ChessOps - Full Alpha-Index of Openings, Defences, Gambits and Variations

ChessOps - FULL ALPHA-INDEX

OPENINGS, DEFENCES, GAMBITS & VARIATIONS
Listed alphabetically in each separate category.

Advanced players may find less-familiar openings to study here.

Beginners are advised to use the shortlist on the Clear screen.

Intermediate players may prefer to use the short Short Group-List page.

Titles (below) in bold type indicate key or major lines, each having a separate main description (or "Jump") page.
Note: Famous games, "named" mates and mating traps are listed on a separate page about early mating.

VARIATIONS,
ATTACKS and TRAPS
150 Attack (Pirc)
Abonyi V. (Budapest)
Abrahams V. (S-Slav)
Adler V. (Budapest)
Advance V. (Caro-K.)
Advance V. (French)
Advance V. (Fr.Win.)
Accel. Byrne (KID.)
Accel. Dragon (Sici.)
Accel. Fian.V. (Sici.)
Accel. Panov (Caro-K.)
Accel. Tarrasch (QPG.)
Aitken V. (Giuoco)
Alapin V. (4Kts.)
Alapin V. (Alapin CG.)
Alapin V. (Dutch)
Alapin V. (Evans G.)
Alapin V. (Falk.CG.)
Alapin V. (Exch.Ruy L.)
Alapin V. (KGA.)
Alapin V. (STDD.Ruy L.)
Alapin V. (Sici)
Alapin-Steinitz V. (Evans)
Alatortsev V. (Sici)
Albin V. (Phil.)
Albin V. (Ruy L.)
Albin-Chatard-Alekh. A.
Alekhine V. (Catalan)
Alekhine V. (Dutch)
Alekhine V. (Dutch-Ind.)
Alekhine V. (French)
Alekhine V. (QPA)
Alekhine V. (QPG)
Alekhine V. (Ruy L.)
Alekhine V. (Sicilian)
Alekhine V. (Slav)
Alekhine V. (Staunton)
Alekhine V. (Vienna)
American A (Sici.)
American A (Vienna)
Amsterdam V. (Sici.)
Amsterdam V (Slav)
Anderssen C-A. (Scot.)
Anderssen V. (CCDF.)
Anderssen V. (French)
Anderssen V. (Giuoco)
Anderssen V. (KID.)
Anderssen V. (Ruy L.)
Anderssen V. (Sici.)
Anti-Benoni V. (Engl.)
Anti-Colle V. (QPG.)
Anti-Lange V. (2Kts.)
Anti-Grunfeld V. (KID.)
Anti-Marshall V. (Ruy)
Antoshin V. (Philidor)
Archangel V. (Ruy L.)
Argentine C-A. (M.Ben.)
Argentine V. (C/Spr.)
Argentine V. (QGD.)
Argentine V. (Sici.)
Armenian V. (Fren.)
Aronin-Taimanov V. (KID)
Austrian A. (Modern)
Austrian A. (Pirc-Rob.)
Averbakh V. (K.Ind.)
Averbakh V. (Nimzo.I.)
Averbakh V. (Ruy L.)
Averbakh-Grivas A. (M.Ben.)
Baguio V. (Ruy L.)
Bardeleben V. (Petroff)
Bardeleben V. (Scotch)
Bardeleben V. (Vienna)
Barmann V. (French)
Bayonet A. (Caro-K.)
Bayonet A. (Giuoco)
Bayonet A. (K.Ind.)
Bayreuth V. (STDD.)
Been and Koomen V. (QGD.)
Benelux V. (Ruy L.)
Benko A. (K.Ind.)
Berg V. (Q.Ind.)
Berger V. (Centre)
Berger V. (Ruy L.)
Berger V. (Phil.D.)
Berger V. (Ruy L.)
Berlin V. (Ruy L.)
Bernstein V. (French)
Bernstein V. (Giuoco)
Beverwijk V. (Ruy L.)
Bird A. (Giuoco)
Bird V. (Sicilian)
Bishop V. (Vienna)
Black Knights Tango
Blackburne A. (Scotch)
Blackburne V. (2Kts.)
Blackburne V. (KGD.)
Blackburne V. (Dutch)
Blackburne V. (Vienna)
Bled V. (Anglo-Slav)
Bledow V. (KGA.)
Blockade V. (Benoni)
Blockade V. (Fr-Ben.)
Blocked V. (K.Ind.)
Blumenfeld V. (Benoni)
Blumenfeld V. (Scotch)
Blumenfeld V. (S-Slav)
Blümich V. (Neo-C.)
Bogoljubow V. (2Kts.)
Bogoljubow V. (4Kts.)
Bogoljubow V. (C/Spr.)
Bogoljubow V. (French)
Bogoljubow V. (Nimzo.)
Bogoljubow V. (A-Slav)
Bogoljubow V. (Ruy L.)
Bogoljubow V. (S-Slav)
Boleslavsky V. (Sici.)
Bondarevsky V. (Sici.)
Bonsdorf V. (Budapest)
Borisenko V. (Ruy L.)
Botvinnik V. (Catalan)
Botvinnik V. (Dutch)
