The King's Pawn Opening EXPLAINED!

Welcome to my first post! Today I will be explaining the Kings Pawn Opening, and the variations that go with it. Lets jump into it!

So the game starts with 1.e4 1.e5 like this:

And that's it, but there's another common variation to this opening. After 1.e4 black responds with e5, then white moves their knight to f3, then black would most commonly respond with knight to c6, like this:

This is called the King's Pawn Opening: Advanced Variation. A great opening for white as it controls the center of the board and allows the bishop and queen to develop in a couple of moves. But, if you decide to move your bishop to c4, then this opening turns into the Italian game. Here it is:

There's also a trick to this opening too. After you move your bishop to c4, black will most commonly respond by developing their other knight to f6. Once they do this, you can move your knight to g5 and line up a fork on the f7 square, which is the weakest square on the chess board. Your attack, called the Fried Liver Attack, should look like this:

Now that that's out of the way, back to the King's Pawn Opening.This is also a great opening because your bishop is out and developed, as well as your knights, and on the next move you're ready to castle, like this:

I still play this opening at 1000 elo, so you could play it even in the intermediate level.

Well, that's it! Thanks for reading this post about a great beginner opening. If you have questions or concerns, comment down below!