King's Pawn Game
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| Moves | 1.e4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ECO | B00–B99, C00–C99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonyms | e4 King's Pawn Opening | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The King's Pawn Game is any chess opening starting with the move:
- 1. e4
It is the most popular opening move in chess, followed by 1.d4, the Queen's Pawn Game. Black's most common replies are 1...c5 (the Sicilian Defence) and 1...e5, which leads to the Ruy Lopez, Italian Game, and others. Also quite common are 1...e6 (the French Defence) and 1...c6 (the Caro-Kann Defence).