Botvinnik V. (French)
Botvinnik V. (Grunf.)
Botvinnik V. (Nimzo-I.)
Botvinnik V.#2 (Nimzo-I.)
Botvinnik V. (QGD.)
Botvinnik V. (Sici.)
Botvinnik V. (S-Slav)
Bourdonnais V. (Ital.)
Bourd.-Löwen. V. (Sici)
Bradley Beach V. (Engl.)
Bremen V. (Engl.)
Breslau V. (Ruy L.)
Breyer V. (Caro.)
Breyer V. (Ruy L.)
Breyer V. (Sicilian)
Breyer V. (Vienna)
Brinckmann A (Grunf.)
Bronstein V.#1 (Nimzo-I.)
Bronstein V.#2 (Nimzo-I.)
Bronstein V. (Ruy L.)
Bronstein-Larsen V. (C-K.)
Burn V. (French)
Burn S. (KID.)
Byrne V. (Pirc)
Byrne V. (Sici. Dragon)
Byrne V. (Sici. Najdorf)
Canal V. (Giuoco)
Canal V. (2Kts.)
Capa. Anti-Cambridge
C. Freeing Manoevre (QGD)
Capablanca V. (4Kts)
Capablanca V. (C/Sprs.)
Capablanca V. (E4Kts)
Capablanca V. (Grunf.)
Capablanca V. (A-Slav)
Capablanca V.#1 (Nimzo-I.)
Capablanca V.#2 (Nimzo-I.)
Capablanca V. (Q-Ind.)
Carlsbad V. (K.Ind.)
Carlsbad V. (Nimzo-I.)
Carlsbad V. (QGD)
Carlsbad V. (Sici.)
Carlsbad V. (Slav)
Caro V. (Ruy L.)
Caveman Attack (Pirc)
Central V. (QGA.)
Centre A. (Ruy L.)
Centre V. (Engl.)
Centre Counter V. (Reti)
Centre-Play V. (2Kts)
Centre-Play V. (Budap.)
Centre-Play V. (Giuoco)
Centre-Play V. (Modern)
Chameleon V. (QGD.)
Charousek V. (Centre)
Chekhover V. (Sici.)
Chelyabinsk V. (Sici.)
Chigorin V. (Petroff)
Chigorin V. (QPG)
Chigorin V. (Berlin Ruy)
Chigorin V. (Morphy Ruy)
Chigorin V. (S-Slav)
Clarendon Court V. (Ben.)
Classical Chig. V. (Ruy)
Classical V. (Bish.O.)
Classical V. (Caro-K.)
Classical V. (Dutch)
Classical V. (French)
Classical V. (Grunf.)
Classical V. (K.Ind.)
Clas. V. (KID. Fian.S.)
Classical V. (M.Ben.)
Classical V. (Nimz-I)
Classical V. (QGA.)
Classical V. (QGD.)
Classical V. (QID.)
Close V. (Petroff)
Close V. (Sicilian)
Closed V. (Catalan)
Closed V. (Engl.)
Closed V. (K.Ind.)
Closed Tarrasch V. (Fr.)
Cochrane V. (Scotch)
Colman V. (2kts.)
Collijn V. (CCDF.)
Collijn V. (Dan.G.)
Cordel V. (Evans G.)
Cordel V. (Ruy L.)
Counterthrust V. (K.Ind)
Cozio A. (KGA.)
Cracow V. (Giuoco)
Czech Benoni V.
Czerniak A. (Sici.)
Czerniak V. (Caro-K.)
Damiano V. (Petroff)
Deferred Fianchetto V. (K.Ind.)
Delayed Fianchetto V. (K.Ind.)
Delmar V. (Phil.D.)
Del Rio A. (Phil.CG.)
Del Rio V. (Bish.O.)
DERLD (Ruy L.)
Dilworth A. (Ruy L.)
Dodo V. (Nimzo. D.)
Double Fianchetto V. (KID.)
Dragon V. (Sicilian)
Dragon-Samisch V. (Sici)
Dubois V. (Giuoco)
Duras V. (QGD)
Duras V. (Ruy L.)
Duras S. (Ruy L.)
Dus-Khotimirsky V. (OID)
Dutch Bird V. (Bird)
Dutch Indian
Dutch V. (Nimzo-I.)
Dutch V. (QGD.)
Dutch V. (Slav)
Dynamic A. (KID.)
Eisinger V. (Giuoco)
Ekström V. (S-Slav)
Eliskases V. (Fren.)
English V. (Caro-K.)
English V. (Reti)
Englund C-A. (Charlick)
Englund C-A. (QPCG)
Euwe V. (Fren.)
Euwe V. (Nimzo-I.)
Euwe V. (Q-Ind.)
Euwe V. (Torre A.)
Evergreen Game (Evans)
Exchange V. (4Kts.)
Exchange V. (Alapin)
Exchange V. (Alekh.)
Exchange V. (Bogo.)
Exchange V. (Caro-K.)
Exchange V. (Chigorin D.)
Exchange V. (French)
Exchange V. (Grunf.)
Exchange V. (Hein.O.)
Exchange V. (K.Ind.)
Exchange V. (KI.Yugo.)
Exchange V. (Pillsb.)
Exchange V. (Phil.D.)
Exchange V. (QGD.)
Exchange V. (Ruy L.)
Exchange V. (Slav)
Exchange V. (S-Slav)
Exch. Deferred (Ruy L.)
Fajarowicz V. (Budap.D.)
Falkbeer V. (Vienna)
Fegatello A. (2Kts)
Fianchetto V. (Albin CG.)
Fianchetto V. (E4Kts)
