Four Knights Game: Italian Variation
ECO C47 · 14,614 games · Black to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
|---|
| Bc5 | 5,789 | 39.6% | | Four Knights Game: Italian Variation C50 |
| Nxe4 | 3,859 | 26.4% | | |
| Bb4 | 1,590 | 10.9% | | |
| Be7 | 1,300 | 8.9% | | |
| d6 | 787 | 5.4% | | |
| h6 | 762 | 5.2% | | |
| d5 | 69 | 0.5% | | |
| a6 | 31 | 0.2% | | |
| Na5 | 14 | 0.1% | | |
| Nd4 | 12 | 0.1% | | |
A further 401 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
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Italian Variation, Noa GambitC47… 4... Nxe4 5. Bxf7+1,532Italian VariationC50… 3... Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf610,075Four 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.