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91 variations
- Alapin Variation12,977
- Closed12,841
- Old Sicilian12,774
- Bowdler Attack12,212
- Najdorf Variation10,216
- Modern Variations9,674
- Smith-Morra Gambit7,697
- McDonnell Attack7,203
- Taimanov Variation6,602
- Other variations6,584
- Open6,222
- French Variation6,014
- Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack5,463
- Accelerated Dragon5,442
- Dragon Variation5,015
- Kan Variation4,675
- Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted4,606
- Lowenthal Variation3,472
- Delayed Alapin Variation3,262
- Lasker-Pelikan Variation2,954
- Four Knights Variation2,732
- OKelly Variation2,635
- Grand Prix Attack2,460
- Wing Gambit2,351
- Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto1,975
- Hyperaccelerated Dragon1,929
- Delayed Alapin1,843
- Classical Variation1,715
- Mengarini Variation1,614
- Moscow Variation1,597
- Smith-Morra Gambit Declined1,580
- Staunton-Cochrane Variation1,548
- Scheveningen Variation1,359
- Marshall Gambit1,263
- Chekhover Variation1,160
- Nimzowitsch Variation1,082
- Snyder Variation1,042
- Kalashnikov Variation898
- Marshall Counterattack885
- Canal Attack774
- Richter-Rauzer Variation774
- Sozin Attack769
- Franco-Sicilian Variation751
- Pin Variation679
- Kramnik Variation649
- Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl609
- Morphy Gambit557
- Lasker-Dunne Attack539
- Paulsen-Basman Defense516
- Godiva Variation477
- Smith-Morra Gambit Deferred462
- Portsmouth Gambit404
- Keres Variation309
- Prins Variation300
- Katalimov Variation296
- Drazic Variation291
- Sozin246
- Wing Gambit Deferred182
- Jalalabad Variation140
- Flohr Variation139
- Nimzo-American Variation126
- Kveinis Variation118
- Boleslavsky Variation92
- Myers Attack79
- Bucker Variation76
- Halasz Gambit76
- Accelerated Fianchetto68
- Quinteros Variation67
- Venice Attack60
- Kupreichik Variation58
- Kronberger Variation40
- Brussels Gambit35
- Magnus Smith Trap26
- Gaw-Paw Variation21
- Mongoose Variation16
- King Davids Opening16
- Yates Variation16
- Velimirovic Attack15
- Grob Variation15
- Coles Sicilian Gambit13
- Kopec System11
- Brick Variation11
- Polish Gambit11
- Big Clamp Formation9
- Czerniak Attack8
- Rossolimo Variation7
- Euwe Attack6
- Heidenfeld Variation5
- Amazon Attack4
- Double-Dutch Gambit2
- Gloria Variation1
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47 variations
- Advance Variation13,778
- Exchange Variation13,193
- Knight Variation10,284
- Tarrasch Variation5,232
- Normal Variation4,259
- Rubinstein Variation3,875
- Winawer Variation3,576
- Classical Variation3,460
- Other variations2,652
- La Bourdonnais Variation2,541
- Queen's Knight1,804
- Two Knights Variation1,802
- Steiner Variation1,731
- King's Indian Attack1,568
- Franco-Sicilian Defense1,158
- Steinitz Variation1,046
- Horwitz Attack963
- Schlechter Variation905
- Steinitz Attack744
- Paulsen Variation715
- Wing Gambit639
- Orthoschnapp Gambit496
- Chigorin Variation476
- Burn Variation476
- Mediterranean Defense463
- Alekhine-Chatard Attack381
- Alapin Gambit332
- St George Defense316
- Marshall Gambit273
- Diemer-Duhm Gambit Accepted256
- MacCutcheon Variation232
- Perseus Gambit189
- Pelikan Variation167
- Reti-Spielmann Attack146
- Franco-Hiva Gambit99
- Diemer-Duhm Gambit92
- Carlson Gambit87
- Henneberger Variation70
- Bird Invitation63
- Franco-Hiva Gambit Accepted54
- Hecht-Reefschlager Variation40
- McCutcheon Variation29
- Baeuerle Gambit19
- Banzai-Leong Gambit14
- Reversed Philidor Formation7
- Morphy Gambit3
- Hoffmann Gambit1
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45 variations
- Other variations17,654
- Advance Variation13,039
- Exchange Variation7,526
- Two Knights Attack5,159
- Classical Variation4,148
- Panov Attack3,889
- Hillbilly Attack2,599
- Maroczy Variation2,579
- Tartakower Variation2,238
- Accelerated Panov Attack2,232
- Main Line1,549
- Karpov Variation1,165
- Breyer Variation1,050
- Campomanes Attack539
- Endgame Offer489
- von Hennig Gambit426
- Rasa-Studier Gambit383
- Alien Gambit359
- Forgacs Variation329
- Goldman Variation310
- Euwe Attack294
- Bronstein-Larsen Variation273
- Alekhine Gambit246
- Ulysses Gambit221
- Modern Variation220
- Apocalypse Attack212
- Gurgenidze System178
- Mieses Gambit49
- Gurgenidze Counterattack45
- Masi Variation31
- Finnish Variation31
- Hector Gambit30
- Endgame Variation28
- Toikkanen Gambit26
- Martian Gambit25
- De Bruycker Defense24
