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The King's Knight Opening is a chess opening consisting of the moves:
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1. e4 e52. Nf3The opening is likely to continue into one of a number of other named openings, depending mainly on Black's second move.
Main line: 2...Nc6
Most games (more than 80%) continue with 2...Nc6.
Some moves from here include:
Other Black defenses
Less common defenses
A number of less popular continuations are possible. These openings are generally considered to be less sound than those mentioned above.
These openings are all categorized in the ECO under code C40.
References
King's Knight Opening Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA