Named Chess Openings

Starting Position
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8a8 black rookb8 black knightc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black pawne7 black pawnf7 black pawng7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black kingd5 black kinge5 black kingf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 black kingd4 black kinge4 black kingf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 black kingd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 black kingg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 white pawnd2 white pawne2 white pawnf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 white knightc1 white bishopd1 white queene1 white kingf1 white bishopg1 white knighth1 white rook1
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Welcome to Named Chess Openings! This book is about every named opening in chess. The source of the named openings are from lichess.org. This book will be similar to Chess Opening Theory, but only about every named Chess opening.

When contributing to this book, please follow the following conventions:

  • This book aims to cover only named Chess openings (from lichess.org)
  • Use the following style for the opening pages: use {{Chess diagram}} at the top of the page, and add the following subheadings: Introduction and Ideas, History, Main Moves (add the common replies and named replies, only add a link to named replies), Statistics (from lichess.org), ECO code (from any source), References. See dedicated book style page for more information.
  • The pages should be named like this: Named Chess Openings/[opening name, e.g. King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation].
  • For information on how to use templates in Named Chess Openings, see this page.

Starting moves:

  • 1. a3, Anderssen's Opening
  • 1. a4, Ware Opening
  • 1. b3, Nimzo-Larsen Attack
  • 1. b4, Polish Opening
  • 1. c3, Saragossa Opening
  • 1. c4, English Opening
  • 1. d3, Mieses Opening
  • 1. d4, Queen's Pawn Game
  • 1. e3, Van't Kruijs Opening
  • 1. e4, King's Pawn Game
  • 1. f3, Barnes Opening
  • 1. f4, Bird Opening
  • 1. g3, Hungarian Opening
  • 1. g4, Grob Opening
  • 1. h3, Clemenz Opening
  • 1. h4, Kádas Opening
  • 1. Na3, Sodium Attack
  • 1. Nc3, Van Geet Opening
  • 1. Nf3, Zukertort Opening
  • 1. Nh3, Amar Opening

For a full list of named openings, see below:
Named openings

Related Wikibooks:

  • Chess Opening Theory for more detail on the ideas of openings, including unnamed ones
  • Chess for more detail on the entire game of chess itself as a whole
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