (L R Eisenberg)
Englund Gambit 1.d4 e5 (Fritz Carl Anton Englund)
Epishin Variation of the Benko Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 Bg7 9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.Rb1 (Vladimir Epishin)
Evans Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 (William Davies Evans)
Fajarowicz Variation of the Budapest Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 (Sammi Fajarowicz)
Falkbeer Countergambit of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 (Ernst Falkbeer)
Fischer Defense of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6 (Bobby Fischer)
Fleissig Variation of the Scotch Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Nc2 (Bernhard Fleissig)
Flohr Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ (Salo Flohr)
From's Gambit of the Bird's Opening 1.f4 e5 (Martin Severin From)
Furman Variation of the Queen's Gambit Accepted 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 (Semyon Furman)
Gajewski Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 d5 (Grzegorz Gajewski)
Glek Defense of the King's Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 (Igor Glek)
Glek Variation of the Four Knights Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 (Igor Glek)
Goering Gambit of the Scotch Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 (Carl Göring)
Goglidze Attack 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 (Viktor Goglidze)
Grob's Attack 1.g4 (Henri Grob)
Gunderam Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qe7 (Gerhard Gunderam)
Gurgenidze Defense of the Modern Defense 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5 (Bukhuti Gurgenidze)
Gurgenidze Variation of the Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 b5 (Bukhuti Gurgenidze)
Gusev Countergambit of the Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 Nf6 (Yuri S Gusev)
Grivas Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 (Efstratios Grivas)
Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 (Ernst Grünfeld)
Hanham Variation of the Philidor Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 (James Hanham)
Hodgson Attack 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 (Julian Hodgson)
Hopton Attack of the Dutch Defence 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 (R Hopton)
Hromádka System of the Benoni Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 (Karel Hromádka)
Hübner Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 (Robert Hübner)
Ilyin-Genevsky Variation of the Dutch Defence 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 (Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky)
Jaenisch Gambit of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 (Carl Jaenisch)
Jasnogrodsky Defense of the Rice Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.0-0 Bxe5 9.Re1 Qe7 10.c3 Nh5 (Nicolai Jasnogrodsky)
Kan Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 (Ilya Kan)
Karklins-Martinovsky Variation of the Petrov's Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nd3 (Andrew Karklins; Eugene Martinovsky)
Karpov Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nd7 (Anatoly Karpov)
Katalymov Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 (Boris Katalymov)
Keene Defense of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Qh4+ 3.g3 Qe7 (Raymond Keene)
Keres Attack of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4
Keres Defence 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ (Paul Keres)
Keres Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 (Paul Keres)
Kevitz Variation of the English Opening 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 Nc6 (Alexander Kevitz)
Kholmov Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Be6 (Ratmir Kholmov)
Kieseritzky Gambit of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g5 5.Ne5 (Lionel Kieseritzky)
Knorre Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.Nc3 (Viktor Knorre)
Kondratiyev Variation of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 c5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bd2 (Pavel E Kondratiev)
Konikowski Gambit of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 d5 (Jerzy Konikowski)
Konstantinopolsky Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 (Alexander Konstantinopolsky)
Larsen's Opening 1.b3 (Bent Larsen)
Leko Gambit of the Anti-Grünfeld 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 e5 (Peter Leko)
Levenfish Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 b6 (Grigory Levenfish)
Lolli Variation of the Two Knights Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.d4 (Giambattista Lolli)
Lundin Defense 1.d4 Nc6 (Erik Lundin)
Lutikov Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.f3 (Anatoly Lutikov)
Makogonov System of the King's Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 (Vladimir Makogonov)
Makogonov Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.b4 (Vladimir Makogonov)
Maróczy Bind of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 (Géza Maróczy)
Marshall Attack of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 (Frank Marshall)
Marshall Defense to the Queen's Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 (Frank Marshall)
Marshall Gambit of the Semi-Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 (Frank Marshall)
Max Lange Attack of the Two Knights Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.0-0 Bc5 6.e5 (Max Lange)
McCutcheon Variation of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 (John Lindsay McCutcheon)
Mieses Opening 1.d3 (Jacques Mieses)
Mikenas Variation of the Modern Benoni 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.e5 (Vladas Mikėnas)
Miles Variation of the Queen's Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bf4 (Tony Miles)
Möller Attack of the Italian Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.d5 (Jorgen Moeller)
Morozevich Variation of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 (Alexander Morozevich)
Morphy Gambit of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nh3 (Paul Morphy)
Muzio Gambit of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0 gxf3 6.Qxf3 (Muzio)
Nadanian Attack of the Queen's Pawn Opening 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 h6 3.c4 g5 (Ashot Nadanian)
Nadanian Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Na4 (Ashot Nadanian)
Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 (Miguel Najdorf)
Napoleon Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Qf3 (Napoleon I of France)
Nimzo-Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 (Aron Nimzowitsch)
Nimzowitsch Defence 1.e4 Nc6 (Aron Nimzowitsch)
Noteboom Variation of the Semi-Slav Defence 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 (Daniël Noteboom)
O'Kelly Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 (Albéric O'Kelly de Galway)
Opocensky Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd2 (Karel Opočenský)
Owen's Defense 1.e4 b6 (John Owen)
Panov Attack of the Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 (Vasily Panov)
