ECO C40

King's Knight Opening

King's Knight Opening is a chess opening classified under ECO C40. Its defining line here is 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3.

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3

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The diagram shows the position after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3. Play through it move by move in the interactive explorer.

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

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