ICC Help: ECO

Command:	eco
Usage:	eco <game-number> | <player> | <game-reference>
Examples:	"eco 5" -- gives eco info for game 5
	"eco Fred" -- gives eco info about Fred's current game
	"eco Fred %25" -- gives eco info about game %25 in Fred's library

This gives you the opening information about the specified game. For example, "eco senior 42" gives information about game 42 in senior's history, which might look like this:

Game: senior v. DogStar ECO[ 1]: A04 NIC[ 8]: PU.10 Long[ 9]: Pirc: classical, h3 system

Three opening systems are used:
- ECO = Encyclopedia of Chess Openings
- NIC = New In Chess
- Long = Normal English opening name

The game is classified for each of the systems. The number in brackets is the number of half-moves into the game where it found the position with the given label. It uses the last position in the game for which it has information.

You can search the ICC database of over five million games by ECO code! Type help search for more info. help ECO2 give a very interesting breakdown of wins, losses and draws by opening!

See help ECO-list for a comprehensive list of the 500 ECO codes and the openings they represent.

See also: ECO2, ECO-list