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Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit

ECO C47 · 957 games · Black to move

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5
52% White3% Draw45% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Nxe590995.0%

A further 48 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... Nf6Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit 4. Nxe5

Other lines in this family

Four Knights GameC47…27,441Scotch 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 Nd41,091Scotch 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.