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50_Bishop pair -how to get it in the opening
Compiled by Jaredfchess
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An INTRO referring to a chapter of John Watson' <Secrets of modern chess strategy> should be possible on a trial basis... (see there part II, chapter 4-7)

< White active: ♗b5xc6 or ♗g5xf6; passive ♘x ♗g3/♗f4/♗e3/♗d2 or x ♗b3/♗c4/♗d3/♗e2

<<< Black active: ♗b4xc3 or ♗g4xf3; passive ♘x ♗g6/♗f5/♗e6/♗d7 or x ♗b6/♗c5/♗d6/♗e7

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3


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C18/C19: French, Winawer/Winawer Advance Opening Explorer (3,209 games)

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6


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C69: Ruy Lopez, Exchange Opening Explorer (3.208 games) with 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 --> Game Collection: 50_Queenless middlegames

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3


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E32: Nimzo-Indian, Classical Opening Explorer (2,757 games)

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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


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B33: Sicilian -Sveshnikov Opening Explorer (2096 games)

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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


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B33: Sicilian -Sveshnikov Opening Explorer (1954 games)

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6


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D43: Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav Opening Explorer (1232 games)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3


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E58: Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 Opening Explorer (934 games)

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6


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B31: Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation Opening Explorer (859 games)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3


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E24-E29: Nimzo-Indian, Saemisch Opening Explorer (819 games) <1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 >

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1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3


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B11: Caro-Kann, 2♘s variation, 3...Bg4 Opening Explorer (807 games)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+


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E11: Bogo-Indian Defense Opening Explorer (552 games)

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6


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Classical C11: Classical French, Rubinstein Opening Explorer (551 games)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5


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D91: Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 Opening Explorer (537 games) with <7...e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. Qe3+ Kf8 10. Qf4 Bf6 11. h4> as mainline (107 games left)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6


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D38: Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation Opening Explorer (481 games)

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6


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B67: Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 Opening Explorer (451 games)

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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3


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A17: English Opening Explorer (418 games)

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A45: Queen's Pawn Game Opening Explorer (380 games)

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6


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D12: Queen's Gambit Declined Slav Opening Explorer (371 games)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6


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E41: Nimzo-Indian, Huebner variation Opening Explorer (348 games)

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6


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B31: Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation Opening Explorer (319 games)

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6


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B30: Sicilian Opening Explorer (285 games)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6


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A45: Queen's Pawn Game Opening Explorer (274 games)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6


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A45: Queen's Pawn Game Opening Explorer (222 games)

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6


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C65: Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense Opening Explorer (216 games)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6


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A46: Queen's Pawn Game Opening Explorer (215 games)

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3


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D07: Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense Opening Explorer (211 games)

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3


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D07: Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense Opening Explorer (209 games)

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6


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D34: Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch Opening Explorer (206 games)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3


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E30/E31: Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad /Main Line Opening Explorer (203 games)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3


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E12/E13: Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line / E21: Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights Opening Explorer (202 games)

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6


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C13: French Opening Explorer (202 games)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3


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E12/E13: Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line / E21: Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights Opening Explorer (173 games)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+


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E11: Bogo-Indian Defense Opening Explorer (169 games)

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3


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C01: French, Exchange (Winawer) Opening Explorer (139 games)

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1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3


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A41: Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) Opening Explorer (139 games)

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6


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B69: Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 11.Bxf6 Opening Explorer (138 games)

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3


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D07: Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense Opening Explorer (134 games)

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1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 >


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A40: Queen's Pawn Game aka <The <Dzindzi Indian> Opening Explorer (117 games) see also my Game Collection: 98_A40 Dzindzi Indian aka The Beefeater

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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Qb3 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5


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D58: Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) System Opening Explorer (117 games)

else <1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 >


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Opening Explorer (88 games)

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3


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A29: English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto Opening Explorer (107 games +)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6


