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chessmaster102

There are plenty of GM and masters who have a opening or variation to there name or a line they invented and what not but does anyone know who made the most ?

Crazychessplaya

Keres scores at least three with a line in the Sicilian (the g4 pawn push), a variation in the English, and a Ruy Lopez sideline.

Crazychessplaya

Mieses also has three to his name, namely a line in the Scotch Game, a variation of the Vienna, and the hopelessly timid 1.d3 (Mieses Opening). Waiting for others to get off their butts and contribute.

dashkee94

Smyslov has more than a few variations named after him.

rooperi

Yeah, he has a bunch. And I like to play some of them, too :)

JohnnyKGB

Parham , who i invented the patzer opening.  The exactly name is Patzer opening or Patzer-Parham opening.



rooperi

Tarrasch has a few too, I think. Also Rubinstein

Crazychessplaya

And Marshall.

FrenchTutor

I don't know about inventing openings, but Daeth invinted one...

Doggy_Style

Taimanov seems to have a fair few named after him.

netzach

Keres has some also.

caveatcanis
chessmaster102 wrote:

There are plenty of GM and masters who have a opening or variation to there name or a line they invented and what not but does anyone know who made the most ?

Shouldn't an entire opening count for more than a variation?

Then Nimzovich ranks pretty high - two entire openings (Nimoindian and Nimzovich defence) plus substantial contributions elsewhere. (The Winawer variation of the French, for example.)

netzach

Since probably only are around 20 true openings would be boring to restrict to that.

johnyoudell

How about David Bronstein.

http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-opening-database/search/Bronstein-gambit

Kijiri

I think Nimzowitsch is credited with the creation of alot of opening systems. 

WalangAlam

You can include Paulsen as well, like Steinitz, they have a lot of variations named after them.

Twinchicky
Crazychessplaya wrote:

Keres scores at least three with a line in the Sicilian (the g4 pawn push), a variation in the English, and a Ruy Lopez sideline.

Keres also has the 2.Ne2 Sicilian going his way, although that's debatable whether it's the Keres Variation or the Chameleon Variation.

DrFrank124c
FrenchTutor wrote:

I don't know about inventing openings, but Daeth invinted one...

lol

chessmaster102

my vote goes to the 1st official world champion Smile

gundamv

Botvinnik

Botvinnik Variation of the English
Botvinnik Variation of the Semi-Slav

Botvinnik Variation of the QGD