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Four Knights Game
You play White · 37 variations
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10 positions: find the next theory move in each. No take-backs, no hints.
Main variations · 31
- Scotch Variation AcceptedC471. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd44 moves
- Scotch Variation Accepted, Main LineC471. 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-O9 moves
- Scotch VariationC471. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d44 moves
- Scotch Variation, Belgrade Gambit, Modern DefenseC471. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 f56 moves
- Scotch Variation, Krause Gambit, Leonhardt DefenseC471. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5 Qe75 moves
- Scotch Variation, Oxford GambitC471. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. d5 Nd45 moves
- Scotch Variation, Schmid DefenseC471. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxe45 moves
- Spanish VariationC491. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc36 moves
- Spanish Variation, Spielmann VariationC481. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Qd4 8. O-O Qxe5 9. Re1 Be6 10. d4 Qd510 moves
- Spanish Variation, Symmetrical VariationC491. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg410 moves
- Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation, Blake VariationC491. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bb3 Qd610 moves
- Spanish Variation, Bardeleben VariationC481. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bd6 8. f4 Nc6 9. e5 Bb49 moves
- Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Maróczy VariationC481. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Be2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Na4 Bb69 moves
- Spanish Variation, Janowski VariationC491. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Re18 moves
- Spanish Variation, Alatortsev VariationC491. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Qe7 7. Ne2 d57 moves
- Spanish Variation, Gunsberg CounterattackC491. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 e47 moves
- Spanish Variation, Svenonius VariationC491. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d57 moves
- Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation, Tarrasch VariationC491. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Be67 moves
- Spanish Variation, Symmetrical VariationC491. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne27 moves
- Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Marshall GambitC481. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O6 moves
- Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Marshall VariationC481. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxe5 Bc5 6. O-O O-O6 moves
- Spanish Variation, Nimzowitsch VariationC491. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc66 moves
- Spanish Variation, Rubinstein VariationC481. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. f46 moves
- Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation AcceptedC481. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd45 moves
- Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Henneberger VariationC481. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O5 moves
- Italian VariationC501. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf64 moves
- Italian VariationC471. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc34 moves
- Italian Variation, Noa GambitC471. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxe4 5. Bxf7+5 moves
- Halloween GambitC471. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe54 moves
- Halloween Gambit, Plasma VariationC471. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. f4 Ng6 8. e5 Ng8 9. d6 cxd6 10. exd6 Qf6 11. Nb5 Rb811 moves
- Halloween Gambit, Oldtimer VariationC471. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Ng6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Bc4 Bb4 8. Qf3 f58 moves
Other variations · 6
- Glek SystemC471. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc37 moves
- Gunsberg Variation, Provincial OpeningC471. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d6 5. h35 moves
- Naroditsky VariationC471. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nd54 moves
- Schlechter VariationC461. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nd5 Nf64 moves
- Steinitz-Rosenthal VariationC461. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd55 moves
- Winawer DefenseC461. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 f53 moves