lichievements

Hints & move lists for the achievements that are hard to stumble into.

The Opening Collections ask you to play a whole set of specific openings, so they rarely unlock by accident. Below is exactly what each one needs. Play the listed moves in any of your games and the corresponding member ticks off — except for Encyclopedia, the colour doesn't matter, either side counts, and you only need the opening to appear once each.

Encyclopedia

Play all twenty possible first moves as White across your games — every legal opening move at least once.

a3 a4 b3 b4 c3 c4 d3 d4 e3 e4 f3 f4 g3 g4 h3 h4 Na3 Nc3 Nf3 Nh3

The Union

One opening per EU member state — 27 in total. Each row is the country, the opening, and the moves to play.

  • 🇦🇹 Austria — Vienna Gamee4 e5 Nc3
  • 🇧🇪 Belgium — Sicilian: Brussels Gambite4 c5 Nf3 f5
  • 🇧🇬 Bulgaria — Ruy Lopez: Bulgariane4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 a5
  • 🇨🇾 Cyprus — French: Mediterraneane4 e6 d4 Nf6
  • 🇨🇿 Czechia — Czech Defensee4 d6 d4 Nf6 Nc3 c6
  • 🇩🇪 Germany — Ruy Lopez: Berline4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 Nf6
  • 🇩🇰 Denmark — Danish Gambite4 e5 d4 exd4 c3
  • 🇪🇪 Estonia — QGD: Baltic Defensed4 d5 c4 Bf5
  • 🇪🇸 Spain — Ruy Lopeze4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5
  • 🇫🇮 Finland — Caro-Kann: Finnishe4 c6 d4 d5 Nd2 dxe4 Nxe4 h6
  • 🇫🇷 France — French Defensee4 e6
  • 🇬🇷 Greece — Owen's / Greek Defensee4 b6
  • 🇭🇷 Croatia — Sicilian Najdorf: Zagrebe4 c5 Nf3 d6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 a6 g3
  • 🇭🇺 Hungary — Hungarian Openingg3
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland — Irish Gambite4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Nxe5
  • 🇮🇹 Italy — Italian Gamee4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bc4
  • 🇱🇹 Lithuania — Mikenas: Lithuaniand4 Nc6 c4 e5 d5 Nce7
  • 🇱🇺 Luxembourg — Ruy Lopez: Beneluxe4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 Nf6 O-O Bc5 c3 O-O d4 Bb6
  • 🇱🇻 Latvia — Latvian Gambite4 e5 Nf3 f5
  • 🇲🇹 Malta — Maltese Falcond4 Nf6 g4 Nxg4 f3 Nf6 e4
  • 🇳🇱 Netherlands — Dutch Defensed4 f5
  • 🇵🇱 Poland — Polish Defensed4 b5
  • 🇵🇹 Portugal — Portuguese Openinge4 e5 Bb5
  • 🇷🇴 Romania — Sicilian Wing: Romaniane4 c5 b4 cxb4 a3 d5 exd5 Qxd5 Nf3 e5 Bb2 Nc6 c4 Qe6
  • 🇸🇪 Sweden — Tarrasch: Swedishd4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 c5 cxd5 exd5 Nf3 Nc6 g3 c4
  • 🇸🇮 Slovenia — Slav Indiand4 Nf6 c4 c6
  • 🇸🇰 Slovakia — Slav Defensed4 d5 c4 c6

Scary Stuff

Play these six delightfully terrifying openings.

  • Ruy Lopez: Halloween Attacke4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 Nf6 Nxe5
  • Four Knights: Halloween Gambite4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Nc3 Nf6 Nxe5
  • Vienna: Frankenstein–Draculae4 e5 Nc3 Nf6 Bc4 Nxe4
  • Najdorf: Poisoned Pawne4 c5 Nf3 d6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 a6 Bg5 e6 f4 Qb6
  • French Winawer: Poisoned Pawne4 e6 d4 d5 Nc3 Bb4 e5 c5 a3 Bxc3+ bxc3 Ne7 Qg4 Qc7
  • Trompowsky: Poisoned Pawnd4 Nf6 Bg5 c5 d5 Qb6 Nc3

Fierce Fantasy

Play these six fantasy-themed openings.

  • Owen: Unicorn Variatione4 f6 d4 b6 c4 Bb7
  • Dresden: The Gobline4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c4 Nf6 Nxe5
  • Indian: Medusa Gambitd4 Nf6 c4 g5
  • Caro-Kann: Ulysses Gambite4 c6 d4 d5 Nf3 dxe4 Ng5
  • Caro-Kann: Alien Gambite4 c6 d4 d5 Nc3 dxe4 Nxe4 Nf6 Ng5 h6 Nxf7
  • Vienna: Monster Declinede4 e5 Nc3 Nf6 Bc4 Nxe4 Qh5 Nd6 Bb3 Be7

The Zoo

Play an opening for each animal — every animal-named opening in the game, thirty-five in all.

