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0:00 Advance Variation
5:49 Advance, Milner-Barry Gambit
8:01 Advance, Nimzowitsch System
9:34 Exchange Variation
10:26 Exchange, Monte Carlo
11:32 Tarrasch Defense
15:22 Nc3 Mainline
24:14 Two Knights Variation
26:22 Schlecter Variation