Chess openings starting with B
239 named lines, from Barnes Defense to Borg Defense. Back to the list of chess openings A–Z.
Barnes Defense 1 line
Barnes Opening 6 lines
Benko Gambit 8 lines
Benko Gambit Accepted 10 lines
- A57 Benko Gambit Accepted 4 moves
- A58 Central Storming Variation 7 moves
- A57 Dlugy Variation 5 moves
- A58 Fianchetto Variation 9 moves
- A58 Fully Accepted Variation 5 moves
- A59 King Walk Variation 11 moves
- A57 Modern Variation 5 moves
- A57 Pawn Return Variation 5 moves
- A59 Yugoslav 6…d6 7. e4 7 moves
- A59 Yugoslav 8…d6 9. Nge2 9 moves
Benko Gambit Declined 6 lines
Benoni Defense 61 lines
- A56 Benoni Defense 2. c4 c5 2 moves
- A61 Benoni Defense 6. Nc3 g6 6 moves
- A43 Benoni Gambit Accepted 2 moves
- A43 Benoni Gambit, Schlenker Defense 2 moves
- A43 Benoni-Indian Defense 2 moves
- A43 Benoni-Indian Defense, Kingside Move Order 3 moves
- A43 Benoni-Staunton Gambit 3 moves
- A70 Classical Variation 6…g6 7. e4 7 moves
- A72 Classical Variation 8. Be2 O-O 8 moves
- A75 Classical Variation, Argentine Counterattack 10 moves
- A71 Classical Variation, Averbakh-Grivas Attack 8 moves
- A76 Classical Variation, Czerniak Defense 9. O-O Re8 9 moves
- A78 Classical Variation, Czerniak Defense 10. Nd2 Na6 10 moves
- A79 Classical Variation, Czerniak Defense 10…Na6 11. f3 11 moves
- A77 Classical Variation, Czerniak Defense, Tal Line 10 moves
- A74 Classical Variation, Full Line 10 moves
- A73 Classical Variation, Main Line 9 moves
- A70 Classical Variation, New York Variation 8 moves
- A70 Classical Variation, Traditional Variation 8 moves
- A43 Cormorant Gambit 2 moves
- A56 Czech Benoni Defense 3 moves
- A61 Fianchetto Variation 6…g6 7. g3 7 moves
- A62 Fianchetto Variation 8. Nf3 O-O 8 moves
- A63 Fianchetto Variation, Hastings Defense 9 moves
- A64 Fianchetto Variation, Hastings Defense, Main Line 11 moves
- A68 Four Pawns Attack 8 moves
- A69 Four Pawns Attack, Main Line 9 moves
- A40 Franco-Sicilian Hybrid 7 moves
- A43 French Benoni 3 moves
- A43 Hawk Variation 3 moves
- A56 Hromádka System 3 moves
- A56 King's Indian System 5 moves
- A65 King's Pawn Line 5…d6 6. e4 6 moves
- A65 King's Pawn Line 7. f3 Bg7 7 moves
- A65 King's Pawn Line 8…exd5 9. cxd5 9 moves
- A65 King's Pawn Line, with Be3 8 moves
- A65 King's Pawn Line, with Bg5 6…c5 7. d5 7 moves
- A65 King's Pawn Line, with Bg5 7…Bg7 8. Bg5 8 moves
- A65 King's Pawn Line, with Bg5 8…exd5 9. exd5 9 moves
- A65 King's Pawn Line, with Nge2 7…Bg7 8. Nge2 8 moves
- A65 King's Pawn Line, with Nge2 8…exd5 9. cxd5 9 moves
- A61 Knight's Tour Variation 7 moves
- A66 Mikenas Variation 8 moves
- A60 Modern Variation 3 moves
- A60 Modern Variation, Snake Variation 5 moves
- A43 Old Benoni 1. d4 c5 1 move
- A43 Old Benoni 1…c5 2. d5 2 moves
- A43 Old Benoni 2. d5 d6 2 moves
- A44 Old Benoni 2. d5 e5 2 moves
- A43 Old Benoni, Mujannah Formation 2 moves
- A43 Old Benoni, Schmid Variation 3 moves
