List of chess openings named after places
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- Austrian Attack in the Pirc Defense 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4
- Baltic Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 (named for the Baltic countries)
- Baltic Opening 1.Nc3
- 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
- Brazilian Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qe7?!
- Budapest Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5
- 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
- Catalan Opening 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 (named for the Catalonia region of Spain and France)
- Chicago Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5?
- Chinese Variation of the Pirc Defense 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.g4!?
- Czech Defense 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 dxc3 4.Bc4
- 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
- English Defense 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6
- English Opening 1.c4
- Franco-Benoni 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5
- French Defense 1.e4 e6, typically followed by 2.d4 d5
- Hungarian Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7
- 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 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5?
- Italian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d4?!
- Italian Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4
- Latvian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5
- Leningrad Variation of the Dutch Defense 1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6
- 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.
- Mexican Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6
- 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 Defense 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+
- Norwegian Defense to the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5
- Paris Gambit 1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f4!? (intending 3...Bxh3 4.Bxh3 exf4 5.0-0)
- Paris Opening 1.Nh3
- Polish Defense 1.d4 b5 or 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5
- Polish Opening 1.b4
- Portuguese Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Bb5
- 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
- Russian Defense to the Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 d6
- Russian Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6
- Scandinavian Defense 1.e4 d5
- 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
- Sicilian Defense 1.e4 c5
- Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6
- Spanish Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
- Swedish Variation of the Tarrasch Defense to the Queen's Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4
- Swiss Gambit 1.f4 f5 2.e4!? fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4
- Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3
- Volga Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 (named for the Volga River, the national river of Russia)
- 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 Defense, Dragon Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
- Yugoslav Defense 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
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.
