King's Knight Opening

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The King's Knight Opening is a chess opening consisting of the moves:

:1. :2.

The opening is likely to continue into one of a number of other named openings, depending mainly on Black's second move.

Popular continuations

* 2...Nc6 (the mainline variation). This is by far the most played continuation, and can continue into many familiar opening lines such as the Ruy Lopez, Italian Game, Giuoco Piano and Scotch Game.
* 2...Nf6 (Petrov's Defence)
* 2...d6 (the Philidor Defence)

Other continuations

A number of less popular continuations are possible. These openings are generally considered to be less sound than those mentioned above.

* 2...Qe7 (the Gunderam Defense)
* 2...Qf6 (the Greco Defence)
* 2...f6 (the Damiano Defence)
* 2...d5 (the Elephant Gambit)
* 2...f5 (the Latvian Gambit)

These openings are all categorized in the ECO under code C40.

References

* Batsford Chess Openings 2 (1989, 1994). Garry Kasparov, Raymond Keene. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.

External links

* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=C40 Analysis at Chessgames.com]