Chess Opening Systems : For White’s Army

Chess Opening Systems : For White’s Army

The following Opening Systems are listed with White’s Moves ONLY, and are sorted in order of Moves, lowest to highest …

1. Reti System

2 Moves
1. Nf3, 2. c4

2. London System

3 Moves
1. d4, 2. Nf3, 3. Bf4

3. Stonewall Attack

5 Moves
1. d4, 2. e3, 3. f4, 4. c3, 5. Bd3

4. King’s Indian Attack (KIA)

7 Moves
This system can be reached via:
1. e4, 1. d3, 1. g3, or 1. Nf3.

The variation I began with followed on from the Barcza Opening:

1. Nf3, 2. g3, 3. Bg2, 4. 0-0, 5. d3, 6. Nbd2, 7. Re1

5. Colle System

9 Moves
1. d4, 2. e3, 3. Nf3, 4. Bd3, 5. O-O, 6. Re1, 7. c3, 8. Nbd2, 9. e4

6. Full Control

10 Moves
1.e4, 2.d4, 3.Nf3, 4.Bc4, 5.O-O, 6.Nc3, 7.Bf4, 8.Re1, 9.Qd2, 10.Rad1

7. Safe House

10 Moves
1.Nf3, 2.d3, 3.g3, 4.Bg2, 5.O-O, 6.e4, 7.Bg5, 8.Nbd2, 9.Qe2, 10.Rad1

8. Half Control

11 Moves
1.e4, 2.Nf3, 3.Bc4, 4.Nc3, 5.d3, 6.O-O, 7.h3, 8.Be3, 9.Qd2, 10.Rad1, 11.Rfe1