Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Chess Openings

Just a list of some of the most common chess openings, leaving white to move.

  1. (initial position)
  2. e4 e5
  3. e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6
  4. e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bc4 Nf6 (Two Knights Defense)
  5. e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bc4 Bc5 (Giuoco Piano)
  6. e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 a6 (Ruy Lopez, Morphy Defense)
  7. e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 Nf6 (Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense)
  8. e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 (Petroff Defense)
  9. e4 e5 Nf3 d6 (Philidor Defense)
  10. e4 c5 (Sicilian Defense)
  11. e4 c5 Nf3 d6 (Sicilian Defense)
  12. e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 (Sicilian Defense)
  13. e4 c5 Nf3 e6 (Sicilian Defense)
  14. e4 c5 c3 Nf6 (Sicilian Defense, Alapin Variation)
  15. e4 c5 c3 d5 (Sicilian Defense, Alapin Variation)
  16. e4 e6 (French Defense)
  17. e4 c6 (Caro-Kann Defense)
  18. e4 d6 (Pirc Defense)
  19. e4 Nf6 (Alekhine's Defense)
  20. e4 g6 (Modern Defense)
  21. e4 d5 (Scandinavian Defense)
  22. e4 d5 exd5 Qxd5 (Scandinavian Defense)
  23. e4 d5 exd5 Nf6 (Scandinavian Defense, Marshall Gambit)
  24. d4 d5
  25. d4 d5 c4 e6 (Queen's Gambit Declined)
  26. d4 d5 c4 c6 (Slav Defense)
  27. d4 d5 c4 dxc4 (Queen's Gambit Accepted)
  28. d4 Nf6
  29. d4 Nf6 c4 e6
  30. d4 Nf6 c4 g6 (King's Indian Defense)
  31. d4 Nf6 c4 c5 (Benoni Defense)
  32. d4 Nf6 c4 e5 (Budepest Gambit)
  33. d4 Nf6 Nf3 e6
  34. d4 Nf6 Nf3 g6
  35. d4 Nf6 Nf3 c5
  36. d4 Nf6 Nf3 d5
  37. d4 Nf6 Nf3 d6
  38. d4 e6
  39. d4 d6
  40. d4 f5 (Dutch Defense)
  41. d4 g6 (Modern Defense)
  42. c4 Nf6 (English Opening)
  43. c4 e5 (Reversed Sicilian)
  44. c4 e6 (English Opening)
  45. c4 c5 (English Opening)
  46. c4 g6 (English Opening)
  47. Nf3 Nf6 (Réti Opening)
  48. Nf3 d5 (Réti Opening)
  49. Nf3 c5 (Réti Opening)

Some more rarer:

  1. e4 e5 Nf3 f5 (Latvian Gambit)
  2. d4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nf3 b6 (Queen's Indian Defense)
  3. d4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nf3 d5 (Queen's Gambit Declined, transposition)
  4. d4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nf3 Bb4+ (Bogo-Indian Defense)
  5. d4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nf3 c5

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