C44 — King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation

Open Games & French (C00–C99)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6

Full page: King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation →

ECO C44 covers King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation and related lines (King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation, Irish Gambit, King's Knight Opening: Konstantinopolsky, King's Pawn Game: Dresden Opening). Main line 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 with variations, statistics, and the best responses.

53 lines under C44
Irish Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nxe5
King's Knight Opening: Konstantinopolsky
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3
King's Pawn Game: Dresden Opening
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4
King's Pawn Game: Pachman Wing Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4
King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2
Ponziani Opening
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3
Scotch Game
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6
Ponziani Opening: Ponziani Countergambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5
Ponziani Opening: Réti Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nge7
Ponziani Opening: Romanishin Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Be7
Scotch Game
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4
Scotch Game: Lolli Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4
Dresden Opening: The Goblin
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nxe5
King's Pawn Game: Schulze-Müller Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nxe5 Nxe5 4. d4
King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d4
Latvian Gambit: Clam Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 f5 4. exf5
Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3
Ponziani Opening: Neumann Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bc4
Ponziani Opening: Spanish Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5
Scotch Game: Göring Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3
Scotch Game: Relfsson Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bb5
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4
Ponziani Opening: Caro Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 Bd7
Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 d5
Ponziani Opening: Leonhardt Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 Nf6
Ponziani Opening: Steinitz Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6
Scotch Game: Benima Defense
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4
Scotch Game: Haxo Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Göring Gambit Declined
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, London Defense
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+
King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening, Basman Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5
King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening, Inverted Hanham
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2
Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2
Ponziani Opening: Ponziani Countergambit, Schmidt Attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5 4. d4 d6 5. d5
Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Double Pawn Sacrifice
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4
Scotch Game: Lolli Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Qxd4
Scotch Game: Napoleon Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Advance Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Sarratt Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5
Ponziani Opening: Vukovic Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Bc5
Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Main Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Kingside Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ng4
Ponziani Opening: Spanish Variation, Harrwitz Attack, Nikitin Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5 dxe4 5. Nxe5 Qd5 6. Qa4
Scotch Game: Vitzthum Attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Qh5
Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Bardeleben Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nxc3 Bb4
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Cochrane-Anderssen Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4
Scotch Game: Cochrane Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Ba5 7. e5
Scotch Game: Cochrane-Shumov Defense
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d5
Scotch Game: Hanneken Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. O-O cxb2 7. Bxb2 Nf6 8. Ng5 O-O 9. e5 Nxe5
Scotch Game: Sea-Cadet Mate
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. O-O Ne5 8. Nxe5 Bxd1 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Nd5#
Explore further