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Opening Encyclopaedia 2025 CHESSBASE
Contents
1 Opening Trends - Intro
1.1 French
1.2 Sicilian
1.3 Najdorf
1.4 Spanish
1.5 Italian
1.6 Petroff
1.7 English
1.8 Queen's Gambit Declined
1.9 Early Deviations
2 Open Games 1.e4 e5
2.1 IM Robert Ris: Ruy Lopez - Delayed Exchange Variation
2.2 GM Felix Blohberger: Ruy Lopez - Anti-Berlin
2.3 GM Ivan Sokolov: Ruy Lopez - 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 f6
2.4 GM Mihail Marin: Ruy Lopez - Delayed Jänisch-Gambit
2.5 GM Mihail Marin: Ruy Lopez - Norwegian Defence
2.6 GM Kasimdzhanov: Ruy Lopez - Anti-Marshall 8.a4 b4 9.a5
2.7 IM Nico Zwirs: Italian with 6.Bg5
2.8 GM Mihail Marin: Evans Gambit
2.9 GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov: Scotch Four Knights 5...Nxe4
2.10 GM Daniel King: Scotch Gambit
2.11 GM Daniel King: Petroff - 3.Nxe5 Nxe4
2.12 GM Mihail Marin: Petroff - 3.Nxe5 d6
2.13 IM Nico Zwirs: Vienna Game
2.14 IM Robert Ris: Vienna Game 5.Qf3
3 Semi-Open Games (Part 1): Sicilian 1.e4 c5
3.1 GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov: 1.e4 c5 2.a4
3.2 GM Surya Ganguly: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4
3.3 GM Daniel King: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4
3.4 GM Jan Werle: Sveshnikov
3.5 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Sveshnikov
3.6 GM Fabien Libiszewski: Kalashnikov
3.7 GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov: Rossolimo 3.Bb5 Nf6
3.8 GM Daniel King: Rossolimo 3.Bb5 e5
3.9 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Maroczy
3.10 IM Nico Zwirs: Najdorf 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6
3.11 GM Luis Engel: Najdorf - 5...e5 6.Bb5+
3.12 IM Nico Zwirs: Najdorf - 6.h3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.g4 b5
3.13 GM Luis Engel: Najdorf - 6.Rg1 Part 1
3.14 GM Luis Engel: Najdorf - 6.Rg1 Part 2
3.15 IM Nico Zwirs: Najdorf - 6.Bg5
4 Semi-Open Games (Part 2): French/Caro-Kann and others
4.1 GM Mendonca: French Advance - 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6
4.2 GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov: French - Advance Variation
4.3 GM Felix Blohberger: French - 5.Nce2 - 10.b4!?
4.4 GM Kasimdzhanov: Classical French Steinitz 7...cxd4 8...Qb6
4.5 GM Leon Mendonca: Caro-Kann 6.N1e2
4.6 GM Christian Bauer: Caro-Kann with 3.d3
4.7 GM Werle: Caro-Kann - Advance 3...Bf5 4.c4 Carlsen's choice
4.8 GM Bauer: Scandinavian with 3...Qa5 - Opening Update
4.9 GM Bauer: Alekhine Defence Voronezh 4.c4 5.exd6 7.Be3/8.Rc1
5 Closed Games after 1.d4
5.1 GM Ivan Sokolov: Slav 4...dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.a4!?
5.2 GM Christian Bauer: Slav - Marshall Gambit
5.3 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Slav Exchange
5.4 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Slav - Anti-Meran
5.5 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Semi-Tarrasch#
5.6 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Semi-Tarrasch
5.7 GM Ivan Sokolov: Semi-Tarrasch 11.h4
5.8 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Queen's Gambit Accepted 1
5.9 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Queen's Gambit Accepted 2
