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Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Henneberger Variation

ECO C48 · 112 games · Black to move

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O

46% White13% Draw41% Black

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What gets played next

Move	Games	Share	White / draw / Black	Leads to
Nxb5	57	50.9%
c6	15	13.4%

A further 40 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4 King's Pawn Game 1... e5 King's Knight Opening 2. Nf3 Petrov's Defense 2... Nf6 Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game 3. Nc3 Four Knights Game 3... Nf6 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation 4. Bb5 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation 4... Nd4Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Henneberger Variation 5. O-O

Other lines in this family

Four Knights GameC47… 2... Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf627,441 Italian VariationC47… 2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc314,614 Italian VariationC50… 2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf610,075 Scotch VariationC47… 2... Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d47,834 Spanish VariationC48… 2... Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb57,524 Scotch Variation AcceptedC47… 2... Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd46,512 Spanish Variation, Classical VariationC48… 2... Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc52,062 Italian Variation, Noa GambitC47… 2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxe4 5. Bxf7+1,532 Gunsberg VariationC47… 2... Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a31,202 Spanish Variation, Double SpanishC49… 2... Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb41,156

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.