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Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Nc3Nf64.Nxe5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit612k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
96%587k45%
2%12k50%
0.6%3.5k37%
0.6%3.4k41%
0.3%1.9k37%
0.2%1.5k39%
0.2%1.2k41%
0.2%95042%
0.1%54332%
0%15737%
Famous games in this line16 master games
WindPower (2502) – Noritano (2526)2007½–½Polok, K. (2228) – Ragger, M. (2651)20140–1Kaczmarek, Ale (2339) – Vignesh, N R (2523)20250–1WindPower (2379) – Rechenschieber, Rybka 2.3.1 mp x64 (2443)20071–0Klepaczka, Tomasz (2240) – Bulski, Krzysztof (2549)20121–0Klepaczka, Tomasz (2240) – Olszewski, Michal (2533)20120–1Rocca, Horacio Daniel (2467) – Piña, José Manuel (2266)20071–0Guzman, Carlos M (2294) – Larsson, Mats (2418)20061–0
Heroes of this opening Ragger, M. · Vignesh, N R · WindPower · Klepaczka, Tomasz
Family
Four Knights Game
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C47
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5
GambitClassical
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