King's Pawn Game: Complete Guide

The broad 1.e4 umbrella — every reply and early sidestep that hasn't branched into a named defense of its own, from quiet transpositions to offbeat tries like the Clam Variation. Drill every main line against an adaptive engine, backed by real Lichess win rates and Stockfish evaluations.

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All 114 variations of the King's Pawn Game

Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game ECO B00 1694M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: e5 ECO B00 520M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: d5 ECO B00 105M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: e6 ECO B00 50M games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit: Bc4 ECO C40 49M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: c6 ECO B00 43M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: d6 ECO B00 24M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Leonardis Variation ECO C20 23M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: c5 ECO B00 18M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack ECO C20 17M games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit ECO C40 14M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Maróczy Defense: Nf3 ECO B07 12M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense ECO C40 11M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack: Nc6 ECO C20 9M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Napoleon Attack ECO C20 9M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Leonardis Variation: Nc6 ECO C20 6M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: MacLeod Attack ECO C20 6M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Napoleon Attack: Nc6 ECO C20 5M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Leonardis Variation: Nf6 ECO C20 5M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Maróczy Defense ECO B07 5M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Maróczy Defense ECO B07 5M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense ECO C40 5M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Napoleon Attack: Nf6 ECO C20 4M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense: Bc4 ECO C40 3M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack: d6 ECO C20 2M games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack, Kiddie Countergambit ECO C20 2M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack: Nf6 ECO C20 2M games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit: d3 ECO C40 2M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Napoleon Attack: d6 ECO C20 2M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: King's Head Opening ECO C20 2M games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit: d4 ECO C40 2M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense: Bc4 ECO C40 2M games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Gunderam Gambit: Nc3 ECO C40 1M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Opening ECO C20 1M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense: d4 ECO C40 1M games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack, Kiddie Countergambit: Qxe5+ ECO C20 1M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening ECO C44 1M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Maróczy Defense: dxe5 ECO B07 1M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Mengarini's Opening ECO C20 1M games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Beyer Gambit ECO C20 1M games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit: Nc3 ECO C40 1M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: MacLeod Attack: Nc6 ECO C20 1M games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Gunderam Gambit ECO C40 1M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense: d4 ECO C40 1M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Dresden Opening ECO C44 1M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Opening: Nc6 ECO C20 1M games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening: Nf6 ECO C44 762K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: MacLeod Attack: Nf6 ECO C20 736K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Leonardis Variation: d5 ECO C20 735K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Alapin Opening ECO C20 709K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: MacLeod Attack: d6 ECO C20 618K games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Gunderam Gambit: Bc4 ECO C40 615K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Dresden Opening: Nf6 ECO C44 613K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Tortoise Opening ECO C20 573K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Mengarini's Opening: Nf6 ECO C20 532K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack: g6 ECO C20 442K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: MacLeod Attack: c5 ECO C20 415K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Maróczy Defense: Nc3 ECO B07 411K games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Beyer Gambit: exd5 ECO C20 392K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Mengarini's Opening: Nc6 ECO C20 386K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Maróczy Defense: Bc4 ECO B07 363K games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Beyer Gambit: dxe5 ECO C20 342K games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Clam Variation, King's Gambit Reversed ECO C20 321K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack: Qf6 ECO C20 314K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: MacLeod Attack: Bc5 ECO C20 312K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening: Bc5 ECO C44 282K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense: Nc3 ECO C40 269K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Opening: Nf6 ECO C20 241K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Mengarini's Opening: d6 ECO C20 206K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: King's Head Opening: Nc6 ECO C20 194K games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Beyer Gambit: Nc3 ECO C20 187K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Leonardis Variation: d6 ECO C20 185K games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Gunderam Gambit: d4 ECO C40 184K games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit, Chiodini Gambit ECO C40 169K games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit: Nxe5 ECO C40 169K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Napoleon Attack: f6 ECO C20 158K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Maróczy Defense: c3 ECO B07 132K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense: Nc3 ECO C40 110K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Mengarini's Opening: Bc5 ECO C20 108K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: King's Head Opening: Nf6 ECO C20 101K games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack, Kiddie Countergambit: Qf3 ECO C20 94K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: MacLeod Attack: d5 ECO C20 81K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Leonardis Variation: h6 ECO C20 80K games Gambits King's Pawn Game: MacLeod Attack, Lasa Gambit ECO C20 79K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Napoleon Attack: Qf6 ECO C20 71K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: King's Head Opening: d5 ECO C20 69K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense: Nxe5 ECO C40 69K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense: d3 ECO C40 68K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Maróczy Defense: d5 ECO B07 59K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Dresden Opening: Bc5 ECO C44 53K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Mengarini's Opening: d5 ECO C20 53K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Opening: d5 ECO C20 52K games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Clam Variation, Radisch Gambit ECO C20 49K games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Gunderam Gambit: Nxe5 ECO C40 48K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: King's Head Opening: Bc5 ECO C20 47K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Dresden Opening: d6 ECO C44 45K games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit: c3 ECO C40 36K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: King's Head Opening: d6 ECO C20 32K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Opening: Speers ECO C20 31K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening: d6 ECO C44 31K games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Bavarian Gambit ECO C20 28K games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Pachman Wing Gambit ECO C44 24K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense: c3 ECO C40 19K games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Philidor Gambit ECO C20 11K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Leonardis Variation: Bc5 ECO C20 10K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense: d3 ECO C40 8K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Opening: d6 ECO C20 4K games Gambits King's Pawn Game: Gunderam Defense, Gunderam Gambit ECO C40 4K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Napoleon Attack: Bc5 ECO C20 4K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense: c3 ECO C40 1K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack: Qe7 ECO C20 1K games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense: Be2 ECO C40 541 games Openings & Plans King's Pawn Opening: Bc5 ECO C20 408 games Gambits King's Pawn Game: MacLeod Attack, Norwalde Gambit ECO C20 186 games

Frequently asked questions about the King's Pawn Game

What is the king's pawn in chess?

The King's Pawn is a chess opening family with 114 variations covered on Chessy. Over 2708 million Lichess games have reached these positions across all rating levels.