King's Pawn Opening C20

C — Open games & French · Family: King's Pawn Opening · basic reference page

1. e4 e5 2. b3

Position after 3 half-moves — Black to move.
Material is balanced.
Family “King's Pawn Opening” contains 3 recorded variation(s) here.

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Variations of this family

Name	ECO	Main line length
King's Pawn Opening: Speers	C20	5 plies
King's Pawn Opening: Van Hooydoon Gambit	C20	12 plies

Related openings

Nearby ECO codes in the C — Open games & French volume — compare the move orders:

King's Pawn Game (C20)
French Defense (C00)