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King's Pawn Game: Napoleon Attack

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Overview

King's Pawn Game: Napoleon Attack is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C20.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

It begins with 3 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Qf3 to reach the canonical position.

It is a direct variation of King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
C20
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
3
Parent
King's Pawn Game

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Statistics from Lichess

2,141,790 games · White 48.1% / Draw 4.4% / Black 47.5%

MovesGamesW / D / B
Nc6908,060
Nf6656,708
d6213,147
Qf6148,967
Bc5117,661
d514,895
c611,148
f610,511

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:54:29

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