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Encyclopedia of Chess Openings

The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) is a comprehensive collection of books that systematically categorize chess openings based on moves from millions of games and analyses since 1966. It features a unique coding system for openings divided into five main categories (A-E), each with numerous subcategories. The encyclopedia is published by the Serbian company Šahovski informator and serves as a standard reference for chess players and enthusiasts.

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Encyclopedia of Chess Openings

The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) is a comprehensive collection of books that systematically categorize chess openings based on moves from millions of games and analyses since 1966. It features a unique coding system for openings divided into five main categories (A-E), each with numerous subcategories. The encyclopedia is published by the Serbian company Šahovski informator and serves as a standard reference for chess players and enthusiasts.

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Encyclopedia of chess

openings
The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings —also known by its acronym in English: ECO
(Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings)— is a collection of books that systematically
address chess openings. The moves have been selected from millions of games between
masters and from analyses published in the Chess Informer since
1966https://www.wikiwand.com/es/1966https://www.wikiwand.com/es/Informador_aje
drec%C3%ADstico, compiled by notable chess players. Both the encyclopedia and the
chess informator are published by the Serbianhttps://www.wikiwand.com/es/Serbia
(formerly Yugoslavian) company Šahovski informator, based in Belgrade.
Instead of traditional opening names, the encyclopedia developed a system for encoding
openings, which has become a standard used by many other publications. There are 5
main categories (AE), each of which is divided into 100 subcategories.

For a detailed list of openings and variations, see Appendix: Chess Openings

Main ECO codes


TO
Volume A contains the so-called flank openings (those in which White's initial move is
neither 1.e4 nor 1.d4), as well as the old lines of the Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6).

 A00-A03: Irregular openings


 A04-A09: Opening Reti
 A10-A39: English Opening
 A40-A50: Queen's Pawn Openings, King's Indian Attack
 A51-A52: Budapest Gambit
 A53-A79: Ancient Indian Defense, Benoni Defense, Benko Gambit
 A80-A92: Dutch Defense
B
Volume B contains the semi-open openings, except the French Defense.
 B00: Irregular openings (St. George's Defense, Nimzovitch Defense)
 B01: Scandinavian Defense
 B02-B05: Alekhine's Defense
 B06-B09: Pirc Defense
 B10-B19: Caro-Kann Defense
 B20-B99: Sicilian Defense

C
Volume C contains the French Defense and the open openings.
 C00-C19: French Defense
 C20: López Opening (1.e4 e5 2.c3), Alapin Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Ne2)
 C21-C22: Central Opening, Centre Gambit
 C23-C24: Bishop Opening
 C25-C29: Viennese Opening
 C30-C39: King's Gambit
 C40: Latvian Gambit, Elephant Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5), Greek Gambit (1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Qf6)
 C41: Philidor Defense
 C42-C43: Petrov Defense
 C44: Ponziani Opening, openings with 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 irregular: Inverted Hungarian
(3.Be2)
 C45: Scottish Opening
 C46-C49: Opening of the Four Knights
 C50: Lines with 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4: Italian Opening (Giuoco Pianissimo: 3...Bc5
4.d3), Hungarian Defense (3...Be7), Rousseau Gambit (3...f5 )
 C51-C52: Evans Gambit
 C53-C54: Italian Opening (Giuoco Piano: 4.c3)
 C55-C59: Defense of the Two Knights
 C60-C99: Spanish Opening (Ruy Lopez)
D
Volume D contains the closed and semi-closed openings, including the Grunfeld Defense.
 D00-D05: Irregular Queen Pawn Openings (Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, Trompowsky
Attack, Veresov Attack, Rook Attack, Colle System)
 D06-D09: Irregular responses to the Queen's Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4): Albin
Countergambit (2...e5), Chigorin Defense (2...Nc6)
 D10-D19: Slavic Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
 D20-D29: Queen's Gambit Accepted (2...dxc4)
 D30-D69: Queen's Gambit Declined
 D70-D79: Neo-Grunfeld Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5)
 D80-D99: Grunfeld Defense

AND
Volume E contains the so-called Indian Defences (1.d4 Nf6).

 E00-E09: Catalan Opening


 E10: Blumenfeld Countergambit
 E11: Bogoindia Defense
 E12-E19: Queen's Indian Defense
 E20-E59: Nimzo-Indian Defense
 E60-E93: King's Indian Defense

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