C47 · Open · a plan for White

Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Belgrade Gambit

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Nc3Nf64.d4exd45.Nd5

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Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Belgrade Gambit172k games · Black to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

42k38%

31k34%

29k45%

24k48%

23k46%

9.3k47%

5.9k54%

5.6k46%

95439%

12730%

Famous games in this line484 master games

Svidler, Peter (2690) – Morozevich, Alexander (2707)2002½–½ Sax, Gyula (2590) – Karpov, Anatoly (2705)1979½–½ Robson, Ray (2614) – Onischuk, Alexander (2660)2012½–½ Naroditsky, D. (2623) – Hansen, Eric (2606)2021½–½ Bernadskiy, V. (2594) – Predke, A. (2632)2019½–½ Sychev, K. (2556) – Alekseev, Evgeny (2605)2021½–½ Kabanov, Nikolai (2502) – Iordachescu, Viorel (2644)20120–1 Chuprov, Dmitry (2520) – Frolyanov, Dmitry (2599)2011½–½

Family: Four Knights Game
Category: Open
First move: 1.e4
ECO: C47
Line: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5

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Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Belgrade Gambit, Modern DefenseC47 5…Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5

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Four Knights Game: Italian Variation, Noa GambitC47 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nxe4 5.Bxf7 Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Krause GambitC47 4…Bb4 5.Nxe5 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Ranken VariationC48 4.Bb5 a6 5.Bxc6

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