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Four Knights Game
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6. Both sides bring out their knights first, giving a solid, balanced game. White looks for a small edge with Bb5 or an early d4 to open the centre.
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- Four Knights Game
- Four Knights Game: Spanish, Symmetrical
- Four Knights Game: Spanish, Metger Unpin
- Four Knights Game: Spanish, Rubinstein
- Four Knights Game: Spanish, Rubinstein 5.Ba4
- Four Knights Game: Spanish, Rubinstein 5.Nxd4
- Four Knights Game: Spanish, Rubinstein 5.Bc4
- Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation
- Four Knights Game: Scotch, 5...Bb4
- Four Knights Game: Belgrade Gambit
- Four Knights Game: Belgrade, 5...Nxe4
- Four Knights Game: Italian Variation
- Four Knights Game: Italian, 4...Nxe4
- Four Knights Game: Glek Variation
- Four Knights Game: Glek, 4...d5
- Four Knights Game: Glek, 4...Bc5
- Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit
- Four Knights Game: Halloween, 4...Nxe5 5.d4
- Four Knights Game: Gunsberg Variation
- Four Knights Game: 4.Be2
- Four Knights Game: 4.d3
- Four Knights Game: Double Spanish
- Four Knights Game: Nimzowitsch Variation
- Four Knights Game: Svenonius Variation
- Four Knights Game: 3...g6
- Four Knights Game: 3...Bc5