ECO B

ECO B - Semi-Open Games

Semi-open games arise after 1.e4 when Black responds with something other than 1...e5. This includes the Sicilian Defense, French Defense, Caro-Kann Defense, Pirc Defense, and others. These asymmetrical openings often lead to complex middlegames.

437 Openings Found

B00
Ware Defense
B00
Corn Stalks
B00
Snagkeouss Defense
B00
St George; Birmingham; Baker
B00
San Jorge Variation
B00
Polish Variation, St George Defense
B00
Zilbermints Gambit, St George Defense
B00
San Jorge Variation
B00
Three Pawn Attack, St George
B00
Sanky-Georg Gambit, St George
B00
Woodchuck Variation, St George
B00
Owen's Defense; Greek Defense
B00
Guatemalan Defense
B00
Matovinsky Gambit
B00
Matovinsky Gambit
B00
Naselwaus Variation, Owen's Defense
B00
Wind Gambit, Owen Defense
B00
Smith Gambit, Owen Defense
B00
Hekili-Loa Gambit, Owen Defense
B20
Mengarini Gambit, Sicilian
B20
Mengarini Gambit, Sicilian
B20
Snyder Variation, Sicilian
B20
Queen Fianchetto Variation, Sicilian
B20
Wing Gambit, Sicilian
B20
Marshall Variation, Sicilian
B20
Wing; Carlsbad Variation, Sicilian
B20
Marienbad Variation, Sicilian
B20
Abrahams Variation, Sicilian Wing Gambit
B20
Santasiere Wing Gambit, Sicilian
B20
Bowlder Attack, Sicilian
B20
Slow Sicilian
B22
Barmen Defense, Sicilian
B22
Sherzer Variation, Sicilian
B22
Stoltz Attack, Sicilian
B20
Staunton-Cochrane Variation, Sicilian
B20
Gloria Variation, Sicilian
B20
Chameleon Variation, Sicilian
B20
Big Clamp Variation, Sicilian
B20
Sicilian Center Game
B20
Smith-Morra; Fleissig Gambit, Sic
B20
Rivadavia Gambit, Sicilian
B20
Push Variation, Smith-Morra Gambit, Sicilian
B20
Dubois Variation, Sicilian
B20
Scandanavian Formation, Smith-Morra, Sicilian
B20
Smith-Morra Accepted, Sicilian
B20
Chicago Defense, Smith-Morra Accepted, Sicilian
B20
Taimanov Formation, Smith-Morra Accepted, Sicilian
B20
Kan Formation, Smith-Morra Accepted, Sicilian
B20
Fianchetto Defense, Smith-Morra Accepted, Sicilian
B20
Classical Formation, Smith-Morra Accepted, Sicilian
B20
Scheveningen Formation, Smith-Morra Accepted
B20
Paulsen Formation, Smith-Morra Accepted, Sicilian
B20
Morphy Defense Deferred, Smith-Morra Accepted
B20
Larsen Defense, Smith-Morra Accepted, Sicilian
B20
Pin Defense, Smith-Morra Accepted, Sicilian
B20
Morphy Defense, Smith-Morra Accepted, Sicilian
B20
Sozin Formation, Smith-Morra Accepted, Sicilian
B20
Center Formation, Smith-Morra Declined, Sicilian
B20
Alapin Formation, Smith-Morra Declined, Sicilian
B20
Wing Formation, Smith-Morra Declined, Sicilian
B20
Halasz Gambit, Sicilian
B20
Morphy Gambit, Sicilian
B20
Andreaschek Gambit, Sicilian
B21
Tal Gambit, Sicilian
B20
Steinitz; Tartakower, Lasker-Dunne Variation, Sicilian
B20
Myers Attack, Sicilian
B20
King David's Opening
B23
Grand Prix Variation, Sicilian
B23
Marshall Gambit, Sicilian
B23
Korchnoi Defense, Sicilian
B23
Traditional Closed Sicilian
B23
Portland Attack, Sicilian
B23
Vinken System, Sicilian; Grand Prix Attack
B23
Schofman Variation, Sicilian
B25
Botvinnik Defense, Sicilian Closed
B25
Edge Variation, Sicilian Closed
B23
Chameleon Sicilian
B20
Keres; Billium Attack, Sicilian; Chameleon