Fianchetto V. (M.Ben.)
Fingerslip V. (French)
Fischer A. (Sici.)
Fischer V. (Nimzo-I.)
Fischer V. (Sici.)
Fischer V. (Sici.Sozin)
Fishing Pole V. (Ruy L.)
Flohr V. (Alekhine)
Flohr V.#1 (Engl.)
Flohr V.#2 (Engl.)
Flohr V. (Grunfeld)
Flohr V. (QGA.)
Flohr V. (Sici.)
Flohr-Mikenas V. (Engl.)
Folkestone V. (Tarr.D.)
Forgacs V. (Caro-K.)
Four Kts. V. (Engl.)
Four Kts. V. (Giuoco)
Four Pawns A. (Alekh.)
Four Pawns A. (K.Ind.)
Franco-Nimz. V. (Nimz-D.)
Frankenstein-Dracula V. (Vienna)
Fraser A. (Evans)
Fraser V. (KGA.)
French V. (Engl.)
French V. (KI. Attack)
French V. (Petroff)
Fried Liver A. (2Kts)
Fritz V. (2Kts)
Furman V. (QGA.)
Geller V. (Engl.)
Gligoric V. (KID.)
Goteborg V. (Sici.)
Grand Prix A. (Sici.)
Graz V. (Ruy L.)
Great Snake (Engl.)
Greco A. (Giuoco)
Greco V. (Giuoco)
Grigoriev V. (Sici.)
Gruber V. (2Kts)
Grunfeld Reversed (Barcza)
Grunfeld V. (QGD.)
Guimard V. (French)
Gurgenidze V. (Caro-K)
Gurgenidze V.#1 (Sici.)
Gurgenidze V.#2 (Sici.)
Haberditz V. (QGA.)
Halloween Attack (4Kts)
Hamppe V. (Vienna)
Hanham V. (Fren.)
Hanham V. (Phil.)
Harrwitz A. (QGD.)
Hedgehog V. (Engl.)
Heath V. (KGD.)
Henneberger V. (4Kts.)
Henneberger V. (QGD.)
Hanneken V. (Scotch)
Heyde V. (Vienna)
Hippopotamus V. (Alap)
Hirschbach V. (Evans)
Hispano-Sicilian V.
Holderlin V. (Alekhine)
Holzhausen A. (Giuoco)
Hort V. (English)
Hort-Antoshin V. (Dutch)
Horwitz A. (Scotch)
Howell A. (Ruy L.)
Huebner V. (Nimzo-I.)
Hungarian A. (Grunfeld)
Hungarian V.#1 (Sici.)
Hungarian V.#2 (Sici.)
Ilyin-Genevs. V. (Alekh)
Ilyin-Genevs. V. (Dutch)
Immed. Fianchetto V. (E.Ind.)
Immortal Game (KGA.)
Inverted Grunf. (Barcza)
Italian V. (4Kts.)
Italian V. (Petroff)
Italian V. (Ruy L.)
Jaenisch C-A. (Phil.D.)
Jaenisch C-A. (Ponz.O.)
Jaenisch V. (Bish.O.)
Jaenisch V. (Evans G.)
Jaenisch V. (Petroff)
Janowski V. (Chigorin D.)
Janowski V. (4Kts.)
Janowski V. (QGD.)
Janowski-Larsen (QGA)
Kan V. (French)
Kan V. (Sici.)
Kasparov V. (Nimzo-I.)
Kasparov V. (Q-Indian)
Kaufmann V. (Petroff)
Kaufmann V. (Vienna)
Kecskemet V. (Ruy L.)
Kemeri V. (Grunfeld)
Kemeri V. (K.Ind.)
Kennedy V. (Nimzo-D.)
Keres V. (Centre Game)
Keres V. (Chig. Ruy L.)
Keres V. (Exch. Ruy L.)
Keres V. (Close Ruy L.)
Keres V. (Open Ruy L.)
Keres V. (Engl.)
Keres V. (Grunf.)
Keres V. (Latvian CG.)
Keres V. (Reti)
Keres V.#1 (Rub. Nimzo-I)
Keres V.#2 (Rub. Nimzo-I)
Keres V. (Sam. Nimzo-I)
Keres V. (Sici. R/R)
Keres-Panov V. (Sici.)
Kevitz V. (Engl.)
Khasin V. (Nimzo-I.)
Kholmov V. (Ruy L.)
Kieninger V. (Nimzo-I)
Kiezeritsky A. (2Kts)
Kiezeritsky V. (Centre)
King's English V. (Engl.)
King's Fianch. V. (Engl.)
King's Indian A. (Barcza)
King's Indian A. (Sici.)
King's Ind. V. (Barcza)
King's Ind. Rev. (Barcza)
King's Knight V. (Anglo-I.)
King's Knight V. (K.Ind.)
Kmoch V. (Nimz-Ind)
Kmoch V. (Phil.D.)
Knight A. (2Kts.)
Knight V. (C-Kann)
Knight's Tour (Alekh.)
Knight's Tour (M.Ben.)
Knorr V. (2Kts)
Koch V. (Sici.)
Kondratiyev V. (French)
Kopayev V. (Ruy L.)
Korchnoi V. (Engl.)
Korchnoi V. (Nimzo-I.)
Korchnoi V. (Sici.)
Krause A. (Slav D.)
Krause V. (2Kts.)
Krause V. (Phil.D.)
Krause V. (QPG.)
Krause V. (S4Kts)
Krause V. (Slav D.)
Krejcik V. (Alekh.)
Kupriechik V. (Cent.)
Landau V. (Slav)
Lange V. (Evans)
Larsen V. (Grunfeld)
Larsen V. (K.Ind.)
Lasker T. (Albin C-G)