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A45: Queen's Pawn Game Opening Explorer (105 games)

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6


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B97: Sicilian, Najdorf Opening Explorer (99 games)

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6


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E06: Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 Opening Explorer (98 games)

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Bxc3


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A29: English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto Opening Explorer (90 games +)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3


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E20: Nimzo-Indian / E21: Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights Opening Explorer (95 games)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2


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B97: Sicilian, Najdorf Opening Explorer (90 games)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5


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D38: Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation Opening Explorer (87 games)

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6


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B30: Sicilian / B51: Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack Opening Explorer (84 games)

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6


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B67: Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 Opening Explorer (79 games)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3


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E40: Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 Opening Explorer (78 games)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bxf6 Bxf6


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D80: Grunfeld Opening Explorer (77 games) with <6. cxd5 c6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. dxc6> as mainline (22 games)

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6


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B63: Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack Opening Explorer (70 games)

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3


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B08: Pirc, Classical Opening Explorer (69 games)

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6


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B40: Sicilian / B45: Sicilian, Taimanov Opening Explorer (53 games)

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1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3


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C30: King's Gambit Declined Opening Explorer (46 games)

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6


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C02: French, Advance Opening Explorer (45 games)

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3


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C17/C18: French, Winawer Opening Explorer (42 games)

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1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6


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A01: Nimzovich-Larsen Attack Opening Explorer (41 games)

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. cxd4


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C02: French, Advance Opening Explorer (41 games)

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1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 d5 10. c5 Bxf3


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B05: Alekhine's Defense, Modern Opening Explorer (37 games)

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7


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C17/C18: French, Winawer Opening Explorer (35 games)

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1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3


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B05: Alekhine's Defense, Modern Opening Explorer (35 games)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 exf6


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A45: Queen's Pawn Game Opening Explorer (32 games)

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3


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B01: Scandinavian Opening Explorer (31 games)

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rad1 Qc8 11. Qc1 Rd8 12. Rxd8+ Qxd8 13. Rd1 Qf8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3


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B08: Pirc, Classical Opening Explorer (30 games)

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1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ndb4 8. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6


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A15: English / A04: Reti Opening Opening Explorer (27 games)

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bxf3 7. gxf3


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D07: Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense Opening Explorer (27 games)

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3


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E21: Nimzo-Indian, Three Knight Opening Explorer (26 games)

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bxc6 bxc6


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B31: Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation Opening Explorer (26 games)

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6


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A16: English Opening Explorer (24 games)

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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6


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D43: Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav Opening Explorer (19 games) this looks like a bad trade-off for white, %-wise

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3


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B01: Scandinavian Opening Explorer (18 games)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3


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A56: Benoni Defense (5) / A40: Queen's Pawn Game (3) / A42: Modern Defense, Averbakh System; even B27: Sicilian Opening Explorer (14 games)

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1. b3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. e3 Nbd7 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3


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A06: Reti Opening Opening Explorer (14 games)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 Bg4 8. O-O Na6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 >


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E91: King's Indian (various openings actually) Opening Explorer (12 games, there are actually more games, if you go along, eg <1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 Bg4 8. O-O Na6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nc7 11. Be3 Nd7 > with 20 games)

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1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Ne5


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A06: Reti Opening / A01: Nimzovich-Larsen Attack Opening Explorer (10 games only)

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1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3


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A41: Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) Opening Explorer (7 games (only))

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1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. e4 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 g6


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A41: Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) Opening Explorer (4 games (only))

# <1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 > 9 games

# <1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Bxf6 Bxf6> (3 games)

# <1. Nf3 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 Bg4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 gxf6> G Welling vs G Tammert, 1986

# <1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Nh5 5. Be5 f6 6. Bg3 Nxg3> Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935

# <1.g3 Nf6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.d3 O-O 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Qc1 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3> K Spraggett vs M Campbell, 1974

Fischer vs Mecking, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 42 moves, 1-0

