List of chess openings named after places
The Oxford Companion to Chess lists 1,327 named openings and variants. Many of them are named for geographic places.
Below is a 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 the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5
- American Gambit of the Dutch Defense 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nd2
- Adelaide Counter-Gambit of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5
- Amsterdam Variation of the Sicilian 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 the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7
- Argentine Gambit of the Baltic Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.cxd5 Bxb1 4.Qa4+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6
- Argentine Variation of the Cambridge 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 the French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5
- Australian Gambit of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.h4
- Austrian Attack in the Pirc Defense 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4
- Austrian Defense of the Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5
- Baltic Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 (named for the Baltic countries)
- Baltic Opening (or Dunst Opening) 1.Nc3
- Basque Gambit of the Ruy 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
- Battambang Opening 1. Nc3 e5 2. a3
- 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 the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 Bb6 (named for the Benelux countries)
- Berlin Variation of the Ruy 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 the English Opening 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3
- Breslau Variation of the Ruy 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 the Alekhine's Defence 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ng8
- Brussels Gambit of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 f5
- Budapest Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5
- Bulgarian Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a5
- Calabrian Countergambit of the Bishop's Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5
- Cambridge Gambit of the Alekhine's Defence 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 g5
- Cambridge Springs Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 c6 6.e3 Qa5
- Carlsbad Variation of the Slav 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 the Sicilian 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 (or Irish Gambit) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5?
- Chicago Defense to the Smith-Morra Gambit against the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 a6 7.0-0 b5 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Rd1 Ra7
- Chinese Variation of the Pirc Defense 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.g4!?
- Chinese Variation of the Sicilian 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
- Clarendon Court Variation of the Benoni Defense 1.d4 c5 2.d5 f5
- Cologne Gambit of the Ware Opening 1.a4 b6 2.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nd7
- Colorado Defense of the Nimzowitsch Defense 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5
- Copenhagen Defense of the Danish Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Bb4+
- Cracow Variation of the Italian 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 by Siegbert Tarrasch for the Slav Defense, 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6
- Czech Defense (or Pribyl System) 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
- Czech Variation of the Slav 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 the Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3
- Edinburgh Variation of the Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3. Nd2 Qb6
- English Attack of the Sicilian 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 the Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 h6
- Florentine Gambit of the King's Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Be2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.e5
- Fort Knox Variation of the French Defence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6
- Franco-Benoni 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5
- Frankfurt Variation of the French Defence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ng8 6. Be3 b6
- French Defence 1.e4 e6
- German Defense of the Polish Sokolsky Opening 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Qd6 3. a3 e5 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Nf6 6. c4! dxc4 7. e3 Be7 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nc3
- Glasgow Kiss Variation of the Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Nc6
- Gothenburg Variation of the Sicilian 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 (or Owen's Defense) 1.e4 b6
- Guatemala Defense 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Ba6
- Hastings Variation of the Queen'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 the King's Indian Defense.
- Hungarian Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7
- Hungarian Opening (or Benko's Opening) 1. g3
- Hungarian Variation of the Sicilian 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 the Nimzo-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 (or Chicago Gambit) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5?
- Israeli Gambit (or Halasz 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 the Scandinavian Defense 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb4
- Leipzig Gambit (or Müller-Schulze Gambit) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5?!
- 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 the Dutch Defense 1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6
- Lisbon Gambit 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Nc6
- Lithuanian Variation of the Mikenas Defense 1.d4 Nc6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Nce7
- Lodz Variation of the Tarrasch 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
- Maltese Falcon Attack (or Gibbins-Wiedehagen Gambit) 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4 Nxg4 3.f3 Nf6 4.e4
- Manhattan Gambit of the Dutch 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 the King'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 the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bb5
- Marienbad Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Bb2
- Massachusetts Defense of the Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 f5
- Mediterranean Defense 1.e4 e6 2.d4 Nf6
- Meran Variation of the Semi-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
- Miami Variation of the Italian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d4 Bxd4 5.Nxd4 Nxd4 6.Be3
- Montevideo Defense 1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Nb8
- Modern Archangel Defense of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5
- Moscow Variation of the Semi-Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6
- Moscow Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+
- New Castle Gambit of the (French Defense Tarrasch variation) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 e5
- Nordic Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 (alternative name for the Danish Gambit)
- North Sea Variation of the Modern Defense 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.e5 Nh5
- Norwegian Defense 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6, intending 3.e5 Nh5!? and if 4.g4!?, Ng7
- Norwegian Defense of the Ruy 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 the Danish Gambit)
- Nottingham Variation of the Sicilian 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 the Dunst Opening 1.Nc3 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qh4
- Novosibirsk Variation of the Sicilian 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 the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f6
- Oxford Gambit of the Four Knights Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 Bb4 5.d5 Nd4
- Oxford Variation of the Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3
- Paris Defence (or Semi-Italian Opening) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6
- Paris Gambit 1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f4!? (intending 3...Bxh3 4.Bxh3 exf4 5.0-0)
- Paris Opening (or Amar Opening) 1.Nh3
- Peruvian Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c5
- Podebrady Variation of the Sicilian 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 the Scandinavian 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 the Tarrasch Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6
- Prussian Game (or Two Knights Defense) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- Riga Variation of the Ruy 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 the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7
- Romanian Opening (or Dunst Opening) 1.Nc3
- Russian Defense of the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 d6
- Russian Game (or Petrov's Defense) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6
- San Francisco Gambit of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Na5 4.b4
- Saragossa Opening 1.c3
- Scandinavian Defense 1.e4 d5
- Scheveningen Variation of the Sicilian 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 the Semi-Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.Bd3 c5
- Seville Variation of the Grünfeld 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 the Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.Qd3 d5 3.Nc3
- Siberian Trap in the Smith-Morra Gambit against the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 Qc7 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Qe2 Ng4! 9.h3?? (or 9.Bb3??) Nd4!
- Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5
- Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6
- Spanish Game (or Ruy Lopez) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
- Stockholm Variation of the Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5
- St. Petersburg Variation of the Ruy 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 the Bird's Opening 1.f4 f5 2.e4!?
- Swiss Variation of the French Defence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3
- Tashkent Attack of the King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Nh5 5.g4
- Toilet Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.Nc3
- Tübingen Gambit of the Dunst Opening 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.g4
- Ukrainian Variation of the Old Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3
- Valencia Opening (or Mieses Opening) 1.d3 e5 2.Nd2
- Venice Attack of the Sicilian 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 the Queen'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
- Vinohrady Variation of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g4 named after a district in Prague
- Volga Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 (named for the Volga River, the national river of Russia)
- Voronezh Variation of the Alekhine's Defence 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Rc1 0-0 9.b3
- Warsaw Variation of the Dutch 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 the Queen'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 the Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6
- Yerevan System of the Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Nc3
- Wilkes-Barre Variation of the Two Knights Defense 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5!?
- Yugoslav Attack in the Sicilian 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 (or Pirc Defense) 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- Yugoslav Variation of the King'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 the Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3
- Zaire Defense of the Alekhine's Defence 1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Nb8 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Ng8
- Zurich Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.g4
- Zurich Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6
A 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 this list of chess opening names.
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