Openings With Exchange Variations
- Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
- French Defense (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5)
- Grünfeld Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3)
- Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.cxd5 exd5; often White delays the exchange for one or more moves)
- Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6; deferred exchange variations are also known, such as 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Bxc6, the so-called Delayed Exchange Ruy Lopez Deferred (DERLD))
- Slav Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5)
- Alekhine Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6)
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