B28
Kieseritzky System, Sicilian
B28
Wing Gambit, Sicilian
B28
Aronin System, Sicilian
B28
Venice System, Sicilian
B28
Ljubojevic Line, Sicilian
B28
Gambit Line, O'Kelly Sicilian
B28
Steiner Line, Sicilian
B28
Barcza Line, Sicilian
B28
Maroczy Bind, O'Kelly Sicilian
B28
Robatsch Line, Sicilian
B28
Paulsen Line, Sicilian
B28
Geller Line, Sicilian
B28
Quiet System, O'Kelly Sicilian
B28
Normal System, O'Kelly Sicilian
B28
Cortlever Gambit, Sicilian
B28
Smith-Morra Line, O'Kelly Sicilian
B28
Taimanov Line, O'Kelly Sicilian
B28
Kan Line, O'Kelly Sicilian
B28
Zagorovsky Line, O'Kelly Sicilian
B28
Reti System, O'Kelly Sicilian
B28
Yerevan System, O'Kelly Sicilian
B27
Polish Gambit, Sicilian
B27
Katalimov Variation, Sicilian
B51
Wing Gambit Deferred, Sicilian
B52
Bronstein (Haag) Gambit, Sicilian
B51
Moscow Gambit, Sicilian
B51
Dorfman Gambit, Sicilian
B50
Kopec System, Sicilian
B50
Delayed Alapin, Sicilian
B50
Basman-Palatnik Gambit
B53
Tartakower Variation, Sicilian
B55
Ginsberg Gambit, Sicilian
B55
Moscow (Prins) Variation, Sicilian
B55
Venice Attack, Sicilian
B90
Lipnitzky Variation, Sicilian
B92
Opocensky Variation, Sicilian
B90
Byrne Variation, Sicilian; English Attack
B90
Anti-English, Najdorf Sicilian
B96
Polugaevsky; Accelerated Najdorf
B96
Simagin Line, Najdorf Sicilian
B98
Argenitne; Goteborg Var, Sicilian
B98
Browne Variation, Najdorf Sicilian
B97
Poisoned Pawn Variation, Sicilian
B97
Poisoned Pawn Accepted, Najdorf Sicilian
B90
Adams Attack, Sicilian
B90
Freak Attack, Siicilian
B56
Kupreichik Variation, Sicilian
B56
Venice Attack, Sicilian
B80
Vitolins Variation, Sicilian
B89
Sherbakov Variation, Sicilian
B89
Velimirovic Variation, Sicilian
B85
Paulsen Variation, Sicilian
B80
English Attack, Scheveningen Sicilian
B81
Delayed Keres Attack, Sicilian
B81
Perenyi Gambit, Sicilian
B82
Tal Variation, Sicilian
B80
Fianchetto Variation, Scheveningen Sicilian
B70
Alekhine Variation, Sicilian
B72
Nottingham Variation, Sicilian
B73
Zollner Gambit, Sicilian
B74
Alekhine Line, Sicilian Dragon
B74
Maroczy Line, Sicilian Dragon
B74
Tartakower Line, Sicilian Dragon
B72
Amsterdam (Battery) Variation, Sicilian
B72
Grigoriev Variation, Sicilian
B77
Sosonko Variation, Sicilian Dragon
B76
Panov Variation, Sicilian Dragon
B70
Fianchetto Variation, Sicilian Dragon
B56
Classical Variation, Sicilian
B57
Anti-Sozin Variation, Sicilian
B56
Yates Variation, Sicilian
B58
Boleslavsky Variation, Sicilian
B58
Louma Variation, Sicilian
B62
Margate (Vitolins) Variation, Sicilian
B62
Podebrady Variation, Sicilian
B62
Exchange Variation, Richter-Rauzer Sicilian
B63
Ivanov Variation, Sicilian
B60
Dragon Variation, Richter-Rauzer Sicilian
B58
Fianchetto Variation, Richter-Rauzer Sicilizn
B56
Spielmann Variation, Sicilian
B53
Chekhover Variation, Sicilian
B53
Zaitsev Variation, Sicilian
B53
Lazy Knight Variation, Sicilian
B53
Cortlever Variation, Sicilian
B50
Kotov Gambit, Sicilian
B27
Jalalabad Variation, Sicilian
B40
Wing Gambit Deferred, Sicilian
B40
Kramnik Variation, Sicilian
B41
Accelerated Wimpy Variation, Sic
B41
Paulsen; Kan Variation, Sicilian
B42