Parham Attack 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 (Bernard Parham)
Paulsen Attack of the Petrov's Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nc4 (Louis Paulsen)
Petrosian Variation of the King's Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 (Tigran Petrosian)
Petrosian Variation of the Queen's Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 (Tigran Petrosian)
Perenyi Attack of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 g6 9.g5 (Bela Perenyi)
Petrov Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 (Alexander Petrov)
Philidor Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 (François-André Danican Philidor)
Pirc Defence 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 (Vasja Pirc)
Pollock's Defense of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Na5 (William Pollock)
Ponziani Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 (Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani)
Prié Attack of the Queen's Pawn Opening 1.d4 d5 2.a3 (Éric Prié)
Puc Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c6 (Stojan Puc)
Quinteros Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Qc7 (Miguel Quinteros)
Ragozin Defence of the Queen's Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 (Viacheslav Ragozin)
Rauzer Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 (Vsevolod Rauzer)
Réti Opening 1.Nf3 (Richard Réti)
Rice Gambit of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.0-0 (Isaac Rice)
Richter Attack 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 (Kurt Richter)
Riumin Variation of the Queen's Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 (Nikolai Riumin)
Rossolimo Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 (Nicolas Rossolimo)
Rousseau Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 (Eugène Rousseau)
Rubinstein Variation of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 (Akiba Rubinstein)
Rubinstein Variation of the Budapest Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe4 Ng4 4.Bf4 (Akiba Rubinstein)
Rubinstein Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 (Akiba Rubinstein)
Rubinstein Variation of the Four Knights Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 (Akiba Rubinstein)
Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 (Ruy López de Segura)
Sämisch Variation of the King's Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 (Friedrich Sämisch)
Sämisch Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 (Friedrich Sämisch)
Santasiere's Folly 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b4 (Anthony Santasiere)
Schallopp Defense of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 (Emil Schallopp)
Schlechter Variation of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 (Carl Schlechter)
Schlechter Variation of the Grunfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 c6 (Carl Schlechter)
Schlechter Variation of the Slav Defence 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 (Carl Schlechter)
Schlechter Gambit of the Bird's Opening 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 Nc6 (Carl Schlechter)
Smith-Morra Gambit of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 (Kenneth Ray Smith; Pierre Morra)
Smyslov Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 (Vasily Smyslov)
Smyslov Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 h6 (Vasily Smyslov)
Snyder Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.b3 (Robert M. Snyder)
Sokolsky Opening 1.b4 (Alexey Sokolsky)
Soultanbeieff Variation of Slav Defence 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 (Victor Soultanbeieff)
Sozin Attack of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Bb3 0-0 9.0-0 (Veniamin Sozin)
Spielmann Variation of the Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qf3 (Rudolf Spielmann)
Stamma Gambit of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.h4 (Philipp Stamma)
Staunton Gambit of the Dutch Defence 1.d4 f5 2.e4 (Howard Staunton)
Steinitz Variation of the Petrov Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 (Wilhelm Steinitz)
Steinitz Defense of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 (Wilhelm Steinitz)
Steinitz Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.g3 (Wilhelm Steinitz)
Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 (Evgeny Sveshnikov)
Taimanov Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 (Mark Taimanov)
Tarrasch Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 (Siegbert Tarrasch)
Tarrasch Variation of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 (Siegbert Tarrasch)
Tennison Gambit 1.Nf3 d5 2.e4 (Tennison)
Torre Attack 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 (Carlos Torre Repetto)
Traxler Variation of the Two Knights Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 (Karel Traxler)
Trompowsky Attack 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 (Octavio Trompowsky)
Ufimtsev Defence 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 (Anatoly Ufimtsev)
Van 't Kruijs Opening 1.e3 (Maarten van 't Kruijs)
Velimirovic Attack of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 (Dragoljub Velimirović)
Veresov Opening 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 (Gavriil Veresov)
Vinogradov Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qe7 (Vinogradov)
Vitolins Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bb5+ (Alvis Vitolinš)
Wade Defence 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 Robert Wade
Ware Opening 1.a4 (Preston Ware)
Winawer Variation of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 (Szymon Winawer)
Zaitsev Gambit of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.h4 (Alexander Zaitsev)
Zaitsev Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Bb7 (Igor Zaitsev)
Zilbermints Gambit of the Englund Gambit 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nge7 (Lev Zilbermints)
Zvjaginsev Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Na3 (Vadim Zvjaginsev)
Adams Attack of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 (Weaver W. Adams)
Adler Variation of the Budapest Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 (Adler)
Alapin's Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Ne2 (Semyon Alapin)
Alapin Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.c3 (Semyon Alapin)
Albin Countergambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 (Adolf Albin)
Alburt Variation of the Alekhine's Defence 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 (Lev Alburt)
Alekhine's Defence 1.e4 Nf6 (Alexander Alekhine)
Alekhine Variation of the Budapest Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 (Alexander Alekhine)
Allgaier Gambit of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g5 5.Ng5 (Johann Baptist Allgaier)
Anderssen's Opening 1.a3 (Adolf Anderssen)
Arkell-Khenkin Variation of the Caro-Kann Defense 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 (Keith Arkell; Igor Khenkin)
Averbakh System of the King's Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Bg5 (Yuri Averbakh)
