Four-Player Chess/Common openings/1. Ni3

1.Ni3 - King's Knight Opening
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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

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