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Every chess song with its music video, by opening. Each has its lyrics and the moves it sings.

The charts

1. 1 My Pawn Comes HomeFianchetto 6.O-O dxc4 ♥ 4
2. 2 Cool Hands on the Long DiagonalFianchetto Panno 7...a6 ♥ 3
3. 3 Let Him Come, Then I Strike4...Bg4 5.Be2 e6 ♥ 2
4. 4 I Let Him Take My d-PawnMilner-Barry Gambit ♥ 2
5. 5 Pin It, Castle Long, StrikeSurvey [B60-B69] ♥ 2
6. 6 Little Centre, Patient HeartClassical Main Line 11.Kh1 ♥ 2
7. 7 Take Back, Castle, SqueezeQGA 5...a6 ♥ 2
8. 8 Botvinnik's Famous Shot SwingsBotvinniks famous shot. · Botvinnik–Capablanca, Netherlands 1938 · move 30 ♥ 1
9. 9 My Queen Rides to a5Mieses-Kotroc (3...Qa5) ♥ 1
10. 10 White Keeps It Cool on d5 ♥ 1

Open Games

• Take My b-Pawn, I Take Time Evans Gambit 4.b4 · White· EN
• Fried Liver: I Fry His King Fried Liver Attack 6.Nxf7 · White· EN
• Knight to d7, I Hold e5 Improved Hanham Variation · Black· EN
• Slow Hands, Then Pawn to d4 Modern System 4...Nf6 5.c3 · White· EN
• I Lead the Vienna Waltz Survey [C23-C29] · White· EN
• My F-Pawn Buys the Centre Survey [C30-C39] · White· EN
• Pawn for a Pawn, Brother Survey [C42-C43] · Black· EN
• White Strikes First on d4 Survey [C44-C45] · White· EN
• Slow Sun on c4 Survey [C50-C59] · White· EN
• Grab the Pawn, Hold the Line Two Knights 5.exd5 Na5 · White· EN

Spanish (Ruy Lopez)

• My Slow Spanish Squeeze 6.d3 · White· EN
• Il Centro è Mio col d4 9...Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 · White· IT
• Trade the Queens, Hold the Wall Berlin Endgame 8...Kxd8 · Black· EN
• Take on c6, Dance the Cumbia Exchange 5...f6 · White· EN
• One Pawn for the Fire Marshall Attack 8.c3 d5 · Black· EN
• Slow Squeeze: White's Spanish Groove Survey [C60-C99] · White· EN
• Mein Springer schlägt auf e4 Survey [C80-C83] · Black· DE
• Take the Pawn, Give It Back Survey [C80-C83] · Black· EN

Half Open Games - Sicilian

• Mein Läufer zielt auf c3 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 · Black· DE
• Mein Igel wartet auf b5 6.Nc3 Qc7 Hedgehog · Black· DE
• My Knight Lives on d5 6.Ndb5 d6 · White· EN
• He Castles Long, I Strike d5 8.Qd2 Nc6 · Black· EN
• I Take Back With the Pawn Alapin · White· EN
• Little Centre, Patient Heart Classical Main Line 11.Kh1 · Black· EN
• Closed Sicilian: My Slow Burn Closed tabiya 5.d3 · White· EN
• Castle Long, Let the Pawns Roll English Attack 8.f3 · White· EN
• Kick the Knight, Storm the King English Attack Main Line 12.g5 b4 · White· EN
• My Bishop Lives on b3 Najdorf 6.Bc4 with ...b5 · White· EN
• I Took The Poisoned Pawn Poisoned Pawn Main 10.e5 · Black· EN
• Give Him d5, Tovarishch Survey [B32-B33] · Black· EN
• Pin It, Castle Long, Strike Survey [B60-B69] · White· EN
• Sac, Sac, Mate on the Dragon Yugoslav 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 · White· EN

