CHOPIN aka Chess Openings 24/7 is a website entirely dedicated to modern opening theory. Besides the many updated opening lines, CHOPIN features the only complete up-to-date opening reference guide, whose depth and quality of the regularly updated content stand high above all other commercially available opening encyclopedias, has to offer now:
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• More than 2,800,000 deeply analyzed positions from human, engine & correspondence games
• Almost 100,000 theoretically relevant top-level game fragments (average rating: 2600+)
Full PGN download of latest versions of all published opening lines and articles:
• 500 opening lines and 255 articles published so far
• Daily opening line updates (Monday – Saturday)
• New article or extensive article updates published weekly (every Sunday)
Here’s what you can expect from us:
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• Fresh ideas and recommendations at every turn

Pick of the Week by GM Boris Avrukh
Grünfeld Defense, Improved Nadanian Attack [Key game: A. Tari – M. Vachier-Lagrave, Caleta 2016]
- Extensive analyses that you can trust
![Opening Survey by GM Aleksandar Kovačević Caro-Kann Defense, Advanced Variation [Key game: Hou Yifan – D. Navara, Wijk aan Zee 2016]](https://www.chessdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2-500x336.png)
Opening Survey by GM Aleksandar Kovačević
Caro-Kann Defense, Advanced Variation [Key game: Hou Yifan – D. Navara, Wijk aan Zee 2016]
- Plenty of choices for all strength levels, ranging from beginners to international level competition
![Updated Opening Survey by GM Aleksandar Kovačević Nimzo-Indian Defense, Classical Variation with 4... b6 [Key game: I. Lysyj – A. Morozevich, Poikovsky 2015]](https://www.chessdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/3-500x335.png)
Updated Opening Survey by GM Aleksandar Kovačević
Nimzo-Indian Defense, Classical Variation with 4… b6 [Key game: I. Lysyj – A. Morozevich, Poikovsky 2015]
- Clever choice of forgotten (dusted off) opening lines with completely new flavor
![Updated Opening Line by GM Dragan Paunović Trompowsky Attack with 2... Ne4 [Key game: H. Nakamura – J. Hawkins, London (rapid) 2014]](https://www.chessdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/4-500x335.png)
Updated Opening Line by GM Dragan Paunović
Trompowsky Attack with 2… Ne4 [Key game: H. Nakamura – J. Hawkins, London (rapid) 2014]
- Playing openings on equal footing with the best even if you’re an up-and-coming or amateur player
![Pick of the Week by GM Boris Avrukh The Anglo-Grünfeld, Stein Attack [Key game: E. Bacrot – V. Ivanchuk, Ashdod (rapid) 2015]](https://www.chessdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/5-500x336.png)
Pick of the Week by GM Boris Avrukh
The Anglo-Grünfeld, Stein Attack [Key game: E. Bacrot – V. Ivanchuk, Ashdod (rapid) 2015]
- Plenty of diagrams to use as tactical or positional exercises
![Opening Survey by GM Aleksandar Kovačević The Paulsen Sicilian: Bastrikov Variation [Key game: A. Morozevich – I. Bukavshin, Moscow (rapid) 2015]](https://www.chessdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/6-500x336.png)
Opening Survey by GM Aleksandar Kovačević
The Paulsen Sicilian: Bastrikov Variation [Key game: A. Morozevich – I. Bukavshin, Moscow (rapid) 2015]
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