Tree path 9 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Three Knights Opening › Four Knights Game › Spanish Variation › Double Spanish › Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Double Spanish › Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Three Knights Opening C46
- Four Knights Game C47
- Spanish Variation C48
- Double Spanish C49
- Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Double Spanish C49
- Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation C49 you are here
Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation
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
- Direct variations
- 2
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