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Chess openings library

140 opening families from the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO), each with the codes it covers, a representative position you can open on the board, and what the opening typically leads to. Pick one below — or jump straight to reviewing your own games.

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ECO A — Flank & irregular openings

Amar Opening

A00

Amazon Attack

A45 · D00

Amsterdam Attack

A00

Anderssen's Opening

A00

Australian Defense

A40

Barnes Opening

A00 · C20

Benko Gambit

A57 · A58 · A59

Benko Gambit Accepted

A57 · A58 · A59

Benko Gambit Declined

A57

Benoni Defense

A40 · A43 · A44 · A56 · A60 · A61 · A62 · A63 · A64 · A65 · A66 · A67 · A68 · A69 · A70 · A71 · A72 · A73 · A74 · A75 · A76 · A77 · A78 · A79

Bird Opening

A02 · A03 · B21

Borg Defense

A40 · B00

Canard Opening

A45

Clemenz Opening

A00

Colle System

A04 · A40

Creepy Crawly Formation

A00

Döry Defense

A46

Dutch Defense

A80 · A81 · A82 · A83 · A84 · A85 · A86 · A87 · A88 · A89 · A90 · A91 · A92 · A93 · A94 · A95 · A96 · A97 · A98 · A99

East Indian Defense

A48

English Defense

A40

English Opening

A10 · A11 · A13 · A14 · A15 · A16 · A17 · A18 · A19 · A20 · A21 · A22 · A23 · A24 · A25 · A26 · A27 · A28 · A29 · A30 · A31 · A32 · A33 · A34 · A35 · A36 · A37 · A38 · A39 · C20

English Orangutan

A15

Englund Gambit

A40

Englund Gambit Declined

A40

Formation

A00

Global Opening

A00

Grob Opening

A00

Grünfeld Defense

A56 · D80 · D81 · D82 · D83 · D84 · D85 · D86 · D87 · D88 · D89 · D90 · D91 · D92 · D93 · D94 · D95 · D96 · D97 · D98 · D99 · E60

Horwitz Defense

A40

Hungarian Opening

A00 · A07

Indian Defense

A43 · A45 · A46 · A47 · A48 · A49 · A50 · A51 · A52 · E00 · E10 · E60

Kádas Opening

A00

Kangaroo Defense

A40

King's Indian Attack

A05 · A07 · A08

Lasker Simul Special

A00

London System

A48 · D02

Marienbad System

A47

Mexican Defense

A50

Mieses Opening

A00

Mikenas Defense

A40

Modern Defense

A04 · A40 · A41 · A42 · B06 · B07 · B27

Montevideo Defense

A40

Nimzo-Larsen Attack

A01 · A06

Old Indian Defense

A41 · A53 · A54 · A55

Paleface Attack

A45

Polish Defense

A40

Polish Opening

A00 · A05

Pseudo Queen's Indian Defense

A47

Pterodactyl Defense

A40 · A42 · B06 · B27

Queen's Indian Accelerated

A50

Queen's Pawn Game

A40 · A41 · A43 · A45 · A46 · A48 · A80 · D00 · D02 · D03 · D04 · D05

Rat Defense

A41 · A82 · B00 · B06 · C00

Réti Opening

A09 · A11 · A12 · A14

Robatsch Defense

A41

Saragossa Opening

A00

Slav Indian

A40 · A50

Sodium Attack

A00

Torre Attack

A46 · A48

Trompowsky Attack

A45

Valencia Opening

A00

Van Geet Opening

A00 · B00 · B01 · C31

Van't Kruijs Opening

A00

Vulture Defense

A56

Wade Defense

A41

Ware Opening

A00

Yusupov-Rubinstein System

A46

Zaire Defense

A40

Zukertort Defense

A04

Zukertort Opening

A04 · A05 · A06 · A08 · A41

ECO B — Semi-open games (1.e4, not 1...e5)

ECO C — Open games (1.e4 e5) & the French

ECO D — Closed games (1.d4 d5)

ECO E — Indian defenses