Lasker V. (Alekh.)
Lasker V. (Bird)
Lasker V. (Dutch Bird)
Lasker V. (French)
Lasker V#1(Petroff)
Lasker V#2 (Petroff)
Lasker V. (QGD Ortho)
Lasker V. (QGD Neo)
Lasker V. (Scan.D.)
Lasker V. (Slav D.)
Leningrad V. (French)
Leningrad V. (Nimz-I)
Lenzerheide V. (Ruy L.)
Leonhardt V. (2Kts)
Leonhardt V. (Ruy L.)
Leonhardt V. (Sici.)
Lesser Simagin (K.Ind.)
Levenfish A. (Sici.)
Levenfish V. (QGD)
Levitsky V. (QPG.)
L'Hermet V. (Centre)
L'Hermit V. (Ruy L.)
Lipke V. (Bird)
Lipnitsky A. (Sici.)
Lisitsin V. (Bish.O.)
Lolli A. (2Kts)
Lolli V. (Scotch)
London V. (K.Ind.)
London V. (A-Slav)
Lopez-Gianutio G. (KGA)
Louma V. (Sici.)
Lutikov V. (Caro-Kann)
McCutcheon V. (Fren.)
McDonnell A. (KGA.)
McGrew V. (BDG.)
McLeod A. (Centre P.)
Mackenzie V.#1 (Ruy L.)
Mackenzie V.#2 (Open Ruy)
Magnus Smith V. (Sici.)
Main V. (Nimzo-I.)
Makogonov V. (K.Ind.)
Malkin V. (Ruy L.)
Mannheim V. (QGA)
Margate V. (Sici.)
Maroczy A. (Caro-K.)
Maroczy Bind I (Sici.)
Maroczy Bind II (Sici.)
Maroczy V. (4Kts.)
Maroczy V. (Alekh.)
Maroczy V. (French)
Maroczy V. (Sici.)
Marshall A. (Petroff)
Marshall C-A. (Ruy L.)
Marshall T. (Petroff)
Marshall V. (French)
Marshall V. (Sici.)
Mason V. (QPG.)
Matulovic V. (Dutch)
Max Lange A. (2Kts)
Meitner V. (Scotch)
Meran V. (S-Slav)
Mestel V. (Giuoco)
Metger Unpin (4Kts)
Metger V. (4Kts)
Mieses V. (Scotch)
Mieses V. (Vienna)
Mikenas V. (Mod.Ben.)
Mikenas-Carls V. (Engl.)
Miles V. (Q.Ind.)
Miss in Baulk V. (Ital.)
Mokele Mbembe V.(Alekh.)
Mod. Exch. V. (Grunf.)
Mod. Paulsen V. (Sici.)
Modern V. (Abbazia)
Modern V. (Alekhine)
Modern V. (Dutch)
Modern V. (English)
Modern V. (Nimzo-I.)
Modern V. (Petroff)
Modern V. (KGA.)
Modern V. (QGA.)
Moller A. (Giuoco)
Monticelli T. (Bogo.)
Morphy A. (Evans)
Morphy V. (2Kts.)
Mortimer T. (Ruy L.)
Moscow A. (Ruy L.)
Moscow V. (QGD)
Moscow V.#1 (Sici.)
Moscow V.#2 (Sici.)
Mujannah V. (O.Ben.)
Najdorf V. (Sici.)
Najdorf 6.f4 V. (Sici.)
Nenarokov V. (E4Kts.)
Neo-Archangel V. (Ruy L.)
Neo-Catalan Acc. (Reti)
Neo-Catalan Decl. (Reti)
Neo-Meran V. (S-Slav)
Nescape Frappe A. (Benko)
New York V. (M.Ben.)
Nimzo-English V. (Engl.)
Nimzowitsch A. (K.Ind.)
Nimzowitsch A. (Ruy L.)
Nimzowitsch V. (Bogo.)
Nimzowitsch V. (Engl.)
Nimzowitsch V. (E4Kts)
Nimzowitsch V. (Falkb.)
Nimzowitsch V. (M.Ben.)
Nimzowitsch V. (Phil.D.)
Nimzowitsch V. (Q.Ind.)
Nimzowitsch V. (Sici.)
Nimzowitsch V. (Torre A.)
Noa V. (Nimzo-Indian)
Noah's Ark T. (Ruy L.)
Normal Pos. (Evans G.)
Normal Pos. (Tarr.D.)
Normal V. (Budap.D.)
Normal V. (Caro-Kann)
Normal V. (Giuoco)
Normal V. (K.Ind.)
Normal V. (Old Ind.)
Nottingham V. (Sici.)
Novosibirsk V. (Hein.)
Nyholm A. (Ruy L.)
O'Kelly V. (Sici.)
Olaffson V. (Nimzo-Ind.)
Old Exch. V. (Grunf.)
Old Indian Attack (Zuk't.)
Old Main Line (K.Ind.)
Old V. (QGA.)
Old Zurich V. (Nimzo-I)
Open Tarrasch V. (Fr.)
Open V. (Catalan)
Opera Box V. (Phil.)
Opocensky V. (Sici.)
Orthodox V. (K.Ind.)
Orthodox V. (Sici.)
Orthodox Fian. (QGD)
Oxford V. (Vienna)
Panno V.#1 (KID.)
Panov A. (Caro-K)
Panov-Botv. A. (C-K)
Panov V. (Alekhine)
Panov V. (Bish.O.)
Panov V. (Ruy L.)
Paleface Attack (Ind.D.)
Parma V. (Nimzo-I.)
Paulsen A. (Centre)
Paulsen A. (Fren.)
Paulsen A. (Phil.)
Paulsen A. (Vienna)
Paulsen A. (Scotch)
Paulsen V. (4Kts)
Paulsen V. (Evans)
