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The systems, gambits and defences club players meet most, each with two or three tested answers you can step through on the board.
100 openings
You have Black
- System D02 London System 1.d4 d5 2.♝︎f4
- System D00 Jobava London 1.d4 d5 2.♞︎c3 ♞︎f6 3.♝︎f4
- System D05 Colle System 1.d4 d5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎f6 3.e3 e6 4.♝︎d3
- System D00 Stonewall Attack 1.d4 d5 2.e3 ♞︎f6 3.♝︎d3 c5 4.c3 ♞︎c6 5.f4
- System A45 Trompowsky Attack 1.d4 ♞︎f6 2.♝︎g5
- System A46 Torre Attack 1.d4 ♞︎f6 2.♞︎f3 e6 3.♝︎g5
- System D00 Barry Attack 1.d4 ♞︎f6 2.♞︎f3 g6 3.♞︎c3 d5 4.♝︎f4
- System D01 Veresov Attack 1.d4 ♞︎f6 2.♞︎c3 d5 3.♝︎g5
- Gambit D00 Blackmar Diemer Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.♞︎c3 ♞︎f6 4.f3
- Gambit D06 Queen’s Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4
- Opening E01 Catalan Opening 1.d4 ♞︎f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3
- Opening C50 Italian Game 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.♝︎c4
- Trap C57 Fried Liver Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.♝︎c4 ♞︎f6 4.♞︎g5
- Opening C60 Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.♝︎b5
- Opening C45 Scotch Game 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.d4 exd4 4.♞︎xd4
- Gambit C44 Scotch Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.d4 exd4 4.♝︎c4
- Gambit C51 Evans Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.♝︎c4 ♝︎c5 4.b4
- Gambit C33 King’s Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4
- Opening C25 Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎c3
- Gambit C29 Vienna Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎c3 ♞︎f6 3.f4
- Gambit C21 Danish Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3
- Opening C44 Ponziani Opening 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.c3
- Opening C47 Four Knights Game 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.♞︎c3 ♞︎f6
- Opening C23 Bishop’s Opening 1.e4 e5 2.♝︎c4
- Opening C22 Center Game 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.♛︎xd4
- Gambit C47 Halloween Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.♞︎c3 ♞︎f6 4.♞︎xe5
- Trap C20 Scholar’s Mate 1.e4 e5 2.♝︎c4 ♞︎c6 3.♛︎h5
- Trap C20 Wayward Queen Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♛︎h5
- Trap C20 Bongcloud Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♚︎e2
- Gambit B21 Smith Morra Gambit 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3
- Opening B22 Alapin Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.c3
- System B23 Grand Prix Attack 1.e4 c5 2.♞︎c3 ♞︎c6 3.f4
- System B25 Closed Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.♞︎c3 ♞︎c6 3.g3 g6 4.♝︎g2 ♝︎g7 5.d3
- Opening B31 Rossolimo 1.e4 c5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.♝︎b5
- Opening B51 Moscow Variation 1.e4 c5 2.♞︎f3 d6 3.♝︎b5+
- Gambit B20 Wing Gambit 1.e4 c5 2.b4
- Opening A10 English Opening 1.c4
- Opening A09 Réti Opening 1.♞︎f3 d5 2.c4
- System A07 King’s Indian Attack 1.♞︎f3 d5 2.g3
- Opening A02 Bird’s Opening 1.f4
- Opening A01 Nimzo Larsen Attack 1.b3
- Opening A00 Polish Opening 1.b4
- Trap A00 Grob Opening 1.g4
- Gambit A82 Staunton Gambit 1.d4 f5 2.e4
- Opening C02 Advance French 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5
- Opening B12 Advance Caro-Kann 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5
- Trap C50 Jerome Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.♝︎c4 ♝︎c5 4.♝︎xf7+
- Opening B13 Panov Attack 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4
- Opening D13 Exchange Slav 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
- Opening C01 Exchange French 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
You have White
- Defence B20 Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5
