Chess openings starting with P
204 named lines, from Paleface Attack to Pterodactyl Defense. Back to the list of chess openings A–Z.
Paleface Attack 1 line
Petrov's Defense 48 lines
- C42 Petrov's Defense 2. Nf3 Nf6 2 moves
- C42 Petrov's Defense 2…Nf6 3. Nxe5 3 moves
- C42 Petrov's Defense 3. Nxe5 d6 3 moves
- C42 Petrov's Defense 3…d6 4. Nf3 4 moves
- C42 Petrov's Defense 4. Nf3 Nxe4 4 moves
- C42 Classical Attack 5 moves
- C42 Classical Attack, Berger Variation 10 moves
- C42 Classical Attack, Chigorin Variation 8 moves
- C42 Classical Attack, Chigorin Variation, Browne Attack 9 moves
- C42 Classical Attack, Chigorin Variation, Main Line 9 moves
- C42 Classical Attack, Closed Variation 5 moves
- C42 Classical Attack, Jaenisch Variation 8 moves
- C42 Classical Attack, Krause Variation 10 moves
- C42 Classical Attack, Marshall Trap 10 moves
- C42 Classical Attack, Marshall Variation 6 moves
- C42 Classical Attack, Marshall Variation, Chinese Gambit 9 moves
- C42 Classical Attack, Maróczy Variation 10 moves
- C42 Classical Attack, Mason Variation 7 moves
- C42 Classical Attack, Mason-Showalter Variation 6 moves
- C42 Classical Attack, Staunton Variation 8 moves
- C42 Classical Attack, Tarrasch Variation 8 moves
- C42 Cochrane Gambit 4 moves
- C42 Cochrane Gambit, Bishop Check Line 5 moves
- C42 Cochrane Gambit, Center Variation 5 moves
- C42 Cozio Attack 5 moves
- C42 Damiano Variation 3 moves
- C42 Damiano Variation, Kholmov Gambit 4 moves
- C42 French Attack 5 moves
- C42 Italian Variation 3 moves
- C42 Karklins-Martinovsky Variation 4 moves
- C42 Kaufmann Attack 5 moves
- C42 Millennium Attack 5 moves
- C43 Modern Attack 2…Nf6 3. d4 3 moves
- C43 Modern Attack 3. d4 exd4 3 moves
- C43 Modern Attack, Bardeleben Variation 6 moves
- C43 Modern Attack, Center Attack 5 moves
- C43 Modern Attack, Center Variation 4 moves
- C43 Modern Attack, Murrey Variation 4 moves
- C43 Modern Attack, Steinitz Variation 5 moves
- C43 Modern Attack, Symmetrical Variation 3 moves
- C43 Modern Attack, Tal Gambit 5 moves
- C43 Modern Attack, Trifunovic Variation 7 moves
- C42 Moody Gambit 4 moves
- C42 Nimzowitsch Attack 5 moves
- C42 Paulsen Attack 4 moves
- C42 Stafford Gambit 3. Nxe5 Nc6 3 moves
- C42 Stafford Gambit 4. Nxc6 dxc6 4 moves
- C42 Three Knights Game 3 moves
Philidor Defense 44 lines
- C41 Philidor Defense 2. Nf3 d6 2 moves
- C41 Philidor Defense 2…d6 3. d4 3 moves
- C41 Philidor Defense 2…d6 3. Bc4 3 moves
- C41 Philidor Defense 3. Bc4 Be7 3 moves
- C41 Albin-Blackburne Gambit 4 moves
- C41 Berger Variation 10 moves
- C41 Bird Gambit 4 moves
- C41 Boden Variation 4 moves
- C41 Exchange Variation 3. d4 exd4 3 moves
- C41 Exchange Variation 3…exd4 4. Nxd4 4 moves
- C41 Exchange Variation 4. Nxd4 Nf6 4 moves
- C41 Hanham Variation 3 moves
- C41 Hanham Variation, Delmar Variation 5 moves
