#2025 November Opening of the Month Community Vote
shut jay
Opening of the Month is our community vote survey to pick a winner among varied openings choices. The top choice after the deadline each month will be featured in our weekly Rapid Opening Roulette events and our monthly Official Thematic Daily Chess tournaments for the subsequent month.
The Rapid Opening Roulette is a weekly Chess.com Community club arena happening every Monday, featuring a different opening position every month. The time control is 10+0 rapid, games are unrated. To participate you must have played at least five games on Chess.com. 
The Official Thematic Daily Chess tournaments are one of our monthly competitions in the daily/correspondence format, spread across multiple rating ranges per each tournament category. Thematic tournaments are set to start midway through the 2nd half of each month, featuring the top voted opening across Chess.com + Discord community votes.
Submissions close in 7 days so be sure to cast your vote by then, and happy chessing! 
flint python
ember fog
yet another lose for the birds opening enthusiasts! what a joy
stuck crystal
yet another lose for the birds opening enthusiasts! what a joy
FR!
limber crane
yet another lose for the birds opening enthusiasts! what a joy
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
shut jay
pure ore
Damn the dragon emoji is ugly
agreed
marsh seal
Queens Gambit
hard agate
Pirc defence 💚
swift comet
Sicilian dragon
pseudo goblet
Sicilian all the way
stuck crystal
literally everything but bird's opening is peak here
the 86% knows what they're doing
green flame
I swtg Bird defense😭😭😭😭
final spade
How do you do The sicilian dragon?
grave gust
For dragon it's unlocked at barrack level 9 I think
And for the sicilian part change you language in settings
marsh seal
Underrated opinion.
Benoni or Old Benoni