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Tournaments/4NCL Division 1 2025-2026/Openings

Openings — position clusters

Unlike a move-tree view, this groups games by the position actually reached at move 8 — different move orders that transpose to the same position land in the same cluster.

Cluster at move
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Showing 50 of 360 clusters (capped at 50)·383 / 384 games reached move 8
Position at move 8
8games3 move orders

Reached via

  • ×61.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O
  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Bd3 c6
  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O

Games

Position at move 8
7games

Reached via

  • ×71.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O

Games

Position at move 8
3games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×21.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Nc6
  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Nc6

Games

Position at move 8
3games

Reached via

  • ×31.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.O-O a5

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 c6 8.Qxc4 b5
  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 c6 8.Qxc4 b5

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 a6

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.a3 c6 7.Nf3 Qd8 8.Bd3 Be7

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dxc4 4.Bg2 a6 5.O-O Nf6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Qxc4 b5 8.Qc2 Bb7

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.b3 d4 7.e3 c5 8.Ne5 Qc7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.h3 Bh5

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.c4 b6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 Bb7 4.g3 f5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.d3 fxe4 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.dxe4 Bc5

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 d5 8.b3 O-O

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.O-O Be7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 b6 5.e4 Bb7 6.e5 Ne4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Bc5 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O e5

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 Nxc3

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4 4.Bxe4 Nf6 5.Bf3 c5 6.Ne2 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Ne5

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 c5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d4 Nxc3

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c5 2.b3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bb2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bb5 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.Nc3 Nc7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.d3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 d6 8.Re1 e5

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.c3 c5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.dxc5 Qxc5 7.Ne4 Qc7 8.Qg4 g6

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qb3 a5

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Bd3 Re8

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Bb5 7.Bxb5+ Qxb5 8.Na3 Qd7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 c6 6.a3 Ba5 7.b4 Bc7 8.Ng3 a5

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 f6 8.exf6 Nxf6

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Be6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 Qd7 8.Nge2 Bf7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.d5 Qb6 5.Nd2 f5 6.Rb1 Bg7 7.e3 d6 8.Bd3 O-O

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 a5 6.Bg5 c5 7.e3 a4 8.Qc2 a3

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.e3 g6 5.c4 c6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Bd3 O-O

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 a5

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Nbd2 Nbd7 5.e3 c5 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.O-O O-O

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bc5 8.Be3 Bd7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.a4 d6 6.d3 Nf6 7.h3 h6 8.Nd2 Be6

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 h6 7.O-O Nd7 8.a4 a6

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.Be3 Qc7 8.Qd2 b5

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Bf4 Nd7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nbd2 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 cxd4 8.Nb3 Bb4+

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bb5 Nd7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.Nxc6 bxc6

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.Nc3 d5 2.e4 e6 3.d3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.Nge2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 dxe4

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.O-O Ng6 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Bb3 Qd3

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a4 e6 6.e5 d5 7.d4 Nh6 8.Bd3 cxd4

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 e5 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 exd4 8.Bf4 a6

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.g4 Na6

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7

Games