- Defence B90 Najdorf 1.e4 c5 2.♞︎f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞︎xd4 ♞︎f6 5.♞︎c3 a6
- Defence B70 Dragon Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.♞︎f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞︎xd4 ♞︎f6 5.♞︎c3 g6
- Defence B35 Accelerated Dragon 1.e4 c5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞︎xd4 g6
- Defence B33 Sveshnikov 1.e4 c5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞︎xd4 ♞︎f6 5.♞︎c3 e5
- Defence B46 Taimanov 1.e4 c5 2.♞︎f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞︎xd4 ♞︎c6
- Defence B12 Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6
- Defence C00 French Defence 1.e4 e6
- Defence B01 Scandinavian Defence 1.e4 d5
- Defence B07 Pirc Defence 1.e4 d6 2.d4 ♞︎f6 3.♞︎c3 g6
- Defence B06 Modern Defence 1.e4 g6 2.d4 ♝︎g7
- Defence B02 Alekhine Defence 1.e4 ♞︎f6
- Defence B00 Owen Defence 1.e4 b6
- Defence B00 Nimzowitsch Defence 1.e4 ♞︎c6
- Defence B06 Hippopotamus Defence 1.e4 g6 2.d4 ♝︎g7 3.♞︎c3 d6 4.♞︎f3 e6
- Defence C42 Petrov Defence 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎f6
- Defence C41 Philidor Defence 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 d6
- Trap C42 Stafford Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎f6 3.♞︎xe5 ♞︎c6 4.♞︎xc6 dxc6
- Gambit C40 Elephant Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 d5
- Gambit C40 Latvian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 f5
- Trap C40 Damiano Defence 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 f6
- Gambit C57 Traxler Counterattack 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.♝︎c4 ♞︎f6 4.♞︎g5 ♝︎c5
- Defence C55 Two Knights Defence 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.♝︎c4 ♞︎f6
- Defence C65 Berlin Defence 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.♝︎b5 ♞︎f6
- Gambit C89 Marshall Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.♝︎b5 a6 4.♝︎a4 ♞︎f6 5.O-O ♝︎e7 6.♜︎e1 b5 7.♝︎b3 O-O 8.c3 d5
- Gambit C63 Schliemann Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.♝︎b5 f5
- Trap C65 Fishing Pole Trap 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.♝︎b5 ♞︎f6 4.O-O ♞︎g4 5.h3 h5
- Trap A40 Englund Gambit 1.d4 e5
- Gambit A52 Budapest Gambit 1.d4 ♞︎f6 2.c4 e5
- Defence A80 Dutch Defence 1.d4 f5
- Defence A87 Leningrad Dutch 1.d4 f5 2.c4 ♞︎f6 3.g3 g6 4.♝︎g2 ♝︎g7
- Defence E60 King’s Indian Defence 1.d4 ♞︎f6 2.c4 g6 3.♞︎c3 ♝︎g7 4.e4 d6
- Defence E20 Nimzo Indian Defence 1.d4 ♞︎f6 2.c4 e6 3.♞︎c3 ♝︎b4
- Defence E15 Queen’s Indian Defence 1.d4 ♞︎f6 2.c4 e6 3.♞︎f3 b6
- Defence E11 Bogo Indian Defence 1.d4 ♞︎f6 2.c4 e6 3.♞︎f3 ♝︎b4+
- Defence D80 Grünfeld Defence 1.d4 ♞︎f6 2.c4 g6 3.♞︎c3 d5
- Defence A60 Modern Benoni 1.d4 ♞︎f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.♞︎c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6
- Gambit A57 Benko Gambit 1.d4 ♞︎f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- Defence D10 Slav Defence 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6
- Defence D43 Semi-Slav Defence 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♞︎f3 ♞︎f6 4.♞︎c3 e6
- Defence D30 Queen’s Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6
- Defence D20 Queen’s Gambit Accepted 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4
- Defence D32 Tarrasch Defence 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.♞︎c3 c5
- Gambit D08 Albin Countergambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5
- Defence D07 Chigorin Defence 1.d4 d5 2.c4 ♞︎c6
- Defence B07 Lion Defence 1.e4 d6 2.d4 ♞︎f6 3.♞︎c3 ♞︎bd7
- Trap B00 Borg Defence 1.e4 g5
- Gambit A02 From’s Gambit 1.f4 e5
- Trap C50 Blackburne Shilling Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♞︎f3 ♞︎c6 3.♝︎c4 ♞︎d4
- Defence C15 Winawer French 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♞︎c3 ♝︎b4