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Chess openings : | ||
| Scandinavian | 1558 | 1.e4 d5 |
| Modern | 709 | 1.e4 g6 |
| Pirc | 1179 | 1.e4 d6 |
| Alekhine | 753 | 1.e4 Nf6 |
| French | 3816 | 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 |
| Caro-Kann | 2473 | 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 |
| Grand prix attack | 548 | 1.e4 c5 2.f4 |
| Morra gambit | 696 | 1.e4 c5 2.d4 |
| Alapin | 1105 | 1.e4 c5 2.c3 |
| Closed sicilian | 1450 | 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 |
| Sicilian ...d6 | 8619 | 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 |
| Sicilian ...e6 | 1226 | 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 |
| Sicilian ...Nc6 | 3566 | 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 |
| Petroff | 1928 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 |
| Spanish | 7145 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 |
| Italian | 2463 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 |
| Ponziani | 160 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 |
| Scotch | 1403 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 |
| King's gambit | 1851 | 1.e4 e5 2.f4 |
| Vienna game | 431 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 |
| Other e4 ... | 7677 | 1.e4 ... |
| Dutch | 981 | 1.d4 f5 |
| Slav | 2737 | 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 |
| Queen's gambit acc. | 991 | 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 |
| Queen's gambit dec. | 2166 | 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 |
| Albins counter gambit | 86 | 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 |
| King's indian | 1188 | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 |
| Grunfeld | 805 | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 |
| Catalan | 568 | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 |
| Nimzo-indian | 1628 | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 |
| Benoni defense | 573 | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 |
| Budapest gambit | 131 | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 |
| King's knight opening | 2989 | 1.d4 Nf6 (... d5) 2.Nf3 |
| Other d4 ... | 9202 | 1.d4 ... |
| Reti opening | 5454 | 1.Nf3 |
| Sleipner | 501 | 1.Nc3 |
| English | 5715 | 1.c4 |
| Bird | 1043 | 1.f4 |
| King's indian attack | 394 | 1.g3 |
| Orang Utan | 1224 | 1.b4 |
| Grob's attack | 318 | 1.g4 |
| French attack | 340 | 1.e3 |
| Mieses opening | 105 | 1.d3 |
| Anderssen | 187 | 1.a3 |
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This chess game is played at FICGS :
Last move : Rxa4 2026 October 19 6:34:18
White clock - 45 days 09:11:03
Black clock - 64 days 16:25:52
[Event "FICGS__CHESS__RAPID_GM__000022"]
[Site "FICGS"]
[Date "2026.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Menendez Rodriguez,Giraldo"]
[Black "Ludgate,Alan"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.exd5 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.Nf3 Bh6 12.Kd2 Bxe3+ 13.fxe3 Nbd7 14.g4 Qe7 15.Qe2 h6 16.Rhg1 Nh7 17.h4 Ndf6 18.g5 Ng4 19.gxh6 Bd7 20.e4 Qf8 21.Rae1 Qxh6+ 22.Kc2 Nhf6 23.Kb1 Rab8 24.Ref1 Kg7 25.e5 Rxe5 26.Nxe5 Nxe5 27.Qf2 Nfg4 28.Rxg4 Bxg4 29.Qf6+ Kg8 30.Qxd6 Re8 31.Ne4 Qe3 32.Bc2 Nxc4 33.Qf4 Qxf4 34.Rxf4 Kg7 35.Nxc5 Ne5 36.Nxb7 Rh8 37.Re4 f6 38.Nc5 Rxh4 39.Rb4 Rh1+ 40.Ka2 Rc1 41.Kb3 a5 42.Rb7+ Kh6 43.Rb5 Nf3 44.d6 Nd4+ 45.Kc3 Nxc2 46.Nd3 Ra1 47.Kxc2 Rxa4 48.*
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