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Playing Their Opening
Compiled by blackcat7oo
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Games of players playing their own variation.

Sicilian: Alapin Variation
Alapin vs Schiffers, 1898 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 44 moves, 1-0

Albin Countergambit
Lasker vs Albin, 1893 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0

Alekhine's Defense: Alburt Variation
A Bisguier vs Alburt, 1984
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 31 moves, 0-1

French: Alekhine-Chatard Gambit
Alekhine vs H Fahrni, 1914  
(C13) French, 23 moves, 1-0

Alekhine's Defense
E Steiner vs Alekhine, 1921 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 62 moves, 0-1

Budapest Gambit: Alekhine Var.
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1921 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0

Anderssen's Opening
Anderssen vs Morphy, 1858 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 77 moves, 1-0

KID: Averbakh Var.
Averbakh vs Panno, 1954 
(E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 31 moves, 1-0

Balogh Defense
K Havasi vs J Balogh, 1928 
(A82) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0

Barcza System
Barcza vs O Troianescu, 1948 
(A06) Reti Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Basman Defense
C Morrison vs M Basman, 1981 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 32 moves, 0-1

Bellon Gambit
Reshevsky vs J Bellon Lopez, 1971 
(A22) English, 41 moves, 1-0

Benko Gambit
M Vukic vs Benko, 1967 
(A58) Benko Gambit, 39 moves, 0-1

Benko System
Benko vs Fischer, 1962 
(B07) Pirc, 40 moves, 1-0

Spanish: Bird Defense
Mason vs Bird, 1878 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 37 moves, 0-1

Bird's Opening
Bird vs Steinitz, 1866 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 18 moves, 0-1

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
E Diemer vs Portz, 1948 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0

Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit
S Boden vs Morphy, 1858  
(C27) Vienna Game, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bogo-Indian Defense
Gruenfeld vs Bogoljubov, 1925 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 24 moves, 0-1

Sicilian: Boleslavsky Var.
V Vinogradov vs Boleslavsky, 1943
(B59) Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3, 44 moves, 0-1

Kings Gambit Bonsch-Osmolovsky Var.
A Kuznetsov vs M Bonch-Osmolovsky, 1964 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Botvinnik
Denker vs Botvinnik, 1945 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 0-1

English: Botvinnik System
Botvinnik vs Spassky, 1970 
(A26) English, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2

King's Gambit Breyer Var.
Breyer vs Reti, 1918 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 47 moves, 0-1

Reti: Capablanca Var.
Reti vs Capablanca, 1925 
(A12) English with b3, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

Caro-Kann Defense
M Lewitt vs H Caro, 1905
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 26 moves, 0-1

Sicilian: Chekover Var.
V Chekhover vs Lisitsin, 1938 
(B53) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

QGD: Chigorin Defense
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1889 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish: Chigorin Var.
Duras vs Chigorin, 1906 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 57 moves, 0-1

French: Chigorin Var.
Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1893 
(C00) French Defense, 43 moves, 1-0

Petrov's: Cochrane Gambit
Cochrane vs Moheschunder, 1851 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

Colle System
Colle vs J Delvaux, 1929 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Dunst Opening
T Dunst vs G Gresser, 1950 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 13 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit
W D Evans vs McDonnell, 1833 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0

Budapest Gambit: Fajarowicz Var.
Gilg vs S Fajarowicz, 1929 
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2

Falkbeer Countergambit
J Schlesinger vs Falkbeer, 1851 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 35 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Fischer Var.
Portisch vs Fischer, 1966 
(E45) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation, 35 moves, 0-1

English: Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Var
Flohr vs Kashdan, 1933 
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 30 moves, 1-0

From's Gambit
M Mollerstrom vs M From, 1862 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 21 moves, 0-1

KID: Glek Var.
V Utemov vs Glek, 1988
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 29 moves, 0-1

Four Knights Glek
Glek vs F Kroeze, 1996 
(C46) Three Knights, 27 moves, 1-0

Goring Gambit
C Goering vs NN, 1877 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 59 moves, 1-0

Grob's Opening
H Grob vs B Brechbuehler, 1966 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 75 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Defense
Alekhine vs Gruenfeld, 1922 
(D80) Grunfeld, 55 moves, 0-1

Philidors: Hanham Var.
Burn vs J M Hanham, 1889 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 72 moves, 0-1

Hodgson Attack
Hodgson vs I Sokolov, 1996 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0

Hopton Attack
R Hopton vs F Eastwood, 1860 
(A80) Dutch, 6 moves, 0-1

Hromadka System
K Junge vs Hromadka, 1942 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 33 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Huebner Var.
Najdorf vs Huebner, 1971 
(E41) Nimzo-Indian, 52 moves, 0-1

Old Indian Janowski
Alekhine vs Janowski, 1924 
(A53) Old Indian, 40 moves, 1-0

Jerome gambit
A Jerome vs W Shinkman, 1874 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 21 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Kan
Polugaevsky vs I Kan, 1955 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian: Katalymov Var.
Vasiukov vs B Katalymov, 1966
(B27) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian: Keres Attack
Keres vs Bogoljubov, 1943 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

Spanish: Kholmov Var.
Gheorghiu vs Kholmov, 1962 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 60 moves, 0-1

KG: Kieseritzky Gambit
Kieseritzky vs I Calvi, 1842 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0

Koltanowski Gambit
Koltanowski vs NN, 1945 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

Konstantinopolsky Var.
A Konstantinopolsky vs G A Ovchinkin, 1957 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 43 moves, 1-0

Larsens Opening
Larsen vs Kavalek, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld: Leko gambit
Kramnik vs Leko, 1998 
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 45 moves, 0-1

Sicilian: Levenfish Var.
Levenfish vs I Rabinovich, 1939 
(B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 45 moves, 1-0

Lisitsin Gambit
Lisitsin vs Botvinnik, 1933 
(A04) Reti Opening, 37 moves, 0-1

MacLeod Attack
N MacLeod vs D Martinez, 1889 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0

KID Makogonov
V Makogonov vs Bronstein, 1944 
(E90) King's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0

Spanish: Marshall Gambit
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0

French McCutcheon
Steinitz vs J L McCutcheon, 1885 
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 28 moves, 0-1

Mieses Opening
J Mieses vs Teichmann, 1910 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 29 moves, 0-1

QID: Miles Var.
Miles vs Spassky, 1978  
(E12) Queen's Indian, 28 moves, 1-0

French: Morozevich
Shulman vs Morozevich, 1998 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 63 moves, 0-1

Spanish: Morphy Defense
F Sicre vs Morphy, 1862 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Najdorf
L Steiner vs Najdorf, 1937 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 33 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Defense
P Johner vs A Nimzowitsch, 1926 
(E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 40 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Nimzowitch
Yates vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 41 moves, 0-1

Sicilian O'Kelly
C Poulsen vs O'Kelly, 1950 
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 27 moves, 0-1

Owen's Defense
Burn vs J Owen, 1898 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

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