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Chess Opening Repertoire
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A chess opening or simply an opening refers to the initial moves of a chess game. The term can refer to the initial moves by either side, White or Black, but an opening by Black may also be known as a defense. There are dozens of different openings, and hundreds of variants. The Oxford Companion to Chess lists 1,327 named openings and variants. These vary widely in character from quiet positional play to wild tactical play. In addition to referring to specific move sequences, the opening is the first phase of a chess game, the other phases being the middlegame and the endgame.
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    Chess Opening Repertoire - Danilo Soares Marques

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    CHESS

    OPENING

    REPERTORIE

    Danilo Soares Marques

    Introduction

    A chess opening or simply an opening refers to the initial moves of a chess game. The term can refer to the initial moves by either side, White or Black, but an opening by Black may also be known as a defense. There are dozens of different openings, and hundreds of variants. The Oxford Companion to Chess lists 1,327 named openings and variants. These vary widely in character from quiet positional play to wild tactical play. In addition to referring to specific move sequences, the opening is the first phase of a chess game, the other phases being the middlegame and the endgame.

    Opening moves that are considered standard (often catalogued in a reference work such as the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings) are referred to as book moves, or simply book. Reference works often present move sequences in simple algebraic notation, opening trees, or theory tables. When a game begins to deviate from known opening theory, the players are said to be out of book. In some opening lines, the moves considered best for both sides have been worked out for twenty to twenty-five moves or more. Some analysis goes to thirty or thirty-five moves, as in the classical King's Indian Defense and in the Najdorf variation of the Sicilian Defense. Professional chess players spend years studying openings, and continue doing so throughout their careers, as opening theory continues to evolve. Players at the club level also study openings but the importance of the opening phase is smaller there since games are rarely decided in the opening. The study of openings can become unbalanced if it is to the exclusion of tactical training and middlegame and endgame strategy.

    A new sequence of moves in the opening is referred to as a theoretical novelty. When kept secret until used in a competitive game it is often known as a prepared variation, a powerful weapon in top-class competition.

    Chess Openings

     Alapin's Opening; Lopez Opening 1. e4 e5 2. Ne2

    Alekhine's defence; Balogh variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4

    Alekhine's defence; Balogh variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4

    Alekhine's defence; Brooklyn defence 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5

    Alekhine's defence; Brooklyn defence 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8

    Alekhine's defence; Exchange variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6

    Alekhine's defence; Exchange, Karpov variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Bf4

    Alekhine's defence; Four pawns attack 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4

    Alekhine's defence; Four pawns attack, 6...Nc6 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6

    Alekhine's defence; Four pawns attack, 7.Be3 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3

    Alekhine's defence; Four pawns attack, Fianchetto variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g6

    Alekhine's defence; Four pawns attack, Ilyin-Genevsky var. 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. e6 fxe6 9. c5

    Alekhine's defence; Four pawns attack, Korchnoi variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O f6

    Alekhine's defence; Four pawns attack, Planinc variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g5

    Alekhine's defence; Four pawns attack, Tartakower variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Qd7 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. O-O Be7

    Alekhine's defence; Four pawns attack, Trifunovic variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5

    Alekhine's defence; Kmoch variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Bc4 Nb6 4. Bb3 c5 5. d3

    Alekhine's defence; Krejcik variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. Bc4

    Alekhine's defence; Maroczy variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. d3

    Alekhine's defence; Modern variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3

    Alekhine's defence; Modern variation, 4...Bg4 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4

    Alekhine's defence; Modern, Alekhine variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4

    Alekhine's defence; Modern, Fianchetto variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6

    Alekhine's defence; Modern, Flohr variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6

    Alekhine's defence; Modern, Keres variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4

    Alekhine's defence; Modern, Larsen variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5

    Alekhine's defence; Modern, Panov variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3

    Alekhine's defence; Modern, Schmid variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6

    Alekhine's defence; Modern, Vitolins attack 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. d5

    Alekhine's defence; Mokele Mbembe (Buecker) variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4

    Alekhine's defence; O'Sullivan gambit 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 b5

    Alekhine's defence; O'Sullivan gambit 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6

    Alekhine's defence; Richter variation 1. e4 Nf6

    Alekhine's defence; Saemisch attack 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3

    Alekhine's defence; Scandinavian variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5

    Alekhine's defence; Spielmann variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. e6

    Alekhine's defence; Steiner variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. b3

    Alekhine's defence; Two pawns' (Lasker's) attack 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5

    Alekhine's defence; Two pawns' attack, Mikenas variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 d6

    Alekhine's defence; Two pawns' attack, Mikenas variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4

    Alekhine's defence; Welling variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. b3

    Alekhine's defence; Welling variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4

    Amar (Paris) Opening; Romford counter-gambit 1. Nh3

    Amar gambit; Romford counter-gambit 1. Nh3 d5 2. g3 e5 3. f4 Bxh3 4. Bxh3 exf4

    Amsterdam attack; Romford counter-gambit 1. e3 e5 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. b3 Nf6

    Anderssen's Opening; Romford counter-gambit 1. a3

    Anti-Borg (Desprez) Opening; Romford counter-gambit 1. h4

    Barnes defence; Ilyin-Genevsky variation with b3 1. e4 f6

    Battambang Opening; Romford counter-gambit 1. Nc3 e5 2. a3

    Beefeater defence; Franco-Indian (Keres) defence 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5

    Benko gambit accepted; Nescafe Frappe attack 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3.  d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6

    Benko gambit half accepted; King's Indian system 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6

    Benko gambit; 7.e4 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4

    Benko gambit; Fianchetto variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. g3

    Benko gambit; King's Indian system 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5

    Benko gambit; Main line 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6

    Benko gambit; Nd2 variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5.  bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Nd2

    Benko gambit; Ne2 variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 g6 9. g3

    Benko gambit; Ne2 variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 g6 9. Nge2

    Benko gambit; Nescafe Frappe attack 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 d6 8. Bc4

    Benko gambit; Zaitsev system 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3

    Benko's Opening; Outflank variation 1. g3

    Benko's Opening; reversed Alekhine 1. g3 e5 2. Nf3

    Benoni defence, Hromodka system; Main line 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6

    Benoni defence; Main line 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5

    Benoni defence; Main line 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6

    Benoni defence; Main line 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6

    Benoni; 6.e4 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4

    Benoni; Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Bg4

    Benoni; Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6

    Benoni; Classical with e4 and Nf3 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3

    Benoni; Classical without 9.O-O 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2

    Benoni; Classical without 9.O-O 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O

    Benoni; Classical, 11.f3 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. f3

    Benoni; Classical, 8.Bg5 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg5

    Benoni; Classical, 9...a6, 10.a4 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4

    Benoni; Classical, 9...Re8 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8

    Benoni; Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2

    Benoni; Classical, 9.O-O 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O

    Benoni; Fianchetto variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3

    Benoni; Fianchetto variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O

    Benoni; Fianchetto, 11...Re8 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Re8

    Benoni; Fianchetto, 9...Nbd7 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7

    Benoni; Four pawns attack 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O

    Benoni; Four pawns attack, Main line 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4

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