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All Chess Openings

496 named openings, grouped by ECO volume. Each page shows the move order and how the line actually scores in master games.

Open Games · 74

C23Bishop's OpeningC24Bishop's Opening: Berlin DefenseC23Bishop's Opening: Boi VariationC23Bishop's Opening: Calabrese CountergambitC23Bishop's Opening: Khan GambitC23Bishop's Opening: Philidor CounterattackC20Bongcloud AttackC20Center GameC21Center Game AcceptedC40Elephant GambitC20English Opening: The WhaleC00French DefenseC00French DefenseC00French Defense: Baeuerle GambitC00French Defense: Banzai-Leong GambitC00French Defense: Bird InvitationC00French Defense: Chigorin VariationC00French Defense: Franco-Hiva GambitC00French Defense: Franco-Sicilian DefenseC00French Defense: Horwitz AttackC00French Defense: King's Indian AttackC00French Defense: King's Indian Attack, Franco-Hiva GambitC00French Defense: Knight VariationC00French Defense: Knight Variation, Franco-Hiva GambitC00French Defense: La Bourdonnais VariationC00French Defense: Mediterranean DefenseC00French Defense: Normal VariationC00French Defense: Queen's KnightC00French Defense: Réti-Spielmann AttackC00French Defense: St. George DefenseC00French Defense: Steiner VariationC00French Defense: Steinitz AttackC40Gunderam DefenseC30King's GambitC33King's Gambit AcceptedC30King's Gambit Declined: Classical VariationC31King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer CountergambitC30King's Gambit Declined: Keene's DefenseC30King's Gambit Declined: Mafia DefenseC30King's Gambit Declined: Norwalde VariationC30King's Gambit Declined: Panteldakis CountergambitC30King's Gambit Declined: Petrov's DefenseC30King's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight DefenseC30King's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints Double CountergambitC40King's Knight OpeningC44King's Knight Opening: Normal VariationC20King's Pawn GameC20King's Pawn Game: Alapin OpeningC20King's Pawn Game: Bavarian GambitC20King's Pawn Game: Beyer GambitC40King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass GambitC20King's Pawn Game: Clam Variation, King's Gambit ReversedC40King's Pawn Game: Damiano DefenseC40King's Pawn Game: Gunderam GambitC20King's Pawn Game: King's Head OpeningC20King's Pawn Game: Leonardis VariationC20King's Pawn Game: MacLeod AttackC20King's Pawn Game: MacLeod Attack, Lasa GambitC40King's Pawn Game: McConnell DefenseC20King's Pawn Game: Mengarini's OpeningC20King's Pawn Game: Napoleon AttackC20King's Pawn Game: Tortoise OpeningC20King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen AttackC20King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack, Kiddie CountergambitC20King's Pawn OpeningC40Latvian GambitC42Petrov's DefenseC41Philidor DefenseC20Portuguese OpeningC00Rat Defense: Small Center DefenseC25Vienna GameC25Vienna Game: Anderssen DefenseC26Vienna Game: Falkbeer VariationC25Vienna Game: Max Lange Defense