Paulsen V. (Fren.)
Paulsen V. (Muzio)
Paulsen V. (Sici.)
Paulsen V. (S4Kts.)
Paulsen V. (Vienna)
Pawn Storm V. (M.Ben.)
Pelikan V. (Fren.)
Pelikan V. (Sici.)
Petrosian S. (K.Ind.)
Petrosian V. (Neo-Orth.)
Petrosian V. (QGD.)
Philidor C-A. (Bish.O)
Philidor V. (Bish.O.)
Philidor V#1 (Sici.)
Philidor V#2 (Sici.)
Pianissimo V. (Giuoco)
Pillsbury V. (4Kts.)
Pillsbury V. (QGD.)
Pillsbury V. (S/Tarr.)
Pratt V. (Bish.O.)
Primitive Pillsb. (S/Tarr.)
Pin V. (Sici)
Pirc V. (Nimzo-Ind.)
Planinc V. (Ruy L.)
Podebrady V. (Sici.)
Poisoned Pawn V. (Fren)
Poisoned Pawn V. (Latvian)
Poisoned Pawn V. (Sici)
Polish V. (St.George)
Polugaevsky V. (Sici)
Positional V. (French)
Potter V. (Evans)
Potter V. (Scotch)
Prague V. (Tarr.D.)
Primitive Pillsb. (S/Tarr.)
Prins V. (Grunfeld)
Przepiorka V. (E.Ind.)
Pulling C-A. (Scotch)
Queen's Catalan V.
Rabinovich V. (S-Slav)
Ragozin V. (QGD)
Ranken V. (4Kts)
Rauzer V. (Fren.)
Rauzer V. (QGD.)
Rauzer V. (Ruy L.)
Rauzer V. (Sic.Dragon)
Rauzer V. (Sic.Richter)
Rellstab V.(Phil.D.)
Reshevsky V.(Nimzo-I.)
Reti V.(Sici.)
Reti Polonaise (Reti)
Reverse Alekh. (K.Fia.)
Reverse Benoni (Reti)
Reverse Pirc (K.Fia.)
Richardson A.(Evans)
Richter-Rauzer A. (Sici)
Richter V. (French)
Richter V. (Sici)
Richter V. (QPG)
Richter-Veresov A.
Riga V. (Ruy L.)
Rio de Janeiro V. (Ruy)
Riumin V. (Q-Ind.)
Romanishin V. (E4Kts)
Rosenthal V. (Ruy L.)
Rosentreter V. (Giuoco)
Rossolimo A. (Sici.)
Rossolimo V. (Mod.D.)
Rossolimo V. (Sici.)
Romanovsky V. (Nimz-I.)
Romi V. (S-Slav)
Ruban V. (K.Ind.)
Rubinstein A. (QGD)
Rubinstein A. (Tarr.D)
Rubinstein S. (Nimz-I)
Rubinstein S. (Ruy L.)
Rubinstein V. (Blumenfeld)
Rubinstein V. (Budap.)
Rubinstein V. (C/Sprs.)
Rubinstein V. (Dutch)
Rubinstein V. (Engl.)
Rubinstein V. (Falkbeer)
Rubinstein V. (French)
Rubinstein V. (Nimz-I.)
Rubinstein V. (QGA.)
Rubinstein V. (QGD.)
Rubinstein V. (Ruy L.)
Rubinstein V. (S-Slav)
Russian 3Kts. V. (Petr.)
Russian V. (Grunf.)
Ruy Lopez V. (Petroff)
Saduleto V. (QGA.)
St.Petersburg V.#1 (Ruy)
St.Petersburg V.#2 (Ruy)
Sämisch A. (Alekh.)
Sämisch V. (K.Ind.)
Sämisch V. (Nimz-I)
Sämisch V. (QGD.)
Sämisch V. (Slav)
San Remo V.[1] (Nimz-I)
San Remo V.[2] (Nimz-I)
Saunders-Alapin V. (Evans)
Scandinavian V. (Alekh.)
Scandinavian V. (Nimz-D)
Scheveningen V. (Sici.)
Schlechter V. (3Kts)
Schlechter V. (Bird O.)
Schlechter V. (Grunf.)
Schlechter V. (Phil.D.)
Schlechter V. (Slav)
Schlechter V. (Tarr.D)
Schmid V. (Benoni)
Schmidt A. (Ponziani)
Schultz V. (KGA.)
Schmidt V. (Scot.)
Seirawan A. (QPSD)
Semmering V. (S-Slav)
Semi-Bird V. (Ruy L.)
Showalter V. (QGA.)
Showalter V. (Giuoco)
Showalter V. (Ruy L.)
Showalter V. (Stei. D.)
Sicilian Centre Game
Sicilian Counter-A
Sicilian 4Kts. Game
Sicilian V. (Barcza)
Sicilian V.#1 (Engl.)
Sici. Reversed V. (Engl.)
Sicilian V.#2 (Engl.)
Siesta V. (Ruy L.)
Simagin Imp.V. (Grunf.)
Simagin V. (Grunf.)
Simagin V. (Grunf.)
Simagin V. (K.Ind.)
Simagin V. (Nimzo-I.)
Six Pawns A. (K/Ind.)
Slav V. (Grunfeld)
Smyslov V. (Engl.)
Smyslov V. (Grunf.)
Smyslov V. (French)
Smyslov V. (K.Ind.)
Smyslov V. (QGA.)
Smyslov V. (Class.QGA.)
Smyslov V. (Nimzo-Ind.)
Smyslov V. (Ruy L.)
Smyslov V. (Sici.)
Sokolsky V. (Calatan)
Sokolsky V. (Grunf.)
Sokolsky V. (Phil.D.)
Sokolsky V. (Sici.)
Soldatenkov V. (KGD.)
