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How many openings are there in total in chess?

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stickybombrice
Sep 28, 2021
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#1

There are many opening in chess. But how many, in total?

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frogm
Sep 28, 2021
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#2

I think there are over 10,000 opening moves

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ThrillerFan
Sep 28, 2021
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#3

Nobody knows or cares to count!  Many are garbage anyway.

 

There are 400 possible positions after Black's first move and I assure you over 300 of them are total garbage!  Everything from 1.d4 a5 to 1.f3 h6.