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Four Knights Game

ECO C47 · 27,441 games · White to move

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6
49% White6% Draw45% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
d47,65727.9%Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation C47
Bc47,64527.9%Four Knights Game: Italian Variation C47
Bb56,54423.8%Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation C48
d31,6926.2%
a39613.5%Four Knights Game: Gunsberg Variation C47
Nxe59573.5%Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit C47
Be25392.0%
h35291.9%
g33661.3%Four Knights Game: Glek System C47
Nd5790.3%
b3590.2%
Bd3300.1%

A further 383 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4King's Pawn Game 1... e5King's Knight Opening 2. Nf3King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation 2... Nc6Three Knights Opening 3. Nc3Four Knights Game 3... Nf6

Other lines in this family

Scotch VariationC47… 4. d47,834Spanish VariationC48… 4. Bb57,524Scotch Variation AcceptedC47… 4. d4 exd46,512Spanish Variation, Classical VariationC48… 4. Bb5 Bc52,062Gunsberg VariationC47… 4. a31,202Spanish Variation, Double SpanishC49… 4. Bb5 Bb41,156Spanish Variation, Rubinstein VariationC48… 4. Bb5 Nd41,091Halloween GambitC47… 4. Nxe5957Scotch Variation Accepted, Main LineC47… 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O411Spanish Variation, Ranken VariationC48… 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6407

All 20 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.