ECO C49: Four Knights Game
ECO C49 is part of volume C — Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 15 named lines under it.
The shortest is Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Double Spanish:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4.
That position has come up in 868,032 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 48.5%, 6.0% were drawn and Black won 45.4%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Double Spanish | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 |
8 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Double Spanish | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 |
11 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 |
11 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 |
12 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 |
12 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 |
13 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Alatortsev Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Qe7 7. Ne2 d5 |
14 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Gunsberg Counterattack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 e4 |
14 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Svenonius Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d5 |
14 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 |
14 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation, Tarrasch Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Be6 |
14 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Janowski Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Re1 |
15 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation, Metger Unpin | 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 |
16 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation | 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 |
20 |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation, Blake Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bb3 Qd6 |
20 |