C40: King's knight opening

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3

King's knight opening

C40 Sub-variants:

Overview

Games on Database: 366538
Last Played: Dec 2021
Overall score:
40.1%31.9%28.1%
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Played frequently by:

White  
Viswanathan Anand 617 games
Sergey Karjakin 428 games
Alexei Shirov 416 games
Black  
Ivan Sokolov 487 games
Levon Aronian 483 games
Oleg M Romanishin 456 games

Possible continuations:

2... Nc6  306212
39.6 % 31.8 % 28.6 %
2... Nf6  39873
39.1 % 37.6 % 23.3 %
2... d6  16243
47.2 % 23.8 % 29 %
2... f5  1773
47.9 % 18 % 34.1 %
2... d5  1067
51.5 % 15.4 % 33.1 %
2... Qe7  555
42.5 % 23.2 % 34.2 %
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 %