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 | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| Three Knights Opening | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 |
5 |
| Three Knights Opening | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 |
6 |
| Three Knights Opening: Steinitz Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 |
6 |
| Three Knights Opening: Winawer Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 f5 |
6 |
| Three Knights Opening: Schlechter Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nd5 Nf6 |
8 |
| Three Knights Opening: Steinitz-Rosenthal Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 |
9 |