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- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
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King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense
Overview
King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense is a named branch in the Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO C40.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It begins with 4 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 to reach the canonical position.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from King's Knight Opening, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
It continues primarily into one named line, King's Pawn Game: La Bourdonnais Gambit.
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- ECO code
- C40
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 4
- Parent
- King's Knight Opening
- Direct variations
- 1
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