Balogh Defense 1.e4 d6 2.d4 f5 János Balogh
Barnes Opening 1.f3 (Thomas Wilson Barnes)
Basman Defence 1.e4 g5 (Michael Basman)
Becker Defense of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 h6 (Albert Becker)
Benko Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 (Pal Benko)
Benko's Opening 1.g3 (Pal Benko)
Bird Defense of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 (Henry Bird)
Bird's Opening 1.f4 (Henry Bird)
Blackburne Shilling Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 (Joseph Henry Blackburne)
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 (Armand Blackmar; Emil Josef Diemer)
Blumenfeld Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nf3 b5 (Benjamin Blumenfeld)
Bogoljubow Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ (Efim Bogoljubov)
Boleslavsky Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 (Isaac Boleslavsky)
Bonsch-Osmolovsky Defense of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Ne7 (Mikhail Bonch-Osmolovsky)
Botvinnik System of the Semi-Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 (Mikhail Botvinnik)
Botvinnik Variation of the English Opening 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e4 (Mikhail Botvinnik)
Brentano Defense of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g5 (Hans Brentano)
Breyer Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nb8 (Gyula Breyer)
Breyer Variation of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qf3 (Gyula Breyer)
Capablanca Variation of the Reti Opening 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Bg4 (José Raúl Capablanca)
Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 (Horatio Caro; Marcus Kann)
Chekhover Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 (Vitaly Chekhover)
Chigorin Defence of the Queen's Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 (Mikhail Chigorin)
Chigorin Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 (Mikhail Chigorin)
Clemenz Opening 1.h3 (Hermann Clemenz)
Cochrane Gambit of the Petrov's Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7 (John Cochrane)
Colle System 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 (Edgard Colle)
Colman Variation of the Two Knights Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 Rb8 (Eugene Ernest Colman)
Cunningham Defense of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 (Alexander Cunningham)
Damiano Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 (Pedro Damiano)
Desprez Opening 1.h4 (Marcel Desprez)
Dunst Opening 1.Nc3 (Ted A. Dunst)
Durkin Opening 1.Na3 (Robert Durkin)
Duras Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5.c4 (Oldřich Duras)
Eisenberg Gambit of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nh3 (L R Eisenberg)
Englund Gambit 1.d4 e5 (Fritz Carl Anton Englund)
Epishin Variation of the Benko Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 Bg7 9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.Rb1 (Vladimir Epishin)
Evans Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 (William Davies Evans)
Fajarowicz Variation of the Budapest Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 (Sammi Fajarowicz)
Falkbeer Countergambit of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 (Ernst Falkbeer)
Fischer Defense of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6 (Bobby Fischer)
Fleissig Variation of the Scotch Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Nc2 (Bernhard Fleissig)
Flohr Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ (Salo Flohr)
From's Gambit of the Bird's Opening 1.f4 e5 (Martin Severin From)
Furman Variation of the Queen's Gambit Accepted 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 (Semyon Furman)
Gajewski Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 d5 (Grzegorz Gajewski)
Glek Defense of the King's Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 (Igor Glek)
Glek Variation of the Four Knights Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 (Igor Glek)
Goering Gambit of the Scotch Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 (Carl Göring)
Goglidze Attack 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 (Viktor Goglidze)
Grob's Attack 1.g4 (Henri Grob)
Gunderam Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qe7 (Gerhard Gunderam)
Gurgenidze Defense of the Modern Defense 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5 (Bukhuti Gurgenidze)
Gurgenidze Variation of the Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 b5 (Bukhuti Gurgenidze)
Gusev Countergambit of the Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 Nf6 (Yuri S Gusev)
Grivas Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 (Efstratios Grivas)
Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 (Ernst Grünfeld)
Hanham Variation of the Philidor Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 (James Hanham)
Hodgson Attack 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 (Julian Hodgson)
Hopton Attack of the Dutch Defence 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 (R Hopton)
Hromádka System of the Benoni Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 (Karel Hromádka)
Hübner Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 (Robert Hübner)
Ilyin-Genevsky Variation of the Dutch Defence 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 (Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky)
Jaenisch Gambit of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 (Carl Jaenisch)
Jasnogrodsky Defense of the Rice Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.0-0 Bxe5 9.Re1 Qe7 10.c3 Nh5 (Nicolai Jasnogrodsky)
Kan Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 (Ilya Kan)
Karklins-Martinovsky Variation of the Petrov's Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nd3 (Andrew Karklins; Eugene Martinovsky)
Karpov Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nd7 (Anatoly Karpov)
Katalymov Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 (Boris Katalymov)
Keene Defense of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Qh4+ 3.g3 Qe7 (Raymond Keene)
Keres Attack of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4
Keres Defence 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ (Paul Keres)
Keres Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 (Paul Keres)
Kevitz Variation of the English Opening 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 Nc6 (Alexander Kevitz)
Kholmov Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Be6 (Ratmir Kholmov)
Kieseritzky Gambit of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g5 5.Ne5 (Lionel Kieseritzky)
Knorre Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.Nc3 (Viktor Knorre)
Kondratiyev Variation of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 c5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bd2 (Pavel E Kondratiev)
Konikowski Gambit of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 d5 (Jerzy Konikowski)
Konstantinopolsky Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 (Alexander Konstantinopolsky)
Larsen's Opening 1.b3 (Bent Larsen)
