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Which endgames an opening leads to.

The endgames by the opening of their game, ordered by the volumes of the ECO, in each volume the openings with the most endgames first – 53 openings in all. A click on an opening shows which endgames typically arise from it.

A · Flank openings

108,198 endgames from 18 openings.

  1. English Opening39,781
  2. Dutch Defense10,339
  3. Indian Defense9,752Indian Defense9,752 of its 11,923 endgames are in this volume – the others in other volumes, by the ECO code of the game.A45 · A46 · A49 · A50 · A51 · A52
  4. Benoni Defense8,689
  5. Zukertort Opening6,114
  6. King's Indian Attack5,986
  7. Réti Opening4,396
  8. Queen's Pawn Game3,274Queen's Pawn Game3,274 of its 11,146 endgames are in this volume – the others in other volumes, by the ECO code of the game.A48
  9. Old Indian Defense2,969
  10. Englund Gambit2,721
  11. Rat Defense2,704
  12. Benko Gambit Declined2,202
  13. Modern Defense1,790Modern Defense1,790 of its 7,288 endgames are in this volume – the others in other volumes, by the ECO code of the game.A42
  14. Van Geet Opening1,662
  15. Bird Opening1,574
  16. Marienbad System1,503
  17. Benko Gambit Accepted1,465
  18. Nimzo-Larsen Attack1,277

B · Semi-open games

155,113 endgames from 7 openings.

  1. Sicilian Defense106,883
  2. Caro-Kann Defense18,299
  3. Pirc Defense12,690
  4. Modern Defense5,498Modern Defense5,498 of its 7,288 endgames are in this volume – the others in other volumes, by the ECO code of the game.B06
  5. Alekhine Defense5,205
  6. Scandinavian Defense4,784
  7. Nimzowitsch Defense1,754

E · Indian defenses

78,878 endgames from 7 openings.

  1. King's Indian Defense30,938
  2. Nimzo-Indian Defense17,150
  3. Queen's Indian Defense14,556
  4. Catalan Opening8,571
  5. Bogo-Indian Defense4,355
  6. Indian Defense2,171Indian Defense2,171 of its 11,923 endgames are in this volume – the others in other volumes, by the ECO code of the game.E60
  7. Blumenfeld Countergambit1,137

C · Open games and the French

87,908 endgames from 14 openings.

  1. French Defense31,238
  2. Ruy Lopez29,428
  3. Italian Game7,216
  4. Scotch Game4,473
  5. Petrov's Defense4,324
  6. Four Knights Game3,534
  7. Philidor Defense2,771
  8. Vienna Game2,254
  9. King's Gambit Accepted714
  10. Bishop's Opening637
  11. King's Gambit Declined538
  12. Three Knights Opening405
  13. Center Game200
  14. Latvian Gambit176

D · Closed games

88,114 endgames from 10 openings.

  1. Queen's Gambit Declined25,528
  2. Slav Defense13,209
  3. Grünfeld Defense11,243
  4. Semi-Slav Defense11,227
  5. Queen's Pawn Game7,872Queen's Pawn Game7,872 of its 11,146 endgames are in this volume – the others in other volumes, by the ECO code of the game.D02 · D03 · D04 · D05
  6. Queen's Gambit Accepted7,546
  7. Neo-Grünfeld Defense4,624
  8. Tarrasch Defense3,317
  9. Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted2,571
  10. Richter-Veresov Attack977