Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation

C49

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3

How it went

38 ours · 187 masters

White wins 47% Draws 13% Black wins 40%

Continuations

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Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Svenonius Variation C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d5 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Janowski Variation C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Re1 10

Master games

Andreikin, Dmitry — Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 · 2015
Ivanchuk, Vasyl — Gashimov, Vugar 1/2-1/2 · 2008
Svidler, Peter — Malakhov, V... 1-0 · 2017
Svidler, Peter — Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 · 2006
Harikrishna, Pentala — Eljanov, Pavel 1-0 · 2016

Games in Spain

Pranesh,M (2493) — Santos Latasa,J (2656) 1-0
Garrido Outon,Alex (2429) — Ivanchuk,V (2641) 0-1
Perez Ponsa,F (2554) — Pichot,A (2630) 0-1
Hakobyan,Aram (2619) — Estrada Nieto,J (2195) 1-0
Jegorovas,A (2270) — Chigaev,M (2617) 0-1
Pichot,A (2581) — Garcia,Jan (2429) 1-0
Gurel,Ediz (2578) — Estrada Nieto,J (2195) 1-0
Perez Candelario,Man (2576) — Masague Artero,Guerau (2265) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bb5 Bb4 5 O-O O-O 6 d3 Bxc3
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Nc3 Nf6 Bb5 Bb4 O-O O-O d3 Bxc3
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Nc3, Nf6, Bb5, Bb4, O-O, O-O, d3, Bxc3