Polugaevsky Variation, Sicilian
B42
Swiss Cheese Variation, Sicilian
B41
Reti Variation, Sicilian
B41
Hedgehog Variation, Sicilian
B41
Bronstein Variation, Sicilian
B44
Szen Variation, Sicilian
B44
Gary Gambit, Sicilian
B46
Taimanov Variation, Sicilian
B45
Paulsen Variation, Sicilian
B45
American Attack, Sicilian
B47
Ponomariov Gambit, Sicilian
B41
Anderssen; Counterattack Var, Sic
B41
Pin Variation; Sicilian CounterAttack
B41
Jaffe Variation, Sicilian
B41
Koch Variation, Sicilian
B45
Four Knights Variation, Sicilian
B45
Cobra Variation, Sicilian
B40
Gaw-Paw Variation, Sicilian
B40
Kveinis Variation, Sicilian
B41
Marshall Variation, Sicilian
B27
Brussels Gambit, Sicilian
B27
Double-Dutch Gambit, Sicilian
B27
Hyperaccelerated Dragon, Sicilian
B27
Action Extension, Sicilian
B27
Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl, Sic
B27
Frederico Variation, Sicilian
B27
Sicilian Fred
B27
Buecker Variation, Sicilian
B30
Old Sicilian
B31
Gufeld Gambit, Sicilian
B31
Lutikov Gambit, Sicilian
B31
Gurgenidze Variation, Sicilian
B31
San Francisco Gambit, Sicilian
B32
Nimzovich Variation, Sicilian; Nimzo-American Variation
B32
Bourdonnais; Lowenthal Var, Sic
B32
Kalashnikov Variation, Sicilian
B36
Gurgenidze Variation, Sicilian
B33
Four Knights Variation, Sicilian
B33
Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sicilian
B33
Pelikan Variation, Sicilian
B33
Chelyabinsk Variation, Sicilian
B33
Sveshnikov Variation, Sicilian
B33
Bird Variation, Siclian
B32
Retreat Variation, Sicilian
B32
Godiva Variation, Sicilian
B32
Flohr Variation, Sicilian
B29
Advance Variation, Sicilian
B27
Mongoose Variation, Sicilian
B27
Althouse; Stiletto Variation, Sicilian
B27
Accelerated Paulsen, Sicilian
B27
Quinteros Variation, Sicilian
B20
Brick Variation, Sicilian
B10
Hillbilly Attack, Caro-Kann
B10
Modern; English Variation, Accelerated Panov; Caro-Kann
B10
Breyer Variation, Caro-Kann
B10
Stein Attack, Caro-Kann
B12
Landau Gambit, Caro-Kann
B12
Mieses Gambit, Caro
B12
Diemer-Duhm Gambit, Caro
B12
Advance Variation, Caro
B12
Prins Attack, Caro-Kann
B12
Bayonet Variation, Caro
B12
Tal Variation, Caro-Kann
B12
Van der Wiel Attack, Caro-Kann
B12
Dreyev Defense, Caro-Kann
B12
Bronstein Variation, Caro-Kann
B12
Short Variation, Caro-Kann
B12
Botvinnik-Carls Defense, Caro-Kann
B13
Panov-Botvinnik; Gunderam Attack
B14
Carlsbad Line, Caro-Kann
B14
Czerniak Line, Caro-Kann
B14
Reifir-Spielmann Line, Caro-Kann
B12
Maroczy Variation, Caro
B12
Fantasy; Lilienfisch Variation, Caro
B12
Maroczy Gambit, Caro-Kann
B15
Gurgenidze Variation, Caro
B15
Von Hennig Gambit, Caro
B15
Milner-Barry Gambit, Caro; Rasa-Studier Gambit
B18
Flohr Variation, Caro-Kann
B16
Finnish Variation, Caro-Kann
B17
Smyslov Variation, Caro-Kann
B17
Tiviakov-Fischer Attack, Caro-Kann
B17
Kasparov Attack, Caro-Kann
B17
Ivanchuk Defense, Caro Kann
B15
Knight Variation, Caro
B15
Tarrasch (Alekhine) Gambit, Caro
B15
Tartakower Variation, Caro
B15
Forgacs Variation, Caro Kann
B15
Gurgenidze System, Caro-Kann
B15
Gurgenidze Variation, Caro
B15
Campomanes Attack, Caro
B12
Modern Variation, Caro-Kann
B12
New Caro-Kann
B12
Edinburgh Variation, Caro
