Chess Openings
Links to information about selected openings (for games shared on this site).
- Bird Opening [A02/A03]
- Caro-Kann advanced variation [B12/B19]
- Centre Counter Defence [B01]
- Colle System [D04/D05]
- Crab Variation (of the Ware Opening) [A00]
- Dragon [B70-B79]
- English [A10/A17]
- Englund Gambit [A40]
- French Advance [C02]
- French Defense [C00]
- Italian Game [C50]
- King's Pawn Game [B00]
- London System [D02, A46, A48]
- Modern Defense [A40]
- Nimzo-Indian Defence [E20-E59]
- Nimzovich-Larsen attack, Indian variation [A01]
- Old Benoni Defense [A43]
- Old Indian Defense [A41]
- Owen's Defense [B00]
- Petrov's Defence [C42]
- Pirc Defence [B07-B09, E39]
- Queen's Gambit [D06/D15]
- Queen's Gambit Declined, Marshall Defense [D06]
- Queen's Pawn Opening [A40/A41/A45]
- Scandinavian Defence [B01]
- Scotch [C44-C45]
- Stonewall Attack [A93-A95]
- Sicilian [B20/B21/B30/B40]
- Torre Attack [D03]
- Trompowsky Attack [E00, A45]
- Van't Kruijs [A00]
- Ware [A00] - see also Wing Gambit, Ware Gambit and Crab Variation
Note: Check out our library holdings for information about some of these openings (and other aspects of the game). This list is a work in progress; trying to provide a link to get more information (and add ECO codes) for each opening.