Chess openings starting with K
390 named lines, from Kangaroo Defense to Kádas Opening. Back to the list of chess openings A–Z.
Kangaroo Defense 2 lines
King's Gambit 1 line
King's Gambit Accepted 137 lines
- C33 King's Gambit Accepted 2 moves
- C36 Abbazia Defense 4 moves
- C36 Abbazia Defense, Main Line 7 moves
- C39 Allgaier Gambit 5 moves
- C39 Allgaier Gambit, Thorold Attack 7 moves
- C39 Allgaier Gambit, Urusov Attack 7 moves
- C39 Allgaier, Blackburne Gambit 7 moves
- C39 Allgaier, Cook Variation 10 moves
- C39 Allgaier, Horny Defense 8 moves
- C39 Allgaier, Schlechter Defense 5 moves
- C39 Allgaier, Urusov Attack 9 moves
- C37 Australian Gambit 5 moves
- C33 Basman Gambit 3 moves
- C34 Becker Defense 3 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit 3 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Defense 3 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Variation 4 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Countergambit 4 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Variation 3 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Boden Variation 4 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Defense 4 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Variation 4 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Boren-Svenonius Variation 5 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Bryan Countergambit 4 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Chigorin's Attack 6 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Classical Defense 6 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Classical Defense, Cozio Attack 5 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Defense 3 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Variation 4 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, First Jaenisch Variation 4 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Fraser Variation 7 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Gianutio Gambit 3 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Greco Variation 4 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Grimm Attack 7 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Kieseritzky Gambit 3 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Lopez Defense 3 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Lopez Variation 4 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Maurian Defense 3 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack 6…Ne7 7. g3 7 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack 5…Bg7 6. g3 6 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Paulsen Attack 5 moves
- C33 Bishop's Gambit, Steinitz Defense 3 moves
- C37 Blachly Gambit 4 moves
- C34 Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation 3 moves
- C33 Breyer Gambit 3 moves
- C33 Carrera Gambit 3 moves
- C35 Cunningham Defense 3 moves
- C35 Cunningham Defense, Bertin Gambit 4…Bh4+ 5. g3 5 moves
- C35 Cunningham Defense, Bertin Gambit 6…gxh2+ 7. Kh1 7 moves
- C35 Cunningham Defense, McCormick Defense 4 moves
- C33 Dodo Variation 3 moves
- C37 Double Muzio Gambit 8 moves
- C37 Double Muzio Gambit, Baldwin Gambit 9 moves
- C37 Double Muzio Gambit, Bello Gambit 7 moves
- C37 Double Muzio Gambit, Paulsen Defense 11 moves
- C37 Double Muzio Gambit, Young Gambit 10 moves
- C33 Eisenberg Variation 3 moves
- C34 Fischer Defense 3 moves
- C34 Fischer Defense, Schulder Gambit 4 moves
- C34 Fischer Defense, Spanish Variation 5 moves
- C33 Gaga Gambit 3 moves
- C37 Ghulam-Kassim Gambit 4…g4 5. d4 5 moves
- C37 Ghulam-Kassim Gambit 5…gxf3 6. Qxf3 6 moves
- C34 Gianutio Countergambit 3 moves
- C34 Greco Gambit 6. h4 Bg7 6 moves
- C38 Greco Gambit 9…Bxh8 10. Ne5 10 moves
