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Zukertort Opening
Overview
Zukertort Opening is a named branch in the Flank Openings group of chess theory, classified under ECO A05.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
It begins with 2 plies and takes 1. Nf3 Nf6 to reach the canonical position.
It branches immediately from Zukertort Opening in the opening tree.
10 distinct sub-variations branch from this opening; prominent examples include King's Indian Attack, King's Indian Attack: Spassky Variation, King's Indian Attack: Symmetrical Defense, and others.
Together the deeper variations number 22 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- A05
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 2
- Parent
- Zukertort Opening
- Direct variations
- 10
- Total in subtree
- 22
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Statistics from Lichess
18,562,771 games · White 49.1% / Draw 6.5% / Black 44.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| g3 | 5,416,682 | |
| d4 | 5,034,782 | |
| c4 | 4,330,340 | |
| b3 | 1,131,177 | |
| Nc3 | 804,650 | |
| d3 | 710,528 | |
| e3 | 660,954 | |
| e4 | 164,853 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:36:54
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Variations (10)
- A05 King's Indian Attack
- A05 King's Indian Attack: Spassky Variation
- A05 King's Indian Attack: Symmetrical Defense
- A05 Polish Opening: Zukertort System
- A12 Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, New York System
- A05 Zukertort Opening
- A05 Lemberger Gambit
- A05 Myers Polish Attack
- A05 Nimzo-Larsen Variation
- A05 Quiet System
Show all 22 sub-variations (full subtree)
- A05 King's Indian Attack 4-ply
- A05 King's Indian Attack: Spassky Variation 4-ply
- A05 King's Indian Attack: Symmetrical Defense 4-ply
- A05 Polish Opening: Zukertort System 5-ply
- A12 Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, New York System 8-ply
- A05 Zukertort Opening 4-ply
- A05 Lemberger Gambit 3-ply
- A05 Myers Polish Attack 5-ply
- A05 Nimzo-Larsen Variation 3-ply
- A05 Quiet System 3-ply
- A07 with Bf5 8-ply
- A07 with e6 6-ply
- A05 King's Indian Attack: Smyslov Variation 5-ply
- A05 King's Indian Attack: Wahls Defense 10-ply
- A07 Yugoslav Variation 8-ply
- A05 Zukertort Opening: Double Fianchetto Attack 11-ply
- A07 King's Indian Attack, with Bf5 10-ply
- A07 King's Indian Attack, with Bf5 11-ply
- A07 King's Indian Attack, with Bf5 11-ply
- A07 King's Indian Attack, with e6 8-ply
- A07 King's Indian Attack, with Bf5 12-ply
- A11 Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 12-ply