Leko Gambit of the Anti-Grünfeld 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 e5 (Peter Leko)
Levenfish Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 b6 (Grigory Levenfish)
Lolli Variation of the Two Knights Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.d4 (Giambattista Lolli)
Lundin Defense 1.d4 Nc6 (Erik Lundin)
Lutikov Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.f3 (Anatoly Lutikov)
Makogonov System of the King's Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 (Vladimir Makogonov)
Makogonov Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.b4 (Vladimir Makogonov)
Maróczy Bind of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 (Géza Maróczy)
Marshall Attack of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 (Frank Marshall)
Marshall Defense to the Queen's Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 (Frank Marshall)
Marshall Gambit of the Semi-Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 (Frank Marshall)
Max Lange Attack of the Two Knights Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.0-0 Bc5 6.e5 (Max Lange)
McCutcheon Variation of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 (John Lindsay McCutcheon)
Mieses Opening 1.d3 (Jacques Mieses)
Mikenas Variation of the Modern Benoni 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.e5 (Vladas Mikėnas)
Miles Variation of the Queen's Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bf4 (Tony Miles)
Möller Attack of the Italian Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.d5 (Jorgen Moeller)
Morozevich Variation of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 (Alexander Morozevich)
Morphy Gambit of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nh3 (Paul Morphy)
Muzio Gambit of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0 gxf3 6.Qxf3 (Muzio)
Nadanian Attack of the Queen's Pawn Opening 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 h6 3.c4 g5 (Ashot Nadanian)
Nadanian Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Na4 (Ashot Nadanian)
Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 (Miguel Najdorf)
Napoleon Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Qf3 (Napoleon I of France)
Nimzo-Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 (Aron Nimzowitsch)
Nimzowitsch Defence 1.e4 Nc6 (Aron Nimzowitsch)
Noteboom Variation of the Semi-Slav Defence 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 (Daniël Noteboom)
O'Kelly Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 (Albéric O'Kelly de Galway)
Opocensky Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd2 (Karel Opočenský)
Owen's Defense 1.e4 b6 (John Owen)
Panov Attack of the Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 (Vasily Panov)
Parham Attack 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 (Bernard Parham)
Paulsen Attack of the Petrov's Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nc4 (Louis Paulsen)
Petrosian Variation of the King's Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 (Tigran Petrosian)
Petrosian Variation of the Queen's Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 (Tigran Petrosian)
Perenyi Attack of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 g6 9.g5 (Bela Perenyi)
Petrov Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 (Alexander Petrov)
Philidor Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 (François-André Danican Philidor)
Pirc Defence 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 (Vasja Pirc)
Pollock's Defense of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Na5 (William Pollock)
Ponziani Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 (Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani)
Prié Attack of the Queen's Pawn Opening 1.d4 d5 2.a3 (Éric Prié)
Puc Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c6 (Stojan Puc)
Quinteros Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Qc7 (Miguel Quinteros)
Ragozin Defence of the Queen's Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 (Viacheslav Ragozin)
Rauzer Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 (Vsevolod Rauzer)
Réti Opening 1.Nf3 (Richard Réti)
Rice Gambit of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.0-0 (Isaac Rice)
Richter Attack 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 (Kurt Richter)
Riumin Variation of the Queen's Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 (Nikolai Riumin)
Rossolimo Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 (Nicolas Rossolimo)
Rousseau Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 (Eugène Rousseau)
Rubinstein Variation of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 (Akiba Rubinstein)
Rubinstein Variation of the Budapest Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe4 Ng4 4.Bf4 (Akiba Rubinstein)
Rubinstein Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 (Akiba Rubinstein)
Rubinstein Variation of the Four Knights Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 (Akiba Rubinstein)
Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 (Ruy López de Segura)
Sämisch Variation of the King's Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 (Friedrich Sämisch)
Sämisch Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 (Friedrich Sämisch)
Santasiere's Folly 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b4 (Anthony Santasiere)
Schallopp Defense of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 (Emil Schallopp)
Schlechter Variation of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 (Carl Schlechter)
Schlechter Variation of the Grunfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 c6 (Carl Schlechter)
Schlechter Variation of the Slav Defence 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 (Carl Schlechter)
Schlechter Gambit of the Bird's Opening 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 Nc6 (Carl Schlechter)
Smith-Morra Gambit of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 (Kenneth Ray Smith; Pierre Morra)
Smyslov Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 (Vasily Smyslov)
Smyslov Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 h6 (Vasily Smyslov)
Snyder Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.b3 (Robert M. Snyder)
Sokolsky Opening 1.b4 (Alexey Sokolsky)
Soultanbeieff Variation of Slav Defence 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 (Victor Soultanbeieff)
Sozin Attack of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Bb3 0-0 9.0-0 (Veniamin Sozin)
Spielmann Variation of the Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qf3 (Rudolf Spielmann)
Stamma Gambit of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.h4 (Philipp Stamma)
Staunton Gambit of the Dutch Defence 1.d4 f5 2.e4 (Howard Staunton)
Steinitz Variation of the Petrov Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 (Wilhelm Steinitz)
Steinitz Defense of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 (Wilhelm Steinitz)
Steinitz Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.g3 (Wilhelm Steinitz)
Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 (Evgeny Sveshnikov)
