King's Knight Opening

When King Knight game is the introduction to a group of openings of chess. The King Knight game is one of the open-ended play and referred to the trains (see also: Chess notation):

The white king knight on the field f3 threatens the pawn on e5 and d4 controlled the field. This supports the efforts of the White to take control of the center. The King Knight can later be drawn also to g5, where he provides a valuable service in the fight for the weak field f7 in some variants.

Only in rare cases, however, a chess game is called " King Knight game" - even if it started like this. For now the following additional features to decide which development / main / secondary variant / playback it arises.

The following openings arise from the King Knight game:

• Spanish game 2 ... Sb8 - c6 3 Lf1 - b5
• Italian game 2 ... Sb8 - c6 3 Lf1 - c4 - c5 Bf8
• Hungarian Defense 2 ... Sb8 - c6 - c4 3 Lf1 Bf8 - e7
• Two Knights in Nachzuge 2 ... Sb8 - c6 - c4 3 Lf1 Ng8 - f6
• Blackburne Gambit 2 ... c6 Sb8 - 3 - c4 Nc6 -d4 Lf1
• Scottish 2nd game ... Sb8 - c6 3 d2 -d4
• Four Knights Game 2 ... Sb8 - c6 3 Nb1 - c3 Ng8 - f6
• Three Knights Game 2 ... Sb8 - c6 3 Nb1 - c3 (without 3rd ... Ng8 - f6)
• Ponziani opening 2 ... c6 3 Sb8 - c2 - c3

• Russian Defense 2 ... Ng8 - f6
• Philidor Defence 2 ... d7 - d6
• Latvian Gambit 2 ... f7 - f5
• Means Gambit in the reunion 2 ... d7 -d5
• Damianos Defense 2 ... f7 - f6

• Chess opening