King's Knight Opening: Complete Guide

The most natural developing move in chess — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 attacks Black's e5 pawn on move two and opens the door to nearly every classical open game. Drill every main line against an adaptive engine, backed by real Lichess win rates and Stockfish evaluations.

18 variations 1,113,895,415 total games Avg Stockfish +0.43

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All 18 variations of the King's Knight Opening

Openings & Plans King's Knight Opening ECO C40 520M games Openings & Plans King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation ECO C44 335M games Openings & Plans King's Knight Opening: Nc6 ECO C40 74M games Openings & Plans King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation: Bc4 ECO C44 51M games Openings & Plans King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation: d4 ECO C44 45M games Openings & Plans King's Knight Opening: d6 ECO C40 40M games Openings & Plans King's Knight Opening: Nf6 ECO C40 18M games Openings & Plans King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation: Nc3 ECO C44 11M games Openings & Plans King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation: Bb5 ECO C44 4M games Openings & Plans King's Knight Opening: Qf6 ECO C40 3M games Openings & Plans King's Knight Opening: Bc5 ECO C40 2M games Openings & Plans King's Knight Opening: Konstantinopolsky ECO C44 1M games Openings & Plans King's Knight Opening: d5 ECO C40 1M games Openings & Plans King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation: c3 ECO C44 794K games Openings & Plans King's Knight Opening: Konstantinopolsky: Nf6 ECO C44 664K games Openings & Plans King's Knight Opening: Konstantinopolsky: Bc5 ECO C44 395K games Openings & Plans King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation: d3 ECO C44 350K games Openings & Plans King's Knight Opening: Konstantinopolsky: d6 ECO C44 243K games

Frequently asked questions about the King's Knight Opening

What is the king's knight in chess?

The King's Knight is a chess opening family with 18 variations covered on Chessy. Over 1114 million Lichess games have reached these positions across all rating levels.