C40: King's knight opening

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3

King's knight opening

C40 Sub-variants:

Overview

Games on Database: 350410
Last Played: Feb 2019
Overall score:
40.4%31.3%28.3%
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Played frequently by:

White  
Viswanathan Anand 543 games
Alexei Shirov 381 games
Sergey Karjakin 368 games
Black  
Ivan Sokolov 471 games
Oleg M Romanishin 455 games
Vladimir P Malaniuk 419 games

Possible continuations:

2... Nc6  292054
40 % 31.2 % 28.8 %
2... Nf6  38128
39.4 % 36.9 % 23.7 %
2... d6  16038
47.2 % 23.7 % 29 %
2... f5  1770
47.9 % 18 % 34.1 %
2... d5  1054
51.5 % 15.3 % 33.2 %
2... Qe7  551
42.8 % 23 % 34.1 %
2... Bc5  327
67.3 % 24.5 %
2... f6  151
79.5 % 15.2 %
2... Bd6  102
73.5 % 17.6 %
2... Qf6  85
68.2 % 24.7 %
2... Bb4  40
77.5 % 17.5 %
2... c6  26
65.4 % 23.1 %
2... g6  25
68 % 32 %
2... Be7  16
87.5 %
2... b6  8
50 % 37.5 %
2... a6  7
85.7 % 14.3 %
2... c5  5
100 %
2... Na6  4
100 %
2... Nh6  4
75 % 25 %
2... a5  3
66.7 % 33.3 %
2... Qh4  3
100 %
2... Ne7  3
33.3 % 33.3 % 33.3 %
2... h6  3
66.7 % 33.3 %
2... Qg5  2
100 %