88+ Openings

Opening Database

Every major chess opening with main lines and analysis. Free, no account needed.

Flank Openings

A10

English Opening

1. c4

A30

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation

1. c4 c5

A20

English Opening: Reversed Sicilian

1. c4 e5

A09

Réti Opening

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4

A07

King's Indian Attack

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3

A02

Bird's Opening

1. f4

A01

Nimzo-Larsen Attack

1. b3

A00

Grob Attack

1. g4

A00

Polish Opening (Sokolsky)

1. b4

A06

Catalan Opening

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3

Semi-Open Games

B20

Sicilian Defense

1. e4 c5

B90

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6

B70

Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6

B80

Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6

B56

Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6

B33

Sicilian Defense: Sveshnikov Variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5

B41

Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6

B44

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6

B22

Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation

1. e4 c5 2. c3

B21

Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3

B23

Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4

B10

Caro-Kann Defense

1. e4 c6

B12

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5

B18

Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5

B07

Pirc Defense

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6

B06

Modern Defense

1. e4 g6

B02

Alekhine's Defense

1. e4 Nf6

B01

Scandinavian Defense

1. e4 d5

C41

Philidor Defense

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6

Open Games

C50

Italian Game

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4

C53

Italian Game: Giuoco Piano

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5

C51

Italian Game: Evans Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4

C55

Two Knights Defense

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6

C60

Ruy López (Spanish Opening)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5

C78

Ruy López: Morphy Defense

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6

C65

Ruy López: Berlin Defense

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6

C89

Ruy López: Marshall Attack

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5

C45

Scotch Game

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4

C44

Scotch Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4

C42

Petrov Defense (Russian Game)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6

C46

Four Knights Game

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6

C30

King's Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. f4

C25

Vienna Game

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3

C23

Bishop's Opening

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4

C00

French Defense

1. e4 e6

C15

French Defense: Winawer Variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4

C03

French Defense: Tarrasch Variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2

C02

French Defense: Advance Variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5

C01

French Defense: Exchange Variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5

C21

Center Game

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4

C21

Danish Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3

Closed & Semi-Closed Games

D06

Queen's Gambit

1. d4 d5 2. c4

D30

Queen's Gambit Declined

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6

D20

Queen's Gambit Accepted

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4

D10

Slav Defense

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6

D43

Semi-Slav Defense

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6

D47

Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5

D32

Tarrasch Defense

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5

D80

Grünfeld Defense

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5

D85

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3

D02

London System

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4

D03

Torre Attack

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5

D05

Colle System

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3

A45

Trompowsky Attack

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5

D01

Veresov Attack (Richter-Veresov Attack)

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5

D00

Queen's Pawn Game

1. d4 d5

D00

Stonewall Attack

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4

D00

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3

D07

Chigorin Defense

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6

D08

Albin Countergambit

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5

A80

Dutch Defense

1. d4 f5

A87

Dutch Defense: Leningrad Variation

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6

A84

Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variation

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5

A60

Benoni Defense

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6

A57

Benko Gambit

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5

A51

Budapest Gambit

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5

Indian Defenses

E60

King's Indian Defense

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7

E92

King's Indian Defense: Classical Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5

E80

King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3

E76

King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4

E20

Nimzo-Indian Defense

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4

E40

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3

E32

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2

E12

Queen's Indian Defense

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6

E11

Bogo-Indian Defense

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+

A53

Old Indian Defense

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5

A70

Modern Benoni

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6

E06

Catalan Opening: Closed Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7