King's Pawn Opening
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Named variations of the King's Pawn Opening
Our opening book catalogues 92 named variations in this family. Here they all are:
- Alapin Opening
- Barnes Defense
- Barnes, Fried Fox Defense
- Barnes, Owen's Defense
- Barnes, Owen, Unicorn Variation
- Borg Defense
- Borg Defense, Borg Gambit
- Borg Defense, Langhorst Gambit
- Borg Defense, Troon Gambit
- Borg Defense, Zilbermints Gambit
- Carr Defense
- Carr, Zilbermints Gambit
- Důras Gambit
- Goldsmith Defense
- Goldsmith, Picklepuss Defense
- Hippopotamus Defense
- King's Head Opening
- King's Knight Variation
- King's Knight, Busch-Gass Gambit
- King's Knight, Busch-Gass, Chiodini Gambit
- King's Knight, Busch-Gass, Hamppe Meitner Variation
- King's Knight, Damiano Defense
- King's Knight, Damiano Defense, Damiano Gambit
- King's Knight, Damiano Defense, Damiano Gambit, Chigorin Gambit
- King's Knight, Elephant Gambit
- King's Knight, Elephant, Maróczy Gambit
- King's Knight, Elephant, Paulsen Countergambit
- King's Knight, Elephant, Wasp Variation
- King's Knight, Gunderam Defense
- King's Knight, Gunderam Defense, Gunderam Gambit
- King's Knight, Gunderam Gambit
- King's Knight, Irish Gambit
- King's Knight, Irish, Chicago Gambit
- King's Knight, Konstantinopolsky Variation
- King's Knight, Latvian Gambit Accepted
- King's Knight, McConnell Defense
- King's Knight, McConnell, La Bourdonnais Gambit
- King's Knight, Pachman Wing Gambit
- Latvian Accepted, Corkscrew Gambit
- Latvian Accepted, Foltys-Leonhardt Variation
- Latvian Accepted, Fraser Defense
- Latvian Accepted, Greco Variation
- Latvian Accepted, Main Line
- Latvian Accepted, Main Line, Bilguer Variation
- Latvian Accepted, Main Line, Bilguer, Bronstein Attack
- Latvian Accepted, Main Line, Bilguer, Bronstein Gambit
- Latvian Accepted, Main Line, Bilguer, Nimzowitsch Attack
- Latvian Gambit
- Latvian Gambit Accepted
- Latvian, Clam Gambit
- Latvian, Diepstraten Countergambit
- Latvian, Lobster Gambit
- Latvian, Mason Countergambit
- Latvian, Mayet Attack
- Latvian, Mayet, Bētiņš Variation
- Latvian, Mayet, Morgado Defense
- Latvian, Mayet, Poisoned Pawn Variation
- Latvian, Mayet, Poisoned Pawn, Duke of Courland Variation
- Latvian, Mayet, Polerio-Svedenborg Variation
- Latvian, Mayet, Strautins Gambit
- Latvian, Młotkowski Variation
- Latvian, Senechaud Gambit
- Lemming Defense
- Leonardis Variation
- Leonardis, Radisch Gambit
- Leonardis, Reversed King's Gambit
- Leonardis, Weber Gambit
- MacLeod Attack
- MacLeod, Lasa Gambit
- MacLeod, Norwalde Gambit
- Mengarini Opening
- Napoleon Attack
- Speers Variation
- St. George Defense
- St. George, Polish Variation
- St. George, San Jorge Variation
- St. George, Woodchuck Variation
- St. George, Zilbermints Gambit
- Tayler Opening
- Tayler, Basman Gambit
- Tayler, Inverted Hanham Variation
- The Bongcloud
- The Double Bongcloud
- The Whale Variation
- The Whale, Bavarian Gambit
- Tortoise Opening
- Van Hooydoon Gambit
- Ware Defense
- Ware, Snagglepuss Defense
- Wayward Queen Attack
- Wayward Queen, Kiddie Countergambit
- Wayward Queen, Mellon Gambit
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