Every chess opening, with the best move.
3,174 named openings and variations from the Lichess opening book, each with its moves, ECO code, the position on the board and the move Stockfish 18 recommends next. Open any of them in the free analysis board to go deeper.
Popular openings
- ECO B20
Sicilian Defense
1. e4 c5
- ECO C60
Ruy Lopez
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
- ECO C50
Italian Game
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4
- ECO C00
French Defense
1. e4 e6
- ECO B10
Caro-Kann Defense
1. e4 c6
- ECO D30
Queen's Gambit Declined
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6
- ECO D20
Queen's Gambit Accepted
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4
- ECO D10
Slav Defense
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6
- ECO E61
King's Indian Defense
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3
- ECO E20
Nimzo-Indian Defense
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
- ECO A10
English Opening
1. c4
- ECO B01
Scandinavian Defense
1. e4 d5
- ECO D02
Queen's Pawn Game: London System
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4
- ECO C44
Scotch Game
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
- ECO C30
King's Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4
- ECO D80
Grünfeld Defense
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
- ECO A80
Dutch Defense
1. d4 f5
- ECO B00
Pirc Defense
1. e4 d6
- ECO C25
Vienna Game
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3
- ECO C42
Petrov's Defense
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
- ECO B02
Alekhine Defense
1. e4 Nf6
- ECO E00
Catalan Opening
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3
- ECO A56
Benoni Defense
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5
- ECO B06
Modern Defense
1. e4 g6
All opening families, A–Z
- Alekhine Defense 53
- Amar Opening 3
- Amazon Attack 2
- Amsterdam Attack 1
- Anderssen's Opening 2
- Australian Defense 1
- Barnes Defense 1
- Barnes Opening 5
- Basque Opening 1
- Benko Gambit 7
- Benko Gambit Accepted 9
- Benko Gambit Declined 6
- Benoni Defense 47
- Bird Opening 27
- Bishop's Opening 40
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 17
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted 22
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Declined 9
- Blumenfeld Countergambit 3
- Blumenfeld Countergambit Accepted 1
- Bogo-Indian Defense 10
- Bongcloud Attack 1
- Borg Defense 4
- Canard Opening 1
- Caro-Kann Defense 92
- Carr Defense 2
- Catalan Opening 15
- Center Game 15
- Center Game Accepted 1
- Clemenz Opening 2
- Colle System 3
- Creepy Crawly Formation 1
- Czech Defense 1
- Danish Gambit 1
- Danish Gambit Accepted 6
- Danish Gambit Declined 1
- Döry Defense 1
- Dresden Opening 1
- Duras Gambit 1
- Dutch Defense 58
- East Indian Defense 1
- Elephant Gambit 4
- English Defense 6
- English Opening 127
- English Orangutan 1
- Englund Gambit 9
- Englund Gambit Declined 7
- Formation 2
- Four Knights Game 40
- French Defense 170
- Fried Fox Defense 1
- Global Opening 1
- Goldsmith Defense 2
- Grob Opening 20
- Grünfeld Defense 51
- Gunderam Defense 1
- Hippopotamus Defense 1
- Horwitz Defense 2
- Hungarian Opening 20
- Indian Defense 52
- Irish Gambit 1
- Italian Game 156
- Kádas Opening 7
- Kangaroo Defense 2
- King's Gambit 1
- King's Gambit Accepted 128
- King's Gambit Declined 50
- King's Indian Attack 12
- King's Indian Attack, with Bf5 1
- King's Indian Attack, with e6 1
- King's Indian Defense 109
- King's Knight Opening 3
- King's Pawn Game 35
- King's Pawn Opening 3
- Lasker Simul Special 1
- Latvian Gambit 17
- Latvian Gambit Accepted 9
- Lemming Defense 1
- Lion Defense 6
- London System 2
- London System, with Bd3 1
- London System, with Be2 1
- Marienbad System 2
- Mexican Defense 2
- Mieses Opening 4
- Mikenas Defense 4
- Modern Defense 37
- Montevideo Defense 1
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense 10
- Nimzo-Indian Defense 68
- Nimzo-Larsen Attack 13
- Nimzowitsch Defense 41
- Old Indian Defense 13
- Owen Defense 8
- Paleface Attack 1
- Petrov's Defense 43
- Philidor Defense 38
- Pirc Defense 23
- Polish Defense 2
- Polish Opening 25
- Polish Opening, with d5 1
- Ponziani Opening 13
- Portuguese Opening 3
- Pseudo Queen's Indian Defense 1
- Pterodactyl Defense 33
- Queen's Gambit 1
- Queen's Gambit Accepted 47
- Queen's Gambit Declined 138
- Queen's Indian Accelerated 1
- Queen's Indian Defense 48
- Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 1
- Queen's Indian Defense, with e3, Bb4+ Line 1
- Queen's Pawn Game 49
- Queen's Pawn, Mengarini Attack 1
- Rapport-Jobava System 1
- Rapport-Jobava System, with e6 1
- Rat Defense 11
- Réti Opening 20
- Richter-Veresov Attack 7
- Robatsch Defense 1
- Rubinstein Opening 4
- Ruy Lopez 200
- Saragossa Opening 1
- Scandinavian Defense 42
- Scotch Game 48
- Semi-Slav Defense 49
- Semi-Slav Defense Accepted 1
- Sicilian Defense 327
- Slav Defense 43
- Slav Indian 2
- Sodium Attack 4
- St. George Defense 4
- Tarrasch Defense 26
- Three Knights Opening 5
- Torre Attack 6
- Trompowsky Attack 9
- Valencia Opening 1
- Van Geet Opening 33
- Van't Kruijs Opening 5
- Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense 15
- Vienna Game 40
- Vulture Defense 1
- Wade Defense 1
- Ware Defense 2
- Ware Opening 7
- Yusupov-Rubinstein System 1
- Zaire Defense 1
- Zukertort Defense 2
- Zukertort Opening 41