ECO C48: Four Knights Game
ECO C48 is part of volume C — Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 13 named lines under it.
The shortest is Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5.
That position has come up in 5,431,425 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 50.1%, 5.5% were drawn and Black won 44.4%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 |
7 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Classical Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 |
8 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 |
8 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Ranken Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 |
9 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Be2 |
9 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation Accepted | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 |
9 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Henneberger Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O |
9 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. f4 |
11 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Marshall Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O |
12 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Marshall Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxe5 Bc5 6. O-O O-O |
12 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Bardeleben Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bd6 8. f4 Nc6 9. e5 Bb4 |
18 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Maróczy Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Be2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Na4 Bb6 |
18 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Spielmann Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Qd4 8. O-O Qxe5 9. Re1 Be6 10. d4 Qd5 |
20 |