Semi-Open Games · 111

B02Alekhine DefenseB02Alekhine Defense: Brooklyn VariationB02Alekhine Defense: Krejcik VariationB02Alekhine Defense: Maróczy VariationB02Alekhine Defense: Mokele MbembeB02Alekhine Defense: Normal VariationB02Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian VariationB00Barnes DefenseB00Borg DefenseB00Borg Defense: Borg GambitB00Borg Defense: Zilbermints GambitB10Caro-Kann DefenseB10Caro-Kann DefenseB10Caro-Kann DefenseB12Caro-Kann DefenseB12Caro-Kann DefenseB10Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov AttackB10Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov AttackB10Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Open VariationB10Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer VariationB12Caro-Kann Defense: De Bruycker DefenseB10Caro-Kann Defense: Euwe AttackB10Caro-Kann Defense: Hillbilly AttackB10Caro-Kann Defense: Labahn AttackB12Caro-Kann Defense: Masi VariationB12Caro-Kann Defense: Massachusetts DefenseB10Caro-Kann Defense: Spike VariationB00Carr DefenseB00Carr Defense: Zilbermints GambitB00Duras GambitB00Fried Fox DefenseB00Goldsmith DefenseB00Goldsmith Defense: Picklepuss DefenseB00Hippopotamus DefenseB00King's Pawn GameB07King's Pawn Game: Maróczy DefenseB00Lemming DefenseB06Modern DefenseB06Modern DefenseB06Modern Defense: Fianchetto GambitB06Modern Defense: Norwegian DefenseB00Nimzowitsch DefenseB00Nimzowitsch DefenseB00Nimzowitsch Defense: Colorado CountergambitB00Nimzowitsch Defense: Declined VariationB00Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch VariationB00Nimzowitsch Defense: French ConnectionB00Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy VariationB00Nimzowitsch Defense: Mikenas VariationB00Nimzowitsch Defense: Neo-Mongoloid DefenseB00Nimzowitsch Defense: Pirc ConnectionB00Nimzowitsch Defense: Pseudo-Spanish VariationB00Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian VariationB00Nimzowitsch Defense: Wheeler GambitB00Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams VariationB00Nimzowitsch Defense: Woodchuck VariationB00Owen DefenseB00Owen Defense: Guatemala DefenseB00Pirc DefenseB00Pirc DefenseB00Pirc DefenseB00Rat Defense: Antal DefenseB00Rat Defense: HarmonistB00Rat Defense: Petruccioli AttackB00Rat Defense: Spike AttackB01Scandinavian DefenseB01Scandinavian DefenseB01Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne-Kloosterboer GambitB01Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc VariationB01Scandinavian Defense: Modern VariationB01Scandinavian Defense: Zilbermints GambitB20Sicilian DefenseB27Sicilian DefenseB22Sicilian Defense: Alapin VariationB20Sicilian Defense: Amazon AttackB20Sicilian Defense: Bowdler AttackB20Sicilian Defense: Brick VariationB27Sicilian Defense: Brussels GambitB27Sicilian Defense: Bücker VariationB23Sicilian Defense: ClosedB23Sicilian Defense: ClosedB23Sicilian Defense: Closed, TraditionalB20Sicilian Defense: Czerniak AttackB20Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack, Queen Fianchetto VariationB40Sicilian Defense: French VariationB20Sicilian Defense: Grob VariationB27Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated DragonB27Sicilian Defense: Jalalabad VariationB27Sicilian Defense: Katalimov VariationB20Sicilian Defense: Keres VariationB20Sicilian Defense: King David's OpeningB20Sicilian Defense: Kronberger VariationB20Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Dunne AttackB21Sicilian Defense: McDonnell AttackB20Sicilian Defense: Mengarini VariationB50Sicilian Defense: Modern VariationsB27Sicilian Defense: Mongoose VariationB20Sicilian Defense: Myers Attack, with a4B20Sicilian Defense: Myers Attack, with h4B29Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch VariationB28Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly VariationB30Sicilian Defense: Old SicilianB27Sicilian Defense: Polish GambitB27Sicilian Defense: Quinteros VariationB21Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra GambitB20Sicilian Defense: Staunton-Cochrane VariationB20Sicilian Defense: Wing GambitB00St. George DefenseB00St. George Defense: Zilbermints GambitB00Ware DefenseB00Ware Defense: Snagglepuss Defense

Closed Games · 33

D00Amazon AttackD00Blackmar-Diemer GambitD06Queen's GambitD20Queen's Gambit AcceptedD30Queen's Gambit DeclinedD08Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin CountergambitD06Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian DefenseD06Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic DefenseD07Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin DefenseD06Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall DefenseD06Queen's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints GambitD00Queen's Pawn GameD00Queen's Pawn GameD00Queen's Pawn GameD00Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London SystemD00Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz CountergambitD02Queen's Pawn Game: Anti-TorreD00Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin VariationD00Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin VariationD02Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin VariationD00Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Alburt DefenseD00Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Anti-VeresovD00Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Irish GambitD00Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Shaviliuk GambitD00Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Shropshire DefenseD02Queen's Pawn Game: Krause VariationD00Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky AttackD00Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack, Welling VariationD00Queen's Pawn Game: Mason AttackD02Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical VariationD02Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort VariationD00Queen's Pawn Game: Zurich GambitD10Slav Defense

