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Othello Openings

OPENER NAMEMOVES
Diagonal OpeningC4,C3
X-Square OpeningC4,C3,D3,C5,B2
Snake/PeasantC4,C3,D3,C5,B3
Pyramid/Checkerboarding PeasantC4,C3,D3,C5,B3,F4,B5,B4,C6,D6,F5
Heath/TobidashiC4,C3,D3,C5,B4
Mimura variation IIC4,C3,D3,C5,B4,D2,C2,F4,D6,C6,F5,E6,F7
Heath-BatC4,C3,D3,C5,B4,D2,D6
Iwasaki variationC4,C3,D3,C5,B4,D2,E2
Heath-ChimneyC4,C3,D3,C5,B4,E3
Raccoon DogC4,C3,D3,C5,B5
HamiltonC4,C3,D3,C5,B6,C6,B5
LollipopC4,C3,D3,C5,B6,E3
CowC4,C3,D3,C5,D6
ChimneyC4,C3,D3,C5,D6,E3
Cow Bat/Bat/CambridgeC4,C3,D3,C5,D6,F4,B4
Bat (Piau Continuation 2)C4,C3,D3,C5,D6,F4,B4,B6,B5,C6,B3
Melnikov/ Bat (Piau Continuation 1)C4,C3,D3,C5,D6,F4,B4,B6,B5,C6,F5
Bat (Kling Continuation)C4,C3,D3,C5,D6,F4,B4,C6,B5,B3,B6,E3,C2,A4,A5,A6,D2
Bat (Kling Alternative)C4,C3,D3,C5,D6,F4,B4,E3,B3
Rose-v-TothC4,C3,D3,C5,D6,F4,F5
TanidaC4,C3,D3,C5,D6,F4,F5,D2
Aircraft/FeldborgC4,C3,D3,C5,D6,F4,F5,D2,B5
sailboatC4,C3,D3,C5,D6,F4,F5,D2,G4,D7
MaruokaC4,C3,D3,C5,D6,F4,F5,E6,C6,D7
LandauC4,C3,D3,C5,D6,F4,F5,E6,F6
Buffalo/Kenichi VariationC4,C3,D3,C5,F6
Maruoka BuffaloC4,C3,D3,C5,F6,E2,C6
Tanida BuffaloC4,C3,D3,C5,F6,E3,C6,F5,F4,G5
Hokuriku BuffaloC4,C3,D3,C5,F6,F5
Wing VariationC4,C3,E6,C5,
Semi-Wing VariationC4,C3,F5,C5
Parallel OpeningC4,C5
Perpendicular OpeningC4,E3
Shaman/DanishC4,E3,F4,C5,D6,F3,C6
InoueC4,E3,F4,C5,D6,F3,D3
IagoC4,E3,F4,C5,D6,F3,D3,C3
BhagatC4,E3,F4,C5,D6,F3,E2
RoseC4,E3,F4,C5,D6.F3,E6,C3,D3,E2
FlatC4,E3,F4,C5,D6,F3,E6,C3,D3,E2,B5
Rotating FlatC4,E3,F4,C5,D6,F3,E6,C3,D3,E2,B5,F5
Murakami VariationC4,E3,F4,C5,D6,F3,E6,C3,D3,E2,B5,F5,B3
Rotating Flat (Kling Continuation)C4,E3,F4,C5,D6,F3,E6,C3,D3,E2,B5,F5,B4,F6,C2,E7,D2,C7
Rose-BirthC4,E3,F4,C5,D6,F3,E6,C3,D3,E2,B6,F5
BrightsteinC4,E3,F4,C5,D6,F3,E6,C3,D3,E2,B6,F5,B4,F6,G5,D7
Rose-Birdie/Rose-TamenoriC4,E3,F4,C5,D6,F3,E6,C3,D3,E2,B6,F5,G5
Rose-Tamenori-KlingC4,E3,F4,C5,D6,F3,E6,C3,D3,E2,B6,F5,G5,F6
Greenberg/DawgC4,E3,F4,C5,D6,F3,E6,C3,D3,E2,D2
RalleC4,E3,F4,C5,D6,F3,E6,C6
HorseC4,E3,F4,C5,E6
No-CatC4,E3,F5,B4
SwallowC4,E3,F5,B4,F3
No-Cat(Continuation)C4,E3,F5,B4.F3,F4,E2,E6,G5,F6,D6,C6
ItalianC4,E3,F5,E6,D3
CatC4,E3,F5,E6,F4
SakaguchiC4,E3,F5,E6,F4,C5,D6,C6,F7,F3
BernerC4,E3,F5,E6,F4,C5,D6,C6,F7,G5,G6
GanglionC4,E3,F6,B4
TigerC4,E3,F6,E6,F5
StephensonC4,E3,F6,E6,F5,C5,C3
No-KungC4,E3,F6,E6,F5,C5,C3,B4
No-Kung (Continuation)C4,E3,F6,E6,F5,C5,C3,B4,D6,C6,B5,A6,B6,C7
Comp'OthC4,E3,F6,E6,F5,C5,C3,C6
KungC4,E3,F6,E6,F5,C5,C3,G5
Leader's TigerC4,E3,F6,E6,F5,C5,D3
BrightwellC4,E3,F6,E6,F5,C5,D6
IshiiC4,E3,F6,E6,F5,C5,F4,G5,G4,F3,C6,D3,D6
Mainline TigerC4,E3,F6,E6,F5,C5,F4,G5,G4,F3,C6,D3,D6,B3,D6,B3,C3,B4,E2,B6
Rose-BillC4,E3,F6,E6,F5,C5,F4,G6,F7
TamenoriC4,E3,F6,E6,F5,C5,F4,G6,F7,D3
Aubrey/TanakaC4,E3,F6,E6,F5,G6