C48 · Open · a plan for White

Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Classical Variation

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Nc3Nf64.Bb5Bc5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Classical Variation1.5M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
35%535k52%
29%448k50%
23%350k51%
6.1%94k60%
4.9%76k50%
0.8%12k45%
0.5%8.1k38%
0.2%3.9k47%
0.2%3.8k40%
0.2%2.9k44%
Famous games in this line574 master games
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2788) – Caruana, F. (2795)2016½–½Naiditsch, A. (2712) – Yu Yangyi (2753)2017½–½Wei Yi (2753) – Bu Xiangzhi (2710)2017½–½Kovalev, Vl (2639) – Aronian, L. (2805)20171–0Kovalev, Vl (2664) – Aronian, L. (2780)2018½–½Wang Hao (2735) – Jones, G. (2702)2019½–½Svidler, Peter (2739) – Nielsen, Peter Heine (2680)2010½–½Svidler, Peter (2733) – Vallejo Pons, Francisco (2666)2004½–½
Family
Four Knights Game
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C48
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5
Classical
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Go deeper — named lines from here
Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Bardeleben VariationC48 5.O-O O-O 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 Bd6 …
Nearby lines in the family
Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation AcceptedC47 4.d4 exd4Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Double SpanishC49 4…Bb4Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein VariationC48 4…Nd4
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