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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.

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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