Exact catalogue record
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights VariationA28
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation is the source catalogue’s name for the exact position reached by the move order below. It is filed under ECO A28, in volume A (flank openings, irregular first moves, and many English/Reti structures).
On this page
- ECO code
- A28
- Opening family
- English Opening
- Recorded half-moves
- 6
- Last numbered move
- 3
- Side to move
- White
- Castling rights
- White kingside, White queenside, Black kingside, Black queenside
- Material
- Material is level
- FEN
- r1bqkb1r/pppp1ppp/2n2n2/4p3/2P5/2N2N2/PP1PPPPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 4 4
Scope of this record
This page preserves a source name, one exact legal move sequence and its resulting FEN. It does not claim that the sequence is best, common or strategically self-contained. Opening names can cover several move orders; the links below report only parent, continuation and family relationships present in this catalogue.
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Comes from
Main continuations
- English Opening: Four Knights System, Nimzowitsch Variation (A28)
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line (A29)
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Flexible Line (A28)
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Korchnoi Line (A28)
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line (A28)
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Bradley Beach Variation (A28)
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation (A28)
Other records under English Opening
These records share the source catalogue’s family label; that relationship alone does not imply the same plans or resulting position.
- English Opening (A10)
- English Opening: Achilles-Omega Gambit (A10)
- English Opening: Adorjan Defense (A10)
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense (A10)
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense, Hickmann Gambit (A10)
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Variation, Chabanon Gambit (A10)
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Variation, Ferenc Gambit (A10)
- English Opening: Anglo-Lithuanian Variation (A10)
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