- C41 Hanham Variation, Krause Variation 5 moves
- C41 Hanham Variation, Schlechter Variation 5 moves
- C41 Hanham Variation, Sharp Variation 4 moves
- C41 Hanham Variation, Steiner Variation 6 moves
- C41 Hanham, Kmoch Variation 5 moves
- C41 Larsen Variation 4 moves
- C41 Lion Variation 4 moves
- C41 Lion Variation, Bishop Sacrifice 6 moves
- C41 Lion Variation, Delayed Bishop Sacrifice 7 moves
- C41 Lion Variation, Forcing Line 8 moves
- C41 Lion Variation, Lion's Claw, with Bc4 and h6 6 moves
- C41 Lion Variation, Lion's Claw, with Be2 and c6 6 moves
- C41 Lion Variation, Shirov Gambit 5 moves
- C41 Lion Variation, Sozin Variation 8 moves
- C41 Lopez Countergambit 3 moves
- C41 Lopez Countergambit, Jaenisch Variation 6 moves
- C41 Morphy Gambit 4 moves
- C41 Nimzowitsch Variation 3. d4 Nf6 3 moves
- C41 Nimzowitsch Variation 3…Nf6 4. dxe5 4 moves
- C41 Nimzowitsch Variation, Klein Variation 4 moves
- C41 Nimzowitsch Variation, Rellstab Variation 5 moves
- C41 Nimzowitsch Variation, Sokolsky Variation 5 moves
- C41 Nimzowitsch, Larobok Variation 7 moves
- C41 Nimzowitsch, Locock Variation 4 moves
- C41 Paulsen Attack 5 moves
- C41 Philidor Countergambit 3 moves
- C41 Philidor Countergambit, Berger Variation 7 moves
- C41 Philidor Countergambit, del Rio Attack 6 moves
- C41 Philidor Countergambit, Zukertort Variation 4 moves
- C41 Philidor Gambit 3 moves
- C41 Steinitz Variation 4 moves
Pirc Defense 28 lines
- B00 Pirc Defense 1. e4 d6 1 move
- B00 Pirc Defense 1…d6 2. d4 2 moves
- B00 Pirc Defense 2. d4 Nf6 2 moves
- B07 Pirc Defense 3. Nc3 g6 3 moves
- B07 150 Attack 5 moves
- B07 150 Attack, Inner Doll Defense 5 moves
- B07 150 Attack, Sveshnikov-Jansa Attack 5 moves
- B09 Austrian Attack 3…g6 4. f4 4 moves
- B09 Austrian Attack 5. Nf3 O-O 5 moves
- B09 Austrian Attack, Dragon Formation 5 moves
- B09 Austrian Attack, Kurajica Variation 6 moves
- B09 Austrian Attack, Ljubojevic Variation 5 moves
- B09 Austrian Attack, Unzicker Attack 6 moves
- B09 Austrian Attack, Unzicker Attack, Bronstein Variation 7 moves
- B09 Austrian Attack, Weiss Variation 6 moves
- B07 Bayonet Attack 5 moves
- B07 Byrne Variation 4 moves
- B07 Chinese Variation 5 moves
- B08 Classical Variation 3…g6 4. Nf3 4 moves
- B08 Classical Variation 4. Nf3 Bg7 4 moves
- B08 Classical Variation, Quiet System 5 moves
- B08 Classical Variation, Quiet System, Chigorin Line 6 moves
- B08 Classical Variation, Quiet System, Czech Defense 6 moves
- B08 Classical Variation, Quiet System, Parma Defense 6 moves
- B08 Classical Variation, Schlechter Variation 5 moves
- B07 Kholmov System 4 moves
- B00 Roscher Gambit 3 moves
- B07 Sveshnikov System 4 moves
Polish Defense 2 lines
Polish Opening 26 lines
- A00 Polish Opening 1 move
- A00 with d5 1. b4 d5 1 move
- A00 with d5 2…Nf6 3. Nf3 3 moves
- A00 Baltic Defense 2 moves
