Chess openings / Four Knights Game
Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted, Main Line
Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted, Main Line (C47) starts 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 O-O 9.O-O. In 1,800 games between strong players, White wins 38%, 29% are drawn and Black wins 34%; the most played move is 9…cxd5 (72%).
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 O-O 9.O-O
- ECO
- C47
- Games between strong players
- 1,800
- To move
- Black
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9…cxd5 | 72% (1,297) | – | |
| 9…Bg4 | 27% (489) | – | |
| 9…Bxc3 | 1% (12) | – |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4
More Four Knights Game lines
- Four Knights Game 15,371 games
- Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation 5,098 games
- Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation 4,748 games
- Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation 2,123 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
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