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Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Spielmann Variation

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Nc3Nf64.Bb5a65.Bxc6dxc66.Nxe5Nxe47.Nxe4Qd48.O-OQxe59.Re1Be610.d4Qd5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Spielmann Variation1.8k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
37%65656%
16%28646%
14%25472%
11%19743%
9.1%16437%
5.6%10041%
2.9%5342%
2.3%4233%
0.6%1050%
0.5%922%
Famous games in this line8 master games
Speisser, Patrick (2312) – Grau Ribas, José María (2462)2023½–½Haveland, Bjorn (2400) – Liljedahl, Lennart (2320)19961–0Baranowski, Tadeusz (2379) – Panman, Henryk J. (2331)2018½–½Grabner, Helmut (2328) – Lovakovic, Franjo (2371)2019½–½Mut Company, Guillem (2290) – Lelgemann, Ludwig (2272)2012½–½Rodríguez Pérez, René (2208) – Belmar Juaranz, Carlos (2303)2020½–½Novikov, Mikhail M (2261) – Petenev, Konstantin (2222)2008½–½Slapak, Zdenek (2205) – Drtina, Milan (2245)19950–1
Heroes of this opening Haveland, Bjorn · Drtina, Milan
Family
Four Knights Game
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C48
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Qd4 8. O-O Qxe5 9. Re1 Be6 10. d4 Qd5
Classical
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