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The Four Knights Game is a chess opening starting with the moves
- 1. The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings ( ECO) is a classification system for the opening moves in a game of chess An Open Game (or Double King Pawn game is a Chess opening which begins with the White moves 1 In Chess the word " opening " has two common meanings both of which are discussed in this article e4 e5
- 2. Nf3 Nc6
- 3. Nc3 Nf6
This is the most common sequence, but the knights may be developed in any order. The ECO codes for the Four Knights Game are C47 (anything but 4. The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings ( ECO) is a classification system for the opening moves in a game of chess Bb5), C48 (4. Bb5 without 4. . . Bb4), and C49 (the Symmetrical Variation, 4. Bb5 Bb4).
The Four Knights is fairly popular with beginners who strictly adhere to the opening principle "develop knights before bishops. The knight (♘ ♞ sometimes referred to by players as a 'horse' is a piece in the Game of Chess, representing a Knight (armoured cavalry A bishop (♗♝ is a piece in the Board game of Chess. Each player begins the game with two bishops " It is occasionally played at higher levels, but most players consider the Ruy Lopez a better try for advantage. The Ruy Lopez, called the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game outside English speaking countries, is a Chess opening characterised by the moves The Four Knights usually leads to quiet positional play but there are a few fairly sharp variations.
White's most common move is 4. Bb5 (The Spanish Variation), after which Black has three major alternatives. 4. . . Bb4 is the Symmetrical Variation. Often it results in a quick draw, but it is possible for either side to play for a win. In Chess, a draw is one of the possible outcomes of a game the others being a win for white and a win for black Black can play more aggressively by 4. . . Nd4, the Rubinstein Variation. Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein ( 12 December, 1882, in Stawiski, Poland – 15 March, 1961 in Antwerp, White cannot win a pawn with 5. Nxe5, since Black regains the pawn with the advantage of the bishop-pair after 5. . . Qe7 6. Nf3 (6. f4 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6) Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Nd5! 10. c4 a6! White most often plays 5. Ba4, when Black usually continues in gambit fashion with 5. A gambit is a Chess opening in which the first player risks or sacrifices material usually a pawn, with the hope of achieving a resulting advantageous . . Bc5!? 6. Nxe5 0-0 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 followed by . . . d6. Another line, which discourages many ambitious Black players from playing the Rubinstein, is 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 (7. . . cxd2+?! 8. Bxd2 Qxf6 9. 0-0 is dangerous for Black) 8. dxc3 Qe5+. This often leads to a quick draw after 9. Qe2 Qxe2+. In recent years, Black has tried 4. . . Bd6!? with success. That move takes the sting out of 5. Bxc6, which is met with 5. . . dxc6 with a good game. If White plays quietly, Black will regroup with . . . 0-0, . . . Re8, . . . Bf8, and . . . d6.
If White plays 4. d4, the Scotch Four Knights Game arises. This leads to a more open position, which can also be reached from the Scotch Game, e. The Scotch Game is a Chess opening that begins with the moves 1 g. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 (the Scotch Game) exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3. This variation was played in the fifth game of the 1996 Deep Blue vs. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Deep Blue is a Chess - playing Computer developed by IBM. On 11 May 1997, the machine won a six-game match by two wins to Garry Kasparov match, and was the only game between the two where Black won. Garry Kasparov (Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet
One reason White may choose the Four Knights (3. Nc3) move order over the Scotch (3. d4), besides fearing that after 3. d4 ed4 4. Nxd4 Black may choose 4. . . Bc5 or 4. . . Qh4, is that White may want to play the Belgrade Gambit (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5). It is not possible to reach the Belgrade from the Scotch. However, the Belgrade is a distant second in popularity to 5. Nxd4.
A further possibility is 4. Bc4 (the Italian Four Knights). Black can either preserve the symmetry by 4. . . Bc5, leading to the quiet Giuoco Pianissimo, or pseudo-sacrifice a knight with 4. The Giuoco Piano is a Chess opening characterized by the moves 1 . . Nxe4!, the center fork trick. If 5. Nxe4, then 5. . . d5 regains the piece. Bxf7+?, though superficially attractive, just trades bishop and center pawn for a knight and side pawn, with the initiative soon passing to Black.
The quiet waiting move 4. a3 (Called the Gunsberg Variation) is a specialty of Polish Grandmaster Pawel Blehm. The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. White gets no advantage after 4. . . d5 (a Scotch Four Knights Game Reversed).
A dubious but dangerous gambit is the so-called Halloween Gambit, 4. A gambit is a Chess opening in which the first player risks or sacrifices material usually a pawn, with the hope of achieving a resulting advantageous The Müller-Schulze Gambit or Leipzig Gambit, also known more recently as the Halloween Attack or Halloween Gambit, is an aggressive but dubious Gambit Nxe5?!. After 4. . . Nxe5 5. d4, White tries to seize the center with his pawns and drive the Black knights back to their home squares. International Master Larry Kaufman, in his 2004 book The Chess Advantage in Black and White (p. The title International Master is awarded to outstanding Chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. 328), says that this line is refuted by 5. . . Nc6 6. d5 Bb4! 7. dxc6 Nxe4 8. Qd4 Qe7, which he attributes to Jan Pinski.
Similar sacrifices from Black can arise if White plays the Glek Variation, 4. g3. Black can now make a Halloween-type sacrifice with 4. . . Nxe4. This is probably more sound than White's Halloween sacrifice since 4. g3 has weakened the important f3 square and robbed the g3 square from the White pieces. This line has been tried by Magnus Carlsen. Magnus Øen Carlsen (born Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen on 30 November 1990 is a Norwegian Chess Grandmaster and Chess prodigy. After 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nc3 d4, White entered a variation of the Vienna Game by returning the piece with 7. The Vienna Game is a Chess opening characterised by the moves 1 Bg2 rather than fight against prepared analysis.
References
- Raymond Keene, Gary Kasparov (1989, 1994). Raymond Dennis Keene OBE (born 29 January 1948) is a Chess grandmaster, but is better known as a chess organiser columnist and author Garry Kasparov (Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Batsford Chess Openings 2. B. T. Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.
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