- A66 Pawn Storm Variation 7 moves
- A44 Semi-Benoni 3 moves
- A43 Snail Variation 2 moves
- A67 Taimanov Variation 8 moves
- A61 Uhlmann Variation 7 moves
- A56 Weenink Variation 3 moves
- A43 Woozle 3 moves
- A43 Zilbermints-Benoni Gambit 1…c5 2. b4 2 moves
- A43 Zilbermints-Benoni Gambit 2…cxd4 3. b4 3 moves
- A43 Zilbermints-Benoni Gambit, Tamarkin Countergambit 3 moves
Bird Opening 28 lines
- A02 Bird Opening 1 move
- A02 Batavo-Polish Attack 3 moves
- A02 Double Duck Formation 2 moves
- A03 Dutch Variation 1 move
- B21 Dutch Variation, Batavo Gambit 3 moves
- A03 Dutch Variation, Dudweiler Gambit 2 moves
- A02 From's Gambit 1 move
- A02 From's Gambit, Bahr Gambit 2 moves
- A02 From's Gambit, Langheld Gambit 3 moves
- A02 From's Gambit, Lasker Variation 4 moves
- A02 From's Gambit, Lipke Variation 5 moves
- A02 Hobbs Gambit 1 move
- A02 Hobbs-Zilbermints Gambit 2 moves
- A02 Horsefly Defense 1 move
- A02 Lasker Gambit 2 moves
- A03 Lasker Variation 3 moves
- A02 Mujannah 2 moves
- A02 Myers Defense 1 move
- A02 Platz Gambit 2 moves
- A02 Schlechter Gambit 2 moves
- A02 Siegener Gambit 4 moves
- A03 Sturm Gambit 2 moves
- A02 Swiss Gambit 4 moves
- A03 Thomas Gambit 5 moves
- A02 Wagner-Zwitersch Gambit 2 moves
- A03 Williams Gambit 1…d5 2. e4 2 moves
- A03 Williams Gambit 3…Nf6 4. Qe2 4 moves
- A03 Williams-Zilbermints Gambit 4 moves
Bishop's Opening 41 lines
- C23 Bishop's Opening 2 moves
- C23 Anderssen Gambit 3 moves
- C24 Berlin Defense 2 moves
- C24 Berlin Defense, Greco Gambit 3 moves
- C27 Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit 4 moves
- C27 Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit, Lichtenhein Defense 4 moves
- C23 Boi Variation 2 moves
- C23 Calabrese Countergambit 2 moves
- C23 Calabrese Countergambit, Jaenisch Variation 3 moves
- C23 del Rio Variation 3 moves
- C23 Four Pawns Gambit 9 moves
- C26 Horwitz Gambit 3 moves
- C23 Khan Gambit 2 moves
- C24 Kitchener Folly 4 moves
- C24 Krejcik Gambit 5 moves
- C23 Lewis Countergambit 3. c3 d5 3 moves
- C23 Lewis Countergambit 4. Bxd5 Nf6 4 moves
- C23 Lewis Countergambit, Walker Variation 5 moves
- C23 Lewis Gambit 3 moves
- C23 Lisitsyn Variation 8 moves
- C23 Lopez Gambit 5 moves
- C23 Lopez Variation 3 moves
- C23 Lopez Variation, Lopez Gambit 4 moves
- C23 McDonnell Gambit 3 moves
- C23 McDonnell Gambit, La Bourdonnais-Denker Gambit 4 moves
- C23 McDonnell Gambit, McDonnell Double Gambit 4 moves
- C24 Pachman Gambit 4 moves
- C24 Paulsen Defense 3 moves
- C23 Philidor Counterattack 2 moves
- C23 Philidor Variation 3 moves
- C24 Ponziani Gambit 3 moves
- C23 Pratt Variation 7 moves
- C23 Stein Gambit 3 moves
- C23 Thorold Gambit 3 moves
- C43 Urusov Gambit 4 moves
- C43 Urusov Gambit, Keidansky Gambit 5 moves
- C24 Urusov Gambit, Panov Variation 6 moves
- C24 Vienna Hybrid 4 moves
- C28 Vienna Hybrid, Hromádka Variation 5 moves
- C26 Vienna Hybrid, Spielmann Attack 4 moves
