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Tournaments/European Individual Chess Championship 2026 | Boards 1-66/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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Position at move 8
4games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×31.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8
  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8

Games

Position at move 8
3games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×21.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.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.Bd3 O-O

Games

Position at move 8
3games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×21.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
  • ×11.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6

Games

Position at move 8
3games3 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 d6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O
  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.a3 d6 7.Be2 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 d6 7.Be2 Be7 8.Be3 O-O

Games

Position at move 8
3games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×21.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bxc4 Nxe4 7.O-O Nf6 8.Qa4+ Nc6
  • ×11.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bxc4 Nxe4 7.O-O Nf6 8.Qa4+ Nc6

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nd7 8.Nge2 Be7

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.g4 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 b5
  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.g4 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 b5

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.a4 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.d3 d5 8.Ba2 Nc6

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Nbd7
  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Nbd7

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6
  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 O-O 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Be7 8.O-O O-O
  • ×11.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Be7 8.O-O O-O

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O e6 5.c4 d4 6.e3 Nc6 7.d3 h6 8.exd4 cxd4
  • ×11.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 d4 5.O-O c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.exd4 cxd4 8.d3 h6

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Re8+

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Bb6

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Nxc3
  • ×11.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Nxc3

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 b5 8.Qg3 Qxg3

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.h3 Nc6

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 Nd7 8.h4 Nf8
  • ×11.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 Nd7 8.h4 Nf8

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 b6 5.Bb2 Bb7 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.d4 Bd6 8.Bd3 O-O
  • ×11.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.d4 b6 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.Bd3 Nbd7

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d4 5.O-O Nc6 6.d3 Bc5 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Nb3 Be7
  • ×11.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O Bc5 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Nb3 Be7

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e3 Bf5

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nf3 d4 5.O-O Nh6 6.e3 Nf5 7.e4 Nfe7 8.e5 d3
  • ×11.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 d4 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O Nh6 6.e3 Nf5 7.e4 Nfe7 8.e5 d3

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Bb7

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 h6
  • ×11.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 h6

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Re1 O-O

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.Qc2 c5 8.Nc3 Qc7
  • ×11.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.Qc2 c5 8.Nc3 Qc7

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Re1 Nd7 8.c3 c5

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 h6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.b3 dxc4
  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 h6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 dxc4

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 e5 7.c3 Be7 8.h3 g5

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Qc2 Be7 8.O-O c6
  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Qc2 Be7 8.O-O c6

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
  • ×11.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5

Games

Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qf4 d6 8.Nf3 Nh6

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 h6 7.Re1 a5 8.Nbd2 O-O
  • ×11.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 h6 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 d6 8.c3 a5

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.Nc3 d6 6.a4 O-O 7.O-O Be6 8.Nd5 Bxd5
  • ×11.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 d6 7.a4 Be6 8.Nd5 Bxd5

Games

Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.a3 dxc4 8.e3 b5
  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.a3 dxc4 8.e3 b5

Games