Tree path 8 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
- Caissa Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Three Knights Opening C46
- Four Knights Game C47
- Spanish Variation C48
- Double Spanish C49
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Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Double Spanish
Overview
Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Double Spanish 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.
The line arises from 11 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3.
It is a variation of Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Double Spanish, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 3 notable variations — Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Alatortsev Variation, Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation.
Together the deeper variations number 10 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- C49
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 11
- Direct variations
- 3
- Total in subtree
- 10
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Statistics from Lichess
107,161 games · White 51.0% / Draw 6.7% / Black 42.3%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| d6 | 60,626 | |
| Bxc3 | 25,354 | |
| h6 | 6,874 | |
| a6 | 4,495 | |
| Re8 | 3,625 | |
| Nd4 | 3,347 | |
| d5 | 1,980 | |
| Ne7 | 215 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:29:36
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Variations (3)
Show all 10 sub-variations (full subtree)
- C49 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation 12-ply
- C49 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Alatortsev Variation 14-ply
- C49 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation 12-ply
- C49 Janowski Variation 15-ply
- C49 Svenonius Variation 14-ply
- C49 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation 14-ply
- C49 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation 13-ply
- C49 Metger Unpin 16-ply
- C49 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation 20-ply
- C49 Blake Variation 20-ply