Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...Nc6/3. Nc3/3...Nf6/4. Bb5

Spanish Four Knights Game
a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) r1bqkb1r/pppp1ppp/2n2n2/1B2p3/4P3/2N2N2/PPPP1PPP/R1BQK2R b
Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5

Spanish Four Knights Game

Theory table

For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation.

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

	4	5	6
Symmetrical Variation	Bb5 Bb4	O-O O-O	d3 d6	=
	... Bc5	O-O O-O	Nxe5 Nxe5	=
Rubinstein Variation	... Nd4	Ba4 c6	Nxe5 d5	=

References

• Modern Chess Openings 15th ed, 2008. Nick de Firmian. Random House, New York. ISBN 0-8129-3682-5.

• Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.