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Comprehensive LinksOpenings[down to Opening Analysis & Instruction] Bill Wall's list of chess opening names
Alphabetical list of almost 1500 openings & variations, including moves.
Excellent site with all major openings' first moves given as well as a brief explanation of the idea behind the opening. The Campbell Report - "Hard Chess" Columns
16 articles & analysis on various openings. The Campbell Report - Queens Gambit
Queens Gambit analysis. 1.e4 d5 [or: 1...c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4] 2.d4 dxe4 3.Nc3 c6 4.f3!
Interesting site that has tree diagrams showing all the common openings & variations. Chess Archaeology's Guide to the openings
Moves from each opening & variation, listed by ECO code. Chess Informant Codes of Chess Openings
List of all the ECO codes as well as the initial moves in each. A basic guide to (you guessed it) chess openings.
Complete list of openings by ECO, as well as the initial moves of each variation. Encyclopedia of Chess Openings
Best collection of games on the web. Approximately two million games arranged by ECO code. Of especial note, is the very useful file simply titled ECO at the top of the homepage. This is a database in .pgn or .cbh of the opening moves of virtually every known opening & variation. Very useful! Exeter Chess Club: Any similar black and white opening systems?
Examines the idea of playing white & black systems that employ similar themes and pawn structures. Exeter Chess Club: An approach to the opening for Intermediate players
Opening advice for Intermediate players, including choosing a suitable repertoire.
Advice on choosing a suitable opening repertoire for players of different levels.
List of all 500 ECO codes with basic moves & variation names. Exeter Chess Club: An Introduction to Chess Openings
Excellent overview of all the major openings and the basic ideas behind them. This is a wonderful introduction to all the main openings and variations. Exeter Chess Club: The King's Gambit Good discussion of the ideas and theory of the opening. Exeter Chess Club: Opening rules
Basic advice on opening play. Exeter Chess Club: Opening mistakes
Typical opening mistakes and how to correct them. Still under construction, but all about the best opening of them all. :-) Index of All Opening Positions Listed by variation, with diagrams. Loiodice's Chess Collection - ECO Openings Listing
Very large & extensive list of openings & variations arranged by ECO code. MECCA Chess Encyclopedia - ECO Codes
Names & moves from each of the ECO codes.
Openings
Most major openings are listed here. Clicking on the name of one will download a file of games from that opening from the Pitt U. collection.
Example games from each of the ECO codes playable on a Java viewer. Opening Analysis & Instruction
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Chess Openings Orangutan Opening Bishop's Opening, Urusov Gambit
Well done & extensive site devoted to the Urusov Gambit in the Bishop's opening. Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Sites http://mujweb.atlas.cz/www/rajmunde/ec_ena.htm http://mujweb.atlas.cz/www/rajmunde/ec_ena_alch.htm Exeter Chess Club: Blackmar-Diemer Gambit with/move tree Exeter Chess Club: Blackmar-Diemer Gambit with/move tree - Additional analysis ChessOps - A Chess Opening Guide
Instruction with explanations on all the major openings.
Excellent site with subscription fee for detailed GM analysis of most openings, but quite a bit of free material.
List of ECO codes and opening names with several well annotated games from several of the openings.
Java based program that allows you to play through the opening moves of most major openings & variations.
Games, analysis, articles & news about this gambit. Hoped for refutation of the Pirc Defense Exeter Chess Club: Beating the Anti-Indians
Excellent introduction about how to Black against the Anti-Indian systems. Exeter Chess Club: Blackmar-Diemer Gambit with/move tree
Introduction to the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. Exeter Chess Club: Blackmar-Diemer Gambit with/move tree - Additional analysis
More advanced analysis of the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit.
Excellent collection of basic instructive articles about opening play and an introduction to several openings. Exeter Chess Club: The Colle System
Basic introduction to the Colle System Exeter Chess Club: The Colle system II
Further, more advanced coverage of the Colle System. Exeter Chess Club: The English Opening from both sides
Lots of analysis, ideas & games. Very good article. Exeter Chess Club: The English Opening from both sides - Table of contents
Table of contents of a large article about how to play both sides of the English Opening. Exeter Chess Club: The French Defence for Beginners
Basic introduction to the French Defense.
