Index of Moves and Variation Names

These openings constitute the main structure of the book. Other less important named variations may be found in the notes – for those the page numbers are indicated between brackets.

1.e4 e5 (Open Games):
2.Bc4 d5	Khan Gambit	44
2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.Nf3 0-0	Kitchener Folly	64
2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxe4 4.Nc3	Morphy Gambit	374
2.Nf3 Nc6 Lines:
3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nxe4 5.0-0	Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit	31
3.c3	Ponziani Opening: Fraser Attack	144
3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4	Scotch Gambit	342
3.d4 exd4 4.c3	Göring Gambit	141
3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4	Halloween Gambit	18
3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4	Evans Gambit: Lasker Defense	402
3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 Nge7 8.cxd4	Evans Gambit: 7…Nge7 Defense with 8.cxd4	406
3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 Nge7 8.Ng5	Evans Gambit: 7…Nge7 Defense with 8.Ng5	404
3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.0-0	Evans Gambit: 6.0-0	407
3.Bb5 g5	Spanish Game: Brentano Gambit	65
3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Ng4	Spanish Game: Fishing Pole	238
3.Bb5 Qe7	Spanish Game: Vinogradov Variation	241
3.Bb5 Bb4	Spanish Game: Alapin Variation	242
2.Nf3 Other:
2…Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7 Kxf7 5.Nc3	Cochrane Gambit 1: 5.Bc4 and 5.Nc3	37
2…Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7 Kxf7 5.d4	Cochrane Gambit 2: 5.d4 Main Line	40
2…Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4	Russian Game: Symmetrical Variation	51
2…Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nd3	Russian Game: Karklins Variation	109
2…d6 3.d4 f5	Philidor Countergambit	49
2…d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Nd7	Philidor Defense: Albin-Blackburne Gambit	249
2…Qf6	McConnell Defense	54
2…d5 3.exd5	Elephant Gambit: 3.exd5	60
2…d5 3.Nxe5	Elephant Gambit: Wasp Variation	56
2…Qe7 and Others	1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Irregular Moves for Black	236
2…f6	Damiano’s Defense	(236)
2…f5	Latvian Gambit	245
2.f4 (King’s Gambit):
2…Qh4+	Keene Defense	389
2…d5 3.exd5 c6	Marshall Countergambit	391
2…Nc6 3.Nf3 f5	Miles Defense	393
2…Qf6	Nordwalde Variation	45
2…Bc5 3.Nf3 g5	Sénéchaud Countergambit	47
2…c5	Mafia Defense	251
2. Other:
2.Bb5	Portuguese Opening	(92)
2.a3	Mengarini’s Opening	(92)
2.c4	Whale	(94)
2.Ne2	Alapin Opening	98
2.c3	MacLeod Attack	102
2.c3 d5 3.Qh5 Bd6	Pohl Gambit	100
2.d4 exd4 3.c3	Danish Gambit	105
1.e4 c5 (Sicilian Defense):
2.Nf3 e6 3.b4	Deferred Sicilian Wing Gambit	128
2.Nf3 h6	Bücker Variation	255
2.Nf3 a6	O’Kelly Variation	251
2.Nf3 Nf6	Nimzowitsch Variation	256
2.d4	Smith-Morra Gambit	117
2.b3	Czerniak Variation	125
2.b4	Sicilian Wing Gambit	231
1.e4 e6 (French Defense):
2.d4 d5 3.c4	Diemer-Duhm Gambit	138
2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4	Advance Variation: Nimzowitsch	130
2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bd7	Advance Variation: Bishop Swap	265
2.d4 f5	Franco-Hiva Gambit	67
2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bd7 8.0-0	Milner-Barry Gambit	151
2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4	French Wing Gambit	136
2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.Qb3	Orthoschnapp Gambit	27
2.b3 and Others	Irregular 2nd moves	133
1.e4 c6 (Caro-Kann):
2.d4 d5 3.f3	Fantasy Variation	344
2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.f3	Von Hennig Gambit	146
2.Bc4 d5 3.Bb3	Hillbilly Attack	148
2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h6 5.g4	Advance Variation: Pawnstorm	149
2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 b5	Gurgenidze Counterattack	269
2.d4 Na6	De Bruycker Defense	270
1.e4 Nf6 (Alekhine Defense):
2.e5 Ne4	Mokele Mbembe	75
2.e5 Ng8	Brooklyn Defense	264
1.e4 Nc6 (Nimzowitsch Defense):
2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.d5 Nb8 5.f3	Panov Gambit	380
2.d4 f6	Neo-Mongoloid	72
2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qxd4	Marshall Gambit	111
2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.d5	Nimzowitsch Gambit	113
2.d4 e5	2…e5	273
2.Nf3 f5	Colorado Counter	276
2.b4	Wheeler Gambit	43
1.e4 Other:
1…b6	Owen Defense	intro + 278
1…b6 2.d4 Ba6	Guatemala Defense	272
1…g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5	Pterodactyl (aka Sniper)	260
1…g6 2.d4 Nf6	North Sea Defense	267
1…f5	Fred	68
1…g5	Borg Defense: Troon Gambit	69
1…h6	Carr Defense	73
1…a6 2.d4 b5	St George Defense	282
1.d4:
1…d5 2.c4 (Queen’s Gambit):
2…Bf5	Baltic Defense	286
2…c5	Austrian Defense	289