Soultanbeieff V. (Slav)
Sozin A. (Sici.)
Sozin V. (Phil.D.)
Sozin V. (S-Slav)
Spassky V. (Budapest)
Spassky V. (Caro-Kann)
Spassky V. (Grunfeld)
Spassky V. (KGA)
Spassky V. (K.Ind.)
Spassky V. (Nimzo-I.)
Spielmann C-A. (Caro-K.)
Spielmann V. (Alekh.)
Spielmann V. (Benoni)
Spielmann V. (Caro-Kann)
Spielmann V. (Nimzo-I.)
Spielmann V. (Vienna)
Stahlberg V. (French)
Stahlberg V. (Nimzo-I.)
Stanley V. (Vienna)
Steiner V. (Budap.D.)
Steiner V. (French)
Steiner V. (Nimzo-Ind)
Steiner V. (Phil.D.)
Steiner V. (Slav)
Steinitz A. (Petr.)
Steinitz V. (2Kts.)
Steinitz V. (3Kts.)
Steinitz V. (Caro-K.)
Steinitz V. (Cen.Game)
Steinitz V. (Fr.Paul.)
Steinitz V. (Fr.Adv.)
Steinitz V. (Giuoco)
Steinitz V. (Petr.)
Steinitz V. (Phil.)
Steinitz V. (Ponz.)
Steinitz V. (QGA)
Steinitz V. (Ruy L.)
Steinitz V. (Scotch)
Steinitz V. (Vienna)
Stockholm A. (Sici.)
Stockholm V. (Englund)
Stockholm V. (Grunf.)
Stoltz V. (S-Slav)
Stonewall A. (QPG.)
Stonewall V. (Dutch)
Stonewall V. (S-Slav)
Suttles V. (Pirc DD.)
Svedenborg V. (Latv.)
Svenonius V. (4Kts.)
Svenonius V. (French)
Svenonius V. (KGD.)
Sveshnikov V. (Sici.)
Swedish V. (Tarr.D.)
Swiss V. (Fren.)
Swiss V. (QGD)
Symmetrical 4Kts (Engl.)
Symmetrical V. (L4Kts)
Symmetrical V. (Petr.)
Symmetrical V. (QGD)
Symmetrical V. (Slav)
Szabo V. (Grunfeld)
Szabo V. (K.Ind.)
Szen V. (Sici.)
Taimanov V. (M.Ben.)
Taimanov V. (K.Ind.)
Taimanov V. (Nimz-I)
Taimanov V. (Sici.)
Taimanov V. (Sici.)
Tal's Method (M.Ben.)
Tal Variation (Sici.)
Tarrasch-Catalan V.
Tarrasch T. #1 (Ruy L.)
Tarrasch T. #2 (Ruy L.)
Tarrasch V. (4Kts.)
Tarrasch V. (Falk.CG.)
Tarrasch V. (French)
Tarrasch V. (Giuoco)
Tarrasch V. (Ruy L.)
Tarrasch V. (S4Kts)
Tartakower A. (Dutch)
Tartakower A. (Evans)
Tartakower-Ind. (OID)
Tartakower V. (BDG.)
Tartakower V. (Caro-K.)
Tartakower V. (KGD.)
Tartakower V. (QGD)
Tartakower V. (QPG)
Tartakower V. (Scotch)
Tartakower V. (S.Gamb.)
Teichmann V. (BDG)
Therkatz V. (Giuoco)
Thorold V. (KGA.)
Three Kts. V. (Grunf.)
Three Kts. V. (Nimz-I)
Three Kts. V. (Q-Ind.)
Three Pawns' A. (St.G.)
Torre A. (QPSD)
Torre V. (A-Slav)
Trap V. (KGD.)
Trap V. (Phil.D.)
Traxler V. (2Kts)
Trifunovich V. (Alekh)
Trifunovich V. (Petr.)
Trifunovich V. (Slav)
Two Kts. V. (C-Kann)
Two Kts. V. (French)
Two Kts. V. (Giuoco)
Two Kts. V. (Old Ind.)
Two Pawns' A. (Alekh.)
Two Queens T. (QGD)
Uhlmann V. (M.Ben.)
Ukrainian V. (Old Ind.)
Ultra Symmetr. V. (Engl.)
Ultra-Delayed Exch. (Neo-Gr.)
Ulvestad V. (2Kts)
Ulvestad V. (Evans)
Velimirovic V. (Sici.)
Venice A. (Sici.)
Venice V. (QGD)
Vienna 3Kts. V. (Petr.)
Vienna V. (QGD)
Vitolins V. (Sici.)
Wade V. (Fren.)
Wade V. (S-Slav)
Walker A. (KGA.)
Waller A. (Evans G.)
Warsaw V. (Dutch)
Wasp V. (QP C-G.)
Wayward Queen V. (Epin.)
Weiss V. (Pirc-Rob.)
Williams V. (Nimzo. D.)
Winawer V. (Cent.Game)
Winawer V. (QGA.)
Winawer V. (Ruy L.)
Wing Blumenfeld (Reti)
Wing A. (Ruy L.)
Wing V. (Ruy L.)
Winter V. (Dutch)
Wiesbaden V. (Slav)
Woozle V. (Old Ben.)
Wormald A. (Ruy L.)
Worrall A. (Ruy L.)
Würtzburger T. (Vienna)
Yugoslav Panno (KI.)
Yugoslav V. (C/Sprs.)
Yugoslav V. (Grunfeld)
Yugoslav V. (K.Ind.)
Yugoslav V. (Sici.)
Zagreb V. (Sicilian)
Zaitsev V. (Ruy L.)
Zaitsev V. (Ruy L.)
Zinnowitz V. (K.Ind.)
Zagoryansky V. (Cata.)
Zukertort V. (Phil.)

