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Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Ranken Variation

ECO C48 · 407 games · Black to move

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6
55% White6% Draw39% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
dxc636088.5%
bxc6225.4%

A further 25 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: Spanish Variation 4. Bb5Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Ranken Variation 5. Bxc6

Other lines in this family

Spanish VariationC48…7,524Spanish Variation, Classical VariationC48… 4... Bc52,062Spanish Variation, Double SpanishC49… 4... Bb41,156Spanish Variation, Rubinstein VariationC48… 4... Nd41,091Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation AcceptedC48… 4... Nd4 5. Nxd4240Spanish Variation, Double SpanishC49… 4... Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3121Four Knights GameC47…27,441Scotch VariationC47… 4. d47,834Scotch Variation AcceptedC47… 4. d4 exd46,512Gunsberg VariationC47… 4. a31,202

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.