KING PAWN
1.e4 e5
08-05-07: The Scotch 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.Be2 Qg6 9.0-0 d6 10.f3 0-0 11.Nd2 d5 12.Kh1 dxe4 13.fxe4 Bg4 14.Bf3 (14.Bf4)
08-05-06: War Zone in the Glek Var of the Four Knights: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Nxe4!?
02-05-06: Death of the Latvian Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4.Nc4 fxe4 5.Nc3 Qf7 6.Ne3 c6 7.d3 exd3 8.Bxd3 d5 9.0-0 Bc5 10.b4!! Bd6 (10...Bxb4?) 11.Re1! Ne7 12.Nexd5!
12-05-05: Scotch Opening: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 Qxc6
11-05-05: Latvian gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4.Nc4 fxe4 5.Nc3 Qf7 6.Ne3 c6 7.d3 exd3 8.Bxd3 d5 9.0-0 Bc5 10.b4!?
12-00-04: Giuoco Piano via 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.b4!?
12-00-04: Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 d6
07-31-04: Latvian Gambit an improvement for Black
07-31-04: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4?!
06-30-04: Ruy Lopez, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Qf6!?
06-30-04: Latvian Gambit, Leonhardt´s Variation
04-10-04: Latvian Gambit
02-16-04: More On the Evans Gambit
02-07-04: Bird's Defense Variation of the Ruy Lopez
10-19-03: Evans Gambit Redux
10-04-03: Theory In the Evans Gambit
08-02-2003: Glek System, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3!?
07-20-02: Have the Giuoco's Fangs Been Pulled
1.e4 c5
04-04-08: Smith-Morra Gambit, Exploring a New 8th Move 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.Nd5
11-12-07: Taimanov Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Qe2 Bd6 9.0-0-0
10-05-07: Sveshnikov Variation 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 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.0-0 Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.Re1
06-05-07: Accelerated Dragon 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4
04-05-07: Dragon 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.0-0-0 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.g4 Rfc8 13.h4 Qa5 14.Qg5 Qxg5 15.hxg5 Nd7 16.Rh4!
2-5-07: Kann 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0-0 Qc7 7.c4 Nc6 8.Nf3 Bc5
09-05-06: English Attack vs. the Rauzer: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.f3
09-05-06: Anti-Sveshnikov: 1.e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5
09-05-06: Rossolimo: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0-0 Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Qe2 g6!?
08-05-06: 6...Bd7 vs. Rauzer: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Rc8
07-05-06: The Anti-Sveshnikov: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3
06-05-06: Kalashnikov Sicilian: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6 9.Nd5 Rc8 10.Be3 Bg5 11.f4?
05-05-06: Anti-Sicilian: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 (4...Nge7)
10-05-05: Chelyabinsk Variation: 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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5
10-05-05: Anti-Sicilian: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 Nc6
09-05-05: Anti-Sicilian: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5
08-05-05: Alapin Variation: 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Nc3
07-05-05: Nimzowitsch Variation: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6
05-05-05: Moscow Variation, Part Three: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
03-05-05: A Few Key Lines in the Dragon: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
02-02-05: Moscow Variation, Part Two: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+
1-02-05: Tal Gambit Declined: 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.e5
12-00-04: Levenfish Dragon: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4
12-00-04: Snyder Variation: 1.e4 c5 2.b3
10-01-04: Moscow Variation, Part One: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+
04-17-04: The Killer Closed Sicilian: 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g4
03-27-04: The Accelerated Dragon, Maroczy Bind: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Be2 d6 9.0-0 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 03-27-04: Najdorf Variation, 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 Nc5 14.f6 gxf6 15.gxf6 Bf8 16.a3
02-28-04: Najdorf Variation, 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 Nbd7 10.g4 h6
02-28-04: The Accelerated Dragon, Maroczy Bind: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Be2 d6 9.0-0 Bd7 10.f3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Nh5
02-16-04: Combating the Sicilian Dragon: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bg5!? Bg7 7.Bb5+
01-03-04: The Accelerated Dragon, Maroczy Bind: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Be2 b6
04-26-03: Sveshnikov Sicilian: 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 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.0-0 Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c3 Bg7 15.Qh5 e4 16.Bc2 Qc8 17.Rae1 0-0 18.Kh1
03-04-03: The Accelerated Dragon, (Non-Maroczy) Main Line With 11...Qh5
02-18-03: The Accelerated Dragon, Uogele Variation
01-27-03: The Accelerated Dragon, Maroczy Bind: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.f3 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Bg5 0 0 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.b3 Rfc8 13.Nd5
1.e4 e6
03-05-07: The Winawer French: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 0-0 8.Bd3 f5 9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Bg5 Rf7 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qd1 e5!!