5.10 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Queen's Gambit Accepted 3
5.11 GM Felix Blohberger: Anti-Queen's Gambit 3...h6
5.12 GM Daniel King: QGD Exchange 7...Bg4
5.13 GM Leon Mendonca: Queen's Gambit Declined 4...Nbd7 5.cxd5
5.14 GM Sipke Ernst: Queen's Gambit - Ragozin
5.15 GM Mihail Marin: Queen's Pawn Game 3.e3
5.16 IM Nico Zwirs: Catalan with 7.h4
5.17 GM Sokolov: Catalan pawn sac 9.Qc2 - Gukesh vs. Aryan
5.18 GM Mihail Marin: Open Catalan
5.19 GM Daniel King: London System à la Ding und Kamsky
5.20 GM Christian Bauer: Anti-London System 5...Nh5
6 Semi-Closed Games after 1.d4
6.1 IM Nico Zwirs: King's Indian - Fianchetto Variation
6.2 GM Mihail Marin: King's Indian - Fianchetto Variation
6.3 GM Jan Werle: Classical King's Indian 7...Nbd7
6.4 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: King's Indian
6.5 GM Leon Mendonca: King's Indian 6...Bg4
6.6 GM Marin: King's Indian Averbakh 5.Be2 with 6.h4
6.7 GM Sipke Ernst: 3.h4 against the Grünfeld
6.8 GM Mihail Marin: Bogo-Indian 4.Nbd2 d5
6.9 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Bogo-Indian
6.10 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Queen's Indian 4...Ba6 5.g3 b5
6.11 GM Werle: Nimzo-Indian 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 dxe4 7.fxe4 c5
6.12 GM Luis Engel: Nimzo-Indian 5.Bd2
6.13 GM Jan Werle: Nimzo-Indian 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd3 Bxc3+ bxc3
6.14 GM Mihail Marin: Saemisch Benoni with 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5
6.15 GM David Navara: Saemisch Benoni with 7.Bg5
6.16 GM Marin: Benoni with 7.h3 inspirations from GM Indjic
6.17 GM Daniel King: Englund Gambit
7 Reti; English Opening 1.c4 and Nimzo-Larsen Attack
7.1 GM Blohberger: 1Nf3 d5 2g3 Nf6 3Bg2 e6 40-0 Be7 5c4 0-0 6b3
7.2 GM Blohberger: 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 d4 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.0-0 Nh6
7.3 IM Zwirs: 1Nf3 Nf6 2c4 c5 3g3 Nc6 4Bg2 d5 5cxd5 Nxd5 6Nc3
7.4 IM Zwirs: 1c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 g6 4.Qa4 Nf6 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.h4
7.5 GM Blohberger: English 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e3 Nc6 4.Qb3
7.6 GM King: English - 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 c6!?
7.7 GM Mihail Marin: English - 1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Nd4
7.8 GM Kasimdzhanov: English 4 Knights 1c4 e5 2Nc3 Nf6 3Nf3 Nc6
7.9 GM Mihail Marin: English - 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bc5
7.10 GM Marin: Flohr-Mikenas Variation 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5
7.11 GM King: Nimzo-Larsen Attack - 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4!?
8 Opening Traps
8.1 GM Knaak: Vienna Game - Double invitation to the knight
8.2 GM Rainer Knaak: Italian - Hard to predict stunner move
8.3 GM Rainer Knaak: Ruy Lopez - The famous Tarrasch trap
8.4 GM Knaak: Alekhine Defense (Italian/Two Knights)
8.5 GM Knaak: Sicilian Wing Gambit - Fatal development lag
8.6 GM Rainer Knaak: Sicilian - Who actually sets the trap?
8.7 GM Rainer Knaak: Sicilian - Tempting double attack
Contents

Opening Encyclopaedia 2025

