"Rob" wrote in message
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Sam,

Before you jump to conclusions, there are others:
Hungarian Defense, Mexican Defense, Czech Benoni and Czech
Variation of the
Slav, Irish Gambit, Icelandic Variation (Scandinavian), Norwegian
Variation
(Ruy Lopez)

Interesting. I included the Hungarian Defense.

The that the one where Laslo locks the doors to keep you away from his
family? :-)



You apparently
overlooked that. I am not familiar with the others. I seem to think
there is an Austrian Attack, but I am not sure, so I left it out.

I did not want to get into cities as there are too many: Vienna
Opening, Budapest Defense, Belgrade Gambit, Cambridge Springs
Variation.

Then there is the Yugoslav, and the Yugoslow and the ColeSlaw [which is like
the Slav but with more chances to get it on shirt]

A region is named, Scandinavian Defense. And Russians call the Petrov,
Russian Defence, or colloquially, the Smirnoff.

In USA you already got Cambridge Springs, but there is also a Wilkes-Barre
Var, plus something out West? Lots of cities have variation names, ie,
Berlin, London...

Then there is the English, and confusing to Americans, also the English
Defence, which is a wall-like structure erected by Black, not unlike
Hadrian's effort to keep the Scots [White] out, or to keep em in, with
peepholes in it for the Bishops to peer out. This defence is dealt with same
way historic wall was, sail around, and get at King's camp directly, raise a
little hell in other's camp on way, loot&hot foot it oot! since defence
system is not v. mobile. Again as with history, if counter-attack can be
thwarted, all will be well

And the arrgh Scotch.

I think Garry K and Alex Khalifman settled that the Bb4-Ba5 retreat in the
French should be called the Aremenian variation, in honor of those players
who most developed it - [is this the most recent place-name for an opening?]

And last of all, the Sicilian! First, load your lupo...

Phil Innes

Sam Sloan