Taimanov Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 (Mark Taimanov)
Tarrasch Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 (Siegbert Tarrasch)
Tarrasch Variation of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 (Siegbert Tarrasch)
Tennison Gambit 1.Nf3 d5 2.e4 (Tennison)
Torre Attack 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 (Carlos Torre Repetto)
Traxler Variation of the Two Knights Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 (Karel Traxler)
Trompowsky Attack 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 (Octavio Trompowsky)
Ufimtsev Defence 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 (Anatoly Ufimtsev)
Van 't Kruijs Opening 1.e3 (Maarten van 't Kruijs)
Velimirovic Attack of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 (Dragoljub Velimirović)
Veresov Opening 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 (Gavriil Veresov)
Vinogradov Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qe7 (Vinogradov)
Vitolins Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bb5+ (Alvis Vitolinš)
Wade Defence 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 Robert Wade
Ware Opening 1.a4 (Preston Ware)
Winawer Variation of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 (Szymon Winawer)
Zaitsev Gambit of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.h4 (Alexander Zaitsev)
Zaitsev Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Bb7 (Igor Zaitsev)
Zilbermints Gambit of the Englund Gambit 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nge7 (Lev Zilbermints)
Zvjaginsev Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Na3 (Vadim Zvjaginsev)
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Chess openings named after places
Aachen Gambit of the Nimzowitsch Defense 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Nb4
Abbazia Defense of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5
American Gambit of the Dutch Defense 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nd2
Amsterdam Variation of the Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Qd2
Arkhangelsk Defense (or Archangel Defense) of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7
Argentine Variation of the Cambridge Springs Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 0-0 8.Bh4
Armenian Variation of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5
Australian Gambit of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.h4
Austrian Attack of the Pirc Defense 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4
Baltic Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 (named for the Baltic countries)
Baltic Opening (or Dunst Opening) 1.Nc3
Basque Gambit of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 Ne4 8.c3
Basque Opening 1.d4 Nf6 2.b3
Bavarian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.c4 d5
Belgrade Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5
Benelux Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 Bb6 (named for the Benelux countries)
Berlin Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
Birmingham Gambit 1.b4 c5
Brazilian Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qe7
Bremen Variation of the English Opening 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3
Breslau Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nd4 Nxe5
Brooklyn Defense of the Alekhine's Defence 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ng8
Brussels Gambit of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 f5
Budapest Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5
Bulgarian Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a5
Calabrian Countergambit of the Bishop's Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5
Cambridge Gambit of the Alekhine's Defence 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 g5
Cambridge Springs Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 c6 6.e3 Qa5
Carlsbad Variation of the Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
Catalan Opening 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2
Chelyabinsk Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
Chicago Gambit (or Irish Gambit) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5
Chinese Variation of the Pirc Defense 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.g4
Chinese Variation of the Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 Rb8
Cologne Gambit of the Ware Opening 1.a4 b6 2.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nd7
Colorado Defense of the Nimzowitsch Defense 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5
Copenhagen Defense of the Danish Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Bb4+
Cracow Variation of the Italian Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Kf1
Czech Defence The term used by Siegbert Tarrasch for the Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6
Czech Defense (or Pribyl System) 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
Czech Variation of the Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5
Danish Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3
Danube Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 c6
Dresden Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4
Duisburg Gambit of the Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4
Dutch Defense 1.d4 f5
Dutch Variation of the Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3
Edinburgh Variation of the Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3. Nd2 Qb6
English Attack of the Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 and 7.f3
English Defense 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6
English Opening 1.c4
Finnish Variation of the Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 h6
Florentine Gambit of the King's Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Be2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.e5
Fort Knox Variation of the French Defence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6
Franco-Benoni 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5
Frankfurt Variation of the French Defence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ng8 6. Be3 b6
French Defence 1.e4 e6
Gothenburg Variation of the Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 8.Bh4 g5
Greek Defense (or Owen's Defense) 1.e4 b6
Guatemala Defense 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Ba6
Hastings Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nc3 c6 7.Qb3
Hungarian Attack: a system popularised by the Hungarian GM Forintos and characterised by an early Nge2 against the King's Indian Defense
Hungarian Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7
Hungarian Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4
Icelandic Gambit 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6
Indian Defenses: a complex of chess openings beginning 1.d4 Nf6, including the Nimzo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Defense, King's Indian Defense, Bogo-Indian Defense, Old Indian Defense, Janowski Indian Defense, etc.
