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C20: King's pawn game

1. e4 e5

King's pawn game

C20 Sub-variants:

Overview

Games on Database: 467056
Last Played: May 2026
Overall score:
39.9% 31.8% 28.2%

Played frequently by:

White  
Viswanathan Anand 627 games
Sergey Karjakin 439 games
Alexei Shirov 429 games
Black  
Ivan Sokolov 531 games
Levon Aronian 499 games
Aleksej Aleksandrov 471 games

Possible continuations:

2. Nf3  404269
39.3 % 33.1 % 27.5 %
2. Nc3  19278
42.5 % 26.2 % 31.3 %
2. Bc4  17419
42.6 % 26.5 % 31 %
2. f4  16155
47.1 % 19.2 % 33.7 %
2. d4  7550
46.8 % 20.2 % 33 %
2. d3  599
30.6 % 15.2 % 54.3 %
2. c4  347
42.7 % 17.6 % 39.8 %
2. Qh5  296
36.1 % 50.7 %
2. Bb5  225
35.1 % 19.1 % 45.8 %
2. g3  177
30.5 % 21.5 % 48 %
2. c3  175
30.9 % 18.3 % 50.9 %
2. Ne2  175
38.3 % 27.4 % 34.3 %
2. Qf3  104
37.5 % 56.7 %
2. a3  69
39.1 % 27.5 % 33.3 %
2. b3  62
37.1 % 27.4 % 35.5 %
2. f3  41
22 % 70.7 %
2. Be2  35
20 % 68.6 %
2. Bd3  18
16.7 % 77.8 %
2. Qe2  14
57.1 % 35.7 %
2. Nh3  11
27.3 % 72.7 %
2. Ke2  11
18.2 % 72.7 %
2. h3  11
45.5 % 27.3 % 27.3 %
2. h4  5
40 % 60 %
2. a4  5
20 % 40 % 40 %
2. g4  3
66.7 % 33.3 %
2. b4  2
100 %