- C38 Hanstein Gambit 5 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky Gambit 5 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense 7 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen-Cordel Gambit 9 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky Gambit, Berlin Defense 5 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky Gambit, Berlin Defense, de Riviere Variation 6 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky Gambit, Berlin Defense, Rubinstein Variation 6 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky Gambit, Brentano Defense 5. Ne5 d5 5 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky Gambit, Brentano Defense 6…Nf6 7. Bxf4 7 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky Gambit, Brentano Defense, Caro Variation 8 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky Gambit, Cotter Gambit 6 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky Gambit, Kolisch Defense 5 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky Gambit, Long Whip 5 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky Gambit, Neumann Defense 5 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky Gambit, Paulsen Defense 5 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky Gambit, Paulsen Defense Deferred 7 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky Gambit, Rice Gambit 8 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky Gambit, Rosenthal Defense 5 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky, Long Whip Defense, Jaenisch Variation 8 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky, Polerio Defense 5 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky, Rice Gambit 8 moves
- C39 Kieseritzky, Salvio Defense, Cozio Variation 7 moves
- C34 King's Knight's Gambit 3. Nf3 g5 3 moves
- C34 King's Knight's Gambit 2…exf4 3. Nf3 3 moves
- C37 King's Knight's Gambit 3…g5 4. Bc4 4 moves
- C39 King's Knight's Gambit 3…g5 4. h4 4 moves
- C37 Kotov Gambit 6 moves
- C37 Lolli Gambit 5 moves
- C37 Lolli Gambit, Young Variation 10 moves
- C33 Lopez-Gianutio Countergambit, Hein Variation 6 moves
- C34 MacLeod Defense 3 moves
- C33 Mason-Keres Gambit 3 moves
- C38 Mayet Gambit 6 moves
- C37 McDonnell Gambit 5 moves
- C37 Middleton Countergambit 7 moves
- C36 Modern Defense 3. Nf3 d5 3 moves
- C36 Modern Defense 3…d5 4. exd5 4 moves
- C37 Muzio Gambit Accepted, From's Defense 6 moves
- C37 Muzio Gambit, Brentano Defense 5 moves
- C37 Muzio Gambit, Holloway Defense 6 moves
- C37 Muzio Gambit, Kling and Horwitz Counterattack 5 moves
- C37 Muzio Gambit, Sarratt Defense 6 moves
- C37 Muzio Gambit, Wild Muzio Gambit 5 moves
- C33 Orsini Gambit 3 moves
- C33 Paris Gambit 3 moves
- C38 Philidor Gambit 5 moves
- C38 Philidor Gambit, Schultz Variation 7 moves
- C37 Quaade Gambit 4 moves
- C37 Rosentreter Gambit 4 moves
- C37 Rosentreter Gambit, Bird Gambit 6 moves
- C37 Rosentreter Gambit, Sörensen Gambit 5 moves
- C37 Rosentreter Gambit, Testa Variation 5 moves
- C37 Salvio Gambit 5 moves
- C37 Salvio Gambit, Anderssen Counterattack 7 moves
- C37 Salvio Gambit, Cochrane Gambit 6 moves
- C37 Salvio Gambit, Santa Maria Defense 6 moves
- C37 Salvio Gambit, Silberschmidt Defense 6 moves
- C37 Salvio Gambit, Viennese Variation 6 moves
- C34 Schallopp Defense 3 moves
- C34 Schallopp Defense, Tashkent Attack 5 moves
- C33 Schurig Gambit, with Bb5 3 moves
- C33 Schurig Gambit, with Bd3 3 moves
- C37 Silberschmidt Gambit 7 moves
- C33 Stamma Gambit 3 moves
- C37 Sörensen Gambit 5 moves
- C33 Tartakower Gambit 3 moves
- C33 Tartakower Gambit, Weiss Defense 4 moves
- C38 Traditional Variation 4 moves
- C33 Tumbleweed 3 moves
- C33 Villemson Gambit 3 moves
- C34 Wagenbach Defense 3 moves
King's Gambit Declined 53 lines
- C30 Classical Variation 2. f4 Bc5 2 moves
- C30 Classical Variation 3…d6 4. c3 4 moves
- C30 Classical Variation, Euwe Attack 6 moves
- C30 Classical Variation, Rotlewi Countergambit 4 moves
- C30 Classical Variation, Rubinstein Countergambit 4 moves
