Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Schmid Defense

C47

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxe4

How it went

46 ours · 31 masters

White wins 35% Draws 26% Black wins 39%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Karjakin, Sergey — Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 · 2018
Kobalia, Mikhail — Andreikin, Dmitry 1-0 · 2013
Xiong, Jeffery — Le, Quang Liem 0-1 · 2021
Van Haastert, E. — Kasimdzhanov, R. 0-1 · 2023
Harutjunyan, Gevorg — Ponkratov, Pavel 0-1 · 2021

Games in Spain

Xiong,Jeffery (2688) — Chigaev,M (2631) 1-0
Baches Garcia,G (2335) — Alekseenko,K (2686) 0-1
Maidla,V (2388) — Shirov,A (2668) 0-1
Zienkiewicz,Jan (2293) — Shirov,A (2666) 0-1
Ghafourian,Amir Ali (2118) — Shirov,A (2665) 0-1
Paravyan,D (2653) — Chigaev,M (2588) 1/2-1/2
Perez Ponsa,F (2554) — Chigaev,M (2639) 1/2-1/2
Kovalev,Vl (2623) — Chigaev,M (2631) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nxe4
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 d4 exd4 5 Nxd4 Nxe4
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Nc3 Nf6 d4 exd4 Nxd4 Nxe4
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Nc3, Nf6, d4, exd4, Nxd4, Nxe4