42 Openings That All Chess Players Should Know

There are literally thousands of chess openings and variations that exist and for most people it makes no sense to try to learn all these openings. However, it would certainly be helpful if you could, at least, be familiar with the names and basic ideas of the most popular openings.

I scrutinized a large chess openings database and identified the 42 most popular openings that you are most likely to face in your own games. In this document you can learn the fundamentals of each of these 42 openings and popular variations.