Exact catalogue record
King's Knight OpeningC40
King's Knight Opening is the source catalogue’s name for the exact position reached by the move order below. It is filed under ECO C40, in volume C (open games after 1.e4 e5 plus the French Defense).
On this page
- ECO code
- C40
- Opening family
- King's Knight Opening
- Recorded half-moves
- 3
- Last numbered move
- 2
- Side to move
- Black
- Castling rights
- White kingside, White queenside, Black kingside, Black queenside
- Material
- Material is level
- FEN
- rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq - 1 2
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
- Elephant Gambit (C40)
- Gunderam Defense (C40)
- King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation (C44)
- King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit (C40)
- King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense (C40)
- King's Pawn Game: Gunderam Gambit (C40)
- King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense (C40)
- Latvian Gambit (C40)
- Petrov's Defense (C42)
- Philidor Defense (C41)
Other records under King's Knight Opening
These records share the source catalogue’s family label; that relationship alone does not imply the same plans or resulting position.
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