C47 · Open · a plan for White

Four Knights Game: Gunsberg Variation, Provincial Opening

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Nc3Nf64.a3d65.h3

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Four Knights Game: Gunsberg Variation, Provincial Opening80k games · Black to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

37k48%

19k46%

6.4k47%

5.2k45%

3.4k47%

2.9k46%

2.4k43%

2.2k47%

93241%

30838%

Famous games in this line11 master games

Gan-Erdene, Sugar (2444) – Alekseenko, K. (2659)2025½–½ Glek, Igor V (2537) – Hort, Vlastimil (2522)2006½–½ Mohr, Georg (2479) – Fedorchuk, Sergey A (2557)2003½–½ Sklyarov, D. (2428) – Hammer, J. (2603)2025½–½ Starostits, Ilmars (2498) – Krivonosov, Oleg (2415)2008½–½ Dolezal, C. (2439) – Krysa, L. (2464)20151–0 Ljepic, Andrej (2341) – Stojanovic, Da (2449)2025½–½ Ljepic, Andrej (2341) – Akbas, Umut Ata (2433)20250–1

Heroes of this opening Dolezal, C. · Akbas, Umut Ata

Family: Four Knights Game
Category: Open
First move: 1.e4
ECO: C47
Line: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d6 5. h3

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