Ok guys, given we've been blessed with the FEN application tool, it's time to utilise it for serious causes. I would like to propose the Chess Forums.org Openings Book. In this openings book, I'm hoping the most experienced chess members in the forum will kindly contribute with their knowledge. For the time being, only the following should be explained with the aid of FEN (please do not use other diagrams):

Sicilian Defence

French Defence

Ruy Lopez (also known as Spanish)

King’s Defence

Queen’s Gambit Accepted & Queen’s Gambit Declined

Other openings are also accepted but please ensure to post the list of openings you would like to submit alongside the diagrams.

Any references used must be acknowledged due to copyright infringements!

The following are the most used and basic openings in chess.

King's Opening



Double King's Pawn



Queen's Opening



Double Queen's Pawn



Bird's Opening



English Opening

The following address some of the openings included in the original list. More to come.

Sicilian Defence

(e4 c5)



French Defence

(e4 e6)



Ruy Lopez

(1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5)

King's Gambit



Queen's Gambit

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I guess I'm not sure what the point of showing the first move or two of an opening with just the name is. You can easily get more info than about these openings than this just browsing Wikipedia.

--Fromper