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Contents
1 Opening Trends - Intro
1.1 French
1.2 Sicilian
1.3 Najdorf
1.4 Spanish
1.5 Italian
1.6 Petroff
1.7 English
1.8 Queen's Gambit Declined
1.9 Early Deviations
2 Open Games 1.e4 e5
2.1 IM Robert Ris: Ruy Lopez - Delayed Exchange Variation
2.2 GM Felix Blohberger: Ruy Lopez - Anti-Berlin
2.3 GM Ivan Sokolov: Ruy Lopez - 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 f6
2.4 GM Mihail Marin: Ruy Lopez - Delayed Jänisch-Gambit
2.5 GM Mihail Marin: Ruy Lopez - Norwegian Defence
2.6 GM Kasimdzhanov: Ruy Lopez - Anti-Marshall 8.a4 b4 9.a5
2.7 IM Nico Zwirs: Italian with 6.Bg5
2.8 GM Mihail Marin: Evans Gambit
2.9 GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov: Scotch Four Knights 5...Nxe4
2.10 GM Daniel King: Scotch Gambit
2.11 GM Daniel King: Petroff - 3.Nxe5 Nxe4
2.12 GM Mihail Marin: Petroff - 3.Nxe5 d6
2.13 IM Nico Zwirs: Vienna Game
2.14 IM Robert Ris: Vienna Game 5.Qf3
3 Semi-Open Games (Part 1): Sicilian 1.e4 c5
3.1 GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov: 1.e4 c5 2.a4
3.2 GM Surya Ganguly: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4
3.3 GM Daniel King: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4
3.4 GM Jan Werle: Sveshnikov
3.5 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Sveshnikov
3.6 GM Fabien Libiszewski: Kalashnikov
3.7 GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov: Rossolimo 3.Bb5 Nf6
3.8 GM Daniel King: Rossolimo 3.Bb5 e5
3.9 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Maroczy
3.10 IM Nico Zwirs: Najdorf 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6
3.11 GM Luis Engel: Najdorf - 5...e5 6.Bb5+
3.12 IM Nico Zwirs: Najdorf - 6.h3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.g4 b5
3.13 GM Luis Engel: Najdorf - 6.Rg1 Part 1
3.14 GM Luis Engel: Najdorf - 6.Rg1 Part 2
3.15 IM Nico Zwirs: Najdorf - 6.Bg5
4 Semi-Open Games (Part 2): French/Caro-Kann and others
4.1 GM Mendonca: French Advance - 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6
4.2 GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov: French - Advance Variation
4.3 GM Felix Blohberger: French - 5.Nce2 - 10.b4!?
4.4 GM Kasimdzhanov: Classical French Steinitz 7...cxd4 8...Qb6
4.5 GM Leon Mendonca: Caro-Kann 6.N1e2
4.6 GM Christian Bauer: Caro-Kann with 3.d3
4.7 GM Werle: Caro-Kann - Advance 3...Bf5 4.c4 Carlsen's choice
4.8 GM Bauer: Scandinavian with 3...Qa5 - Opening Update
4.9 GM Bauer: Alekhine Defence Voronezh 4.c4 5.exd6 7.Be3/8.Rc1
5 Closed Games after 1.d4
5.1 GM Ivan Sokolov: Slav 4...dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.a4!?
5.2 GM Christian Bauer: Slav - Marshall Gambit
5.3 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Slav Exchange
5.4 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Slav - Anti-Meran
5.5 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Semi-Tarrasch#
5.6 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Semi-Tarrasch
5.7 GM Ivan Sokolov: Semi-Tarrasch 11.h4
5.8 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Queen's Gambit Accepted 1
5.9 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Queen's Gambit Accepted 2
5.10 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Queen's Gambit Accepted 3
5.11 GM Felix Blohberger: Anti-Queen's Gambit 3...h6
5.12 GM Daniel King: QGD Exchange 7...Bg4
5.13 GM Leon Mendonca: Queen's Gambit Declined 4...Nbd7 5.cxd5
5.14 GM Sipke Ernst: Queen's Gambit - Ragozin
5.15 GM Mihail Marin: Queen's Pawn Game 3.e3
5.16 IM Nico Zwirs: Catalan with 7.h4
5.17 GM Sokolov: Catalan pawn sac 9.Qc2 - Gukesh vs. Aryan
5.18 GM Mihail Marin: Open Catalan
5.19 GM Daniel King: London System à la Ding und Kamsky
5.20 GM Christian Bauer: Anti-London System 5...Nh5
6 Semi-Closed Games after 1.d4
6.1 IM Nico Zwirs: King's Indian - Fianchetto Variation
6.2 GM Mihail Marin: King's Indian - Fianchetto Variation
6.3 GM Jan Werle: Classical King's Indian 7...Nbd7
6.4 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: King's Indian
6.5 GM Leon Mendonca: King's Indian 6...Bg4
6.6 GM Marin: King's Indian Averbakh 5.Be2 with 6.h4
6.7 GM Sipke Ernst: 3.h4 against the Grünfeld
6.8 GM Mihail Marin: Bogo-Indian 4.Nbd2 d5
6.9 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Bogo-Indian
6.10 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: Queen's Indian 4...Ba6 5.g3 b5
6.11 GM Werle: Nimzo-Indian 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 dxe4 7.fxe4 c5
6.12 GM Luis Engel: Nimzo-Indian 5.Bd2
6.13 GM Jan Werle: Nimzo-Indian 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd3 Bxc3+ bxc3
6.14 GM Mihail Marin: Saemisch Benoni with 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5
6.15 GM David Navara: Saemisch Benoni with 7.Bg5
6.16 GM Marin: Benoni with 7.h3 inspirations from GM Indjic
6.17 GM Daniel King: Englund Gambit
7 Reti; English Opening 1.c4 and Nimzo-Larsen Attack
7.1 GM Blohberger: 1Nf3 d5 2g3 Nf6 3Bg2 e6 40-0 Be7 5c4 0-0 6b3
7.2 GM Blohberger: 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 d4 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.0-0 Nh6
7.3 IM Zwirs: 1Nf3 Nf6 2c4 c5 3g3 Nc6 4Bg2 d5 5cxd5 Nxd5 6Nc3
7.4 IM Zwirs: 1c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 g6 4.Qa4 Nf6 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.h4
7.5 GM Blohberger: English 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e3 Nc6 4.Qb3
7.6 GM King: English - 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 c6!?
7.7 GM Mihail Marin: English - 1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Nd4
7.8 GM Kasimdzhanov: English 4 Knights 1c4 e5 2Nc3 Nf6 3Nf3 Nc6
7.9 GM Mihail Marin: English - 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bc5
7.10 GM Marin: Flohr-Mikenas Variation 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5
7.11 GM King: Nimzo-Larsen Attack - 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4!?
8 Opening Traps
8.1 GM Knaak: Vienna Game - Double invitation to the knight
8.2 GM Rainer Knaak: Italian - Hard to predict stunner move
8.3 GM Rainer Knaak: Ruy Lopez - The famous Tarrasch trap
8.4 GM Knaak: Alekhine Defense (Italian/Two Knights)
8.5 GM Knaak: Sicilian Wing Gambit - Fatal development lag
8.6 GM Rainer Knaak: Sicilian - Who actually sets the trap?
8.7 GM Rainer Knaak: Sicilian - Tempting double attack
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