  • 🐘 Elephant Gambite4 e5 Nf3 d5
  • 🦅 Benoni: Hawkd4 Nf6 Nf3 c5 d5 c4
  • 🦟 Englund: Mosquito Gambitd4 e5 dxe5 Qh4
  • 🦎 Modern: Lizard Defensee4 g6 d4 Bg7 Nc3 d5
  • 🦖 Trompowsky: Raptord4 Nf6 Bg5 Ne4 h4
  • 🦊 Fried Fox Defensee4 f6 d4 Kf7
  • 🦧 English Orangutanc4 Nf6 b4
  • 🦘 Kangaroo Defensed4 e6 c4 Bb4+
  • 🦛 Hippopotamus Defensee4 Nh6
  • 🦀 Ware: Crab Variationa4 e5 h4
  • 🐋 English: The Whalee4 e5 c4
  • 🦕 Pterodactyl: Centrald4 g6 c4 Bg7 e4 c5 d5 Qa5+
  • 🦎 Sicilian: Chameleone4 c5 Nc3 Nc6 Nge2
  • 🦁 Lion's Jawe4 d6 d4 Nf6 f3
  • 🦔 English: Porcupinec4 f5 Nc3 Nf6 e4 fxe4 g4
  • 🦒 Giraffe Attacke4 e5 Nc3 Bc5 Qg4
  • 🐊 Crocodile Variatione4 e5 d4 exd4 f4 Bc5 Nf3 Nc6 c3
  • 🦞 Lobster Gambite4 e5 Nf3 f5 g4
  • 🐧 Penguin VariationNf3 d5 c4 d4 Rg1
  • 🦪 Clam Gambite4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 d3 f5 exf5
  • 🐕 Mad Dog Attackd4 d5 e4 dxe4 Nc3 Nf6 f3 exf3 Nxf3 g6 Bc4 Bg7 h4
  • 🦂 Scorpion-Horus Gambite4 c6 Nc3 d5 d3 dxe4 Bg5
  • 🐢 Tortoise Openinge4 e5 Bd3
  • 🦔 English: Hedgehogc4 Nf6 Nc3 e6
  • 🐀 English Ratd4 d6 c4 e5
  • 🐒 Monkey's Bume4 g6 Bc4 Bg7 Qf3 e6 d4 Bxd4
  • 🐿️ The Squirrele4 Nf6 e5 Nd5 c4 Nf4
  • 🐝 Elephant: Waspe4 e5 Nf3 d5 Nxe5 dxe4 Bc4 Qg5
  • 🐑 Lamb Defensed4 d5 e4 dxe4 Nc3 Nf6 f3 Nc6
  • 🦆 Double Duckf4 f5 d4 d5
  • 🐍 English: Great Snakec4 g6
  • 🐾 Sicilian: Mongoosee4 c5 Nf3 Qa5
  • 🐌 Benoni: Snaild4 c5 d5 Na6
  • 🦅 Vulture Defensed4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 Ne4
  • 🐦 Bird's Openingf4

Hall of Champions

Play an opening named after each of the sixteen undisputed World Champions.

  • Steinitz — French: Steinitz Attacke4 e6 e5
  • Lasker — QGD: Lasker Defensed4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nc3 d5 Bg5 Be7 e3 Ne4
  • Capablanca — QGD: Capablanca Variationd4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nf3 d5 Bg5 h6
  • Alekhine — Alekhine Defensee4 Nf6
  • Euwe — Caro-Kann: Euwe Attacke4 c6 b3
  • Botvinnik — Caro-Kann: Botvinnik-Carlse4 c6 d4 d5 e5 c5
  • Smyslov — KIA: Smyslov VariationNf3 Nf6 g3 g6 b4
  • Tal — Sicilian: Tal Gambite4 c5 f4 d5 exd5 Nf6
  • Petrosian — QID: Petrosian Variationd4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nf3 b6 a3
  • Spassky — KIA: Spassky VariationNf3 Nf6 g3 b5
  • Fischer — KGA: Fischer Defensee4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 d6
  • Karpov — Caro-Kann: Karpov Variatione4 c6 d4 d5 Nd2 dxe4 Nxe4 Nd7
  • Kasparov — QID: Kasparov Variationd4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nf3 b6 Nc3
  • Kramnik — English: Kramnik-Shirovc4 e5 Nc3 Bb4
  • Anand — French: Shirov-Anande4 e6 d4 d5 Nc3 Nf6 e5 Nfd7 Nce2
  • Carlsen — Sicilian: Carlsen Variatione4 c5 Nc3 d6 d4 cxd4 Qxd4 Nc6 Qd2

The list stops at Carlsen: there aren't yet any openings named after the more recent World Champions Ding Liren or Gukesh D.

Blissful Beverages

Play these four beverage-themed openings.

  • Benko: Nescafe Frappe Attackd4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5 cxb5 a6 Nc3 axb5 e4 b4 Nb5 d6 Bc4
  • Grob: Coca-Cola Gambitg4 g5 f4
  • Scotch Gambite4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 d4 exd4 Bc4
  • Zukertort: Drunken CavalryNf3 Na6 e4 Nh6