Half Open Games

• Queen on d5, Pawn on d4 2...Qxd5 · EN
• Bishop Out Before the Door 2.d4 d5 · Black· EN
• I Build the e5 Wall 2.d4 d5 · White· EN
• Let Him Build, Then I Break 3.Nc3 g6 · Black· EN
• Let Him Come, Then I Strike 4...Bg4 5.Be2 e6 · Black· EN
• Ich schlag die Basis d4 4.c3 · Black· DE
• White's Pawn on e5 Never Sleeps Classical Mainline 7.f4 a6 · White· EN
• Queen to b3, Golden Hour Exchange 5...Nf6 · White· EN
• Queen on d6 Tonight Gubinsky-Melts (3...Qd6) · Black· EN
• My Queen Rides to a5 Mieses-Kotroc (3...Qa5) · Black· EN
• I Let Him Take My d-Pawn Milner-Barry Gambit · White· EN
• Let Him Build, Then I Break Survey [B07-B09] · Black· EN
• C'est la French, Mon Ami Survey [C00-C19] · Black· EN
• Mon Ami, ich halte d5 Survey [C00-C19] · Black· DE
• Black's Bayou French Two-Step Tarrasch Main 5.Bd3 · Black· EN
• Split His Pawns, Push My D Tartakower 6.c3 · White· EN
• Knight to e2, I Call Your Bluff Winawer 4.Ne2 · White· EN

Closed Games

• Läufer raus und dann ein Bier 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 (London System) · White· DE
• Me Bishop's Out On F4 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 (London System) · White· EN
• Mein Keil auf d4 Albin Counter Gambit · Black· DE
• One Pawn Down, F-File Mine Blackmar Diemer · White· EN
• Piece Down and Still Skanking Botvinnik Main 10.Bxg5 · Black· EN
• Night Drive on the e-File Classical Main 8.Bd3 · White· EN
• Bishop To F4, Hands Up London System vs King's Indian · White· EN
• Sold My Bishop, Bought the Time Moscow 6...Qxf6 · White· EN
• Take Back, Castle, Squeeze QGA 5...a6 · White· EN
• My Queen Sits On c2 Semi-Slav 6.Qc2 · White· EN
• White Trades Down the Slav Slav 3.cxd5 cxd5 · White· EN
• Let Him Keep c4 Tolush-Geller Gambit · White· EN
• Le pion d4 mène la danse Winawer Countergambit · Black· FR

King's Indian & Grünfeld

• Knight to e1, My Tango Classical Main 9.Ne1 · White· EN
• My Big Centre Groove Exchange Variation · White· EN
• Queen to b3, Easy Does It Fianchetto 6.O-O c6 · White· EN
• My Pawn Comes Home Fianchetto 6.O-O dxc4 · White· EN
• Cool Hands on the Long Diagonal Fianchetto Panno 7...a6 · White· EN

Nimzo & Queen’s Indian

• Little a-Pawn, Big Centre 4.a3 Petrosian · White· EN
• My Bishop Pins His Knight Nimzo-Indian 3.Nc3 · Black· EN
• Slow Catalan, My Queen Takes Back Open Main 7.Qc2 a6 · White· EN
• Check on b4, Keep It Cool Survey · Black· EN

Benoni, Dutch & Sidelines

• Knight Takes b5 Under Neon 9.Bd3 · White· EN
• Le Centre est à Moi 9.Bd3 · White· FR
• Dame en e8 sous le soleil Leningrad 7.Nc3 Qe8 · Black· FR
• Mein Springer holt e5 zurück Survey [A51-A52] · Black· DE
• Gave a Pawn, Took the Files Survey [A57-A59] · Black· EN

English Opening

• Take on d5, Swing That Bishop 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 · White· EN

Tactics, endgames and great moments

• Botvinnik's Famous Shot Swings Botvinniks famous shot. · Botvinnik–Capablanca, Netherlands 1938 · move 30 · White· EN
• The Pearl Of Wijk The Pearl Of Wijk · Kasparov–Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999 - short version (from move 24) 2026 · move 24 · White· EN

More songs

• White Keeps It Cool on d5 · White· EN