e4 e5 Nc3 Nf6 Bc4 Nxe4 Qh5 Nd6 Bb3 Be7 Nf3 Nc6 Nxe5 ​ Alekhine’s Variation is a King’s Pawn opening where queen is brought into the...

e4 e5 Nc3 Nf6 Bc4 Nxe4 Qh5 Nd6 Bb3 Nc6 d4 The idea behind this opening is to create an open diagonal for the bishop on the c1 and attack...

e4 e5 Nc3 Nf6 Bc4 Nc6 The Three Knight’s Variation allows black to get his knight to be exchanged for the light squared bishop which is...

e4 e5 Nc3 Nf6 f4 d5 d3 In the Steinitz Variation , white on the outer looks to be defending the pawn on the e4 but if e4 pawn is not...

e4 e5 Nc3 Nf6 f4 d5 fxe5 Nxe4 Nf3 Be7 ​ In the Breyer Variation , black knight hops onto the e4 square thereby allowing for the exchange...

e4 e5 Nc3 Nf6 f4 d5 fxe5 Nxe4 Nf3 Bg4 Qe2 The Kaufmann Variation of the Vienna game involves developing the queen on the e2 square....

e4 e5 Nc3 Nf6 f4 d5 fxe5 Nxe4 Qf3 f5 ​ The move f5 gives a great stronghold of the knight though it may seem that white can have a...

1.b4 Nh6 Karniewski opening white developing knight to h6 square but does not contain much of the top rated games played in this opening.

1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.g4 Black counters the b4 played by white with fianchettoing the bishop on the kingside. The position creates an...

1.b4 Nc6 The grigorian variation, the knight is placed on the c6 square unlike a6 square which occurs in the bucker defense. Here too the...

1.b4 Na6 Once b4 is played by white black has an opportunity to play Na6 as he may find the knight better placed on c5 square. This is...

1.b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bxb4 4. Bc4 Nc6 5.f4 Qe7 6.f5 g6 Brinckmann variation is an extension of the tartakower gambit where black is...

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bxb4 In contrasting to the openings seen above, here white has let go of the b4 pawn which allows white to gain an...

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 c5 In the Wolfert’s gambit, white creates an active play in the queenside and black creates a pawn sacrifice on e5. If e5...

1.b4 e5 2.a3 Bugayev’s attack is a kind of flank attack for white white bishop eyeing the e pawn. White may proceed on to play along the...

1.B4 d5 2.Bb2 c6 3.a4 Myer’s variation involves white expanding on the queen side with black solidifying the center squares. With this...

1.b4 c5 Birmingham Gambit is with black responding to white’s flank attack with sacrificing a pawn initially but later on in the game...

1.b4 Polish Opening also called as orangutan opening whose most famous use was by Tartakower against Maroczy in the New York 1924 Chess...

1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 a5 3.b5 cxb5 4.e4…… In the Schuhler’s gambit, white tries to divert the pawn from the center towards the edge which is...

1.a3…. Opening is called the anderssen opening. This is a variation popularized by the player Anderssen and had played several games...