- Spike Variation11
- Labahn Attack9
- Advance8
- Massachusetts Defense7
- Edinburgh Variation6
- St Patricks Attack6
- Scorpion-Horus Gambit3
- Panov-Botvinnik3
- Mieses Attack1
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25 variations
- Mieses-Kotroc Variation11,157
- Modern Variation10,794
- Main Line10,031
- Other variations5,772
- Valencian Variation3,309
- Gubinsky-Melts Defense2,155
- Icelandic-Palme Gambit1,819
- Panov Transfer1,461
- Blackburne Gambit1,227
- Marshall Variation1,155
- Boehnke Gambit949
- Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit905
- Portuguese Gambit758
- Kloosterboer Gambit545
- Portuguese Variation463
- Bronstein Variation321
- Lasker Variation294
- Classical Variation253
- Kiel Variation234
- Anderssen Counterattack217
- Schiller-Pytel Variation129
- Richter Variation107
- Kadas Gambit29
- Zilbermints Gambit2
- Grunfeld Variation2
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35 variations
- Other variations16,671
- Budapest Defense5,302
- Normal Variation1,912
- London System1,794
- Anti-Nimzo-Indian1,066
- Knights Variation1,054
- Wade-Tartakower Defense944
- Spielmann-Indian847
- Accelerated London System523
- West Indian Defense519
- Reversed Chigorin Defense452
- Przepiorka Variation357
- Seirawan Attack347
- Tartakower Attack310
- Pawn Push Variation260
- Omega Gambit250
- Czech-Indian144
- Colle System127
- King's Indian Variation121
- Anti-Grunfeld120
- Maddigan Gambit110
- Pseudo-Benko69
- Devin Gambit55
- Paleface Attack45
- Polish Variation35
- Pyrenees Gambit33
- Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit Accepted30
- Dzindzi-Indian Defense29
- Gibbins-Wiedenhagen Gambit Accepted29
- Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit25
- Medusa Gambit17
- Dory Indian12
- Lazard Gambit10
- Gedult Attack10
- Gibbins-Wiedenhagen Gambit5
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17 variations
- Other variations13,887
- Exchange Variation4,997
- Lion Variation1,027
- Hanham Variation650
- Morphy Gambit532
- Nimzowitsch Variation451
- Lopez Countergambit282
- Philidor Countergambit241
- Bird Gambit240
- Steinitz Variation221
- Larsen Variation162
- Albin-Blackburne Gambit79
- Philidor Gambit21
- Hanham18
- Boden Variation17
- Paulsen Attack10
- Nimzowitsch3
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24 variations
- Other variations11,887
- Standard Defense1,284
- Two Knights Variation965
- Standard Line704
- Three Pawns Attack573
- Mongredien Defense448
- Averbakh System376
- Pseudo-Austrian Attack360
- Gellers System327
- Norwegian Defense265
- Bishop Attack219
- Kotov Variation181
- Beefeater Variation78
- Modern Pterodactyl77
- Lizard Defense48
- Randspringer Variation24
- Averbakh Variation19
- Neo-Modern Defense18
- Fianchetto Gambit18
- Wind Gambit14
- Semi-Averbakh Variation7
- Gurgenidze Defense7
- Pterodactyl Variation4
- Westermann Gambit2
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22 variations
- Other variations5,679
- Exchange Variation2,985
- Three Knights Variation1,964
- Modern Line1,958
- Quiet Variation1,165
- Slav Gambit344
- Geller Gambit330
- Czech Variation289
- Schlechter Variation274
- Diemer Gambit216
- Chameleon Variation195
- Bonet Gambit191
- Chebanenko Variation169
- Alekhine Variation109
- Two Knights Attack86
- Winawer Countergambit83
- Alapin Variation70
- Breyer Variation60
- Steiner Variation52
- Soultanbeieff Variation37
- Suchting Variation9
- Smyslov Variation8
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29 variations
- Old Benoni5,586
- Benoni Gambit Accepted2,264
- French Benoni798
- Other variations742
- Modern Variation556
- Benoni-Indian Defense535
- Hromadka System360
- King's Pawn Line300
- Classical Variation187
- Czech Benoni Defense121
- Semi-Benoni93
- Weenink Variation80
- Four Pawns Attack68
- Taimanov Variation48
- Benoni Gambit36
- Cormorant Gambit34
- Fianchetto Variation32
- Knights Tour Variation28
- Uhlmann Variation19
- King's Indian System14
- Pawn Storm Variation13
- Woozle12
- Mikenas Variation9
- Hawk Variation8
- Benoni-Staunton Gambit8
- Classical7
- Snail Variation5
- Franco-Sicilian Hybrid4
- Zilbermints-Benoni Gambit1
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- Scandinavian Variation3,048
- Kennedy Variation2,798
- Other variations1,766
- Declined Variation1,553
- Williams Variation531
- Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation522
- Mikenas Variation374
- Colorado Countergambit Accepted346
