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Four Knights Game for Black

Difficulty 3/3Black repertoireECO C47–C48

Four Knights Scotch, Re1 (C47)

Line progress7/20

Accept the Four Knights Scotch center. Black challenges the e4-d4 pawn duo before White settles.

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ECO C47–C48

Every one of these lines is explained move by move in the app — with recall practice and spaced review.

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  1. Four Knights Scotch, Re1Sample

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Re1 Bg4

  2. Four Knights Scotch, Bh4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bh4 g5

  3. Four Knights Scotch, Bf4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6

  4. Four Knights Scotch, Bxf6 Endgame

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6

  5. Four Knights Scotch, h3

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6

  6. Four Knights Spanish, Early d3

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. d3 Nd4 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bg4

  7. Four Knights Spanish, Main Line

    1. 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 Ne6 11. Bc1 c5 12. Bf1 Rd8