Open games Center opening North gambit King's gambit Bishop's gambit Knight's gambit Polerio gambit Greco-Philidor gambit Allgaier gambit Kieseritzky gambit Declined King's gambit Falkbeer Counter gambit Bishop's opening Vienna game King's knight opening Latvian gambit Philidor defense Petrov defense Ponziani opening Scottish game Scottish gambit Italian game Evans gambit Hungarian game Two Knights' game Three Knights' game Four Knights' game Ruy Lopez Defensive systems without the move 3...a6 Cordel defense Bird deense Jaenisch gambit Berlin defense Steinitz defense Rare schemes Defensive systems with 3...a6 Exchange variation Variation 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 f5 Moeller system The improved Steinitz defense Open variation Chigorin's systems Marshall counter attack Semi-opened games Scandinavian game Alekhine defense Nimzowich opening Pirc - Ufimtsev defense Caro - Kann defense French defense Exchange variation Nimzowich variation Tarrasch variation Rubinstein variation Classic variation Winaver variation Chigorin system Sicilian defense Closed system Rubinstein variation Dragon variation Najdorf variation Boleslavsky system Rauser attack Sozin attack Sceveningen variation Chelyabinsk variation Paulsen system Closed games Accepted queen's gambit Declined queen's gambit Orthodox defense Orthodox fianchetto Tartakower-Makogonov-Bondarevsky system Capablanca system Extended fianchetto Carlsbad variation Exchange system Pillsbury defense Ragozin defense Vienna variation Tarrasch defense Semi-Tarrasch defense Slav defense Exchange variation Slav gambit Chigorin system Meran variation Main system Botvinnik system Catalan opening Chigorin defense Albin counter gambit Queen's pawns' opening Veresov system Torre system Zukertort system Colle system Blackmore-Diemer gambit Budapest gambit Nimzo-Indian defense Saemisch system 4.a3 Rubinstein system 4.e3 Leningrad variation 4.Bg5 Romanishin variation Classic system 4.Qc2 Queen's Indian defense Queen's Indian defense Petrosian system Bogo-Indian defense King's Indian defense Four pawns variation Saemisch variation White king's fianchetto Classic system Averbakh system Petrosian system Modern defense Closed system Benoni defense Classic system Modern Benoni Volga gambit Gruenfeld defense Dutch defense Staunton gambit Iljin-Genevsky system Stone wall system Leningrad system Queen's pawn opening Trompowski attack Torre attack Bird opening From gambit Dutch set-up for White King's Indian opening Reti opening English opening Nimzowich - Larsen opening Sokolsky opening