ECO A29

English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line

English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line is a chess opening classified under ECO A29. Its defining line here is 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3.

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3

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Opening name, ECO code, and main line come from the Lichess open chess openings dataset.

Other catalogued lines with this name

  • A29: 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6
  • A29: 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3
  • A29: 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O O-O

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