B12
Ulysses Gambit, Caro
B10
Massachussets Defense, Caro-Kann
B12
De Bruycker Defense, Caro
B10
Masi Variation, Caro-Kann
B10
Scorpion-Horus Gambit, Caro-Kann
B11
Two Knights Attack, Caro Kann
B11
Mindeno Variation, Caro-Kann
B11
Retreat Line, Mindeno Variation, Caro-Kann
B12
Hector Gambit, Caro
B10
Goldman Variation, Caro
B10
Two Knights Variation, Caro
B01
Zilbermints Gambit, Center Counter
B01
Blackbunre-Kloosterboer Gambit, Center Counter
B01
Atkinson (Kloosterboer) Variation, Center Counter
B01
Blackburne Gambit, Center Counter
B01
Boehnke Gambit, Center Counter
B01
Boehnke Gambit Accepted, Center Counter
B01
Marshall Gambit, Scandanavian G; Modern Variation, CC
B01
Panov Transfer, Center Counter
B01
Icelandic-Palme Gambit, CC
B01
Portuguese Variation, Center Counter
B01
Portuguese Gambit, Center Counter
B01
Kadas Gambit, Center Counter
B01
Wing Gambit, Center Counter
B01
Marshall Variation, Center Counter
B01
Kiel Variation, Center Counter
B01
Tomalty Gambit, Center Counter
B01
Gipslis Variation, Center Counter
B01
Richter Variation, Center Counter
B01
Mieses-Kotroc Variation, Center Counter
B01
Leonhardt (Rosen) Gambit, Center Counter
B01
Anderssen Variation, Center Counter
B01
Collijn Variation, Center Counter
B01
Mieses Variation, Center Counter
B01
Gruenfeld Variation, Center Counter
B01
Lasker Variation, Center Counter
B01
Gubinsky-Melts Defense, Center Counter
B01
Schiller-Pytel Variation, Center Counter
B01
Bronstein Variation, Center Counter
B01
Closed Scandavian
B07
Maroczy Defense, Pirc
B07
Philidor Gambit, Pirc
B07
Small Center Defense
B07
Balogh Defense, Pirc
B07
Pirc Defense
B07
Lion's Jaw, Pirc
B07
Czech Defense
B07
Pirc; Ufimtsev; Antal Defense
B07
Kholmov System, Pirc
B07
Classical System, Pirc
B07
Chinese Variation, Pirc
B07
Bayonet Attack, Pirc
B07
Sveshnikov-Jansa Attack, Pirc
B07
150 Attack
B07
Panov; Opatijav; Byrne Variation, Pirc
B09
Ljubojevic Variation, Pirc
B09
Austrian; Yugoslav Defense, Pirc
B09
Dragon Formation, Pirc
B09
Weiss Variation, Pirc
B09
Kurajica Variation, Pirc
B09
Unzicker Attack, Pirc
B08
Two Knights System, Pirc
B08
Quiet System, Pirc
B08
Parma Defense, Pirc
B08
Czech Defense, Pirc
B08
Chigorin Line, Pirc
B08
Schlechter Variation, Pirc
B07
Anti-Philidor
B07
Roscher Gambit, Pirc
B00
Mao Tse Tung; Duras
B00
Fred; From Reversed
B00
Tiers Counter-Gambit
B00
Barnes Defense
B00
Basman Defense; Macho Grob
B00
Basman; Macho Grob; Borg
B00
Borg Gambit
B00
Zilbermints Gambit, Borg
B00
Borg Defense; Troon Gambit
B06
Monkey's Bum, Pirc
B06
Bishop Attack
B06
Buecker Gambit
B06
Westermann Gambit
B06
Wind Gambit
B06
Three Pawns Attack
B06
Pterodactyl, Pirc
B06
Gurgenidze Defense, Modern Defense
B06
Mittenberger Gambit, Modern Defense
B06
Anti-Modern
B06
Pseudo-Austrian Attack
B06
Two Knight Variation, Modern Defense
B06
Suttles Variation, Modern Defense
B06
Mongredien Defense, Pirc
B06
Geller's System, Modern Defense
B06
Rossolimo Variation, Modern Defense
B06
Accelerated Gurgenidze
B06
Small Center Variation, Pirc
B06
Fianchetto Gambit, Modern Defense
B06
Norwegian Defense
B06
Masur Gambit
B00
