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Four Knights Game: Italian Variation

ECO C50 · 10,075 games · White to move

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6
47% White5% Draw48% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
d35,61055.7%Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Italian Four Knights Variation C50
O-O2,57325.5%
h36166.1%
a32782.8%
Ng52372.4%
d4390.4%
Na4300.3%
Nxe5110.1%

A further 681 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... Nc6Italian Game 3. Bc4Italian Game: Giuoco Piano 3... Bc5Four Knights Game: Italian Variation 4... Nf6

Other lines in this family

Italian VariationC47… 3... Nf6 4. Nc314,614Italian Variation, Noa GambitC47… 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxe4 5. Bxf7+1,532Four Knights GameC47… 3. Nc3 Nf627,441Scotch VariationC47… 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d47,834Spanish VariationC48… 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb57,524Scotch Variation AcceptedC47… 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd46,512Spanish Variation, Classical VariationC48… 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc52,062Gunsberg VariationC47… 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a31,202Spanish Variation, Double SpanishC49… 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb41,156Spanish Variation, Rubinstein VariationC48… 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd41,091

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.