Answers.Body: <p>My free, open-source software, <a href="https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/djb/pgn-extract/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">pgn-extract</a>, provides a file eco.pgn that provides names for ECO codes. This file can be used with pgn-extract to add ECO tags to game scores: see its -e flag. For instance, the tags it produces for the moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 * are: </p>
  
  <pre><code>[ECO "C96"]
  [Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
  [Variation "closed, Keres (...Nd7) defence"]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>That might provides some degree of what you are looking for.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks mate I'm just going to use the Internet chess club, play the moves in an examine board then type Eco
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Answers.Body: <p>You can go to <a href="http://Lichess.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Lichess.org</a> and in  toolbar in the top choose Tools. In that page there is a small icon which looks like book. You can chose which opening book you want to look up either the GM games or online games. The variation names are written there.</p>
  
  <p>The game you mentioned is 'C90 Ruy Lopez closed variation, closed defense' up to move 9. In the first move of white in move 9 it goes out of the opening book.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Not especially - see for instance the discussion at <a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/9461/what-are-all-the-most-common-transpositions-between-the-caro-kann-panov-botvinni">What are all the most common transpositions between the Caro-Kann Panov–Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 and the Nimzo-Indian Defence?</a></p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 </li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>or</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>both end up with the same position but argually one will be tagged as a Caro-Kann and one as a Nimzo-Indian.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I use Arena, a chess software with stockfish engine downloaded to it. So what you can do is play the variation on both sides and it will show you the name of the variation</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>After Be7 the ensuing lines are called the Closed Ruy Lopez, and after Na5 and c5 this is the Chigorin Variation.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: This doesn't answer the question. He already knows it's the Chigorin, he's asking for a name of the variations of the Chigorin, and where to look up other opening names.
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Body: <p>I want to know the names of the variations in the Ruy Lopez Chigorin, for example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[FEN ""]
  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I look at the opening classification on <a href="http://www.chessbase.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Chessbase</a> but it's not very detailed with names. Also <a href="https://www.365chess.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">chess365.com</a>. </p>
  
  <p>Is there anywhere else I can see names of variations?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Do you have any evidence they have a name? Openings typically don't have named sub-variations that many levels deep.
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Comments.Text: Thanks, yeah this one is called the Keres, I found it on chess365, however there are 3 Keres variations I've found so far in the Ruy Lopez!
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Title: Is there an easy way to find out the name of a variation?
ThreadText: # Is there an easy way to find out the name of a variation?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-08)
  
  I want to know the names of the variations in the Ruy Lopez Chigorin, for example:
  
  ```
  [FEN ""]
  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7
  
  ```
  
  I look at the opening classification on [Chessbase](http://www.chessbase.com) but it's not very detailed with names. Also [chess365.com](https://www.365chess.com/).
  
  Is there anywhere else I can see names of variations?
  
  **Tags:** opening
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Do you have any evidence they have a name? Openings typically don't have named sub-variations that many levels deep.  
  > **username_0**: Thanks, yeah this one is called the Keres, I found it on chess365, however there are 3 Keres variations I've found so far in the Ruy Lopez!  
  > **username_2**: Names of opening variations are not standardized. Different sources may use different names.  
  
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  ## 5 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2017-10-08. Score: 3
  
  My free, open-source software, [pgn-extract](https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/djb/pgn-extract/), provides a file eco.pgn that provides names for ECO codes. This file can be used with pgn-extract to add ECO tags to game scores: see its -e flag. For instance, the tags it produces for the moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 \* are:
  
  ```
  [ECO "C96"]
  [Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
  [Variation "closed, Keres (...Nd7) defence"]
  
  ```
  
  That might provides some degree of what you are looking for.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks mate I'm just going to use the Internet chess club, play the moves in an examine board then type Eco  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2017-10-11. Score: 2
  
  You can go to [Lichess.org](http://Lichess.org) and in toolbar in the top choose Tools. In that page there is a small icon which looks like book. You can chose which opening book you want to look up either the GM games or online games. The variation names are written there.
  
  The game you mentioned is 'C90 Ruy Lopez closed variation, closed defense' up to move 9. In the first move of white in move 9 it goes out of the opening book.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2017-10-09. Score: 2
  
  Not especially - see for instance the discussion at [What are all the most common transpositions between the Caro-Kann Panov–Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 and the Nimzo-Indian Defence?](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/9461/what-are-all-the-most-common-transpositions-between-the-caro-kann-panov-botvinni)
  
  1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4
  
  or
  
  1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O
  
  both end up with the same position but argually one will be tagged as a Caro-Kann and one as a Nimzo-Indian.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2017-10-08. Score: 1
  
  I use Arena, a chess software with stockfish engine downloaded to it. So what you can do is play the variation on both sides and it will show you the name of the variation
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_7 on 2017-10-13. Score: 0
  
  After Be7 the ensuing lines are called the Closed Ruy Lopez, and after Na5 and c5 this is the Chigorin Variation.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: This doesn't answer the question. He already knows it's the Chigorin, he's asking for a name of the variations of the Chigorin, and where to look up other opening names.  
  
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