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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Three Knights Opening C46
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Four Knights Game
Overview
Four Knights Game is a named branch in the Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO C47.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6, after 6 plies of opening development.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Three Knights Opening, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
6 distinct sub-variations branch from this opening; prominent examples include Glek System, Gunsberg Variation, Halloween Gambit, and others.
Below the direct variations, the full subtree contains 40 documented sub-variations.
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- ECO code
- C47
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 6
- Parent
- Three Knights Opening
- Direct variations
- 6
- Total in subtree
- 40
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Variations (6)
Show all 40 sub-variations (full subtree)
- C47 Glek System 7-ply
- C47 Gunsberg Variation 7-ply
- C47 Halloween Gambit 7-ply
- C47 Naroditsky Variation 7-ply
- C47 Scotch Variation 7-ply
- C48 Spanish Variation 7-ply
- C47 Four Knights Game: Glek System 13-ply
- C47 Oldtimer Variation 16-ply
- C47 Plasma Variation 22-ply
- C47 Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted 8-ply
- C47 Krause Gambit 9-ply
- C47 Oxford Gambit 10-ply
- C48 Classical Variation 8-ply
- C49 Double Spanish 8-ply
- C48 Ranken Variation 9-ply
- C48 Rubinstein Variation 8-ply
- C47 Main Line 17-ply
- C47 Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Belgrade Gambit 9-ply
- C47 Leonhardt Defense 10-ply
- C47 Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Schmid Defense 10-ply
- C48 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Bardeleben Variation 18-ply
- C49 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Double Spanish 11-ply
- C49 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation 11-ply
- C48 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation 9-ply
- C48 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation Accepted 9-ply
- C48 Marshall Gambit 12-ply
- C48 Marshall Variation 12-ply
- C48 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Spielmann Variation 20-ply
- C47 Modern Defense 12-ply
- C49 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation 12-ply
- C49 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Alatortsev Variation 14-ply
- C48 Maróczy Variation 18-ply
- C49 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation 12-ply
- C49 Janowski Variation 15-ply
- C49 Svenonius Variation 14-ply
- C49 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation 14-ply
- C49 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation 13-ply
- C49 Metger Unpin 16-ply
- C49 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation 20-ply
- C49 Blake Variation 20-ply