Indian Defences · 1

E60Indian Defense: West Indian Defense

Flank Openings · 277

A00Amar OpeningA00Anderssen's OpeningA00Anderssen's Opening: Polish GambitA40Australian DefenseA00Barnes OpeningA00Barnes Opening: Fool's MateA00Barnes Opening: HammerschlagA45Basque OpeningA56Benoni DefenseA43Benoni Defense: Benoni Gambit AcceptedA43Benoni Defense: Benoni Gambit, Schlenker DefenseA43Benoni Defense: Benoni-Indian DefenseA43Benoni Defense: Cormorant GambitA43Benoni Defense: Old BenoniA43Benoni Defense: Old BenoniA43Benoni Defense: Old BenoniA44Benoni Defense: Old BenoniA43Benoni Defense: Old Benoni, Mujannah FormationA43Benoni Defense: Snail VariationA43Benoni Defense: Zilbermints-Benoni GambitA02Bird OpeningA02Bird Opening: Double Duck FormationA03Bird Opening: Dutch VariationA03Bird Opening: Dutch Variation, Dudweiler GambitA02Bird Opening: From's GambitA02Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Bahr GambitA02Bird Opening: Hobbs GambitA02Bird Opening: Hobbs-Zilbermints GambitA02Bird Opening: Horsefly DefenseA02Bird Opening: Lasker GambitA02Bird Opening: MujannahA02Bird Opening: Myers DefenseA02Bird Opening: Platz GambitA02Bird Opening: Schlechter GambitA03Bird Opening: Sturm GambitA02Bird Opening: Wagner-Zwitersch GambitA03Bird Opening: Williams GambitA40Borg Defense: Borg GambitA45Canard OpeningA00Clemenz OpeningA00Clemenz Opening: Spike Lee GambitA00Creepy Crawly Formation: Classical DefenseA46Döry DefenseA80Dutch DefenseA84Dutch DefenseA80Dutch Defense: Alapin VariationA84Dutch Defense: Classical VariationA81Dutch Defense: Fianchetto AttackA80Dutch Defense: Hevendehl GambitA80Dutch Defense: Hopton AttackA80Dutch Defense: Korchnoi AttackA80Dutch Defense: Krejcik GambitA84Dutch Defense: Normal VariationA80Dutch Defense: Omega-Isis GambitA80Dutch Defense: Raphael VariationA82Dutch Defense: Staunton GambitA82Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit AcceptedA48East Indian DefenseA40English DefenseA40English DefenseA10English OpeningA10English Opening: Achilles-Omega GambitA10English Opening: Adorjan DefenseA13English Opening: Agincourt DefenseA13English Opening: Agincourt DefenseA13English Opening: Agincourt DefenseA10English Opening: Anglo-Dutch DefenseA10English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense, Hickmann GambitA16English Opening: Anglo-Grünfeld DefenseA15English Opening: Anglo-Indian DefenseA17English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog SystemA15English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian FormationA15English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Knight VariationA15English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Old Indian FormationA15English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian FormationA16English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight VariationA15English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Scandinavian DefenseA10English Opening: Anglo-Lithuanian VariationA10English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian DefenseA10English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Löhn GambitA10English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Schulz GambitA11English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive SystemA20English Opening: Drill VariationA10English Opening: Great Snake VariationA10English Opening: Jaenisch GambitA20English Opening: King's English VariationA21English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov CounterattackA20English Opening: King's English Variation, Nimzowitsch VariationA20English Opening: King's English Variation, Nimzowitsch-Flohr VariationA25English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed SicilianA21English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed SicilianA22English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights VariationA10English Opening: Myers DefenseA10English Opening: Myers GambitA30English Opening: Symmetrical VariationA30English Opening: Symmetrical VariationA34English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal VariationA35English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Two Knights VariationA10English Opening: Wade GambitA30English Opening: Wing GambitA10English Opening: Zilbermints GambitA15English OrangutanA40Englund GambitA40Englund Gambit DeclinedA40Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed AlekhineA40Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed FrenchA40Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed KrebsA40Englund Gambit: Hartlaub-Charlick GambitA40Englund Gambit: Mosquito GambitA40Englund Gambit: Soller GambitA00Global OpeningA00Grob OpeningA00Grob Opening: Alessi GambitA00Grob Opening: Double GrobA00Grob Opening: Double Grob, Coca-Cola GambitA00Grob Opening: Grob GambitA00Grob Opening: Grob Gambit DeclinedA00Grob Opening: London DefenseA40Horwitz DefenseA40Horwitz Defense: Zilbermints GambitA00Hungarian OpeningA00Hungarian Opening: Catalan FormationA00Hungarian Opening: Dutch DefenseA00Hungarian Opening: Indian DefenseA00Hungarian Opening: Myers DefenseA00Hungarian Opening: Reversed AlekhineA00Hungarian Opening: Reversed Modern DefenseA00Hungarian Opening: Sicilian InvitationA00Hungarian Opening: Slav FormationA00Hungarian Opening: Symmetrical VariationA00Hungarian Opening: Van Kuijk