Alékhine Defense
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Leningrad Variation of the Dutch Defense
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Open Variation of the Ruy Lopez
Petrov Defense
Queen's Gambit
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Sicilian Defense
Two Knights Defense
Urusov Gambit
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Winawer Variation of the French Defense
eXchange Variation of the Ruy Lopez
Yugoslav Variation of the King's Indian Defense
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Here Will Be Where I Rate Poeple's Alphabetical Opening Favorites, So Give This A Try...
Username: tygxc
Ones I disagree with: AIekhines Defense (not the best), Zaitsev Variation (too far into opening)
Final Rating: 8.9/10 --> 9.4/10 (Keyword "Exchange" for the letter X is now allowed)
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Username: Ethan_Brollier
Ones I disagree with: Botvinnik Semi-Slav (rarely occurs), Keres English (losing for black if white plays 4.d4),
Final Rating: 7.7/10 ---> 8.1/10
Alright, I am officially allowing X to start with "eXchange") (Also a lot of weird openings on here)
Alekhine-Chatard French
Botvinnik Semi-Slav
Classical Nimzo-Indian
Delayed Exchange Ruy Lopez Deferred
English Opening/Defense
Frankenstein-Dracula
Grunfeld Defense
Hungarian Opening
Indian Defense
Jaenisch Gambit
Keres Bremens English
Leonhardt Sozin Classical Sicilian
Mar del Plata KID
Neo-Grunfeld Defense
Opocensky Najdorf
Paulsen French
Queen's Indian Defense
Rossolimo Sicilian
Sveshnikov Sicilian
Tartakower QGD
Universal System Tarrasch French
Vienna Hybrid Bishop's
Winawer French
Exchange Grunfeld
Yugoslav Dragon
Zagreb Najdorf
Zygnity wrote:
Here Will Be Where I Rate People's Alphabetical Opening Favorites, So Give This A Try...
Username: tygxc
Ones I disagree with: AIekhines Defense (not the best), eXchange Variation (doesn't actually start with X; make one up if you don't know any), Zaitsev Variation (too far into opening)
Final Rating: 8.9/10
To be fair, it's either make Exchange part of the completely empty X category or completely overload the already stacked E category. Besides, exchange starts with the syllable 'x'.
Zygnity wrote:
Here Will Be Where I Rate People's Alphabetical Opening Favorites, So Give This A Try...
Username: Ethan_Brollier
Ones I disagree with: Botvinnik Semi-Slav (rarely occurs)
Not the least common opening on my list, and occurs more than approximately half of the openings on your list.
Keres Bremens English (losing for black if white plays 4.d4)
Lasker QGD (hard position to reach)
This actually is rather uncommon, though not as hard to reach as you might think. I'll change it to the Leonhardt Sozin Classical Sicilian.
Final Rating: 7.7/10
Alright, I am officially allowing X to start with "eXchange") (Also a lot of weird openings on here)
Thanks! I appreciate that, pride myself on my knowledge of deep and obscure lines.
The point of this forum is to rank what everyone thinks the best openings are. I will add a grading post along with everyone else that plays along, so take this seriously. Since there are no openings that start with X, this letter can be used to address the word "eXchange"
A - Alapin Sicilian
B - Bishop’s Opening
C - Colle System
D - Dutch
E - Evan’s Gambit
F - French
G - Giucco Piano
H - Halloween Gambit
I - Italian
J - Jaenisch Gambit (Ruy Lopez)
K - King’s Gambit Accepted
L - Lion’s Jaw
M - Modern
N - Najdorf Sicilian
O - Owen’s Defense
P - Ponziani
Q - Queen’s Gambit Declined
R - Rousseau Gambit
S - Scotch Gambit
T - Trompowsky
U - Urusov Gambit
V - Von Hennig Gambit (Caro Kahn)
W - Wing Gambit
X - EXchanged Caro Khan
Y - Yugoslav Sicilian
Z - Zukertort (Lichess Term for Reti)