- List of chess openings named after places
*Aachen Gambit of the
Nimzowitsch Defense 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Nb4
*Abbazia Defense of theKing's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5
*American Gambit of theDutch Defense 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nd2
*Amsterdam Variation of theSicilian 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 theRuy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7
*Argentine Variation of theCambridge 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 theFrench Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5
*Australian Gambit of theKing's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.h4
*Austrian Attack in thePirc Defense 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4
*Baltic Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 (named for theBaltic countries )
*Baltic Opening (orDunst Opening ) 1.Nc3
*Basque Gambit of theRuy 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 of theRuy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 Bb6 (named for theBenelux countries )
*Berlin Variation of theRuy 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 theEnglish Opening 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3
*Breslau Variation of theRuy 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 theAlekhine's Defence 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ng8
*Brussels Gambit of theSicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 f5
*Budapest Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5
*Bulgarian Variation of theRuy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a5
*Calabrian Countergambit of theBishop's Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5
*Cambridge Gambit of theAlekhine's Defence 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 g5
*Cambridge Springs Variation of theQueen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 c6 6.e3 Qa5
*Carlsbad Variation of theSlav 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 theSicilian 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 (orIrish Gambit ) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5?
*Chinese Variation of thePirc Defense 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.g4!?
*Chinese Variation of theSicilian 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 theWare Opening 1.a4 b6 2.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nd7
*Colorado Defense of theNimzowitsch Defense 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5
*Copenhagen Defense of theDanish Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Bb4+
*Cracow Variation of theItalian 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 bySiegbert Tarrasch for theSlav Defense , 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 [Siegbert Tarrasch, "The Game of Chess", David McKay, 1938, p. 341.]
*Czech Defense (or Pribyl System) 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
*Czech Variation of theSlav 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 QGD 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4
*Dutch Defense 1.d4 f5
*Dutch Variation of theSlav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3
*Edinburgh Variation of theCaro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3. Nd2 Qb6
*English Attack of theSicilian 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 theCaro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 h6
*Franco-Benoni 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5
*Fort Knox Variation of theFrench Defence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6
*Frankfurt Variation of theFrench 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 theSicilian 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 (orOwen's Defense ) 1.e4 b6
*Guatemalan Defense 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Ba6
*Hastings Variation of theQueen'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 theKing's Indian Defense .
*Hungarian Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7
*Hungarian Variation of theSicilian 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 theNimzo-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 (orChicago Gambit ) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5?
*Israeli Gambit (orHalasz 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 theScandinavian Defense 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb4
*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 theDutch Defense 1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6
*Lisbon Gambit 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Nc6
*Lithuanian Variation of theMikenas Defense 1.d4 Nc6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Nce7
*Lodz Variation of theTarrasch 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 theDutch Defense 1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 Nf6 3.g4
*Manhattan Variation of the QGD (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 QGA 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qa4+
*Mar del Plata Variation of theKing'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 theSicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bb5
*Marienbad Variation of theSicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Bb2
*Massachusetts Defense of theCaro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 f5
*Mediterranean Defense 1.e4 e6 2.d4 Nf6
*Meran Variation of theSemi-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 theRuy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5
*Moscow Variation of theSemi-Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6
*Moscow Variation of theSicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+
*Nordic Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 (alternative name for theDanish Gambit )
*Norwegian Defense 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6, intending 3.e5 Nh5!? and if 4.g4!?, Ng7
*Norwegian Defense of theRuy 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 theDanish Gambit )
*Nottingham Variation of theSicilian 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 theDunst Opening 1.Nc3 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qh4
*Novosibirsk Variation of theSicilian 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 theRuy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f6
*Oxford Gambit of theFour Knights Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 Bb4 5.d5 Nd4
*Oxford Variation of theVienna 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 (orAmar Opening ) 1.Nh3
*Peruvian Variation of theQueen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c5
*Podebrady Variation of theSicilian 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 theScandinavian 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 theTarrasch Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6
*Prussian Game (orTwo Knights Defense ) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
*Riga Variation of theRuy 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 theRuy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7
*Romanian Opening (orDunst Opening ) 1.Nc3
*Russian Defense of theRuy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 d6
*Russian Game (orPetrov's Defense ) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6
*San Francisco Gambit of theSicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Na5 4.b4
*Saragossa Opening 1.c3
*Scandinavian Defense 1.e4 d5
*Scheveningen Variation of theSicilian 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 theSemi-Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.Bd3 c5
*Seville Variation of theGrünfeld 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 theIndian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.Qd3 d5 3.Nc3
*Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5
*Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6
*Spanish Game (orRuy Lopez ) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
*Stockholm Variation of theGrünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5
*St. Petersburg Variation of theRuy 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 QGD,Tarrasch Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4
*Swiss Gambit of theBird's Opening 1.f4 f5 2.e4!?
*Swiss Variation of theFrench Defence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3
*Tashkent Attack of theKing's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Nh5 5.g4
*Tubingen Gambit of theDunst Opening 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.g4
*Ukrainian Variation of theOld Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3
*Valencia Opening (orMieses Opening ) 1.d3 e5 2.Nd2
*Venice Attack of theSicilian 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 theQueen'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 theVolga River , the national river ofRussia )
*Warsaw Variation of theDutch 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 in theQueen'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 theSlav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6
*Yerevan System of theSicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Nc3
*Yugoslav Attack in theSicilian 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 (orPirc Defense ) 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
*Yugoslav Variation of theKing'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 theSicilian 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 theNimzo-Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6A number of less well-accepted ethnic chess opening names (including such gems as the "Anglo-Polish Dutch," 1.c4 f5 2.b4) can be found in [http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/opening.htm this list of chess opening names] .
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*List of chess openings
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