OPENINGS
and SYSTEMS

Anglo-Pol-Dutch O.

Barcza System

Benoni System

Bishop's O.

Black Knights Tango

Botvinnik S. (S-Slav)

Botvinnik S. (English)

Botvinnik S. Rev. (Engl.)

Byrne S. (KID.)

Centre Game

Close/Open Games

Colle System

Colle S. (Q.Indian)

Double Ruy Lopez O.

Épine Dorsale (chart)

Épine Dorsale (anim.)

Fianchetto S. (K.Ind.)

Flank Openings

Four Knights Game

Giuoco Piano

Heinrichsen O.

Hippopotamus Game

Inverted Hanham O.

Inverted Hungarian O.

K-Fianchetto O.

King's Knight O.

Leningrad S. (Dutch)

Longfellner S. (Pillsbury)

Lopez Four Knights Game (4Kts.)

Marienbad S. (Q-Ind.)

Mod. Bishop's O.

Neo-Catalan O. (Ang-Fr.)

Neo-Catalan O. (Reti)

Open/Close Games

Panno S. (K.Ind.)

Petrosyan S. (K.Ind.)

Petrosyan S. (Q.Ind.)

Ponziani's O.

Q-Fianchetto O.

Queen's Bishop Game

Queen's Pawn Game

QP Openings

Santasiere's Folly

Scotch Game

Scotch 4Kts. Game (4Kts.)

Scotch 4Kts. Game (Scotch)

Semi-Italian O.

Semi-Open/Close Games

Staunton System

Stonewall System

Three Knights O.

Three Kts. S. (Engl.)

Vienna Game

Zaitsev S. (Benko)

DEFENCES

Abbazia D. (KGA.)

Adorjan D. (Engl.)

Alapin D. (Ruy L.)

Alapin D.Deferred (Ruy L.)

Alekhine's D.

Anderssen D. (Vienna)

Anglo-French D.

Anglo-Indian D.

Anglo-Scandinav.D.

Austrian D. (QGD.)

Barnes D. (Ruy L.)

Becker D. (KGA.)

Beefeater D. (Kotov-R.)

Benima D. (Scotch)

Berlin D. (Bish.O.)

Berlin D. (KGA.)

Berlin D. (Ruy L.)

Berlin D. (Vienna)

Bernard D. (Sicilian)

Bird D. (Ruy L.)

Boleslavsky D. (Sici)

Brentano D. (KGA.)

Budapest D.

Cambridge Springs D.

Caro-Kann D.

Centre Counter Game

Chigorin D.

Chigorin D. (Ruy L.)

Chigorin Indian D.

Classical D. (KGA.)

Classical D. (KGD.)

Classical D. (Ruy L.) aka.Cordel

Classical D. Deferred (Ruy L.)

Classical (Open) D. (Ruy L.)

Close D., The

Closed Berlin D. (Ruy L.)

Compromised D. (Evans)

Cozio D. (KGA.)

Cozio D. (Ruy L.)

Cozio D.Def. (Ruy L.)

Czech D. (Engl.)

Czech D. (Slav)

Czerniak D. (M.Ben.)

Dubois-Reti D. (Scotch)

Dutch D.(Barcza)

Dutch Indian Defence

Euwe Defence (BDG)

Fianchetto D. (Ruy L.)

Fischer D. (KGA.)

Franco-Benoni D.

Franco-Indian D.

Fraser D. (Ponz.O.)

Frutch D. (French)

Grünfeld D.

Hastings D. (M.Ben.)

Herzfeld D. (KGA.)

Horny D. (KGA.)

Improved Steinitz D. (Ruy L.)

Indian D. (K.Fian.)

Italian D. (Bish.O.)

Kevitz-Trajkovic D.

King's Fianchetto D.

King's Indian D.

Kingston D. (French)

Kolisch D. (KGA)

Kotov-Robatsch D.

Lasker's D.

Lasker D. (Evans)

Leonhardt D. (Ponz.O.)

Lichtenhein D. (Petroff)

Lopez D. (KGA.)

Manhattan D. (QGD)

Mayet D. (Evans)

Milner-Barry D.

Modern Benoni D.

Möller D. (Ruy L.)

Morphy D. (Ruy L.)

Neo-Grünfeld D.

Neo-Othodox D. (QGD)

Nimzowitsch D.

Nimzo-Indian D.

Nimzo-Rubinstein

Open Berlin D. (Ruy L.)

Orthodox D., The

Paulsen D. (KGA)

Petroff's D.

Philidor's D.

Pirc Def. Deferred

Pirc-Robatsch D.

Polerio D. (2Kts)

Polish D. Deferred

Pseudo-Balogh Defence

Queen's Gambit Accepted

Queen's Fianchetto D.

Queen's Indian D.

Queen's Side D.

Robatsch D.

Rubinstein D. (4Kts)

Rubinstein D. (QGD)

Russian D. (Ruy L.)

Saint George D.

Scandinavian D.

Schallopp D. (KGD.)

Schlechter D. (Dan.G.)

Schlechter D. (Ruy L.)

Schliemann D. (Ruy L.)

Schliemann D.Def.

Schwartz D. (QGA)

Semi-Slav D.

Semi-Tarrasch D.

Sicilian D.

Smyslov D. (Engl.)

Sorensen D. (Dan.G)

Steinitz D. (Giuoco)

Steinitz D.(Ruy L.)

