Chess Codex
Tree path 11 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, Symmetrical Variation › Metger Unpin › Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation
  1. Chess Codex
  2. King's Pawn Game C20
  3. King's Knight Opening C40
  4. Normal Variation C44
  5. Three Knights Opening C46
  6. Four Knights Game C47
  7. Spanish Variation C48
  8. Double Spanish C49
  9. Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Double Spanish C49
  10. Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation C49
  11. Metger Unpin C49
  12. Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation C49 you are here
C49

Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation

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Overview

Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical 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.

It begins with 20 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 to reach the canonical position.

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

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ECO code
C49
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
20
Parent
Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation, Metger Unpin

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