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| | The most popular '''Chess Openings''' are as follows (by the white pieces):<ref>https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/most-common-chess-openings-611517</ref> | | The most popular '''Chess Openings''' are as follows (by the white pieces):<ref>https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/most-common-chess-openings-611517</ref> |
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| | + | #1.d4, which has become the most popular White opening due to the effectiveness of the [[Sicilian Defense]] against 1.e4. |
| | #[[Ruy Lopez]] opening consists of 1. e4, e5; 2. Nf3, Nc6; and 3. Bb5. Defenses are often the Morphy defense, Steinitz defense, and the Berlin defense. | | #[[Ruy Lopez]] opening consists of 1. e4, e5; 2. Nf3, Nc6; and 3. Bb5. Defenses are often the Morphy defense, Steinitz defense, and the Berlin defense. |
| | #[[Giuoco Piano]] aka The Italian Game or the quiet game: 1. e4, e5; 2. Nf3, Nc6; and 3. Bc4 (or increasingly Bb5). | | #[[Giuoco Piano]] aka The Italian Game or the quiet game: 1. e4, e5; 2. Nf3, Nc6; and 3. Bc4 (or increasingly Bb5). |
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| | #Indian Defenses starts with Nf6 as a response to d4, following by the king's Indian defense, queen's Indian defense, Nimzo-Indian defense, or the Grunfeld defense. | | #Indian Defenses starts with Nf6 as a response to d4, following by the king's Indian defense, queen's Indian defense, Nimzo-Indian defense, or the Grunfeld defense. |
| | #[[English Opening]] is c4 | | #[[English Opening]] is c4 |
| − | #Reti Opening is Nf3, and is named after the chess great Richard Reti | + | #[[Reti Opening]] is Nf3, and is named after the chess great Richard Reti |
| | == Most popular White opening move == | | == Most popular White opening move == |
| | #e4, which is typically followed by the Roy Lopez opening (also known as the Spanish opening)<ref>https://www.ichess.net/blog/ruy-lopez/</ref> | | #e4, which is typically followed by the Roy Lopez opening (also known as the Spanish opening)<ref>https://www.ichess.net/blog/ruy-lopez/</ref> |
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| | == Most popular Black Defenses == | | == Most popular Black Defenses == |
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| − | In response to the standard opening by White of 1.e4, the most popular defenses by Black are:<ref>https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/top-responses-to-1-e4-611515</ref> | + | In response to the standard opening by White of 1.e4 ([[Ruy Lopez]]), the most popular defenses by Black are:<ref>https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/top-responses-to-1-e4-611515</ref> |
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| | #[[Sicilian Defense]]: 1...c5 | | #[[Sicilian Defense]]: 1...c5 |
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| | #modern defense: 1...g6 | | #modern defense: 1...g6 |
| | #1...Nf6 | | #1...Nf6 |
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| | + | == Favorite openings of top players == |
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| | + | A superb database of the favorite openings by top players is at chessgames.com.<ref>https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=21136</ref> |
| | == See also == | | == See also == |
| | *[https://www.thechesswebsite.com/chess-openings/ Top 60 Openings] | | *[https://www.thechesswebsite.com/chess-openings/ Top 60 Openings] |