Chess Club
Games
Reviewing and studying games of grandmasters and world champions can help students learn more about chess by showing positions and patterns that can lead to successful playing.
Here is a list of games arranged by the opening. Openings are determined by the early moves of the games.
Symmetrical King’s Pawn Openings
King’s Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2.f4
Vienna Game: 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6
Three Knight’s Game: 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3
Ruy Lopez: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb4
Three Knight’s Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3
Four Knight’s Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6
Giuoco Piano: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5
Hungarian Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7
Two Knight’s Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6
Scotch Game: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4
Goring Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3
Ponziani’s Opening: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3
Petrov’s Defense (also Russian Defense): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
Philidor’s Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
Queen’s Pawn Counter Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5
Latvian (or Greco Counter-) Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5
Bishop’s Opening: 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4
Center Game: 1. e4 e5 2. d4
Danish Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3
Alapin’s Opening: 1. e4 e5 2. Ne2
Semi-Open King’s Pawn Defenses
Alekhine’s Defense: 1. e4 Nf6
Caro-Kann Defense: 1. e4 c6
French Defense: 1. e4 e6
Sicilian Defense: 1. e4 c5
Pirc Defense: 1. e4 d6 2. d4
Robatsch (or Modern) Defense: 1. e4 g6 2. d4
Center Counter Defense: 1. e4 d5
Nimzowitsch Defense: 1. e4 Nc6
Basman Defense: 1. e4 g5 2. d4
Owen’s Defense: 1. e4 b6 2. d4
Baker’s Defense: 1. e4 a6 2. d4
Queen’s Pawn Openings
Symmetrical Queen’s Pawn Openings
Queen’s Gambit Declined: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6
Queen’s Gambit Accepted: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4
Slav. and Semi-Slav Defense: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6
Queen’s Gambit, Chigorin Defense: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6
Queen’s Gambit, Albin Counter Gambit: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5
Colle System: 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3
Stonewall System: 1. d4 d5 2. e3
Queen’s Bishop Attack: 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: 1. d4 d5 2. e4
Asymmetrical Queen’s Pawn Games
Budapest (Counter) Gambit: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5
Dory Defense: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Ne4
Blumenfeld (Counter) Gambit: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5
Kevitz-Trajkovic Defense: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6
Richter-Veresov Attack: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5
Trompowski (or Opocensky or Ruth) Attack: 1. d4 Nf6 Bg5
Torre Attack: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5
Polish Defense Deferred I: 1. d4 Nf6 2. b5
Franco-Indian Defense: 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+
Polish Defense: 1. d4 b5
Queen’s Knight Defense: 1. d4 Nc6 2. e4
Englund Gambit: 1. d4 e5
Dutch Defense: 1. d4 f5
Staunton Defense: 1. d4 f5 2. e4
Indian Defense Systems
Queen’s Indian Defense: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3.Nf3 or 2… e6 3. Nf3 b6
Bogolyubov (Bogo-) Indian Defense: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb4+
Nimzowitsch (Nimzo-) Indian Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4
Catalan Opening: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 (… d5)
Flank Openings