Tree path 6 levels English Opening › King's English Variation › Reversed Sicilian › English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation › English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation › English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation
- Chess Codex
- English Opening A10
- King's English Variation A20
- Reversed Sicilian A21
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation A22
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation A28
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English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation
Overview
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation is a named branch in the Flank Openings group of chess theory, classified under ECO A28.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
It begins with 16 plies and takes 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ne5 to reach the canonical position.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, part of the broader English Opening system.
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- ECO code
- A28
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 16
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