GambitA07Hungarian Opening: Wiedenhagen-Beta GambitA45Indian DefenseA45Indian Defense: Accelerated London SystemA51Indian Defense: Budapest GambitA46Indian Defense: Czech-IndianA45Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen GambitA45Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit AcceptedA45Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Oshima DefenseA46Indian Defense: Knights VariationA46Indian Defense: Knights Variation, Alburt-Miles VariationA45Indian Defense: Lazard GambitA45Indian Defense: Maddigan GambitA50Indian Defense: Medusa GambitA50Indian Defense: Normal VariationA45Indian Defense: Omega GambitA45Indian Defense: Pawn Push VariationA46Indian Defense: Polish VariationA50Indian Defense: Pyrenees GambitA45Indian Defense: Reversed Chigorin DefenseA46Indian Defense: Spielmann-IndianA45Indian Defense: Tartakower AttackA46Indian Defense: Wade-Tartakower DefenseA00Kádas OpeningA00Kádas Opening: Beginner's TrapA00Kádas Opening: Kádas GambitA00Kádas Opening: Koola-Koola VariationA00Kádas Opening: Schneider GambitA40Kangaroo DefenseA05King's Indian AttackA07King's Indian AttackA07King's Indian Attack: Double FianchettoA07King's Indian Attack: Keres VariationA07King's Indian Attack: Omega-Delta GambitA07King's Indian Attack: Sicilian VariationA05King's Indian Attack: Spassky VariationA05King's Indian Attack: Symmetrical DefenseA00Lasker Simul SpecialA50Mexican DefenseA00Mieses OpeningA00Mieses Opening: Myers Spike AttackA00Mieses Opening: Reversed RatA40Mikenas DefenseA40Montevideo DefenseA01Nimzo-Larsen AttackA01Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical VariationA06Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical VariationA01Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Dutch VariationA01Nimzo-Larsen Attack: English VariationA01Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Graz AttackA01Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Indian VariationA01Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern VariationA01Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern VariationA01Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Polish VariationA01Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Symmetrical VariationA41Old Indian DefenseA53Old Indian DefenseA45Paleface AttackA40Polish DefenseA00Polish OpeningA00Polish Opening, with d5A00Polish Opening: Baltic DefenseA00Polish Opening: Birmingham GambitA00Polish Opening: Bugayev AttackA00Polish Opening: Czech DefenseA00Polish Opening: Dutch DefenseA00Polish Opening: German DefenseA00Polish Opening: Grigorian VariationA00Polish Opening: Karniewski VariationA00Polish Opening: King's Indian VariationA00Polish Opening: Outflank VariationA00Polish Opening: Symmetrical VariationA00Polish Opening: Wolferts GambitA47Pseudo Queen's Indian DefenseA50Queen's Indian AcceleratedA40Queen's Pawn GameA41Queen's Pawn GameA40Queen's Pawn Game: Anglo-Slav OpeningA45Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin VariationA40Queen's Pawn Game: Modern DefenseA41Queen's Pawn Game: Rossolimo VariationA80Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Dutch SystemA82Rat Defense: Balogh DefenseA41Rat Defense: English RatA09Réti OpeningA09Réti Opening: Advance VariationA09Réti Opening: Réti AcceptedA09Réti Opening: Zilbermints GambitA00Saragossa OpeningA50Slav IndianA00Sodium AttackA00Sodium Attack: Chenoboskion VariationA45Trompowsky AttackA45Trompowsky Attack: Classical DefenseA00Valencia OpeningA00Van Geet OpeningA00Van Geet Opening: Battambang VariationA00Van Geet Opening: Billockus-Johansen GambitA00Van Geet Opening: Damhaug GambitA00Van Geet Opening: Düsseldorf GambitA00Van Geet Opening: Laroche GambitA00Van Geet Opening: Myers AttackA00Van Geet Opening: Reversed NimzowitschA00Van Geet Opening: Tübingen GambitA00Van Geet Opening: Twyble AttackA00Van Geet Opening: Warsteiner GambitA00Van't Kruijs OpeningA41Wade DefenseA00Ware OpeningA00Ware Opening: Crab VariationA00Ware Opening: Meadow Hay TrapA00Ware Opening: Symmetric VariationA00Ware Opening: Wing GambitA04Zukertort Defense: Kingside VariationA04Zukertort Defense: Sicilian Knight VariationA04Zukertort OpeningA05Zukertort OpeningA05Zukertort OpeningA06Zukertort OpeningA06Zukertort Opening: Ampel VariationA04Zukertort Opening: Arctic DefenseA04Zukertort Opening: Basman DefenseA04Zukertort Opening: Black Mustang DefenseA04Zukertort Opening: Drunken Cavalry VariationA04Zukertort Opening: Dutch VariationA04Zukertort Opening: Herrstrom GambitA04Zukertort Opening: Kingside FianchettoA05Zukertort Opening: Lemberger GambitA04Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn GambitA05Zukertort Opening: Nimzo-Larsen VariationA06Zukertort Opening: Old Indian AttackA04Zukertort Opening: Pirc InvitationA04Zukertort Opening: Polish DefenseA04Zukertort Opening: Queen's Gambit InvitationA04Zukertort Opening: Queenside Fianchetto VariationA05Zukertort Opening: Quiet SystemA06Zukertort Opening: Reversed Mexican DefenseA04Zukertort Opening: Ross GambitA06Zukertort Opening: Santasiere's FollyA04Zukertort Opening: Sicilian InvitationA04Zukertort Opening: Slav InvitationA04Zukertort Opening: St. George DefenseA06Zukertort Opening: Tennison GambitA06Zukertort Opening: The PotatoA04Zukertort Opening: Vos GambitA04Zukertort Opening: Wade DefenseA04Zukertort Opening: Ware Defense