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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
5games3 move orders

Reached via

  • ×21.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
  • ×21.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
  • ×11.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
Position at move 8
4games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×31.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6
  • ×11.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6
Position at move 8
4games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×31.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5
  • ×11.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5
Position at move 8
4games3 move orders

Reached via

  • ×21.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 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 c6 8.Bd3 O-O
  • ×11.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Bd3 c6
Position at move 8
4games

Reached via

  • ×41.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
Position at move 8
3games

Reached via

  • ×31.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 Be7 7.Re1 b5 8.Rxe4 d5
Position at move 8
3games

Reached via

  • ×31.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7
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
Position at move 8
3games

Reached via

  • ×31.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4
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 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
Position at move 8
3games

Reached via

  • ×31.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d5 exd5 8.Nh4 c6
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.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8
Position at move 8
3games

Reached via

  • ×31.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.e3 O-O
  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.e3 O-O
Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O Nf5 8.dxc5 a5
Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

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

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bf5 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 O-O
Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
  • ×11.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 dxc4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bf5 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Nc6
Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.Nc3 Nxc3
Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 d6
Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 h6 8.Re1 O-O
  • ×11.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 h6 8.Re1 O-O
Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d4 Bb6
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 Re8+
  • ×11.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Re8+
Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.d3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.cxd5 exd5
  • ×11.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Bf5 5.c4 e6 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.d3 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5
Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.c4 O-O 8.cxd5 Nxd5
  • ×11.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 O-O
Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 h6 7.O-O Nd7 8.a4 a6
Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.c4 c5 8.Nc3 Be7
Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6
Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Na6 8.h4 h6
  • ×11.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.d4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Na6 8.h4 h6
Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nc3 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bc5
Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Be2 h6 8.O-O g5
  • ×11.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O h6 7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.Nb3 g5
Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Be2 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c3 e6 4.Bf4 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.exd4 Nh5 8.Be3 Bd6
  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.exd4 Nh5 8.Be3 Bd6
Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.dxc3 Bc5
Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 a5 8.h3 Be6
  • ×11.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.O-O a5 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 Be6
Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Nd2 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6
  • ×11.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6
Position at move 8
2games2 move orders

Reached via

  • ×11.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.a4 O-O 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
  • ×11.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Rb8
Position at move 8
2games

Reached via

  • ×21.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Nbd2 h6