Inverted Hungarian Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Be2
Irish Gambit (or Chicago Gambit) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5
Israeli Gambit (or Halasz Gambit) 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4
Italian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d4
Italian Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 (Bc5)
Jalalabad Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 c5, or 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e5
Kentucky Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5
Kiel Variation of the Scandinavian Defense 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb4
Leipzig Gambit (or Müller-Schulze Gambit) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5
Lemberg Gambit (Lvov Gambit) 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e4 or 1.Nf3 d5 2.e4
Latvian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5
Leningrad Variation of the Dutch Defense 1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6
Lisbon Gambit 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Nc6
Lithuanian Variation of the Mikenas Defense 1.d4 Nc6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Nce7
Lodz Variation of the Tarrasch Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3
London System, a set of related chess openings characterized by 1.d4 followed by an early Bf4, e.g. 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4; 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4; and 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4
Manhattan Gambit of the Dutch Defense 1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 Nf6 3.g4
Manhattan Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined (also called the Westphalia Defense) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Bb4 or 5.e3 Bb4
Mannheim Variation of the Queen's Gambit Accepted 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qa4+
Mar del Plata Variation of the King's Indian Defence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0–0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0–0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
Margate Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bb5
Marienbad Variation of the Sicilian Defence1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Bb2
Massachusetts Defense of the Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 f5
Mediterranean Defense 1.e4 e6 2.d4 Nf6
Meran Variation of the Semi-Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
Mexican Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6
Montevideo Defense 1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Nb8
Modern Archangel Defense of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5
Moscow Variation of the Semi-Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6
Moscow Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+
New Castle Gambit of the French Defense Tarrasch variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 e5
Nordic Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 (alternative name for the Danish Gambit)
Norwegian Defense 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6, intending 3.e5 Nh5 and if 4.g4 then 4...Ng7
Norwegian Defense of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5
Norwegian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 (alternative name for the Danish Gambit)
Nottingham Variation of the Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Nb3
Novosibirsk Variation of the Dunst Opening 1.Nc3 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qh4
Novosibirsk Variation of the Sicilian Defense 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7
Nuremberg Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f6
Oxford Gambit of the Four Knights Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 Bb4 5.d5 Nd4
Oxford Variation of the Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3
Paris Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 d6
Paris Gambit 1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f4 (intending 3...Bxh3 4.Bxh3 exf4 5.0-0)
Paris Opening (or Amar Opening) 1.Nh3
Peruvian Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c5
Podebrady Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Nb3
Polish Defense 1.d4 b5 or 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5
Polish Gambit 1. e4 b5 2. Bxb5 c6
Polish Opening (or Orangutan) 1.b4
Portuguese Gambit of the Scandinavian Defense 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.f3 Bf5 5.Bb5+ Nbd7
Portuguese Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Bb5
Prague Variation of the Tarrasch Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6
Prussian Game (or Two Knights Defense) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
Riga Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 exd4
Rio de Janeiro Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7
Romanian Opening (or Dunst Opening) 1.Nc3
Russian Defense of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 d6
Russian Game (or Petrov's Defense) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6
San Francisco Gambit of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Na5 4.b4
Saragossa Opening 1.c3
Scandinavian Defense 1.e4 d5
Scheveningen Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6
Scotch Four Knights Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4
Scotch Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4
Scotch Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4
Semi-Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 (or 3.Nf3) e6
Semmering Variation of the Semi-Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.Bd3 c5
Seville Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.f3 Na5 12.Bxf7+
Siberian Attack of the Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.Qd3 d5 3.Nc3
Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5
Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6
Spanish Game (or Ruy Lopez) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
Stockholm Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5
St. Petersburg Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2
Swedish Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4
Swiss Gambit of the Bird's Opening 1.f4 f5 2.e4
Swiss Variation of the French Defence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3
Tashkent Attack of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Nh5 5.g4
Tübingen Gambit of the Dunst Opening 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.g4
Ukrainian Variation of the Old Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3
Valencia Opening (or Mieses Opening) 1.d3 e5 2.Nd2
Venice Attack of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Bb5+ or 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Bb5+
Venice Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c5 5.cxd5 Qb6
Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3
Volga Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 (named for the Volga River, the national river of Russia)
Warsaw Variation of the Dutch Defense 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6
Westphalia Defense of the Queen's Gambit Declined: an alternative name for the Manhattan Variation, 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Bb4 or 5.e3 Bb4
Wiesbaden Variation of the Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6
Yerevan System of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Nc3
Yugoslav Attack in the Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Yugoslav Defense (or Pirc Defense) 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
