Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Classical Variation

C48

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5

How it went

65 ours · 150 masters

White wins 57% Draws 22% Black wins 21%

Continuations

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Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Bardeleben Variation C48 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

Master games

Kovalev, Vladislav — Aronian, Levon 1-0 · 2017
Kovalev, Vl — Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 · 2018
Mullon, Jean-Baptiste — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 0-1 · 2011
Arkell, Keith C — Adams, Michael 0-1 · 2000
Wei, Yi — Bu, Xiangzhi 1/2-1/2 · 2017

Games in Spain

Salgado Lopez,I (2584) — Anton Guijarro,D (2703) 1-0
Salgado Lopez,I (2584) — Anton Guijarro,D (2703) 1-0
Bacrot,E (2667) — Bernabeu Lopez,C (2420) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2637) — Kaidanov,G (2491) 1-0
Perez Candelario,Man (2612) — Pasko,Llambi (2410) 1/2-1/2
Silva,Pedro Gil Ferreira Da (2328) — Cuenca Jimenez,J (2552) 0-1
Beerdsen,Thomas (2525) — Korneev,O (2422) 1/2-1/2
Vehi Bach,V (2179) — Sturua,Z (2484) 1/2-1/2

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bb5 Bc5
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Nc3 Nf6 Bb5 Bc5
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Nc3, Nf6, Bb5, Bc5