Players such as Mikhail Botvinnik and Yasser Seirawan used the Exchange Variation of the Slav Defense this way.
International Master John L. Watson has written that in the Exchange Variation of the French Defense, "Black can always make the struggle an unbalanced one if he chooses".
The Exchange Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined often involves attacks by one or both sides on the enemy king.
In the Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation pieces (White's bishop and Black's knight) rather than pawns are traded.
The Exchange French is usually regarded as a passive alternative selected by a White player eager for a draw, but Paul Morphy and more recently Garry Kasparov have used it as a winning try.