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Tournaments/FIDE World Senior Team Championships 2026 - Senior 50+/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 40 of 40 clusters·40 / 40 games reached move 8
Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 f6 7.O-O fxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.b4 a5 6.c3 axb4 7.cxb4 b6 8.a4 bxc5

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.g3 e6 8.Bg2 Be7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nge2 a6 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 Nxb3 8.axb3 Bb7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.Qe2 Bxc5 7.Ngf3 Nc6 8.a3 Qc7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Nf3 Rg8 8.O-O Qd6

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.e3 O-O

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 c5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Ne4 8.Nc3 Be7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.a4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 b6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 d4 5.O-O c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.d3 Bd6 8.exd4 cxd4

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.Nf3 Nge7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bb5+ Bd7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Nc5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Re8

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.Nc3 c6 8.e4 Kc7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.c4 d5 6.Nc3 Bc5 7.d4 Bb4 8.Qb3 Bxc3+

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O h6 7.Re1 O-O 8.a4 a5

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 c6 5.c4 e6 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.Nc3 h6 8.c5 Qa6

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Be2 Bg7 4.h4 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.h5 Be6 8.Nc3 c6

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e4 dxe4 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Nb5 Na6 7.d6 Bg7 8.dxe7 Qxd1+

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 c6 7.e4 Qa5 8.O-O e5

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.N1c3 a6

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.O-O Nd7 6.d4 e6 7.c4 Ngf6 8.cxd5 exd5

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Nd5 Nxd5

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 f5 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 b5 7.Bb3 Na5 8.Bd5 c6

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.O-O a5 8.a3 e5

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.dxc5 e6 6.Nf3 Bxc5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Nh4 Bd7 6.g3 e5 7.Bg2 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.Nf3 e5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O f5 7.d3 Nf6 8.Rb1 O-O

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.dxc5 e6 4.e4 Nf6 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bd3 Bxc5 7.Nc3 Qd8 8.O-O O-O

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5 6.h3 Nh6 7.Be3 h4 8.Nf3 e6

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Nbd2 b6 8.Qc2 Bb7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Qxd5 4.d4 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Qd7 8.O-O O-O-O

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Be7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b5

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.g3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.e3 Na5 8.d3 e6

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.a4 Be7 8.Be2 Qc7

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.O-O O-O

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+

Games

Position at move 8
1game

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 e6 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Bg3 Nge7 7.Nbd2 cxd4 8.exd4 O-O

Games