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Maybe cleanup the opening names in the opening explorer?

I noticed that you refer to the Cochrane Gambit as the "beaver gambit" on the same page in your opening explorer?
That should be cleaned up.

More generally, I hate this trend of calling all chess openings after national names. Giuoco Piano is traditional and much better than the flat, dull "Italian Game".

Ditto Spanish Game versus Ruy Lopez, Russian game versus Petroff Defense. Center Counter Defense is better than "Scandinavian". Let's bring back the much better older names. Make Chess Great Again !
Hm... traditional names, you say? I learned the names like Italian, Spanish or Russian 40 years earlier than I first heard about Giuoco Piano (OK, some sources use these two names in slightly different meanings), Ruy Lopez or Petroff (which might rather stand for Petrov (Петров) anyway).
Not much point in the good old days of America arguing with the good old days in Russia. I grew up on the chess books of Irving Chernev. These brought me into a fun magical world, where Alekhine played the Orangutang Opening. I'm sorry, the Polish Opening just lacks any kind of flair or pizazz.

Of course, the French Defense must stay as it is forever. Ditto the Slav.
Yeah... When someone plays the Scandinavian defense against me...My mind says 'oh... Center counter' - :]

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