Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation

C48

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4

How it went

90 ours · 832 masters

White wins 37% Draws 38% Black wins 25%

Continuations

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Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation Accepted C48 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 24 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Marshall Gambit C48 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Marshall Variation C48 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxe5 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 5

Master games

Vallejo Pons, Francisco — Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 · 2019
Carlsen, Magnus — Gelfand, Boris 1-0 · 2010
Wei, Yi — Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 · 2018
Wei, Yi — Ding, Liren 1/2-1/2 · 2019
Wei Yi — Ding Liren 1/2-1/2 · 2022

Games in Spain

Rasulov,Vu (2557) — Shirov,A (2667) 1/2-1/2
Antal,Ge (2559) — Shirov,A (2665) 0-1
Osmak,Yuliia (2464) — Shirov,A (2665) 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A (2659) — Oparin,G (2654) 1/2-1/2
Hou Yifan (2658) — Khademalsharieh,S (2494) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2643) — Rakhmanov,Ale (2653) 1/2-1/2
Nurgaliyeva,Zarina (2178) — Shirov,A (2652) 1-0
Starozhilov,L (2283) — Pichot,A (2649) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bb5 Nd4
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Nc3 Nf6 Bb5 Nd4
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Nc3, Nf6, Bb5, Nd4