The concierge

Opening Picker.

Tell the club your rating band, your color, and how you like to play. It answers with openings ranked by real results at your level, each with the numbers that justify it.

Rating band 1000, set with the band pill in the header.

  1. No. 1 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old VariationD20

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3

    Graded S at 1000. Scores 57.3% for White across 36,451 games at this band.

  2. No. 2 Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer VariationB00

    1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5

    Graded S at 1000. Scores 55.4% for White across 34,600 games at this band.

  3. No. 3 Scotch Game: Lolli VariationC44

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Qxd4

    Graded S at 1000. Scores 54.7% for White across 100,373 games at this band.

  4. No. 4 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Knight AttackC57

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5

    Graded S at 1000. Scores 54.4% for White across 127,363 games at this band.

  5. No. 5 King's Knight OpeningC40

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3

    Graded S at 1000. Scores 51.3% for White across 3,200,738 games at this band.

Rankings combine tier grade, score for your color, and popularity at the chosen band. Grades come from win rate, popularity, blunder resistance, and sample size; see the methodology on the about page.