Chess openings starting with C
165 named lines, from Canard Opening to Czech Defense. Back to the list of chess openings A–Z.
Canard Opening 1 line
Caro-Kann Defense 106 lines
- B10 Caro-Kann Defense 1. e4 c6 1 move
- B10 Caro-Kann Defense 1…c6 2. Nc3 2 moves
- B10 Caro-Kann Defense 2. Nc3 d5 2 moves
- B12 Caro-Kann Defense 1…c6 2. d4 2 moves
- B12 Caro-Kann Defense 2. d4 d5 2 moves
- B15 Caro-Kann Defense 2…d5 3. Nc3 3 moves
- B15 Caro-Kann Defense 3. Nc3 dxe4 3 moves
- B10 Accelerated Panov Attack 1…c6 2. c4 2 moves
- B10 Accelerated Panov Attack 2. c4 d5 2 moves
- B10 Accelerated Panov Attack, Modern Variation 4 moves
- B10 Accelerated Panov Attack, Open Variation 2 moves
- B10 Accelerated Panov Attack, Pseudo-Scandinavian 3 moves
- B10 Accelerated Panov Attack, Van Weersel Attack 4 moves
- B12 Advance Variation 3 moves
- B12 Advance Variation, Bayonet Attack 4 moves
- B12 Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense 3 moves
- B12 Advance Variation, Bronstein Variation 4 moves
- B12 Advance Variation, Prins Attack 4 moves
- B12 Advance Variation, Short Variation 4 moves
- B12 Advance Variation, Tal Variation 4 moves
- B12 Advance Variation, Van der Wiel Attack 3…Bf5 4. Nc3 4 moves
- B12 Advance Variation, Van der Wiel Attack 6…c5 7. h4 7 moves
- B12 Advance Variation, Van der Wiel Attack, Dreyev Defense 4 moves
- B12 Advance, Short Variation 5 moves
- B15 Alekhine Gambit 5 moves
- B15 Alien Gambit 6 moves
- B10 Apocalypse Attack 4 moves
- B10 Breyer Variation 2 moves
- B10 Breyer Variation, Stein Attack 8 moves
- B16 Bronstein-Larsen Variation 5 moves
- B15 Campomanes Attack 3 moves
- B18 Classical Variation 4. Nxe4 Bf5 4 moves
- B19 Classical Variation 7. Nf3 Nd7 7 moves
- B18 Classical Variation, Flohr Variation 6 moves
- B19 Classical Variation, Lobron System 12 moves
- B18 Classical Variation, Main Line 6 moves
- B18 Classical Variation, Maróczy Attack 6 moves
- B19 Classical Variation, Seirawan Variation 12 moves
- B19 Classical Variation, Spassky Variation 8 moves
- B12 De Bruycker Defense 2. d4 Na6 2 moves
- B12 De Bruycker Defense 3. Nc3 Nc7 3 moves
- B12 Edinburgh Variation 3 moves
- B10 Endgame Offer 3 moves
- B10 Endgame Variation 5 moves
- B10 Euwe Attack 2 moves
- B13 Exchange Variation 2…d5 3. exd5 3 moves
- B13 Exchange Variation 3. exd5 cxd5 3 moves
- B13 Exchange Variation 3…cxd5 4. Bf4 4 moves
- B13 Exchange Variation 4. Nf3 Nc6 4 moves
- B13 Exchange Variation, Bulla Attack 4 moves
- B13 Exchange Variation, Rubinstein Variation 6 moves
- B16 Finnish Variation 4 moves
- B15 Forgacs Variation 6 moves
- B10 Goldman Variation 3 moves
- B15 Gurgenidze Counterattack 3 moves
- B15 Gurgenidze System 3 moves
- B10 Hector Gambit 4 moves
- B10 Hillbilly Attack 2 moves
- B10 Hillbilly Attack, Schaeffer Gambit 4 moves
- B17 Karpov Variation 4 moves
- B17 Karpov Variation, Modern Main Line 10 moves
- B17 Karpov Variation, Modern Variation 5 moves
- B17 Karpov Variation, Modern Variation, Ivanchuk Defense 5 moves
- B17 Karpov Variation, Modern Variation, Kasparov Attack 6 moves
- B17 Karpov Variation, Smyslov Variation 7 moves
- B17 Karpov Variation, Smyslov Variation, Main Line 8 moves
- B17 Karpov Variation, Tiviakov-Fischer Attack 6 moves
- B10 Labahn Attack 2 moves
- B10 Labahn Attack, Double Gambit 3 moves
- B10 Labahn Attack, Polish Variation 3 moves
- B15 Main Line 4 moves
- B18 Martian Gambit 7 moves
- B12 Maróczy Variation 3 moves
- B12 Maróczy Variation, Maróczy Gambit 6 moves