- A00 Birmingham Gambit 1 move
- A00 Bugayev Advance Variation 3 moves
- A00 Bugayev Attack 2 moves
- A00 Czech Defense 2 moves
- A00 Dutch Defense 1 move
- A00 German Defense 2 moves
- A00 Grigorian Variation 1 move
- A00 Karniewski Variation 1 move
- A00 King's Indian Variation 2 moves
- A00 King's Indian Variation, Schiffler Attack 3 moves
- A00 King's Indian Variation, Sokolsky Attack 6 moves
- A00 Myers Variation 3 moves
- A00 Outflank Variation 1 move
- A00 Queen's Indian Variation 3 moves
- A00 Queenside Defense 3 moves
- A00 Rooks Swap Line 6 moves
- A00 Schiffler-Sokolsky Variation 4 moves
- A00 Schuehler Gambit 4 moves
- A00 Symmetrical Variation 1 move
- A00 Tartakower Gambit 3 moves
- A00 Wolferts Gambit 2 moves
- A05 Zukertort System 3 moves
Ponziani Opening 16 lines
- C44 Ponziani Opening 3 moves
- C44 Caro Gambit 4 moves
- C44 Jaenisch Counterattack 3. c3 Nf6 3 moves
- C44 Jaenisch Counterattack 3…Nf6 4. d3 4 moves
- C44 Jaenisch Counterattack 4. d3 d5 4 moves
- C44 Jaenisch Counterattack 4…d5 5. Nbd2 5 moves
- C44 Leonhardt Variation 4 moves
- C44 Neumann Gambit 4 moves
- C44 Ponziani Countergambit 3 moves
- C44 Ponziani Countergambit, Schmidt Attack 5 moves
- C44 Romanishin Variation 3 moves
- C44 Réti Variation 3 moves
- C44 Spanish Variation 4 moves
- C44 Spanish Variation, Harrwitz Attack, Nikitin Gambit 6 moves
- C44 Steinitz Variation 4 moves
- C44 Vukovic Gambit 5 moves
Portuguese Opening 3 lines
Pseudo Queen's Indian Defense 2 lines
Pterodactyl Defense 34 lines
- A42 Pterodactyl Defense 5 moves
- B06 Austrian, Austriadactylus Western 4 moves
- B06 Austrian, Grand Prix Pterodactyl 4 moves
- B06 Austrian, Pteranodon 4 moves
- B06 Central, Anhanguera 5 moves
- A40 Central, Benoni Beefeater Pterodactyl 6 moves
- A40 Central, Benoni Pterodactyl 4 moves
- B06 Central, Benoni Quetzalcoatlus 5 moves
- A42 Central, Bogolubovia 5 moves
- B06 Central, Quetzalcoatlus Gambit 5 moves
- B06 Eastern, Anhanguera 4 moves
- B06 Eastern, Benoni 4 moves
- B06 Eastern, Benoni Pteranodon 5 moves
- B06 Eastern, Benoni Pterodactyl 4 moves
- B06 Eastern, Pteranodon 5 moves
- B06 Eastern, Pterodactyl 4 moves
- B06 Eastern, Rhamphorhynchus 4 moves
- B06 Fianchetto, King Pterodactyl 4 moves
- A40 Fianchetto, Queen Benoni Pterodactyl 4 moves
- A40 Fianchetto, Queen Pteranodon 5 moves
- A40 Fianchetto, Queen Pterodactyl 4 moves
- B06 Fianchetto, Rhamphorhynchus 4 moves
- A40 Queen Pterodactyl, Quiet Line 4 moves
- B27 Sicilian, Anhanguera 5 moves
- B27 Sicilian, Benoni Gambit 5 moves
- B27 Sicilian, Pteranodon 6 moves
- B06 Sicilian, Quetzalcoatlus 5 moves
- B27 Sicilian, Rhamphorhynchus 5 moves
- B06 Sicilian, Siroccopteryx 5 moves
- B27 Sicilian, Unpin 5 moves
- B06 Western, Anhanguera 4 moves
- B27 Western, Pterodactyl 4 moves
- B27 Western, Rhamphorhynchus 4 moves
- B06 Western, Siroccopteryx 5 moves