All chess openings – every named line

Browse every named chess opening by family: 3865 lines in 150 families, from the Sicilian Defense and the Ruy Lopez to rare gambits. Pick a family to see its main line, then every variation; each line has a lesson that explains the moves on an interactive board.

• Alekhine Defense (56 lines, B02)
• Amar Opening (3 lines, A00)
• Amazon Attack (2 lines, D00)
• Amsterdam Attack (1 line, A00)
• Anderssen's Opening (2 lines, A00)
• Australian Defense (1 line, A40)
• Barnes Defense (1 line, B00)
• Barnes Opening (6 lines, A00)
• Basque Opening (1 line, A45)
• Benko Gambit (8 lines, A57)
• Benko Gambit Accepted (10 lines, A57)
• Benko Gambit Declined (6 lines, A57)
• Benoni Defense (66 lines, A56)
• Bird Opening (28 lines, A02)
• Bishop's Opening (41 lines, C23)
• Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (18 lines, D00)
• Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted (22 lines, D00)
• Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Declined (9 lines, D00)
• Blumenfeld Countergambit (3 lines, E10)
• Blumenfeld Countergambit Accepted (1 line, E10)
• Bogo-Indian Defense (21 lines, E11)
• Bongcloud Attack (1 line, C20)
• Borg Defense (5 lines, B00)
• Canard Opening (1 line, A45)
• Caro-Kann Defense (110 lines, B10)
• Carr Defense (2 lines, B00)
• Catalan Opening (32 lines, E00)
• Center Game (18 lines, C20)
• Center Game Accepted (1 line, C21)
• Clemenz Opening (2 lines, A00)
• Colle System (3 lines, A04)
• Creepy Crawly Formation (1 line, A00)
• Czech Defense (1 line, B07)
• Danish Gambit (1 line, C21)
• Danish Gambit Accepted (6 lines, C21)
• Danish Gambit Declined (1 line, C21)
• Dresden Opening (1 line, C44)
• Duras Gambit (1 line, B00)
• Dutch Defense (69 lines, A80)
• Döry Defense (1 line, A46)
• East Indian Defense (1 line, A48)
• Elephant Gambit (4 lines, C40)
• English Defense (7 lines, A40)
• English Opening (176 lines, A10)
• English Orangutan (2 lines, A15)
• Englund Gambit (9 lines, A40)
• Englund Gambit Declined (7 lines, A40)
• Formation (2 lines, A00)
• Four Knights Game (49 lines, C47)
• French Defense (211 lines, C00)
• French Defense, Classical, 4. Bg5 (1 line, C12)
• Fried Fox Defense (1 line, B00)
• Global Opening (1 line, A00)
• Goldsmith Defense (2 lines, B00)
• Grob Opening (20 lines, A00)
• Grünfeld Defense (59 lines, D80)
• Gunderam Defense (1 line, C40)
• Hippopotamus Defense (2 lines, B00)
• Horwitz Defense (2 lines, A40)
• Hungarian Opening (20 lines, A00)
• Indian Defense (53 lines, A45)
• Irish Gambit (1 line, C44)
• Italian Game (187 lines, C50)
• Kangaroo Defense (2 lines, A40)
• King's Gambit (1 line, C30)
• King's Gambit Accepted (137 lines, C33)
• King's Gambit Declined (53 lines, C30)
• King's Indian Attack (20 lines, A05)
• King's Indian Attack, with Bf5 (5 lines, A07)
• King's Indian Attack, with e6 (2 lines, A07)
• King's Indian Defense (119 lines, E61)
• King's Knight Opening (3 lines, C40)
• King's Pawn Game (38 lines, B00)
• King's Pawn Opening (3 lines, C20)
• Kádas Opening (9 lines, A00)
• Lasker Simul Special (1 line, A00)
• Latvian Gambit (17 lines, C40)
• Latvian Gambit Accepted (9 lines, C40)
• Lemming Defense (1 line, B00)
• Lion Defense (6 lines, B07)
• London System (4 lines, A48)
• London System, with Bd3 (1 line, A48)
• London System, with Be2 (3 lines, A48)
• Marienbad System (2 lines, A47)
• Mexican Defense (2 lines, A50)
• Mieses Opening (4 lines, A00)
• Mikenas Defense (4 lines, A40)
• Modern Defense (39 lines, A41)
• Montevideo Defense (1 line, A40)
• Neo-Grünfeld Defense (25 lines, D70)
• Nimzo-Indian Defense (104 lines, E20)
• Nimzo-Larsen Attack (18 lines, A01)
• Nimzowitsch Defense (43 lines, B00)
• Old Indian Defense (14 lines, A41)
• Owen Defense (8 lines, B00)
• Paleface Attack (1 line, A45)
• Petrov's Defense (50 lines, C42)
• Philidor Defense (44 lines, C41)
• Pirc Defense (28 lines, B00)
• Polish Defense (2 lines, A40)
• Polish Opening (25 lines, A00)
• Polish Opening, with d5 (2 lines, A00)
• Ponziani Opening (16 lines, C44)
• Portuguese Opening (3 lines, C20)
• Pseudo Queen's Indian Defense (2 lines, A47)
• Pterodactyl Defense (33 lines, A42)
• Queen's Gambit (1 line, D06)
• Queen's Gambit Accepted (63 lines, D20)
• Queen's Gambit Declined (211 lines, D30)
• Queen's Indian Accelerated (1 line, A50)
• Queen's Indian Defense (58 lines, E12)
• Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (14 lines, E14)
• Queen's Indian Defense, with e3, Bb4+ Line (1 line, E14)
• Queen's Pawn Game (82 lines, A40)
• Queen's Pawn, Mengarini Attack (1 line, E60)
• Rapport-Jobava System (3 lines, D01)
• Rapport-Jobava System, with e6 (1 line, D01)
• Rat Defense (11 lines, B00)
• Richter-Veresov Attack (8 lines, D01)
• Robatsch Defense (1 line, A41)
• Rubinstein Opening (6 lines, D05)
• Ruy Lopez (235 lines, C60)
• Réti Opening (43 lines, A09)
• Saragossa Opening (1 line, A00)
• Scandinavian Defense (45 lines, B01)
• Scotch Game (53 lines, C44)
• Semi-Slav Defense (72 lines, D43)
• Semi-Slav Defense Accepted (1 line, D44)
• Sicilian Defense (400 lines, B20)
• Slav Defense (52 lines, D10)
• Slav Indian (2 lines, A50)
• Sodium Attack (4 lines, A00)
• St. George Defense (4 lines, B00)
• Tarrasch Defense (27 lines, D32)
• Three Knights Opening (6 lines, C46)
• Torre Attack (6 lines, A46)
• Trompowsky Attack (10 lines, A45)
• Valencia Opening (1 line, A00)
• Van Geet Opening (33 lines, A00)
• Van't Kruijs Opening (5 lines, A00)
• Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense (15 lines, C25)
• Vienna Game (41 lines, C25)
• Vulture Defense (1 line, A56)
• Wade Defense (1 line, A41)
• Ware Defense (2 lines, B00)
• Ware Opening (7 lines, A00)
• Yusupov-Rubinstein System (1 line, A46)
• Zaire Defense (1 line, A40)
• Zukertort Defense (2 lines, A04)
• Zukertort Opening (47 lines, A04)