List of chess openings A–Z
All 140 chess openings, with the 3,690 named lines filed under them. Pick an opening, or open a letter for every named line. Or use search if you know the moves, browse by ECO code, or see the rankings from Lichess games.
A all 65 lines
B all 239 lines
- B00 Barnes Defense 1 line
- A00 Barnes Opening 6 lines
- A57 Benko Gambit 8 lines
- A57 Benko Gambit Accepted 10 lines
- A57 Benko Gambit Declined 6 lines
- A56 Benoni Defense 61 lines
- A02 Bird Opening 28 lines
- C23 Bishop's Opening 41 lines
- D00 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 18 lines
- D00 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted 21 lines
- D00 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Declined 8 lines
- E10 Blumenfeld Countergambit 3 lines
- E10 Blumenfeld Countergambit Accepted 1 line
- E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 21 lines
- C20 Bongcloud Attack 1 line
- B00 Borg Defense 5 lines
C all 165 lines
D all 79 lines
E all 196 lines
F all 262 lines
G all 83 lines
H all 24 lines
I all 234 lines
K all 390 lines
- A40 Kangaroo Defense 2 lines
- C30 King's Gambit 1 line
- C33 King's Gambit Accepted 137 lines
- C30 King's Gambit Declined 53 lines
- A07 King's Indian Attack 25 lines
- E61 King's Indian Defense 119 lines
- C40 King's Knight Opening 3 lines
- B00 King's Pawn Game 38 lines
- C20 King's Pawn Opening 3 lines
- A00 Kádas Opening 9 lines
L all 42 lines
M all 52 lines
N all 172 lines
O all 22 lines
P all 204 lines
- A45 Paleface Attack 1 line
- C42 Petrov's Defense 48 lines
- C41 Philidor Defense 44 lines
- B00 Pirc Defense 28 lines
- A40 Polish Defense 2 lines
- A00 Polish Opening 26 lines
- C44 Ponziani Opening 16 lines
- C20 Portuguese Opening 3 lines
- A47 Pseudo Queen's Indian Defense 2 lines
- A42 Pterodactyl Defense 34 lines