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C46 Three Knights Opening8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♘c3

C46 is the opening Three Knights Opening of the volume C · Open games: 5 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 6 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

797 games in the collections, from 1837 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2453.

White wins 38 %, draws 30 %, Black wins 32 %

Most games: Vallejo Pons,F (16), Romanishin, Oleg M (15), Kovalev,Vl (14), Van Foreest,Jorden (14), Steinitz, William (12)

All 6 variations

  1. Three Knights Opening 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♘c3
  2. Three Knights Opening 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♘c3 ♗b4
  3. Three Knights Opening: Schlechter Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.♘d5 ♘f6
  4. Three Knights Opening: Steinitz Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♘c3 g6
  5. Three Knights Opening: Steinitz-Rosenthal Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♘c3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.♘d5
  6. Three Knights Opening: Winawer Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♘c3 f5