ecocodes
a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8
After 3...Nf6 · White to move

Four Knights Game

The list files 49 lines under the name Four Knights Game, spread over four codes (C47–C50). C47 alone holds 20 of them. From the starting position of Four Knights Game, the most-travelled continuation is 4.Bb5, with 24 lines. The deepest, Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit, Plasma Variation, runs to 11...Rb8. At the end of 18 lines one side is ahead on material; ten names contain the word Gambit.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1e4e5
2Nf3Nc6
3Nc3Nf6

Where the lines split

Forty-one of the 49 lines continue from 3...Nf6; the bars show how many take each next move, and the indented rows the most common reply. The other seven reach the opening by a different move order.

  1. 4.Bb524
    1. 4...Bb413
    2. 4...Nd46
    3. 4...Bc52
    4. 4...a62
  2. 4.d49
    1. 4...exd45
    2. 4...Bb43
  3. 4.Nxe53
    1. 4...Nxe52
  4. 4.a32
    1. 4...d61
  5. 4.g32
    1. 4...d51
  6. 4.Nd51

Codes holding Four Knights Game lines

Volume C

  1. 00
  2. 01
  3. 02
  4. 03
  5. 04
  6. 05
  7. 06
  8. 07
  9. 08
  10. 09
  11. 10
  12. 11
  13. 12
  14. 13
  15. 14
  16. 15
  17. 16
  18. 17
  19. 18
  20. 19
  21. 20
  22. 21
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  24. 23
  25. 24
  26. 25
  27. 26
  28. 27
  29. 28
  30. 29
  31. 30
  32. 31
  33. 32
  34. 33
  35. 34
  36. 35
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  38. 37
  39. 38
  40. 39
  41. 40
  42. 41
  43. 42
  44. 43
  45. 44
  46. 45
  47. 46
  48. 47
  49. 48
  50. 49
  51. 50
  52. 51
  53. 52
  54. 53
  55. 54
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  100. 99
CodeReference lineLinesLongest line (plies)
C47Four Knights Game20Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit, Plasma Variation (22)
C48Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation13Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Spielmann Variation (20)
C49Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Double Spanish15Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation (20)
C50Italian Game1Four Knights Game: Italian Variation (8)

Longest Four Knights Game lines

  1. Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit, Plasma Variation 22
  2. Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Spielmann Variation 20
  3. Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation 20
  4. Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation, Blake Variation 20
  5. Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Bardeleben Variation 18
  6. Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Maróczy Variation 18
  7. Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted, Main Line 17
  8. Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit, Oldtimer Variation 16