2…e5	Albin Countergambit	297
2…e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.f3	Semi-Slav Defense: Gunderam Gambit	347
2…c6 3.Nc3 e5	Slav: Winawer Countergambit	293
1…d5 2.Nf3 Lines:
2…Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nbd2.	Colle System: Classical Main Line	349
2…Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.0-0 Be7	Colle Zukertort-Rubinstein: A Defense with 6…Be7	354
2…Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.0-0 Bd6	Colle-Zukertort-Rubinstein: A Defense with 6…Bd6	357
2…Nf6 3.e3 Bg4	Anti-Colle	413
2…Nf6 3.e3 g6	Anti-Colle Grünfeld	415
2…Nf6 3.Bf4	London System	185
2…Bg4	Zukertort Opening	303
1…d5 2.Nc3 Lines:
2…Nf6 3.e4 Nxe4	Hübsch Gambit	(173)
2…Nf6 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 c6	Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: O’Kelly Variation	408
2…Nf6 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 c6	Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Ziegler Defense	177
2…Nf6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Bf4	Barry Attack: Czech Defense	163
2…Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bf4	Barry Attack with…g6	165
2…Nf6 3.Bg5 h6	Veresov Attack with 3…h6	183
2…Nf6 3.Bg5 Nbd7	Veresov Attack with 3…Nbd7	185
1…d5 Other:
2.Bg5	Lewitzky Attack	155
2.e3	Colle with 2.e3	168
2.Bf4 c5 3.e4	London System: Morris Gambit	176
1.d4 Nf6:
2.c4 e5	Budapest Gambit	418
2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4	Fajarowicz Defense	316
2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.g4	Grünfeld Defense: The Gibbon	20
2.c4 g6 3.d5	Anti-Grünfeld	360
2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Ne4	Döry-Indian	313
2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6	Dzindzi-Indian	321
2.c4 e6 3.g4	Devin Gambit	194
2.c4 e6 3.g3 e5	Anti-Catalan: Hungarian Gambit	396
2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5	Janowsk-Indian	315
2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 Bd6	Benoni Defense: Snake Variation	328
2.c4 c5 3.d5 Ne4	The Vulture	331
2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.g4	Benko Gambit: The Mutkin	28
2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3	Two Knights Tango with 3.Nc3	305
2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3	Two Knights Tango with 3.Nf3	308
2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5	Torre Attack with…e7-e6	361
2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7	Torre Attack: A Fianchetto Defense	364
2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7	Queen’s Indian vs. Colle	165
2.Bg5	Trompowsky Attack	370
2.g4 and Others	1.d4 Nf6 Irregular 2nd Moves.	188
1.d4 f5 (Dutch Defense):
2.h3	Kortchnoi Attack	368
2.g4	Krejcik Gambit	197
2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g4	Spielmann Gambit	203
2.Nc3 d5 3.e4	Kingfisher Gambit	200
2.Bf4 e6 3.g4	Sénéchaud Gambit	195
1.d4 Other:
1…d6 2.Nf3 Bg4	Wade Defense	420
1…Nc6	Lundin Defense	77
1…e5	Englund Gambit Complex	79
1…c5 2.d5 Na6	Benoni: Snail Variation	82
1…c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Qa5	Woozle	334
1…c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.Nf3 c4	Hawk	335
1…c5 2.b4	Zilbermints-Benoni Gambit	28
1…c5 2.d5 f5	Clarendon Court	326
1…g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 f5	Modern Defense: Randspringer Variation	90
1…g6 2.h4 Nf6 3.h5	Pirc-Diemer Gambit	204
1…g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 f5.	Modern Defense: Beefeater	278
1…e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Bxd2+ 4.Qxd2 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.e4 Nh6	Kangaroo Defense	323
1…b5	Polish Defense	291
1.c4 (English Opening):
1…g5	Myers Defense	84
1…c5 2.b4	English Wing Gambit	25
1…e5 2.g3 h5	Drill Variation	87
1…f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4	Porcupine	206
1…f5 2.g4	Wade Gambit	208
1…d5 2 cxd5 Nf6	Duhm Gambit	337
Other White Opening Moves:
1.b3 e6 2.Bb2 f5 3.e4	Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Ringelbach Gambit	378
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.g4	Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Spike Variation	225
1.a4	Ware Opening	226
1.Nc3	Van Geet Opening	213+382
1.Nc3 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4	Reversed Scandinavian	213
1.d3	Venezolana Formation	388
1.f4 g5	Bird’s Opening: Hobbs Gambit	88
1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b4	Bird’s Opening: Batavo-Polish Attack.	212
1.f4 e5	Bird’s Opening: From’s Gambit	337
1.g4	Grob Attack	21
1.a3	Anderssen’s Opening	209
1.h4	Kadas Opening	35
1.a3/2.b3/3.c3/4.d3/5.e3 etc.	Drunken Hippo or Hippopotamus Formation	33+220
1.a3 e5 2.h3	Creepy Crawly Formation	223
1.h3	Clemenz Opening	215
1.d3	Mieses Opening	218
1.b4	Polish Opening	228