Chess openings
3120 openings across 143 families. Pick a family to explore its lines, replay the moves on a board, then play them yourself.
- B Sicilian Defense 320 lines
- C Ruy Lopez 198 lines
- C French Defense 166 lines
- C Italian Game 155 lines
- D Queen's Gambit Declined 135 lines
- C King's Gambit Accepted 128 lines
- A English Opening 122 lines
- E King's Indian Defense 106 lines
- B Caro-Kann Defense 90 lines
- E Nimzo-Indian Defense 72 lines
- A Dutch Defense 57 lines
- B Alekhine Defense 53 lines
- D Grünfeld Defense 51 lines
- A Indian Defense 50 lines
- C King's Gambit Declined 50 lines
- A Queen's Pawn Game 48 lines
- C Scotch Game 48 lines
- D Queen's Gambit Accepted 47 lines
- E Queen's Indian Defense 47 lines
- D Semi-Slav Defense 46 lines
- A Benoni Defense 44 lines
- D Slav Defense 43 lines
- C Petrov's Defense 42 lines
- B Scandinavian Defense 42 lines
- B Nimzowitsch Defense 41 lines
- A Zukertort Opening 41 lines
- C Vienna Game 40 lines
- C Bishop's Opening 39 lines
- C Philidor Defense 38 lines
- C Four Knights Game 37 lines
- B Modern Defense 37 lines
- B King's Pawn Game 35 lines
- B Pterodactyl Defense 34 lines
- A Van Geet Opening 33 lines
- A Bird Opening 27 lines
- D Tarrasch Defense 26 lines
- A Polish Opening 24 lines
- B Pirc Defense 23 lines
- D Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted 21 lines
- A Grob Opening 20 lines
- A Hungarian Opening 20 lines
- D Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 17 lines
- C Latvian Gambit 17 lines
- C Center Game 15 lines
- A Réti Opening 15 lines
- C Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense 15 lines
- E Catalan Opening 14 lines
- A Nimzo-Larsen Attack 13 lines
- A Old Indian Defense 13 lines
- C Ponziani Opening 13 lines
- A King's Indian Attack 12 lines
- B Rat Defense 11 lines
- E Bogo-Indian Defense 10 lines
- D Neo-Grünfeld Defense 10 lines
- A Benko Gambit Accepted 9 lines
- A Englund Gambit 9 lines
- C Latvian Gambit Accepted 9 lines
- A Trompowsky Attack 9 lines
- D Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Declined 8 lines
- B Owen Defense 8 lines
- A Benko Gambit 7 lines
- A Englund Gambit Declined 7 lines
- A Kádas Opening 7 lines
- D Richter-Veresov Attack 7 lines
- A Ware Opening 7 lines
- A Benko Gambit Declined 6 lines
- C Danish Gambit Accepted 6 lines
- A English Defense 6 lines
- A Torre Attack 6 lines
- A Barnes Opening 5 lines
- B Lion Defense 5 lines
- C Three Knights Opening 5 lines
- A Van't Kruijs Opening 5 lines
- B Borg Defense 4 lines
- C Elephant Gambit 4 lines
- A Mieses Opening 4 lines
- A Mikenas Defense 4 lines
- D Rubinstein Opening 4 lines
- A Sodium Attack 4 lines
- B St. George Defense 4 lines
- A Amar Opening 3 lines
- E Blumenfeld Countergambit 3 lines
- A Colle System 3 lines
- C King's Knight Opening 3 lines
- C King's Pawn Opening 3 lines
- C Portuguese Opening 3 lines
- D Amazon Attack 2 lines
- A Anderssen's Opening 2 lines
- B Carr Defense 2 lines
- A Clemenz Opening 2 lines
- A Formation 2 lines
- B Goldsmith Defense 2 lines
- A Horwitz Defense 2 lines
- A Kangaroo Defense 2 lines
- A London System 2 lines
- A Marienbad System 2 lines
- A Mexican Defense 2 lines
- A Polish Defense 2 lines
- A Slav Indian 2 lines
- B Ware Defense 2 lines
- A Zukertort Defense 2 lines
- A Amar Gambit 1 line
- A Amsterdam Attack 1 line
- A Australian Defense 1 line
- B Barnes Defense 1 line
- E Blumenfeld Countergambit Accepted 1 line
- C Bongcloud Attack 1 line
- A Canard Opening 1 line
- C Center Game Accepted 1 line
- A Creepy Crawly Formation 1 line
- B Czech Defense 1 line
- C Danish Gambit 1 line
- C Danish Gambit Declined 1 line
- A Döry Defense 1 line
- C Dresden Opening 1 line
- B Duras Gambit 1 line
- A East Indian Defense 1 line
- A English Orangutan 1 line
- B Fried Fox Defense 1 line
- A Global Opening 1 line
- C Gunderam Defense 1 line
- B Hippopotamus Defense 1 line
- C Irish Gambit 1 line
- C King's Gambit 1 line
- A Lasker Simul Special 1 line
- B Lemming Defense 1 line
- A Montevideo Defense 1 line
- B Norwegian Defense 1 line
- A Paleface Attack 1 line
- A Pseudo Queen's Indian Defense 1 line
- D Queen's Gambit 1 line
- A Queen's Indian Accelerated 1 line
- E Queen's Pawn, Mengarini Attack 1 line
- D Rapport-Jobava System 1 line
- D Rapport-Jobava System, with e6 1 line
- A Robatsch Defense 1 line
- A Saragossa Opening 1 line
- D Semi-Slav Defense Accepted 1 line
- A Valencia Opening 1 line
- A Vulture Defense 1 line
- A Wade Defense 1 line
- A Yusupov-Rubinstein System 1 line
- A Zaire Defense 1 line