- C24 Warsaw Gambit 4 moves
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 18 lines
- D00 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 1…d5 2. e4 2 moves
- D00 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 3. Nc3 Nf6 3 moves
- D00 Blackmar Gambit 3 moves
- D00 Diemer-Rosenberg Attack 3 moves
- D00 Fritz Attack 3 moves
- D00 Lemberger Countergambit 3 moves
- D00 Lemberger Countergambit, Endgame Variation 4 moves
- D00 Lemberger Countergambit, Lange Gambit 4 moves
- D00 Lemberger Countergambit, Rasmussen Attack 4 moves
- D00 Lemberger Countergambit, Sneiders Attack 4 moves
- D00 Lemberger Countergambit, Soller Attack 4 moves
- D00 Netherlands Variation 3 moves
- D00 Rasa-Studier Gambit 4 moves
- D00 Reversed Albin Countergambit 3 moves
- D00 von Popiel Gambit 4 moves
- D00 von Popiel Gambit, Zilbermints Variation 8 moves
- D00 Zeller Defense 3 moves
- D00 Zeller Defense, Soller Attack 5 moves
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted 21 lines
- D00 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted 4 moves
- D00 Bogoljubow Defense 5 moves
- D00 Bogoljubow Defense, Kloss Attack 8 moves
- D00 Bogoljubow Defense, Mad Dog Attack 7 moves
- D00 Bogoljubow Defense, Nimzowitsch Attack 7 moves
- D00 Bogoljubow Defense, Studier Attack 8 moves
- D00 Euwe Defense 5 moves
- D00 Euwe Defense, Zilbermints Gambit 9 moves
- D00 Gunderam Defense 5 moves
- D00 Gunderam Defense, Stader Variation 7 moves
- D00 Holwell Defense 5 moves
- D00 Kaulich Defense 5 moves
- D00 Pietrowsky Defense 5 moves
- D00 Ritter Defense 5 moves
- D00 Ryder Gambit 5 moves
- D00 Schlutter Defense 5 moves
- D00 Teichmann Defense 5 moves
- D00 Teichmann Defense, Ciesielski Variation 8 moves
- D00 Teichmann Defense, Classical Variation 8 moves
- D00 Teichmann Defense, Seidel-Hall Attack 8 moves
- D00 Ziegler Defense 5 moves
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Declined 8 lines
Blumenfeld Countergambit 3 lines
Blumenfeld Countergambit Accepted 1 line
Bogo-Indian Defense 21 lines
- E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 3 moves
- E11 Exchange Variation 4 moves
- E11 Grünfeld Variation 4 moves
- E11 Haiti Variation 4 moves
- E11 Monticelli Trap 10 moves
- E11 New England Variation 4 moves
- E11 Nimzowitsch Variation 4 moves
- E11 Retreat Variation 4. Bd2 Be7 4 moves
- E11 Retreat Variation 5…d5 6. Nf3 6 moves
- E11 Retreat Variation 6. Nf3 O-O 6 moves
- E11 Retreat Variation 6…O-O 7. O-O 7 moves
- E11 Retreat Variation 7…c6 8. O-O 8 moves
- E11 Retreat Variation 8. Qc2 c6 8 moves
- E11 Retreat Variation 8…c6 9. b3 9 moves
- E11 Retreat Variation 8…c6 9. Rc1 9 moves
- E11 Retreat Variation 8…c6 9. Rd1 9 moves
- E11 Retreat Variation 9. Rd1 h6 9 moves
- E11 Retreat Variation 9…b6 10. Nbd2 10 moves
- E11 Retreat Variation 10. Nbd2 Ba6 10 moves
- E11 Vitolins Variation 4 moves
- E11 Wade-Smyslov Variation 4 moves