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King's Pawn Game: Leonardis Variation
Overview
King's Pawn Game: Leonardis Variation is a named branch in the Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO C20.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. d3, after 3 plies of opening development.
It branches immediately from King's Pawn Game in the opening tree.
3 named variations grow from this line, including King's Pawn Game: Clam Variation, King's Gambit Reversed, King's Pawn Game: Clam Variation, Radisch Gambit, King's Pawn Game: Weber Gambit.
Use the board to walk through every move, check how the position has scored on Lichess, or take it head-to-head against Stockfish.
- ECO code
- C20
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 3
- Parent
- King's Pawn Game
- Direct variations
- 3
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Statistics from Lichess
10,225,791 games · White 47.1% / Draw 4.6% / Black 48.3%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nc6 | 3,895,486 | |
| Nf6 | 2,119,659 | |
| Bc5 | 1,242,875 | |
| d6 | 1,214,435 | |
| d5 | 772,723 | |
| h6 | 228,617 | |
| f5 | 207,079 | |
| c6 | 131,050 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:54:20
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