Talk:List of chess openings

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Should these be wikified and have articles? Meelar 17:12, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Well... it's fine to have articles on particular openings, for sure (we have, for example, Nimzo-Indian, Ruy Lopez and others), but my view is that it isn't a great idea (at least at this stage) to have an article on every ECO code. What the list needs, I think, is some organisation under larger headings - "B20-B99: Sicilian Defence", "C00-C19: French Defence" and that sort of thing - and those headings can link to articles about the openings. It also needs to explication - a note like "B44=Sicilian defense" is not particularly useful. It needs to say exactly what lines fall under B44. I may have a go at doing this myself over the next week or so. --Camembert

An afterthought: it might actually be best to have a simpler list, maybe just arranged alphabetically, here, and move the ECO classification to Encyclopedia of Chess Openings. In any case, a simple list without codes would be good, I think. The list as it stands looks pretty daunting. Anybody else have any thoughts? --Camembert

The full list is useful, but is too big to go into Encyclopedia of Chess Openings. A simpler (and wikified) list would be nice if we actually had articles on those openings, but currently most openings are discussed in chess opening, so I think the status quo is fine. -- Arvindn 07:32, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I have done some restructuring of B70. The text "Sicilian, Dragon variation" links directly to the article Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation. The "B70" links to B70 (chess opening), which redirects to the same page. This is a deviation from the style guideline, which states "A link going straight to the target is preferred over a link relying on a redirect." (see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links)) I don't see a better way, though. Sim man 20:45, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Actually, I figured it out. I'll put a short comment on "B70 (chess opening)" and then a link to the main article. Sim man 21:28, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] chessgames.com links

All the opening pages should have an external link to chessgames.com's Opening Explorer] on the appropiate openings page. 70.111.218.254 14:40, 14 October 2006 (UTC)