Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...Nc6
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< Chess Opening Theory | 1. e4 | 1...e5 | 2. Nf3
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation(FEN)
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| Moves: 1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECO code: C40-C99 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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King's Knight Opening[edit]
2... Nc6[edit]
White has multiple choices here which can lead to very different games.
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- 3. Bb5 is the most played. White puts pressure on the knight defending the pawn.
- 3. Bc4 is quieter. Instead of attacking the knight, White chooses to target the weak f7 pawn.
- 3. d4 is aggressive. Subsequent play may result in a very open game.
- 3. Nc3 is the quietest common continuation.
- 3. c3 the Ponziani opening, opens the white diagonal for the queen, allows for an eventual d4 pawn push, and controls d4 and b4 (possible plants by the black knight) at the expense of hemming in the knight.
Some more uncommon moves:
Statistics[edit]
Estimated next move popularity
Bb5 48%, Bc4 26%, d4 14%, Nc3 9%, c3 1%, all other less than 1%
Theory table[edit]
For explanation of theory tables see theory table and for notation see algebraic notation.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
| 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
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| Ruy Lopez | Bb5 a6 |
Ba4 Nf6 |
O-O Be7 |
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| Italian Game | Bc4 Bc5 |
c3 Nf6 |
d4 exd4 |
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| Scotch Game | d4 exd4 |
Nxd4 Bc5 |
Nb3 Bb4+ |
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| Four Knights Game | Nc3 Nf6 |
d4 exd4 |
Nxd4 Bb4 |
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| Ponziani Opening | c3 d5 |
Bb5 dxe4 |
Nxe5 Qg5 |
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References[edit]
- Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.
- Batsford Chess Openings 2 (1989, 1994). Garry Kasparov, Raymond Keene. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.
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