- B12 Masi Variation 2 moves
- B12 Massachusetts Defense 2 moves
- B12 Mieses Attack, Landau Gambit 5 moves
- B12 Mieses Gambit 3 moves
- B12 Modern Variation 3 moves
- B13 Panov Attack 3…cxd5 4. c4 4 moves
- B13 Panov Attack 4…Nf6 5. Nc3 5 moves
- B14 Panov Attack 5. Nc3 e6 5 moves
- B14 Panov Attack, Fianchetto Defense 5 moves
- B14 Panov Attack, Fianchetto Defense, Fianchetto Gambit 6 moves
- B13 Panov Attack, Gunderam Attack 5 moves
- B14 Panov Attack, Main Line 6 moves
- B13 Panov Attack, Modern Defense 5 moves
- B13 Panov Attack, Modern Defense, Carlsbad Line 6 moves
- B13 Panov Attack, Modern Defense, Czerniak Line 6 moves
- B13 Panov Attack, Modern Defense, Mieses Line 6 moves
- B13 Panov Attack, Modern Defense, Reifir-Spielmann Line 6 moves
- B13 Panov-Botvinnik, Herzog Defense 7 moves
- B15 Rasa-Studier Gambit 4 moves
- B10 Scorpion-Horus Gambit 4 moves
- B10 Spike Variation 2 moves
- B10 Spike Variation, Scorpion-Grob Gambit 4 moves
- B10 St. Patrick's Attack 3 moves
- B15 Tartakower Variation 5 moves
- B15 Tartakower Variation, Perlis Line 8 moves
- B10 Toikkanen Gambit 3 moves
- B10 Two Knights Attack 3 moves
- B11 Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation 3 moves
- B11 Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation, Exchange Line 4 moves
- B11 Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation, Retreat Line 4 moves
- B12 Ulysses Gambit 4 moves
- B15 von Hennig Gambit 4 moves
Carr Defense 2 lines
Catalan Opening 30 lines
- E00 Catalan Opening 2…e6 3. g3 3 moves
- E00 Catalan Opening 3. g3 d5 3 moves
- E01 Closed 3…d5 4. Bg2 4 moves
- E06 Closed 4…Be7 5. Nf3 5 moves
- E06 Closed 8. Bf4 b6 8 moves
- E06 Closed 9. e4 Na6 9 moves
- E07 Closed 6. O-O Nbd7 6 moves
- E08 Closed 6…Nbd7 7. Qc2 7 moves
- E08 Closed 7…c6 8. b3 8 moves
- E08 Closed 8. b3 b6 8 moves
- E08 Closed 8…Nbd7 9. Bf4 9 moves
- E08 Closed 9…Bb7 10. e4 10 moves
- E09 Closed Variation, Rabinovich Variation 8 moves
- E09 Closed Variation, Traditional Variation 8 moves
- E07 Closed, Botvinnik Variation 8 moves
- E09 Closed, Main Line 7…c6 8. Nbd2 8 moves
- E09 Closed, Main Line 9. e4 Nbd7 9 moves
- E09 Closed, Main Line 11…Nxe4 12. Qxe4 12 moves
- E09 Closed, Sokolsky Variation 10 moves
- E08 Closed, Spassky Gambit 10 moves
- E08 Closed, Zagoryansky Variation 9 moves
- E00 Hungarian Gambit 3 moves
- E02 Open Defense 4. Bg2 dxc4 4 moves
- E03 Open Defense 5…Nbd7 6. Qxc4 6 moves
- E04 Open Defense 4…dxc4 5. Nf3 5 moves
- E04 Open Defense 5. Bg2 dxc4 5 moves
- E03 Open Defense, Alekhine Variation 7 moves
- E05 Open Defense, Classical Line 5. Nf3 Be7 5 moves
- E05 Open Defense, Classical Line 6. O-O dxc4 6 moves
- E04 Open Defense, Modern Sharp Variation 6 moves
Center Game 18 lines
- C20 Center Game 1…e5 2. d4 2 moves
- C21 Center Game 2…exd4 3. Qxd4 3 moves
- C22 Berger Variation 4 moves
- C22 Charousek Variation 5 moves
- C21 Halasz-McDonnell Gambit 3 moves
- C21 Halasz-McDonnell Gambit, Crocodile Variation 5 moves
- C22 Hall Variation 4 moves
- C21 Kieseritzky Variation 2…exd4 3. Nf3 3 moves
- C21 Kieseritzky Variation 3. Nf3 c5 3 moves
- C21 Kieseritzky Variation 3…c5 4. Bc4 4 moves
- C22 Kupreichik Variation 9 moves
- C22 l'Hermet Variation 4 moves
- C21 Lanc-Arnold Gambit 4 moves
- C21 Lanc-Arnold Gambit, Schippler Gambit 5 moves
- C22 Normal Variation 3 moves
- C22 Paulsen Attack Variation 4 moves
- C21 Ross Gambit 3 moves
- C21 von der Lasa Gambit 3 moves