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C49

Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation

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Overview

Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C49.

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 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3, after 12 plies of opening development.

It is a variation of Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Double Spanish, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It branches into 2 notable variations — Janowski Variation, Svenonius Variation.

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ECO code
C49
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
12
Parent
Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Double Spanish
Direct variations
2

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Variations (2)