Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted, Main Line
C471. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O
How it went
257
ours
· 747
masters
White wins 34%
Draws 27%
Black wins 39%
Continuations
This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.
Master games
- Nakamura, Hikaru — Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 · 2014
- Carlsen, Magnus — Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 · 2019
- Carlsen, Magnus — Topalov, Veselin 1/2-1/2 · 2019
- Nepomniachtchi, Ian — Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 · 2021
- Carlsen, Magnus — Ding, Liren 1/2-1/2 · 2018
Games in Spain
- Anton Guijarro,D (2681) — Vidit,S (2726) 1-0
- Salgado Lopez,I (2591) — Dubov,Daniil (2708) 0-1
- Dubov,Daniil (2708) — Aloma Vidal,R (2448) 1-0
- Hungaski,R (2514) — Anton Guijarro,D (2703) 0-1
- Vallejo Pons,F (2657) — Yu Yangyi (2703) 1/2-1/2
- Xiong,Jeffery (2693) — Estrada Nieto,J (2217) 1-0
- Xiong,Jeffery (2693) — Pichot,A (2642) 1-0
- Chigaev,M (2617) — Oparin,G (2667) 1/2-1/2
This line is also written
- 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 O-O 9.O-O
- 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 d4 exd4 5 Nxd4 Bb4 6 Nxc6 bxc6 7 Bd3 d5 8 exd5 O-O 9 O-O
- e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Nc3 Nf6 d4 exd4 Nxd4 Bb4 Nxc6 bxc6 Bd3 d5 exd5 O-O O-O
- e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Nc3, Nf6, d4, exd4, Nxd4, Bb4, Nxc6, bxc6, Bd3, d5, exd5, O-O, O-O