The Caro–Kann Defence is a chess opening beginning with the moves:
Sicilian Defence
The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves:
Alekhine's Defence
Alekhine's Defence (or the Alekhine Defence) is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
Nimzowitsch Defence
The Nimzowitsch Defence is a somewhat uncommon chess opening characterised by the moves:
Scandinavian Defense
The Scandinavian Defense (or Center Counter Defense, or Center Counter Game) is a chess opening beginning with the moves:
Philidor Defence
The Philidor Defence (or Philidor's Defence) is a chess opening characterised by the moves:
Petrov's Defence
Petrov's Defence is a chess opening characterised by the following moves:
Two Knights Defense
The Two Knights Defense (also called the Prussian Defense) is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
Elephant Gambit
The Elephant Gambit (also called the Queen's Pawn Countergambit) is a chess opening beginning with the moves:
Dutch Defence
Black's 1...f5 stakes a claim to the e4-square and envisions an attack in the middlegame on White's kingside; however, it also weakens Black's kingside to some extent, especially on the e8–h5 diagonal.[1] Like its 1.e4 counterpart, the Sicilian Defence, the Dutch is an aggressive and unbalancing opening, resulting in the lowest percentage of draws among the most common replies to 1.d4.[2] Historically, White has tried many methods to exploit the kingside weaknesses, such as the Staunton Gambit (2.e4) and Korchnoi Attack (2.h3 and 3.g4).
Four Knights Game
The Four Knights Game is a chess opening that begins with the moves: