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Starting position —
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Black pawn
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1.- · 20 first moves available
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First moves

20 possible openings
  1. 1.e4 1,309,466 g. King's Pawn Game
  2. 1.d4 1,029,878 g. Queen's Pawn Game
  3. 1.Nf3 292,958 g. Zukertort Opening
  4. 1.c4 199,442 g. English Opening
  5. 1.g3 20,366 g. Hungarian Opening
  6. 1.b3 11,235 g. Nimzo-Larsen Attack
  7. 1.f4 6,697 g. Bird Opening
  8. 1.Nc3 3,988 g. Van Geet Opening
  9. 1.b4 2,210 g. Polish Opening
  10. 1.e3 918 g. Van't Kruijs Opening
  11. 1.a3 838 g. Anderssen's Opening
  12. 1.d3 800 g. Mieses Opening
  13. 1.c3 338 g. Saragossa Opening
  14. 1.g4 181 g. Grob Opening
  15. 1.h3 132 g. Clemenz Opening
  16. 1.h4 53 g. Kádas Opening
  17. 1.Nh3 29 g. Amar Opening
  18. 1.a4 29 g. Ware Opening
  19. 1.Na3 18 g. Sodium Attack
  20. 1.f3 12 g. Barnes Opening
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