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6
A Dunnington vs J P McKenna, 2012
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 37 moves, 1-0

Miles vs Ljubojevic, 1983 
(A04) Reti Opening, 60 moves, 1-0

Smyslov vs Huebner, 1983
(A15) English, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2

Petrosian vs W Schmidt, 1972 
(A16) English, 38 moves, 1-0

Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990 
(A17) English, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

Kramnik vs Karpov, 1997 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 35 moves, 1-0

Kramnik vs Z Zhang, 2004 
(A17) English, 78 moves, 1-0

I Salgado Lopez vs D Bunzmann, 2014
(A17) English, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2

4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3
Spassky vs Fischer, 1992 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 58 moves, 1-0

S Chanda vs R R Ankit, 2015
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 44 moves, 1-0

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nd7
Polgar vs Bareev, 2007 
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 33 moves, 1-0

Dominguez Perez vs Grischuk, 2016
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

RR-attack
Geller vs Larsen, 1966 
(B69) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 11.Bxf6, 43 moves, 1-0

Short vs Kasparov, 1995 
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3 7.bc3
A Melekhina vs T Abrahamyan, 2015
(C01) French, Exchange, 35 moves, 1-0

Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1929 
(C11) French, 51 moves, 1-0

Z Almasi vs Korchnoi, 1996 
(C18) French, Winawer, 33 moves, 1-0

C18+ 5.a3 Ba5 6.Qg4 Ne7 7.dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qa5
Shabalov vs G Fant, 1991
(C18) French, Winawer, 75 moves, 1-0

KG by AR
Rubinstein vs Hromadka, 1923 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0

Wei Yi vs C Balogh, 2015
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2

Fischer vs Spassky, 1972 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2

Kasparov vs F Vallejo Pons, 2005 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 54 moves, 1-0

Gelfand vs Anand, 2012 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2

I Lysyj vs M Matlakov, 2014 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 40 moves, 1-0

E Inarkiev vs Shirov, 2008 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 34 moves, 0-1

J Gustafsson vs C Zhu, 2012
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 1-0

Movsesian vs Motylev, 2012 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 32 moves, 1-0

Nxg6 hg6
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2

Nxg6 hxg6
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006  
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 1-0

Nxg6 hg6
Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2011 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 1-0

Nxg6 hg6
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 50 moves, 1-0

Nxg6 hg6
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2

Buhmann vs Shirov, 2008 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 31 moves, 0-1

Bxf6 Qxf6
Van Wely vs Lobron, 1995
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 34 moves, 1-0

Bxf6 Qxf6
Carlsen vs Onischuk, 2007 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0

Bxf6 Qxf6
Torre vs M A Schapiro, 1924 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0

Bxf6 Qxf6
Carlsen vs Topalov, 2009 
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0

Alekhine vs L Asztalos, 1927 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1-0

Bxf6 Qxf6
Mamedyarov vs Ivanchuk, 2007 
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 39 moves, 1-0

Kasparov vs Short, 1986 
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0

6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6
E Magerramov vs Kasparov, 1977 
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 30 moves, 0-1

D91 Grünfeld
Mamedyarov vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015 
(D80) Grunfeld, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

D90 Grünfeld 3N var.
Nisipeanu vs Caruana, 2013 
(D90) Grunfeld, 57 moves, 0-1

D91: Grunfeld, 5.Bg5
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1984 
(D91) Grunfeld, 5.Bg5, 38 moves, 1-0

Seirawan vs Kasparov, 1986 
(D91) Grunfeld, 5.Bg5, 62 moves, 1-0

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3
M Parligras vs H Steingrimsson, 2012
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2

Saemisch vs Gruenfeld, 1929 
(E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 48 moves, 1-0

Lilienthal vs Najdorf, 1948 
(E29) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 25 moves, 1-0

E Pileckis vs Fridman, 2014
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 87 moves, 1/2-1/2

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