- Colorado Countergambit252
- French Connection136
- Pseudo-Spanish Variation119
- El Columpio Defense39
- Breyer Variation36
- Woodchuck Variation24
- Pirc Connection19
- Neo-Mongoloid Defense13
- Hornung Gambit9
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- Scandinavian Variation2,888
- Other variations1,690
- Modern Variation987
- Normal Variation889
- Four Pawns Attack785
- Exchange Variation640
- Two Pawn Attack563
- Two Pawns Attack544
- Maroczy Variation496
- Samisch Attack371
- Balogh Variation205
- OSullivan Gambit166
- Mokele Mbembe152
- Krejcik Variation143
- Brooklyn Variation143
- Hunt Variation75
- Spielmann Gambit46
- The Squirrel37
- Steiner Variation20
- Kmoch Variation12
- Welling Variation9
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22 variations
- Normal Variation3,337
- Other variations1,442
- Orthodox Variation1,086
- Fianchetto Variation893
- Samisch Variation813
- Four Pawns Attack754
- Smyslov Variation497
- Zinnowitz Variation346
- Makogonov Variation346
- Semi-Classical Variation200
- Accelerated Averbakh Variation186
- Semi-Averbakh System183
- Larsen Variation160
- Averbakh Variation153
- Petrosian Variation123
- Kramer Variation91
- Exchange Variation78
- Steiner Attack71
- Kazakh Variation29
- Pomar System5
- Santasiere Variation3
- Karpov System1
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32 variations
- Other variations2,711
- Queen's Knight Variation1,303
- Raphael Variation792
- Rubinstein Variation731
- Classical Variation544
- Hopton Attack527
- Normal Variation411
- Staunton Gambit369
- Staunton Gambit Accepted221
- Leningrad Variation166
- Krejcik Gambit118
- Blackmars Second Gambit104
- Fianchetto Attack98
- Stonewall Variation86
- Janzen-Korchnoi Gambit49
- Korchnoi Attack41
- Bellon Gambit39
- Semi-Leningrad Variation38
- Manhattan Gambit38
- Alapin Variation27
- Nimzo-Dutch Variation27
- Fianchetto Variation20
- Blackburne Variation10
- Krause Variation10
- Kingfisher Gambit5
- Alekhine Variation4
- Spielmann Gambit3
- Omega-Isis Gambit2
- Hevendehl Gambit2
- Senechaud Gambit2
- Stonewall1
- Hort-Antoshin System1
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- Stafford Gambit1,898
- Italian Variation1,548
- Three Knights Game1,500
- Modern Attack933
- Other variations921
- Damiano Variation377
- Classical Attack324
- Nimzowitsch Attack253
- Cochrane Gambit165
- Cozio Attack89
- French Attack40
- Paulsen Attack37
- Millennium Attack26
- Karklins-Martinovsky Variation20
- Kaufmann Attack8
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- Classical Variation1,514
- Other variations1,172
- Three Knights Variation1,054
- Leningrad Variation932
- Normal Variation667
- Samisch Variation641
- Kmoch Variation320
- Spielmann Variation211
- Normal Line173
- St Petersburg Variation149
- Hubner Variation127
- Romanishin Variation91
- Rubinstein System88
- Reshevsky Variation63
- Fischer Variation20
- Ragozin Defense20
- Simagin Variation12
- Dilworth Gambit11
- Mikenas Attack8
- Ragozin Variation5
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- Other variations1,767
- Accelerated Move Order1,320
- Main Line1,015
- Marshall Gambit599
- Noteboom Variation372
- Normal Variation272
- Chigorin Defense213
- Stoltz Variation203
- Botvinnik Variation195
- Anti-Moscow Gambit164
- Meran Variation146
- Quiet Variation123
- Accelerated Meran Variation56
- Bogoljubov Variation39
- Romih Variation36
- Bogoljubow Variation30
- Semi-Meran Variation25
- Gunderam Gambit11
- Stonewall Defense11
- Rubinstein System4
- Anti-Noteboom2
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- Exchange Variation1,468
- Three Knights Variation1,392
- Stockholm Variation308
- Other variations271
- Brinckmann Attack149
- Russian Variation125
- Opocensky Variation26
- Zaitsev Gambit25
- Counterthrust Variation23
- Smyslov Defense23
- Lutikov Variation18
- Flohr Variation5
- Makogonov Variation5
- Botvinnik Variation3
- Lundin Variation2
- Pachman Variation2
- Gibbon Gambit1
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- Classical Variation321
- Kasparov Variation313
- Fianchetto Variation277
- Kasparov-Petrosian Variation160
- Other variations157
- Spassky System128
- Capablanca Variation65
- Petrosian Variation62
- Fianchetto Traditional50
- Riumin Variation34
- Miles Variation26
- Anti-Queen's Indian System19
- Yates Variation7
- Euwe Variation7
- Traditional Variation6
- Buerger Variation1
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