- C30 Classical Variation, Walthoffen Attack 3 moves
- C30 Classical, Hanham Variation 4 moves
- C30 Classical, Réti Variation 7 moves
- C30 Classical, Soldatenkov Variation 4 moves
- C30 Classical, Svenonius Variation 8 moves
- C31 Falkbeer Countergambit 2 moves
- C31 Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted 3 moves
- C32 Falkbeer Countergambit, Alapin Variation 9 moves
- C31 Falkbeer Countergambit, Anderssen Attack 4 moves
- C31 Falkbeer Countergambit, Blackburne Attack 3 moves
- C31 Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit 3…e4 4. d3 4 moves
- C32 Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit 5…Nxe4 6. Qe2 6 moves
- C32 Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit Accepted 5 moves
- C32 Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Keres Variation 5 moves
- C32 Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Main Line 7 moves
- C31 Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Morphy Defense 6 moves
- C32 Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Old Line 5 moves
- C32 Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Variation 8 moves
- C31 Falkbeer Countergambit, Hinrichsen Gambit 3 moves
- C31 Falkbeer Countergambit, Miles Gambit 3 moves
- C31 Falkbeer Countergambit, Milner-Barry Variation 3 moves
- C31 Falkbeer Countergambit, Modern Transfer 3 moves
- C31 Falkbeer Countergambit, Nimzowitsch-Marshall Countergambit 3 moves
- C31 Falkbeer Countergambit, Pickler Gambit 4 moves
- C31 Falkbeer Countergambit, Rubinstein Variation 5 moves
- C31 Falkbeer Countergambit, Staunton Line 3 moves
- C32 Falkbeer Countergambit, Tarrasch Variation 8 moves
- C30 Hobbs-Zilbermints Gambit 4 moves
- C30 Keene Defense 3 moves
- C30 Keene's Defense 2. f4 Qh4+ 2 moves
- C30 Keene's Defense 2…Qh4+ 3. g3 3 moves
- C30 Mafia Defense 2 moves
- C30 Miles Defense 3 moves
- C30 Norwalde Variation 2 moves
- C30 Norwalde Variation, Bücker Gambit 5 moves
- C30 Norwalde Variation, Schubert Variation 4 moves
- C30 Panteldakis Countergambit 2 moves
- C30 Panteldakis Countergambit, Greco Variation 3 moves
- C30 Panteldakis Countergambit, Pawn Sacrifice Line 6 moves
- C30 Panteldakis Countergambit, Schiller's Defense 3 moves
- C30 Panteldakis Countergambit, Shirazi Line 4 moves
- C30 Panteldakis Countergambit, Symmetrical Variation 6 moves
- C30 Petrov's Defense 2 moves
- C30 Queen's Knight Defense 2 moves
- C30 Senechaud Countergambit 3 moves
- C30 Soller-Zilbermints Gambit 3 moves
- C30 Zilbermints Double Countergambit 2 moves
- C30 Zilbermints Double Gambit 3 moves
King's Indian Attack 25 lines
- A05 King's Indian Attack 2. g3 d5 2 moves
- A07 King's Indian Attack 1…d5 2. g3 2 moves
- A07 with Bf5 4. O-O Bf5 4 moves
- A07 with Bf5 5. d3 h6 5 moves
- A07 with Bf5 6. c4 dxc4 6 moves
- A07 with Bf5 5…e6 6. Nbd2 6 moves
- A07 with Bf5 5…e6 6. Nh4 6 moves
- A07 with e6 3. Bg2 e6 3 moves
- A07 with e6 4. O-O Be7 4 moves
- A07 Double Fianchetto 2 moves
- A08 French Variation 3 moves
- A07 Keres Variation 2. g3 Bg4 2 moves
- A07 Keres Variation 3. Bg2 Nd7 3 moves
- A07 Keres Variation 4. O-O Nd7 4 moves
- A07 Omega-Delta Gambit 2 moves
- A07 Pachman System 5 moves
- A07 Sicilian Variation 2. g3 c5 2 moves
- A08 Sicilian Variation 7…O-O 8. Re1 8 moves
- A08 Sicilian Variation 2…c5 3. Bg2 3 moves
- A08 Sicilian Variation 4…e6 5. d3 5 moves
- A05 Smyslov Variation 3 moves
- A05 Spassky Variation 2 moves
- A05 Symmetrical Defense 2 moves
- A05 Wahls Defense 5 moves
- A07 Yugoslav Variation 4 moves
King's Indian Defense 119 lines
- E61 King's Indian Defense 3 moves
- E70 Accelerated Averbakh Variation 5 moves
- E73 Averbakh Variation 6 moves
- E74 Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense 6 moves
- E74 Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense, Advance Variation 7 moves
- E74 Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense, Exchange Variation 7 moves
