Chess Openings

The first few moves in the chess opening lays the foundation for every chess game. Most of the chess openings have been named and analyzed for hundreds of years. It is important if you want to be successful in chess to be familiar with some of the most popular openings and understand the theory behind the moves. In this section we cover everything you need to know about the most popular chess openings. The boards below will let you know if the opening is offensive or defensive. Once you find the opening you want, click to watch an in depth video and see some of the famous chess games that have been played using that opening.

Albin

Alekhine

Benko Gambit

Benoni

 

Bird

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

Budapest Gambit

Caro-Kann

 

Danish Gambit

Dutch Defense

English

Evans Gambit

 

Falkbeer

French

Fried Liver Attack

Giuoco Piano

 

Grunfeld

Halloween Gambit

King's Gambit

Kings Indian Defense

 

Latvian Gambit

Lolli Attack

London

Nimzo Indian Defense

 

Petrov

Pirc

Ponziani

Queen's Gambit

 

Queens Indian Defense

Reti

Ruy Lopez

Scandinavian

 

Scotch

Semi Slav

Sicilian

Slav

 

Smith-Morra Gambit

Traxler Counter Attack

Vienna Game