The opening is the initial stage of a chess game. It usually consists of established theory. The other phases are the middlegame and the endgame. Many...

This is a list of chess openings, organised by the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) code classification system. The chess openings are categorised...

The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) is a reference work describing the state of opening theory in chess, originally published in five volumes from...

The English Opening is a chess opening that begins with the move: 1. c4 A flank opening, it is the fourth most popular and, according to various databases...

The Réti Opening is a hypermodern chess opening whose "traditional" or "classic method" begins with the moves: 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 White attacks Black's pawn...

A chess opening book is a book on chess openings. This is by far the most common type of literature on chess. These books describe many major lines, like...

unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems; for a list of named opening lines...

This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. In chess, an irregular opening is an opening considered unusual or unorthodox. In the early...

Opening (or the Dutch Attack) is a chess opening characterised by the move: 1. f4 Named after 19th century English player Henry Bird, Bird's opening is...

The game of chess is commonly divided into three phases: the opening, middlegame, and endgame. There is a large body of theory regarding how the game should...

A chess opening theory table or ECO table (Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings) presents lines of moves, typically (but not always) from the starting position...

The Caro–Kann Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 c6 The Caro–Kann is a common defence against 1.e4. It is classified as a Semi-Open...

The Dutch Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. d4 f5 Black's 1...f5 stakes a claim to the e4-square and envisions an attack in the...

The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: 1. e4 c5 The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's...

This is a list of chess openings that are gambits. The gambits are organized into sections by the parent chess opening, giving the gambit name, ECO code...

The Dunst Opening is a chess opening in which White opens with the move: 1. Nc3 This fairly uncommon opening may have more names than any other: it is...

Defense, or simply the Benoni, is a chess opening characterized by an early reply of ...c5 against White's opening move 1.d4. The original form of the...

Modern Chess Openings (usually called MCO) is a reference book on chess openings, first published in 1911 by the British players Richard Clewin Griffith...

The King's Gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 White offers a pawn to divert the black e-pawn. If Black accepts the gambit...

The Despréz Opening, also called the Kadas Opening is a chess opening characterised by the opening move: 1.h4 The opening is named after the French player...

The Modern Benoni is a chess opening that begins with the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6. It is classified under the ECO codes A60–A79. After the initial...

The Sokolsky Opening, also known as the Orangutan and the Polish Opening, is an uncommon chess opening that begins with the move: 1. b4 According to various...

Opening is a chess opening named after Johannes Zukertort that begins with the move: 1. Nf3 Sometimes the name "Réti Opening" is used for the opening...

ˈruːi/; Spanish: [ˈruj ˈlopeθ]), also called the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game, is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5...

The Amar Opening (also known as the Paris Opening, or the Drunken Knight Opening) is a chess opening defined by the move: 1. Nh3 Analogous to calling...

Anna Yolanda Cramling Bellón (born 30 April 2002) is a Swedish-Spanish chess player, Twitch live streamer, and YouTuber who holds the title of Woman FIDE...

(also known as the Nimzo–Larsen Attack, Larsen's Opening and Queen's Fianchetto Opening) is a chess opening typically starting with the move: 1.b3 but sometimes...

The Barnes Opening (sometimes called Gedult's Opening) is a chess opening where White opens with: 1. f3 The opening is named after Thomas Wilson Barnes...

Many of the 1,327 named chess openings and variants listed by The Oxford Companion to Chess are named for geographic places. This article uses algebraic...

King's Fianchetto Opening or Benko Opening (also known as the Rat Opening, Hungarian Opening, or Bilek Opening) is a chess opening characterized by the...