Chess Openings
- Grand Masters’ Strategies
- Number of Opening Moves in Chess
Grand Masters ‘know’ all openings but they usually play a selected few. These are the ones they research upon and practice all the time to master. They study multiple variations of these openings.
How many moves is a typical chess game? 40 moves
We know that on average there are about 40 moves in an average chess match.
Number of Opening Moves in Chess
- 20 Possible First Moves
There are twenty possible first moves by each side in a game of chess. The eight pawns provide sixteen possible moves because they can move one or two squares on the first move, and the knights account for four moves (Na3, Nc3, Nh3, and Nf3).