Pickering (Goldsmith) Defense
B00
Picklepuss Defense
B00
Carr Defense
B00
Zilbermints Gambit, Carr Defense
B00
Lemming Defense
B00
Nimzovich Defense
B00
Wheeler Gambit, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Pseudo-Spanish Variation
B00
Scandanavian Variation, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Hornung Gambit, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Aachen Gambit, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Marshall Gambit, Nimzovich
B00
Bogoljubow Variation, Nizovich Defense
B00
Brandics Gambit, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Richter Gambit, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Nimzovich Gambit, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Alekseev Variation, Nimzovich; Heinola-Deppe Gambit
B00
Erben Gambit, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Vehre Variation, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Mikenas Variation, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Kennedy Variation, Nimzovich
B00
Linksspringer Variation, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Bileefelder Gambit, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Burgar Gambit, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Hammer Gambit, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Riemann Defense, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Keres Attack, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Paulsen Attack, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Herford Gambit, Nimzovich Defense
B00
French Connection, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Neo-Mongoloid Defense, Nimzovich
B00
Pirc Connection, Nimzovich Defense
B00
Breyer Defense, Nimzovich
B00
Williams Variation, Nimzovich
B00
Franco-Nimzovich Variation
B00
Colorado Defense, Nimzovich; Lean Variation
B00
Colorado Counter Accepted, Nimzovich Defense
B00
El Columpio Defense, Nimzovich Defense
B02
Krejcik Variation, Alekhine
B02
Fried Fox, Alekhine; Krejcik Gambit
B02
Maroczy Variation, Alekhine
B02
Welling Variation, Alekhine
B02
Kmoch Variation, Alekhine
B02
Hunt Gambit, Alekhine; Two Pawn Attack
B02
Steiner Variation, Alekhine
B02
Lasker Variation, Alekhine
B02
Mikenas Gambit, Alekhine
B02
Matsukevich Gambit, Alekhine
B03
Wall Variation, Alekhine
B03
Balogh Variation, Alekhine
B03
Hunt Variation, Alekhine
B03
Four Pawns Attack; Chase V
B03
Trifunovic Variation, Alekhine
B03
Cambridge Gambit, Alekhine
B05
Flohr Variation, Alekhine
B05
Alekhine Variation, Alekhine
B04
Panov Variation, Alekhine
B04
Larsen Variation, Alekhine
B04
Alburt Variation, Alekhine
B04
Keres Variation, Alekhine
B04
Karpov Variation, Alekhine
B04
Schmid Variation, Alekhine
B02
Buntin Gambit, Alekhine
B02
Buckley Attack, Alekhine
B02
Saemisch Attack, Alekhine
B02
Mokele Mbembe; Knight's Tour
B02
Retreat; Brooklyn Variation, Alekhine
B02
Everglades Defense, Alekhine
B02
Scandanavian Variation, Alekhine
B02
Myers Gambit, Alekhine
B02
Spielmann Variation, Alekhine
B02
Noch Gambit, Alekhine
B02
Geschev Gambit, Alekhine
B02
John Tracy Gambit, Alekhine
B00
Adams Defense
B00
Wild Bull Defense