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Chess openings

809 openings and variations, taken from a catalogue of 3,810 named lines in 149 families. Each page shows the moves, the ECO code and the position reached.

1. e4 openings

Sicilian Defense (64)
French Defense (36)
Caro-Kann Defense (26)
King's Pawn Game (21)
Nimzowitsch Defense (16)
King's Gambit Accepted (14)
Ruy Lopez (14)
Scandinavian Defense (12)
Italian Game (11)
King's Gambit Declined (11)
Alekhine Defense (10)
Bishop's Opening (9)
Modern Defense (8)
Scotch Game (8)
Philidor Defense (7)
Pirc Defense (7)
Vienna Game (7)
Petrov's Defense (6)
Rat Defense (5)
Center Game (4)
Four Knights Game (4)
Borg Defense (3)
Latvian Gambit Accepted (3)
Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense (3)
Carr Defense (2)
Goldsmith Defense (2)
King's Knight Opening (2)
Latvian Gambit (2)
Owen Defense (2)
Ponziani Opening (2)
St. George Defense (2)
Ware Defense (2)
Barnes Defense (1)
Bongcloud Attack (1)
Center Game Accepted (1)
Czech Defense (1)
Danish Gambit (1)
Danish Gambit Accepted (1)
Danish Gambit Declined (1)
Dresden Opening (1)
Duras Gambit (1)
Elephant Gambit (1)
English Opening (1)
Fried Fox Defense (1)
Gunderam Defense (1)
Hippopotamus Defense (1)
Irish Gambit (1)
King's Gambit (1)
King's Pawn Opening (1)
Lemming Defense (1)
Lion Defense (1)
Portuguese Opening (1)
Three Knights Opening (1)
Zukertort Opening (1)

1. d4 openings

Queen's Pawn Game (35)
Indian Defense (25)
Queen's Gambit Declined (22)
Dutch Defense (21)
Benoni Defense (14)
Nimzo-Indian Defense (14)
King's Indian Defense (11)
Queen's Indian Defense (10)
Semi-Slav Defense (9)
Queen's Gambit Accepted (7)
Slav Defense (7)
Grünfeld Defense (6)
Catalan Opening (5)
Englund Gambit (4)
Englund Gambit Declined (4)
Tarrasch Defense (4)
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted (3)
Old Indian Defense (3)
Benko Gambit Accepted (2)
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (2)
Bogo-Indian Defense (2)
English Defense (2)
Horwitz Defense (2)
Rat Defense (2)
Trompowsky Attack (2)
Amazon Attack (1)
Australian Defense (1)
Basque Opening (1)
Benko Gambit (1)
Benko Gambit Declined (1)
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Declined (1)
Blumenfeld Countergambit (1)
Blumenfeld Countergambit Accepted (1)
Borg Defense (1)
Canard Opening (1)
Döry Defense (1)
East Indian Defense (1)
Kangaroo Defense (1)
London System (1)
London System, with Bd3 (1)
London System, with Be2 (1)
Marienbad System (1)
Mexican Defense (1)
Mikenas Defense (1)
Montevideo Defense (1)
Neo-Grünfeld Defense (1)
Paleface Attack (1)
Polish Defense (1)
Pseudo Queen's Indian Defense (1)
Pterodactyl Defense (1)
Queen's Gambit (1)
Queen's Indian Accelerated (1)
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (1)
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3, Bb4+ Line (1)
Queen's Pawn, Mengarini Attack (1)
Rapport-Jobava System (1)
Rapport-Jobava System, with e6 (1)
Richter-Veresov Attack (1)
Robatsch Defense (1)
Rubinstein Opening (1)
Semi-Slav Defense Accepted (1)
Slav Indian (1)
Torre Attack (1)
Vulture Defense (1)
Wade Defense (1)
Yusupov-Rubinstein System (1)
Zaire Defense (1)

1. c4 openings

English Opening (45)
English Orangutan (1)
Réti Opening (1)

1. Nf3 openings

Zukertort Opening (31)
King's Indian Attack (10)
Réti Opening (4)
Zukertort Defense (2)
Colle System (1)
King's Indian Attack, with Bf5 (1)
King's Indian Attack, with e6 (1)
Nimzo-Larsen Attack (1)
Queen's Pawn Game (1)

Other first moves

Bird Opening (17)
Polish Opening (13)
Hungarian Opening (12)
Van Geet Opening (11)
Nimzo-Larsen Attack (10)
Grob Opening (7)
Kádas Opening (5)
Ware Opening (5)
Barnes Opening (3)
Mieses Opening (3)
Anderssen's Opening (2)
Clemenz Opening (2)
Sodium Attack (2)
Amar Opening (1)
Amsterdam Attack (1)
Creepy Crawly Formation (1)
Formation (1)
Global Opening (1)
Lasker Simul Special (1)
Polish Opening, with d5 (1)
Saragossa Opening (1)
Valencia Opening (1)
Van't Kruijs Opening (1)
Zukertort Opening (1)

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