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

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Spanish Four Knights Game
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

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

Spanish Four Knights Game

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Theory table

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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		 =

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References

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Wikipedia has related information at Four Knights Game

  • 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.


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Chess openings quick reference
1. e4
1...e5 · Open
2. Nf3
With 2...Nc6:
Four knights: (
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Italian game: (
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Spanish game: (
)

With other 2nd moves:
2. Other

1...c5 · Sicilian
2... Nf3 · Open Sicilian
With 2...Nc6:

With 2...d6:

With 2...e6:

With other 2nd moves:
Anti-Sicilians
1... other
Caro-Kann
French
Other


1. d4
1...d5 · Closed
2. c4
2. Nc3
2. other
1...Nf6 · Indian
2. c4
With 2...e6:

With 2...g6:

With other 2nd moves for Black:
2. Nf3
2. other
1... other
Flank
Unorthodox


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