C44: King's pawn game

C44 Sub-variants:

• King's pawn game
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
• Irish (Chicago) gambit
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nxe5 Nxe5 4. d4
• Konstantinopolsky opening
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3
• Dresden opening
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4
• Inverted Hungarian
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2
• Inverted Hanham
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2
• Tayler opening
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d4
• Ponziani opening
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3
• Ponziani, Caro variation
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 Bd7
• Ponziani, Leonhardt variation
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 Nf6
• Ponziani, Steinitz variation
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6
• Ponziani, Jaenisch counter-attack
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6
• Ponziani, Fraser defence
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Bc5
• Ponziani, Reti variation
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nge7
• Ponziani, Romanishin variation
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Be7
• Ponziani counter-gambit
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5
• Ponziani counter-gambit, Schmidt attack
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5 4. d4 d6 5. d5
• Ponziani counter-gambit, Cordel variation
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5 4. d4 d6 5. d5 fxe4 6. Ng5 Nb8 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Be7
• Scotch opening
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
• Scotch, Lolli variation
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4
• Scotch, Cochrane variation
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxe5 Ne6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nxf7
• Scotch, Relfsson gambit ('MacLopez')
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bb5
• Scotch, Goering gambit
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3
• Scotch, Sea-cadet mate
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. O-O Ne5 8. Nxe5 Bxd1 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Nd5+
• Scotch, Goering gambit
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4
• Scotch, Goering gambit, Bardeleben variation
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4 6. Bc4 Nf6
• Scotch gambit
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4
• Scotch gambit, Anderssen (Paulsen, Suhle) counter-attack
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4
• Scotch gambit
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5
• Scotch gambit, Cochrane-Shumov defence
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d5
• Scotch gambit, Vitzhum attack
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Qh5
• Scotch gambit
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+
• Scotch gambit, Hanneken variation
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. O-O cxb2 7. Bxb2 Nf6 8. Ng5 O-O 9. e5 Nxe5
• Scotch gambit
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3
• Scotch gambit, Cochrane variation
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Ba5 7. e5
• Scotch gambit, Benima defence
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7
• Scotch gambit, Dubois-Reti defence
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6

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