King's Knight Opening, Main Line

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The Main Line

The King's Knight Opening, Main Line is the main continuation from the King's Knight Opening. It is characterised by the moves:

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6

It compromises ECO codes C44-C99.

ECO Codes

White's most popular responses are, in order of popularity:

• Ruy Lopez, 3. Bb5 (C60-99)
• Italian Game, 3. Bc4 (C50-59)
• Scotch Game, 3. Nc3 (C45)
• Three Knight's Game, 3. Nc3 (C46-49)

All other responses are categorised in C44. The noteworthy openings here are:

• Ponziani Opening (3. c3)
• Tayler Opening (3. Be2)
• |Unnamed| (3. d3)
• Konstantinopolsky Variation (3. g3)
• Dresden Opening (3. c4)

For a list of all other ECO Codes, see List of chess openings.

Sources

• Wikipedia