1-05-07: Winawer 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3
08-01-04: The Haldane Variation: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Qh5
1.e4 c6
12-5-06: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb4
09-05-05: 1.e4 c6 2.f4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nf2
12-00-04: Advance Variation, berserker system: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.h4 h5 8.Nf4 Bh7!?
03-13-04: Panov-Botvinnik, Caro-Kann, 6 Bb4 variation 03-13-04: Death of the 4...Nd7 Caro-Kann?
08-02-03: Advance Variation: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb4
1.e4 d6 or 1...g6
05-05-07: The Pirc 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5
08-05-05: Play the Hippopotamus!
06-10-05: Attacking Line Against the Pirc via 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.g4!?
1.e4 d5
03-20-04: Refutation of the Portuguese?
05-30-03: Patzer Variation
12-03-02: Can White Successfully Avoid the Dreaded Portuguese Attack?
1.e4 Nf6
03-05-07: Four Pawns Attack 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 g5!? 6.exd6 Qxd6 7.c5 Qe6+ 8.Be2
05-05-05: Alekhine's Defense, Modern Variation with 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4
07-20-03: Alekhine's Defense, Four Pawns Attack
07-14-03: Alekhine's Defense, Alburt Variation
QUEEN PAWN
1.d4 d5
05-05-07: London System 1.d4 followed by 2.Bf4
10-05-06: Semi-Slav, 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6
7-5-06: Part Two, Shabalov Variation: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 e5 9.g5 Nd5
5-5-06: Part One, Shabalov Variation: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4
4-05-05: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bf5?
10-3-04: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0-0 b4 10.Na4
8-29-04: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c5 8-29-04: Slav, Exchange Varition via 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3
2-23-04: The Semi-Slav
01-31-04: Colle & Slav Mixture
01-31-04: The Slav
11-01-03: The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
06-30-03: The "X-Rated" Albin Counter-Gambit
1.d4 Nf6
12-01-07: CLASSICAL NIMZO 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2
7-5-07: The Trompovsky Torture 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5
3-5-07: Panno KID 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Bb2 h5
1-05-07: Makagonov KID 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.h3
11-05-06: Benko Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9.Nf3 Bg7 10.g3 0-0 11.Kg2 Nbd7 12.Re1
10-05-06: 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
12-05-05: A TN in the Tromp: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.d5 Qb6 7.e4!?
11-05-05: Catalan, 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 b5
4-05-05: Bogo-Indian, 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2
2-02-05: Exchange Grunfeld, 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bg5!?
12-00-04: Benko Gambit, why ...g6 before ...Bxa6?
08-29-04: KID, 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d5!?
08-01-04: Black Knigts Tango, Part Four
06-30-04: Nimzo-Indian, 4.Qc2
05-28-04: Blacks Knights Tango, Part Three
04-24-04: Blacks Knights Tango, Part Two
03-27-04: Budapest Gambit, 3 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5
02-16-04: KID Four Pawns Attack, Gunderam Gambit
01-24-04: Martian Tromp II
01-17-04: Martian Tromp I
11-30-03: Black Knights Tango, Part One
09-13-03: Trashing The Tromp
08-02-03: Tromp with 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2
FLANK OPENINGS
1.b4
10-01-04: A way for Black to meet the Orangutan/Polish Opening
1.g4 10-01-04: A good way for Black to meet the Grob
1.c4 c5
05-05-06: Hedgehog: 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.0-0 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4
03-06-04: The English Opening, Botvinnik System
1.c4 e5
12-5-06: 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4
3-06-04: 1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.e3 Qe7 9.Nge2 0-0 10.h3 Re8 11.g4 Nb6 12.b3 d5
1.Nf3
12-5-06: 1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 e5 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 0 0 7.Be2 Re8 8.f3 c6!?
1.f4
3-05-06: The Wonderful World of the Bird
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