- E73 Averbakh Variation, Flexible Defense 6 moves
- E73 Averbakh Variation, Geller Defense 6 moves
- E75 Averbakh Variation, Main Line 7 moves
- E73 Averbakh Variation, Modern Defense 6 moves
- E73 Averbakh Variation, Modern Defense, Burgess Line 7 moves
- E73 Averbakh Variation, Nc6 Defense 6 moves
- E73 Averbakh Variation, Spanish Defense 6 moves
- E92 Exchange Variation 7 moves
- E60 Fianchetto Variation 4 moves
- E61 Fianchetto Variation, Benjamin Defense 7 moves
- E62 Fianchetto Variation, Carlsbad Variation 6 moves
- E67 Fianchetto Variation, Classical Fianchetto 7 moves
- E69 Fianchetto Variation, Classical Main Line 9 moves
- E68 Fianchetto Variation, Classical Variation 8 moves
- E67 Fianchetto Variation, Debrecen Defense 6 moves
- E62 Fianchetto Variation, Delayed Fianchetto 5 moves
- E64 Fianchetto Variation, Double Fianchetto Attack 8 moves
- E64 Fianchetto Variation, Hungarian Variation 7 moves
- E60 Fianchetto Variation, Immediate Fianchetto 3 moves
- E62 Fianchetto Variation, Kavalek Defense 7 moves
- E62 Fianchetto Variation, Larsen Defense 7 moves
- E62 Fianchetto Variation, Lesser Simagin (Spassky) 7 moves
- E68 Fianchetto Variation, Long Variation 11 moves
- E63 Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation 7 moves
- E63 Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Blockade Line 10 moves
- E63 Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Donner Line 13 moves
- E63 Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Korchnoi Line 10 moves
- E64 Fianchetto Variation, Pterodactyl Variation 5 moves
- E62 Fianchetto Variation, Simagin Variation 7 moves
- E62 Fianchetto Variation, Uhlmann-Szabo System 7 moves
- E64 Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav System 6 moves
- E65 Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav Variation 7 moves
- E66 Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav Variation, Advance Line 8 moves
- E65 Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav Variation, Exchange Line 8 moves
- E64 Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav Variation, Rare Line 6 moves
- E76 Four Pawns Attack 4…d6 5. f4 5 moves
- E77 Four Pawns Attack 5…O-O 6. f4 6 moves
- E76 Four Pawns Attack, Dynamic Attack 7 moves
- E79 Four Pawns Attack, Exchange Variation 9 moves
- E77 Four Pawns Attack, Florentine Gambit 9 moves
- E78 Four Pawns Attack, Fluid Attack 7 moves
- E76 Four Pawns Attack, Modern Defense 5 moves
- E77 Four Pawns Attack, Normal Attack 8 moves
- E71 Karpov System 6 moves
- E91 Kazakh Variation 6 moves
- E70 Kramer Variation 5 moves
- E90 Larsen Variation 6 moves
- E71 Makogonov Variation 5 moves
- E70 Normal Variation 3…Bg7 4. e4 4 moves
- E70 Normal Variation 4. e4 d6 4 moves
- E72 Normal Variation, Deferred Fianchetto 5 moves
- E60 Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation 3 moves
- E90 Normal Variation, Rare Defenses 5 moves
- E73 Normal Variation, Standard Development 5 moves
- E91 Orthodox Variation 5…O-O 6. Be2 6 moves
- E92 Orthodox Variation 6. Be2 e5 6 moves
- E94 Orthodox Variation 6…e5 7. O-O 7 moves
- E95 Orthodox Variation 7…Nbd7 8. Re1 8 moves
- E97 Orthodox Variation, Aronin-Taimanov Defense 7 moves
- E97 Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack 9 moves
- E97 Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack, Sokolov's Line 10 moves
- E97 Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack, Yepishin's Line 10 moves
- E98 Orthodox Variation, Classical System 9 moves
- E99 Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Benko Attack 11 moves
- E98 Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Kozul Gambit 14 moves
- E98 Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Neo-Classical Line 10 moves
- E99 Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Traditional Line 10 moves
