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Four-Player Chess/Common openings/1. Ni3
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1.Ni3 - King's Knight Opening tright 14 yR yN yB yK yQ yB yN yR 13 yP yP yP yP yP yP yP yP 12 11 bR bP gP gR 10 bN bP gP gN 9 bB bP gP gB 8 bK bP gP gQ 7 bQ bP gP gK 6 bB bP gP gB 5 bN bP gP gN 4 bR bP gP gR 3 rN 2 rP rP rP rP rP rP rP rP 1 rR rN rB rQ rK rB rR a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Position in FEN4
B-0,0,0,0-1,1,1,1-1,1,1,1-0,0,0,0-1-
3,yR,yN,yB,yK,yQ,yB,yN,yR,3/
3,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,3/
14/
bR,bP,10,gP,gR/
bN,bP,10,gP,gN/
bB,bP,10,gP,gB/
bK,bP,10,gP,gQ/
bQ,bP,10,gP,gK/
bB,bP,10,gP,gB/
bN,bP,10,gP,gN/
bR,bP,10,gP,gR/
8,rN,5/
3,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,3/
3,rR,rN,rB,rQ,rK,rB,1,rR,3
Common moves: /1...c8/ /1...c7/
King's Knight Opening, 1.Ni3
Red plays the slightly unusual move Ni3, perhaps looking for an early knight attack against Green.
Blue's responses
Blue normally wants to develop the queen and bishop(s), so he plays c8 or c7.
/1...c8/
/1...c7/