Yugoslav Variation of the King's Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 0-0 6.Bg2 c5
Zagreb Variation of the Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3
Zurich Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.g4
Zurich Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6
Abbazia Defense of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5
American Gambit of the Dutch Defense 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nd2
Amsterdam Variation of the Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Qd2
Arkhangelsk Defense (or Archangel Defense) of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7
Argentine Variation of the Cambridge Springs Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 0-0 8.Bh4
Armenian Variation of the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5
Australian Gambit of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.h4
Austrian Attack of the Pirc Defense 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4
Baltic Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 (named for the Baltic countries)
Baltic Opening (or Dunst Opening) 1.Nc3
Basque Gambit of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 Ne4 8.c3
Basque Opening 1.d4 Nf6 2.b3
Bavarian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.c4 d5
Belgrade Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5
Benelux Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 Bb6 (named for the Benelux countries)
Berlin Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
Birmingham Gambit 1.b4 c5
Brazilian Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qe7
Bremen Variation of the English Opening 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3
Breslau Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nd4 Nxe5
Brooklyn Defense of the Alekhine's Defence 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ng8
Brussels Gambit of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 f5
Budapest Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5
Bulgarian Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a5
Calabrian Countergambit of the Bishop's Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5
Cambridge Gambit of the Alekhine's Defence 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 g5
Cambridge Springs Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 c6 6.e3 Qa5
Carlsbad Variation of the Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
Catalan Opening 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2
Chelyabinsk Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
Chicago Gambit (or Irish Gambit) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5
Chinese Variation of the Pirc Defense 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.g4
Chinese Variation of the Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 Rb8
Cologne Gambit of the Ware Opening 1.a4 b6 2.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nd7
Colorado Defense of the Nimzowitsch Defense 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5
Copenhagen Defense of the Danish Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Bb4+
Cracow Variation of the Italian Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Kf1
Czech Defence The term used by Siegbert Tarrasch for the Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6
Czech Defense (or Pribyl System) 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
Czech Variation of the Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5
Danish Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3
Danube Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 c6
Dresden Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4
Duisburg Gambit of the Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4
Dutch Defense 1.d4 f5
Dutch Variation of the Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3
Edinburgh Variation of the Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3. Nd2 Qb6
English Attack of the Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 and 7.f3
English Defense 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6
English Opening 1.c4
Finnish Variation of the Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 h6
Florentine Gambit of the King's Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Be2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.e5
Fort Knox Variation of the French Defence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6
Franco-Benoni 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5
Frankfurt Variation of the French Defence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ng8 6. Be3 b6
French Defence 1.e4 e6
Gothenburg Variation of the Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 8.Bh4 g5
Greek Defense (or Owen's Defense) 1.e4 b6
Guatemala Defense 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Ba6
Hastings Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nc3 c6 7.Qb3
Hungarian Attack: a system popularised by the Hungarian GM Forintos and characterised by an early Nge2 against the King's Indian Defense
Hungarian Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7
Hungarian Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4
Icelandic Gambit 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6
Indian Defenses: a complex of chess openings beginning 1.d4 Nf6, including the Nimzo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Defense, King's Indian Defense, Bogo-Indian Defense, Old Indian Defense, Janowski Indian Defense, etc.
Inverted Hungarian Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Be2
Irish Gambit (or Chicago Gambit) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5
Israeli Gambit (or Halasz Gambit) 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4
Italian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d4
Italian Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 (Bc5)
Jalalabad Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 c5, or 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e5
Kentucky Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5
Kiel Variation of the Scandinavian Defense 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb4
Leipzig Gambit (or Müller-Schulze Gambit) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5
Lemberg Gambit (Lvov Gambit) 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e4 or 1.Nf3 d5 2.e4
Latvian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5
Leningrad Variation of the Dutch Defense 1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6
Lisbon Gambit 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Nc6
Lithuanian Variation of the Mikenas Defense 1.d4 Nc6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Nce7
Lodz Variation of the Tarrasch Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3
London System, a set of related chess openings characterized by 1.d4 followed by an early Bf4, e.g. 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4; 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4; and 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4
Manhattan Gambit of the Dutch Defense 1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 Nf6 3.g4
Manhattan Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined (also called the Westphalia Defense) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Bb4 or 5.e3 Bb4
Mannheim Variation of the Queen's Gambit Accepted 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qa4+
Mar del Plata Variation of the King's Indian Defence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0–0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0–0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