- E94 Orthodox Variation, Donner Defense 7 moves
- E94 Orthodox Variation, Glek Defense 7 moves
- E92 Orthodox Variation, Gligoric-Taimanov System 7 moves
- E97 Orthodox Variation, Korchnoi Attack 9 moves
- E97 Orthodox Variation, Modern System 9 moves
- E94 Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense 7 moves
- E94 Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense, Closed Line 8 moves
- E96 Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense, Main Line 9 moves
- E94 Orthodox Variation, Ukrainian Defense 7 moves
- E92 Petrosian Variation 7 moves
- E93 Petrosian Variation, Keres Defense 11 moves
- E93 Petrosian Variation, Normal Defense 7 moves
- E92 Petrosian Variation, Stein Defense 7 moves
- E72 Pomar System 7 moves
- E60 Santasiere Variation 4 moves
- E73 Semi-Averbakh System 6 moves
- E61 Semi-Classical Variation 6 moves
- E60 Semi-Classical Variation, Benoni Variation 6 moves
- E61 Semi-Classical Variation, Exchange Variation 8 moves
- E60 Semi-Classical Variation, Hollywood Variation 6 moves
- E61 Semi-Classical Variation, Queenside Storm Line 8 moves
- E77 Six Pawns Attack 10 moves
- E61 Smyslov Variation 5 moves
- E81 Steiner Attack 5…O-O 6. Bg5 6 moves
- E81 Steiner Attack 7…h6 8. Bf4 8 moves
- E81 Steiner Attack 8…exd5 9. Nxd5 9 moves
- E81 Steiner Attack 8…h6 9. Bxh6 9 moves
- E80 Sämisch Variation 4…d6 5. f3 5 moves
- E86 Sämisch Variation 7. Nge2 c6 7 moves
- E81 Sämisch Variation, Bobotsov-Korchnoi-Petrosian Variation 6 moves
- E87 Sämisch Variation, Bronstein Defense 12 moves
- E81 Sämisch Variation, Byrne Defense 7 moves
- E87 Sämisch Variation, Closed Variation 6…e5 7. d5 7 moves
- E88 Sämisch Variation, Closed Variation 7. d5 c6 7 moves
- E89 Sämisch Variation, Closed Variation, Main Line 8 moves
- E82 Sämisch Variation, Double Fianchetto 6 moves
- E81 Sämisch Variation, Normal Defense 5 moves
- E85 Sämisch Variation, Orthodox Variation 6 moves
- E87 Sämisch Variation, Orthodox Variation, Bronstein Variation 12 moves
- E83 Sämisch Variation, Panno Formation 7 moves
- E84 Sämisch Variation, Panno Main Line 8 moves
- E83 Sämisch Variation, Ruban Variation 7 moves
- E81 Sämisch Variation, Sämisch Gambit 6 moves
- E81 Sämisch Variation, Sämisch Gambit Accepted 9 moves
- E83 Sämisch Variation, Yates Defense 6 moves
- E90 Zinnowitz Variation 6 moves
King's Knight Opening 3 lines
King's Pawn Game 38 lines
- B00 King's Pawn Game 1. e4 1 move
- C20 King's Pawn Game 1. e4 e5 1 move
- C20 Alapin Opening 2 moves
- C20 Bavarian Gambit 2 moves
- C20 Beyer Gambit 2 moves
- C40 Busch-Gass Gambit 2 moves
- C40 Busch-Gass Gambit, Chiodini Gambit 3 moves
- C20 Clam Variation, King's Gambit Reversed 2 moves
- C20 Clam Variation, Radisch Gambit 3 moves
- C40 Damiano Defense 2 moves
- C40 Damiano Defense, Damiano Gambit 6 moves
- C40 Damiano Defense, Damiano Gambit, Chigorin Gambit 4 moves
- C44 Dresden Opening 3 moves
- C40 Gunderam Defense, Gunderam Gambit 3 moves
- C40 Gunderam Gambit 2 moves
- C20 King's Head Opening 1…e5 2. f3 2 moves
- C20 King's Head Opening 2…Nf6 3. Nc3 3 moves
- C40 La Bourdonnais Gambit 4 moves
- C20 Leonardis Variation 2 moves
- C20 MacLeod Attack 2 moves
- C20 MacLeod Attack, Lasa Gambit 2 moves
- C20 MacLeod Attack, Norwalde Gambit 3 moves
- B07 Maróczy Defense 2 moves
- C40 McConnell Defense 2 moves
- C20 Mengarini's Opening 2 moves
- C20 Napoleon Attack 2 moves
- C44 Pachman Wing Gambit 3 moves
- C20 Philidor Gambit 3 moves
- C44 Schulze-Müller Gambit 4 moves
- C44 Tayler Opening 2…Nc6 3. Be2 3 moves
- C44 Tayler Opening 3…Nf6 4. d4 4 moves
- C44 Tayler Opening, Basman Gambit 5 moves
- C44 Tayler Opening, Inverted Hanham 5 moves
- C20 Tortoise Opening 2 moves
- C20 Wayward Queen Attack 2 moves
- C20 Wayward Queen Attack, Kiddie Countergambit 2 moves
- C20 Wayward Queen Attack, Mellon Gambit 6 moves
- C20 Weber Gambit 4 moves