Opening · ECO B00
King's Pawn Opening games
Opening with 1. e4 claims the centre at once and frees the queen and the king's bishop. When Black answers with a less common reply, the game stays in this broad family and both sides are quickly out of memorised theory.
The King's Pawn Opening in the replay library
The library holds 11 games that began with the King's Pawn Opening. White won 1, Black won 10 and 0 were drawn. 9 ended in checkmate, and the games lasted 23 moves on average.
Variations seen so far:
- Nimzowitsch Defense (B00): 7 games
- King's Pawn Opening (B00): 4 games
Replays
Nimzowitsch Defense: Black mates in 14 moves (Challenging)
Nimzowitsch Defense: Declined Variation (B00) · Black won by checkmate
- Moves
- 14
- Clock
- 5 + 0
- Played
Nimzowitsch Defense: White resigns after 28 moves
Nimzowitsch Defense (B00) · Black won by resignation
- Moves
- 28
- Clock
- No clock
- Played
Nimzowitsch Defense: Black mates in 18 moves (Casual)
Nimzowitsch Defense (B00) · Black won by checkmate
- Moves
- 18
- Clock
- 40 + 0
- Played
Nimzowitsch Defense: Black mates in 19 moves
Nimzowitsch Defense (B00) · Black won by checkmate
- Moves
- 19
- Clock
- No clock
- Played
Nimzowitsch Defense: Black mates in 18 moves (Challenging)
Nimzowitsch Defense (B00) · Black won by checkmate
- Moves
- 18
- Clock
- No clock
- Played
Caro-Kann Defense: White resigns after 37 moves
Caro-Kann Defense: De Bruycker Defense (B12) · Black won by resignation
- Moves
- 37
- Clock
- No clock
- Played
Nimzowitsch Defense: Black mates in 22 moves
Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection (B00) · Black won by checkmate
- Moves
- 22
- Clock
- No clock
- Played
Zukertort Opening: Black mates in 16 moves
Zukertort Opening: Drunken Cavalry Variation (A04) · Black won by checkmate
- Moves
- 16
- Clock
- No clock
- Played
Hippopotamus Defense: Black mates in 10 moves
Hippopotamus Defense (B00) · Black won by checkmate
- Moves
- 10
- Clock
- No clock
- Played
Nimzowitsch Defense: Black mates in 29 moves
Nimzowitsch Defense (B00) · Black won by checkmate
- Moves
- 29
- Clock
- 10 + 0
- Played
Hippopotamus Defense: White mates in 40 moves
Hippopotamus Defense (B00) · White won by checkmate
- Moves
- 40
- Clock
- No clock
- Played
Try it yourself
Play the King's Pawn Opening against the computer at any of four levels, or invite a friend to a private game.