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King's Pawn Opening

King's Pawn Opening

The chess openings that begin with 1.e4 are known as King's Pawn Openings. Advancing the King's pawn two squares is one of the most popular opening moves, as it aims to control the center and open lines for the Queen and Bishop.

The most common continuations are the Sicilian Defense (1...c5, the most aggressive and popular reply), the Open Game (1...e5, a classical response), the French Defense (1...e6, counter-attacking the center), the Caro-Kann Defense (1...c6, preparing a solid pawn structure), the Pirc Defense (1...d6, allowing White to get the center), the Modern Defense (1...g6, controlling the center from afar), the Scandinavian Defense (1...d5, immediately confronting the center) and the Alekhine's Defense (1...Nf6, encouraging White to overextend).

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