ECO

***** ECO *****  

Command : eco
Usage   : eco  |  | 
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