ECO A28

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

English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line is a chess opening classified under ECO A28. Its defining line here is 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3.

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3

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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

  • A28: 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3
  • A28: 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Qf5

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