Tree path 8 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 › Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Belgrade Gambit
C47

Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Belgrade Gambit

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Overview

Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Belgrade Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C47, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

It begins with 9 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 to reach the canonical position.

The line refines Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It continues primarily into one named line, Modern Defense.

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ECO code
C47
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
9
Parent
Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted
Direct variations
1

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