Margate Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bb5
Marienbad Variation of the Sicilian Defence1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Bb2
Massachusetts Defense of the Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 f5
Mediterranean Defense 1.e4 e6 2.d4 Nf6
Meran Variation of the Semi-Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
Mexican Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6
Montevideo Defense 1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Nb8
Modern Archangel Defense of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5
Moscow Variation of the Semi-Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6
Moscow Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+
New Castle Gambit of the French Defense Tarrasch variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 e5
Nordic Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 (alternative name for the Danish Gambit)
Norwegian Defense 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6, intending 3.e5 Nh5 and if 4.g4 then 4...Ng7
Norwegian Defense of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5
Norwegian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 (alternative name for the Danish Gambit)
Nottingham Variation of the Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Nb3
Novosibirsk Variation of the Dunst Opening 1.Nc3 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qh4
Novosibirsk Variation of the Sicilian Defense 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7
Nuremberg Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f6
Oxford Gambit of the Four Knights Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 Bb4 5.d5 Nd4
Oxford Variation of the Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3
Paris Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 d6
Paris Gambit 1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f4 (intending 3...Bxh3 4.Bxh3 exf4 5.0-0)
Paris Opening (or Amar Opening) 1.Nh3
Peruvian Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c5
Podebrady Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Nb3
Polish Defense 1.d4 b5 or 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5
Polish Gambit 1. e4 b5 2. Bxb5 c6
Polish Opening (or Orangutan) 1.b4
Portuguese Gambit of the Scandinavian Defense 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.f3 Bf5 5.Bb5+ Nbd7
Portuguese Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Bb5
Prague Variation of the Tarrasch Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6
Prussian Game (or Two Knights Defense) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
Riga Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 exd4
Rio de Janeiro Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7
Romanian Opening (or Dunst Opening) 1.Nc3
Russian Defense of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 d6
Russian Game (or Petrov's Defense) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6
San Francisco Gambit of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Na5 4.b4
Saragossa Opening 1.c3
Scandinavian Defense 1.e4 d5
Scheveningen Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6
Scotch Four Knights Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4
Scotch Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4
Scotch Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4
Semi-Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 (or 3.Nf3) e6
Semmering Variation of the Semi-Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.Bd3 c5
Seville Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.f3 Na5 12.Bxf7+
Siberian Attack of the Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.Qd3 d5 3.Nc3
Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5
Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6
Spanish Game (or Ruy Lopez) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
Stockholm Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5
St. Petersburg Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2
Swedish Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4
Swiss Gambit of the Bird's Opening 1.f4 f5 2.e4
Swiss Variation of the French Defence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3
Tashkent Attack of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Nh5 5.g4
Tübingen Gambit of the Dunst Opening 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.g4
Ukrainian Variation of the Old Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3
Valencia Opening (or Mieses Opening) 1.d3 e5 2.Nd2
Venice Attack of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Bb5+ or 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Bb5+
Venice Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c5 5.cxd5 Qb6
Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3
Volga Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 (named for the Volga River, the national river of Russia)
Warsaw Variation of the Dutch Defense 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6
Westphalia Defense of the Queen's Gambit Declined: an alternative name for the Manhattan Variation, 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Bb4 or 5.e3 Bb4
Wiesbaden Variation of the Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6
Yerevan System of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Nc3
Yugoslav Attack in the Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Yugoslav Defense (or Pirc Defense) 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
Yugoslav Variation of the King's Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 0-0 6.Bg2 c5
Zagreb Variation of the Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3
Zurich Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.g4
Zurich Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Other openings
Benoni Defense
Bishop's Opening
Black Knights' Tango
Center Game
Four Knights Game
Four Pawns Attack
Frankenstein-Dracula Variation
Fried Liver Attack
King's Gambit
King's Indian Defence, Four Pawns Attack
King's Knight Opening
King's Pawn Game
Modern Defense
Poisoned Pawn Variation
Queen's Gambit
Queen's Gambit Accepted
Queen's Gambit Declined
Queen's Knight Defense
Queen's Pawn Game
Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation
Stonewall Attack
Symmetrical Defense
Three Knights Opening
Two Knights Defense
Wing Gambit
Bishop's Opening
Black Knights' Tango
Center Game
Four Knights Game
Four Pawns Attack
Frankenstein-Dracula Variation
Fried Liver Attack
King's Gambit
King's Indian Defence, Four Pawns Attack
King's Knight Opening
King's Pawn Game
Modern Defense
Poisoned Pawn Variation
Queen's Gambit
Queen's Gambit Accepted
Queen's Gambit Declined
Queen's Knight Defense
Queen's Pawn Game
Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation
Stonewall Attack
Symmetrical Defense
Three Knights Opening
Two Knights Defense
Wing Gambit
Links
Wikipedia: List of chess openings
Wikipedia: List of chess openings named after people
Wikipedia: List of chess openings named after places
Wikibooks: Chess Opening Theory
ChessGames.com: Chess Opening Explorer
Chess Archaeology: Openings classified under ECO
Chess Informant: Classification of Chess Openings
Encyclopedia of chess gambits
Bill Wall's list of opening variations
Wikipedia: List of chess openings named after people
Wikipedia: List of chess openings named after places
Wikibooks: Chess Opening Theory
ChessGames.com: Chess Opening Explorer
Chess Archaeology: Openings classified under ECO
Chess Informant: Classification of Chess Openings
Encyclopedia of chess gambits
Bill Wall's list of opening variations
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