Openings
252 chess openings, with their moves and numbers
The best-known openings and variations: for each one the moves, the board, how many games can follow in the next four moves, the named lines that grow out of it, and its place on the map.
The twenty first moves
King's Pawn Game
B00 · 1. e4
Queen's Pawn Game
A40 · 1. d4
English Opening
A10 · 1. c4
Zukertort Opening
A04 · 1. Nf3
Bird Opening
A02 · 1. f4
Nimzo-Larsen Attack
A01 · 1. b3
Hungarian Opening
A00 · 1. g3
Polish Opening
A00 · 1. b4
Van Geet Opening
A00 · 1. Nc3
Van't Kruijs Opening
A00 · 1. e3
Mieses Opening
A00 · 1. d3
Saragossa Opening
A00 · 1. c3
Anderssen's Opening
A00 · 1. a3
Ware Opening
A00 · 1. a4
Kádas Opening
A00 · 1. h4
Clemenz Opening
A00 · 1. h3
Amar Opening
A00 · 1. Nh3
Sodium Attack
A00 · 1. Na3
Grob Opening
A00 · 1. g4
1. e4 e5: the open games
King's Knight Opening
C40 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Bongcloud Attack
C20 · 1. e4 e5 2. Ke2
Ruy Lopez
C60 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
Italian Game
C50 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4
- Giuoco PianoC50
- Giuoco PianissimoC50
- Two Knights DefenseC55
- Two Knights Defense, Fried Liver AttackC57
- Two Knights Defense, Traxler CounterattackC57
- Two Knights Defense, Polerio DefenseC58
- Evans GambitC51
- Evans Gambit AcceptedC51
- Hungarian DefenseC50
- Blackburne-Kostić GambitC50
- Scotch GambitC56
- Jerome GambitC50
Scotch Game
C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
Four Knights Game
C47 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6
Three Knights Opening
C46 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3
Vienna Game
C25 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3
King's Gambit
C30 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4
King's Gambit Accepted
C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4
King's Gambit Declined
Center Game
C20 · 1. e4 e5 2. d4
Danish Gambit
C21 · 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3
Danish Gambit Accepted
C21 · 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3
Ponziani Opening
C44 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3
Latvian Gambit
C40 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5
Elephant Gambit
C40 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5
1. e4: the other replies
Sicilian Defense
B20 · 1. e4 c5
- OpenB32
- Modern VariationsB50
- Najdorf VariationB90
- Najdorf Variation, English AttackB90
- Najdorf Variation, Opocensky VariationB92
- Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn VariationB97
- Najdorf Variation, Adams AttackB90
- Dragon VariationB70
- Dragon Variation, Yugoslav AttackB76
- Accelerated DragonB32
- Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy BindB36
- Hyperaccelerated DragonB27
- Scheveningen VariationB80
- Scheveningen Variation, Keres AttackB81
- Taimanov VariationB44
- Kan VariationB41
- Four Knights VariationB45
- Lasker-Pelikan VariationB33
- Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov VariationB33
- Kalashnikov VariationB32
- Classical VariationB56
- Richter-Rauzer VariationB60
- Sozin AttackB86
- Velimirovic AttackB89
- Alapin VariationB22
- Smith-Morra GambitB21
- Smith-Morra Gambit AcceptedB21
- ClosedB23
- Grand Prix AttackB23
- Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo AttackB30
- Moscow VariationB51
- Wing GambitB20
- Old SicilianB30
- French VariationB40
French Defense
C00 · 1. e4 e6
- Normal VariationC00
- Paulsen VariationC10
- Advance VariationC02
- Exchange VariationC01
- Tarrasch VariationC03
- Winawer VariationC15
- Winawer Variation, Poisoned Pawn VariationC18
- Classical VariationC11
- Rubinstein VariationC10
- McCutcheon VariationC12
- Classical Variation, Steinitz VariationC11
- Classical Variation, Burn VariationC13
- King's Indian AttackC00
- Alekhine-Chatard AttackC13
- Advance Variation, Milner-Barry GambitC02
Caro-Kann Defense
B10 · 1. e4 c6
Scandinavian Defense
B01 · 1. e4 d5
Modern Defense
B06 · 1. e4 g6
Nimzowitsch Defense
B00 · 1. e4 Nc6
Owen Defense
B00 · 1. e4 b6
St. George Defense
B00 · 1. e4 a6
Borg Defense
B00 · 1. e4 g5
1. d4: the queen's pawn
Queen's Gambit
D06 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4
Queen's Gambit Accepted
D20 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4
Queen's Gambit Declined
D30 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6
Tarrasch Defense
D32 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5
Slav Defense
D10 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6
Semi-Slav Defense
D43 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6
Nimzo-Indian Defense
E20 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
Queen's Indian Defense
E12 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6
Bogo-Indian Defense
E11 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+
King's Indian Defense
E61 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3
Grünfeld Defense
D80 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
Benko Gambit
A57 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5
Benko Gambit Accepted
A57 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6
Old Indian Defense
A41 · 1. d4 d6 2. c4
Dutch Defense
A80 · 1. d4 f5
London System
A48 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4
Rapport-Jobava System
D01 · 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4
Trompowsky Attack
A45 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5
Torre Attack
Richter-Veresov Attack
D01 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. e4
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted
D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3
Englund Gambit
A40 · 1. d4 e5
1. c4, 1. Nf3 and the flank openings
King's Indian Attack
A07 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3
Names from the Lichess open opening data set (CC0); the map knows all 3,870 of them.