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C48

Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Marshall Variation

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Overview

Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Marshall Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C48.

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

It begins with 12 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxe5 Bc5 6. O-O O-O to reach the canonical position.

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

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ECO code
C48
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
12
Parent
Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation

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