ECO C46: Three Knights Opening
ECO C46 is part of volume C, Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 6 named lines under it.
The shortest is Three Knights Opening:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3.
That position has come up in 20,958,666 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 49.3%, 5.0% were drawn and Black won 45.7%.
| Opening | Moves | Games | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Knights Opening | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 |
21M | 3 moves |
| Three Knights Opening | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 |
1.5M | 3 moves |
| Three Knights Opening: Steinitz Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 |
166K | 3 moves |
| Three Knights Opening: Winawer Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 f5 |
452K | 3 moves |
| Three Knights Opening: Schlechter Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nd5 Nf6 |
48K | 4 moves |
| Three Knights Opening: Steinitz-Rosenthal Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 |
3,327 | 5 moves |