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Reviewing and studying games of grandmasters and world champions can help students learn more about chess by showing positions and patterns that can lead to successful playing.

Here is a list of games arranged by the opening. Openings are determined by the early moves of the games.

Symmetrical King’s Pawn Openings

King’s Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2.f4

Vienna Game: 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6

Three Knight’s Game: 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3

Ruy Lopez: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb4

Three Knight’s Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3

Four Knight’s Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6

Giuoco Piano: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5

Hungarian Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7

Two Knight’s Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6

Scotch Game: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4

Goring Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3

Ponziani’s Opening: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3

Petrov’s Defense (also Russian Defense): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6

Philidor’s Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4

Queen’s Pawn Counter Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5

Latvian (or Greco Counter-) Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5

Bishop’s Opening: 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4

Center Game: 1. e4 e5 2. d4

Danish Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3

Alapin’s Opening: 1. e4 e5 2. Ne2

Semi-Open King’s Pawn Defenses

Alekhine’s Defense: 1. e4 Nf6

Caro-Kann Defense: 1. e4 c6

French Defense: 1. e4 e6

Sicilian Defense: 1. e4 c5

Pirc Defense: 1. e4 d6 2. d4

Robatsch (or Modern) Defense: 1. e4 g6 2. d4

Center Counter Defense: 1. e4 d5

Nimzowitsch Defense: 1. e4 Nc6

Basman Defense: 1. e4 g5 2. d4

Owen’s Defense: 1. e4 b6 2. d4

Baker’s Defense: 1. e4 a6 2. d4

Queen’s Pawn Openings

Symmetrical Queen’s Pawn Openings

Queen’s Gambit Declined: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6

Queen’s Gambit Accepted: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4

Slav. and Semi-Slav Defense: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6

Queen’s Gambit, Chigorin Defense: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6

Queen’s Gambit, Albin Counter Gambit: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5

Colle System: 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3

Stonewall System: 1. d4 d5 2. e3

Queen’s Bishop Attack: 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: 1. d4 d5 2. e4

Asymmetrical Queen’s Pawn Games

Budapest (Counter) Gambit: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5

Dory Defense: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Ne4

Blumenfeld (Counter) Gambit: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5

Kevitz-Trajkovic Defense: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6

Richter-Veresov Attack: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5

Trompowski (or Opocensky or Ruth) Attack: 1. d4 Nf6 Bg5

Torre Attack: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5

Polish Defense Deferred I: 1. d4 Nf6 2. b5

Franco-Indian Defense: 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+

Polish Defense: 1. d4 b5

Queen’s Knight Defense: 1. d4 Nc6 2. e4

Englund Gambit: 1. d4 e5

Dutch Defense: 1. d4 f5

Staunton Defense: 1. d4 f5 2. e4

Indian Defense Systems

Queen’s Indian Defense: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3.Nf3 or 2… e6 3. Nf3 b6

Bogolyubov (Bogo-) Indian Defense: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb4+

Nimzowitsch (Nimzo-) Indian Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4

Catalan Opening: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 (… d5)

Flank Openings