Chess openings
150 openings and 3864 named variations, grouped by White’s first move.
1. d4
- Amazon Attack 2
- Australian Defense
- Basque Opening
- Benko Gambit 8
- Benko Gambit Accepted 10
- Benko Gambit Declined 6
- Benoni Defense 66
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 18
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted 22
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Declined 9
- Blumenfeld Countergambit 3
- Blumenfeld Countergambit Accepted
- Bogo-Indian Defense 21
- Canard Opening
- Catalan Opening 32
- Colle System 3
- Döry Defense
- Dutch Defense 69
- East Indian Defense
- English Defense 7
- Englund Gambit 9
- Englund Gambit Declined 7
- Grünfeld Defense 59
- Horwitz Defense 2
- Indian Defense 53
- Kangaroo Defense 2
- King's Indian Defense 119
- London System 4
- London System, with Bd3
- London System, with Be2 3
- Marienbad System 2
- Mexican Defense 2
- Mikenas Defense 4
- Montevideo Defense
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense 25
- Nimzo-Indian Defense 104
- Old Indian Defense 14
- Paleface Attack
- Polish Defense 2
- Pseudo Queen's Indian Defense 2
- Queen's Gambit
- Queen's Gambit Accepted 63
- Queen's Gambit Declined 211
- Queen's Indian Accelerated
- Queen's Indian Defense 58
- Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 14
- Queen's Indian Defense, with e3, Bb4+ Line
- Queen's Pawn Game 82
- Queen's Pawn, Mengarini Attack
- Rapport-Jobava System 3
- Rapport-Jobava System, with e6
- Richter-Veresov Attack 8
- Robatsch Defense
- Rubinstein Opening 6
- Semi-Slav Defense 72
- Semi-Slav Defense Accepted
- Slav Defense 52
- Slav Indian 2
- Tarrasch Defense 27
- Torre Attack 6
- Trompowsky Attack 10
- Vulture Defense
- Wade Defense
- Yusupov-Rubinstein System
- Zaire Defense
1. e4
- Alekhine Defense 56
- Barnes Defense
- Bishop's Opening 41
- Bongcloud Attack
- Borg Defense 5
- Caro-Kann Defense 110
- Carr Defense 2
- Center Game 18
- Center Game Accepted
- Czech Defense
- Danish Gambit
- Danish Gambit Accepted 6
- Danish Gambit Declined
- Dresden Opening
- Duras Gambit
- Elephant Gambit 4
- Four Knights Game 49
- French Defense 211
- French Defense, Classical, 4. Bg5
- Fried Fox Defense
- Goldsmith Defense 2
- Gunderam Defense
- Hippopotamus Defense 2
- Irish Gambit
- Italian Game 187
- King's Gambit
- King's Gambit Accepted 137
- King's Gambit Declined 53
- King's Knight Opening 3
- King's Pawn Game 38
- King's Pawn Opening 3
- Latvian Gambit 17
- Latvian Gambit Accepted 9
- Lemming Defense
- Lion Defense 6
- Modern Defense 39
- Nimzowitsch Defense 43
- Owen Defense 8
- Petrov's Defense 50
- Philidor Defense 44
- Pirc Defense 28
- Ponziani Opening 16
- Portuguese Opening 3
- Rat Defense 11
- Ruy Lopez 235
- Scandinavian Defense 45
- Scotch Game 53
- Sicilian Defense 400
- St. George Defense 4
- Three Knights Opening 6
- Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense 15
- Vienna Game 41
- Ware Defense 2
1. Nf3
- King's Indian Attack 20
- King's Indian Attack, with Bf5 5
- King's Indian Attack, with e6 2
- Pterodactyl Defense 33
- Réti Opening 43
- Zukertort Defense 2
- Zukertort Opening 47
1. h3
1. e3
1. a3
1. g3
1. d3
1. b4
1. c4
1. Nh3
1. f3
1. g4
- Grob Opening 20
1. h4
1. c3
1. Na3
1. Nc3
1. a4
1. b3
1. f4
- Bird Opening 28