Introduction to gambit play. Doesn't cover each specific gambit, but rather the overall approach to playing and defending against gambits. Exeter Chess Club: How to handle unorthodox openings
Excellent article on how to handle unorthodox openings. Exeter Chess Club: The Hypermodern approach
Basics of playing both sides of the Hypermodern defenses Exeter Chess Club: The Ideas behind the English Opening
Introduction to 1.c4 with good explanations, but not much actual analysis. Exeter Chess Club: The Ideas behind the French Defence
Ideas and analysis behind the French Defense. Exeter Chess Club: The Ideas behind the King's Gambit
Introduction to the King's Gambit. Exeter Chess Club: The Ideas behind the Modern Defence
Introduction to the Modern Defense.
Good articles and layouts of several openings.
Basic introduction to the KIA and how to play it against almost any Black response. Exeter Chess Club: An Introduction to the Sicilian Defence
Very basic with only the main ideas presented Exeter Chess Club: An Introduction to the Stonewall Dutch
Introduction to the Stonewall Dutch.
Basic introduction to the Italian Game.
Introduction to playing the KIA against the semi-open defenses. Exeter Chess Club: KIA vs. Sicilian
Introduction to playing the KIA against the Sicilian Defense. Exeter Chess Club: The Modern Italian Game
Moderately advanced analysis of the Italian Game. Exeter Chess Club: No more Old Stodge
How to get an open game with either color if the opponent tries to keep it closed in the 1.e4 openings.
Introduction to the Petroff Defense.
Excellent overview and introduction to playing 1.e4. Exeter Chess Club: Playing 1.e4 against all black defenses - Table of contents
Table of contents of a huge article about how to meet all of Black's common replies to 1.e4. Exeter Chess Club: Playing the Anti-Indian Systems
Excellent introduction to a family of 1.d4 openings that avoid 2.c4, such as the Torre, Stonewall, Colle, and many others. Most of these openings are actually systems where White simply develops his pieces in a predetermined way, almost regardless of what Black does. These are sound, aggressive systems that are easy to learn. Exeter Chess Club: Playing Black against 1.c4
Excellent overview and introduction about how to play Black against 1.c4.
Excellent overview and introduction about how to play Black against 1.e4. Exeter Chess Club: Playing Black against 1.e4 openings - Table of contents
Table of contents of a huge article about how to play Black against 1.e4. Exeter Chess Club: Playing Black against Queenside & Flank Openings
Excellent overview and introduction about how to play Black against 1.d4 and the flank openings. Exeter Chess Club: Playing Black against Queenside & Flank Openings - Table of contents
Table of contents of a huge article about how to play Black against 1.d4 and the flank openings. Exeter Chess Club: Playing Black against the Reti & KIA
Introduction about how to play Black against the Reti Opening & KIA. Exeter Chess Club: The Queen's-Pawn Openings at junior level
Basic introduction to the Queen-Pawn openings for beginners & novices.
Basic introduction to the Ruy Lopez. Exeter Chess Club: Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation
Basic introduction to the Ruy Lopez Exchange variation. Exeter Chess Club: Variations of the King's Gambit
Moderately advanced analysis of the King's Gambit.
Basic introduction to the Benko gambit. Four Knights Game - Halloween Attack
Lots of games, analysis, discussions, etc. about this opening variation.
The Grob opening. Games, analysis, history, etc.
Indice Primo Volume - Gambits
Keith's Krap
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Loiodice's Chess Collection - Stonewall System
Marek's 1.b4! World
The Orang-Utan Magazine Extensive analysis of the Panov-Botvinnik Attack of the Caro-Kann defense.
A Patzer's Progress December: Chess as a bloodsport: fun with the King's
Indian
Excellent article about learning and playing a defense. Very instructive.
Analysis of the Pirc, Latvian & Smith-Morra Gambits, 2...Nf6 Scandinavian Defense, and the Two Knights Defense - Traxler Variation.
Nice analysis of the 2...Nf6 variation of the Scandinavian Scotch Opening Resources
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/wijk2000/wijk9.html Sicilian Scheveningen Variation
IM Ignacio Marin's article & analysis on the Scheveningen Variation of the Sicilian Defense.
Excellent site devoted to developing a system against several Black defenses. Extensive analysis as well as several example games.
Nice collection of games, analysis, and everything related to the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit.
Huge collection of analysis and explanation of almost every known unorthodox opening by Eric Schiller. This is essentially Schiller's Unorthodox Chess Openings online for free. Winckelmann-Reimer Gambit (French Defense) games, analysis and ideas on this gambit ,the theory of which is developing rapidly. This gambit is a very agressive counter to the Winawer variation of the French defence and scores exceptionally highly at the club level. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3 5.bxc dxe 6.f3
The World of Grob's Attack (A00)
1.g4! Report Broken Links!!
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