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All 126 opening families in one catalogue: search by name, move or player, and filter by the kind of position.
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Key set-ups
8 families
ECO B20Article1…c5Tabiya: 5.Nc3391 linesSicilian Defense
- Semi-open games
- Sharp play
- Asymmetry
Answer not with a mirror, but with a strike from the side
Study opening- ECO C60Article3.Bb5Tabiya: 9.h3235 lines
Ruy Lopez
- Open games
- Positional play
- Classical
Pressure that is in no hurry
Study opening - ECO D06Article2.c4Tabiya: 7…b6257 lines
Queen's Gambit
- Closed games
- Positional play
Offer a pawn, build a fortress
Study opening - ECO E616…e5Tabiya: 8…Ne7119 lines
King's Indian Defense
- Semi-closed games
- Fianchetto
- Sharp play
- Closed centre
Let White build the centre: it will become a target
Study opening - ECO E203…Bb4Tabiya: 7…Nc699 lines
Nimzo-Indian Defense
- Semi-closed games
- Positional play
- Hypermodern
A pin instead of a centre
Study opening - ECO A101.c4Tabiya: 6…Nb6175 lines
English Opening
- Flank openings
- Fianchetto
- Positional play
- Hypermodern
A centre without central pawns
Study opening - ECO D80Article3…d5Tabiya: 6…Bg759 lines
Grünfeld Defense
- Semi-closed games
- Sharp play
- Big pawn centre
- Hypermodern
Give up the centre, then take it apart
Study opening - ECO D102…c6Tabiya: 8…Nbd752 lines
Slav Defense
- Closed games
- Solid
A pawn on c6, a bishop at large
Study opening