Four Knights Game
Four Knights Game (C47) starts 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6. In 15,371 games between strong players, White wins 42%, 18% are drawn and Black wins 40%; the most played move is 4.d4 (31%).
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- ECO
- C47
- Games between strong players
- 15,371
- To move
- White
White wins, draws and Black wins, from this position.
What strong players play next
The moves played most from this position in over-the-board broadcasts and the Lichess Elite Database, how often, and how the games ended.
| Move | Played | Results | Leads to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.d4 | 31% (4,743) | Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation | |
| 4.Bb5 | 30% (4,667) | Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation | |
| 4.a3 | 10% (1,519) | Four Knights Game: Gunsberg Variation | |
| 4.h3 | 9% (1,444) | – | |
| 4.g3 | 5% (774) | Four Knights Game: Glek System | |
| 4.Bc4 | 5% (726) | Four Knights Game: Italian Variation |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from Three Knights Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3
- Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation 5,098 games
- Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation 4,748 games
- Four Knights Game: Gunsberg Variation 1,663 games
- Four Knights Game: Glek System 795 games
- Four Knights Game: Naroditsky Variation 602 games
- Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit 216 games
Top players' games in the Four Knights Game, reviewed
Every Four Knights Game line
- Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation 5,098 games
- Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation 4,748 games
- Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted 4,184 games
- Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation 2,123 games
- Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted, Main Line 1,800 games
- Four Knights Game: Gunsberg Variation 1,663 games
- Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Double Spanish 1,341 games
- Four Knights Game: Italian Variation 1,239 games
- Four Knights Game: Glek System 795 games
- Four Knights Game: Naroditsky Variation 602 games
- Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Henneberger Variation 536 games
- Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Classical Variation 520 games
- Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Schmid Defense 456 games
- Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation Accepted 438 games
- Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Krause Gambit 337 games
- Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation 307 games
- Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation 289 games
- Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Belgrade Gambit 249 games
- Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit 216 games
- Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Krause Gambit, Leonhardt Defense 157 games
- Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Ranken Variation 101 games
- Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation, Metger Unpin 73 games
- Four Knights Game: Italian Variation, Noa Gambit 67 games
- Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Janowski Variation 65 games
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