Steinitz D. Deferred

Strongpoint D. (Giuoco)

Symmetrical D. (Engl.)

Symmetrical D. (QGD)

Tarrasch D. (QGD)

Tarrasch D. (Ruy L.)

Tartakower D. (Albin)

Tartakower D. (Sici.)

Troeger D. (Engl.)

Two Knights D.

Wilkes-Barre D. (2Kts)

Winawer D. (3Kts)

Winawer D. (French)

Ziegler D. (BDG.)

GAMBITS and
COUNTER-GAMBITS

Adams G. (Vienna)

Alapin G. (Ruy L.)

Albin C-G. (QGD.)

Allgaier G. (KGA.)

Andreaschek G. (Sici.)

Anti-Meran G. (SSlav)

Averbakh G. (Nimzo-I.)

Balogh G. (Budapest)

Basque G. (Ruy L.)

Belgrade G. (S4Kts)

Bellon C-G. (Engl.)

Benko G. (Mod.Ben.)

Benoni-Staunton G. (O.Ben.)

Bertin G. (KGA.)

Bishop's G. (KGA.)

Blackburne-Hartlaub G.

Blackburne Shilling G.

Blackmar G. (QP.Game)

Blackmar-Diemer G. (QP.Game)

Blumenfeld C-G. (Benoni)

Boden-Kieseritzky G. (Petroff)

Boden-Kieseritzky G. (4Kts)

Breyer G. (KGA.)

Bronstein G. (Sici.)

Bryan C-G. (QGA.)

Budapest C-G.

Calabrian C-G.(Bish.)

Calabrian G. (KGA.)

Cochrane G. (Petr.)

Cunningham G. (KGA.)

Dada G. (K.Fian.)

Danube G. (K.Ind.)

Diemer-Duhm G. (Fren.)

Dilworth G. (Nimzo-I.)

Double Muzio G. (KGA.)

Greco G. (KGA.)

Eifel G. (Vienna)

Elephant G. (QP C-G.)

Englund G. (QPG.)

Falkbeer C-G. (KGD.)

Fischer G. (O-Utan)

Franco-Hiva G. (Fren.)

Fritz G. (Grob O.)

Fyfe G. (Vienna)

Ghulam Khassim G. (KGA.)

Gianutio C-G. (KGA.)

Goring G. (Scotch)

Greco G. (Bish.O.)

Greco G. (KGA.)

Hamppe-Allgaier G.

Hamppe-Muzio G.

Hanstein G. (KGA)

Harksen G. (Ruy L.)

Hennig-Schara G. (Tarr.D.)

Hromadka G. (=Mod.Ben.)

Huebsch G. (QPG.)

Icelandic G. (CCDef.)

Italian G. (Giuoco)

Jaenisch G. (Engl.)

Jaenisch G. (Ruy L.)

Jaffe G. (Ruy L.)

Jerome G. (Giuoco)

Keres G. (KGA.)

Kiddie C-G. (Epin.)

Kieseritzky G. (KGA.)

Kieseritzky C-G. (KGA.)

Korchnoi G. (Dutch)

Korchnoi G. (Fren.)

Kotrc-Mieses G. (CCDef)

Lanc-Arnold G. (Cent.)

Lasker Simul G. (Alekh.)

Lasker G. (Staunton)

Latvian C-G.

Lazard G. (Indian D.)

Lemberg CG. (BDG)

Lesser Bishop's G.

Lewis C-G. (Bish.O.)

Lisitsin G. (Reti)

Locock G. (Phil.D.)

Loose G. (=Mod.Ben.)

Lopez G. (Bish.O.)

Lopez-Gianutio CG (KGA)

McDonnell Double G.

McDonnell G. (KGA.)

Maroczy G. (QP.C-G)

Marshall G. (Nimzo.)

Marshall G. (Scan.D.)

Marshall G. (S-Slav)

Marshall G. (Tarr.D.)

Milner-Barry G. (Fren.)

Morphy G. (Falkbeer)

Müller-Schultze G. (4Kts)

Muzio G. (KGA.)

Nimzowitsch G. (French)

Norris G. (QPG.)

Norwalder G. (Centre P.)

Paulsen G. (QP C-G.)

Peruvian G. (QGD)

Petroff G. (Bish.O.)

Philidor G. (KGA)

Philidor G. (Pillsb.)

Pierce G. (Vienna)

Ponziani G. (Bish.O.)

Portuguese V. (Scan.D.)

Quaade G. (KGA.)

Q's Pawn C-G.

Relfsson G. (Scot)

Rosentreter G. (KGA.)

St. George G. (St.Geo.D.)

Salvio G. (KGA.)

Scandinav. Marshall G. (CCDef)

Schara-Hennig G. (Tarr.D.)

Schultze-Müller G. (4Kts)

Seville G. (Grunf.)

Sorensen G. (KGA.)

Staunton G. (Dutch)

Staunton G. Deferred

Staunton-Blackmar G.

Steinitz C-G. (QPG.)

Steinitz G. (Vienna)

Swiss G. (Bird O.)

Tarrasch G. (QGD.)

Tennison G. (Reti)

Three Pawns' G. (KGA.)

Tolusch-Geller G.

Urusov G. (Bish.O.)

Villemson G. (KGA.)

Volga G. (Mod.Ben)

Wagner G. (Bird O.)

Wild Muzio G. (KGA.)

Williams G. (Bird O.)

Winawer C-G. (Slav)

Wing G. (Bish.O.)

Wing G. (Sici.)

Wing G.Deferred (Sici.)

Young G. (KGA.)

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