Tree path 7 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Three Knights Opening › Four Knights Game › Scotch Variation › Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Three Knights Opening C46
- Four Knights Game C47
- Scotch Variation C47
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Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted
Overview
Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C47.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
The line arises from 8 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4.
It is a variation of Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 3 notable variations — Main Line, Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Belgrade Gambit, Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Schmid Defense.
Together the deeper variations number 4 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- C47
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 8
- Direct variations
- 3
- Total in subtree
- 4
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