Best Responses to Chess Openings
How should you answer the opening in front of you? Pick a line to see the highest-scoring replies, drawn from opening theory and real games played on ChessBhumi.
Best response to Alekhine DefenseB02
1. e4 Nf6
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Balogh VariationB03
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Brooklyn VariationB02
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Brooklyn Variation, Everglades VariationB02
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 3. d4 f5
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Buckley AttackB02
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Na3
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Exchange VariationB03
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation, Karpov VariationB03
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Bf4
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation, Voronezh VariationB03
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns AttackB03
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Cambridge GambitB03
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g5
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Fianchetto VariationB03
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g6
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Ilyin-Zhenevsky VariationB03
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. e6 fxe6 9. c5
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Korchnoi VariationB03
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O f6
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Main LineB03
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Tartakower VariationB03
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Qd7 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. O-O Be7
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Trifunovic VariationB03
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Hunt VariationB03
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. c5
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Lasker Simul GambitB02
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Matsukevich GambitB02
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. Bg5
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Mikenas GambitB02
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Bxd5
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Kmoch VariationB02
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Bc4 Nb6 4. Bb3 c5 5. d3
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Krejcik VariationB02
1. e4 Nf6 2. Bc4
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Krejcik Variation, Krejcik GambitB02
1. e4 Nf6 2. Bc4 Nxe4 3. Bxf7+
Best response to Alekhine Defense: Maróczy VariationB02
1. e4 Nf6 2. d3