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C49

Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation

The Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation is a chess opening classified under ECO code C49. Below are the best example games from master play.

Top Players in this Opening

Rubinstein, Akiba19 gamesCapablanca, Jose Raul18 gamesLasker, Emanuel16 gamesKamsky,G15 gamesNimzowitsch, Aaron15 gamesSpassky, Boris V13 gamesCarlsen,M9 gamesEuwe, Max9 gamesJussupow, Artur9 gamesKeres, Paul8 games

Related Openings

C40 - Latvian Gambit46C41 - Philidor Defense650C42 - Petrov's Defense2314C43 - Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit479C44 - Scotch Game391C45 - Scotch Game1138C46 - Three Knights Opening377C47 - Four Knights Game562C48 - Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation424

Best Games

Carlsen,M vs Nakamura,Hi1/2-1/2
13th Norway Chess 2025 2025Notable
Ponomariov,R vs Kasimdzhanov,R1/2-1/2
Germany Grand Prix 2021 2021Notable
Abdusattorov,Nodirbek vs Dhulipalla,Bala Chandra Prasad1-0
PNWCC Opening Bl 1.e4 e5 2020Notable
Grischuk,A vs Leko,P1/2-1/2
Tal Memorial Blitz 2014 2014Notable
Shirov, Alexei vs Anand, Viswanathan0-1
Amber-blind 4th 1995Notable
Kulaots, Kaido vs Svidler, Peter1/2-1/2
Wch U16 1992Notable
Short, Nigel D vs Anand, Viswanathan1-0
Linares 1992Notable
Kamsky, Gata vs Timman, Jan H1-0
Tilburg 1991Notable
Spassky, Boris V vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir1/2-1/2
Linares 1985Notable
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman1-0
World Championship 18th 1948Notable
Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz vs Lasker, Emanuel0-1
World Championship 9th 1909Notable
Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz vs Lasker, Emanuel0-1
World Championship 9th 1909Notable
Tarrasch, Siegbert vs Lasker, Emanuel1-0
World Championship 8th 1908Notable
Tarrasch, Siegbert vs Lasker, Emanuel0-1
World Championship 8th 1908Notable
Zukertort, Johannes Hermann vs Steinitz, William0-1
World Championship 1st 1886Notable
Firouzja,Alireza vs Sevian,Samuel1/2-1/2
12th Sinquefield Cup 2025
Carlsen,M vs Nakamura,Hi1/2-1/2
Esports World Cup 2025 2025
Oparin,G vs Caruana,F1/2-1/2
Saint Louis Masters 2024 2024
Carlsen,M vs Praggnanandhaa,R1/2-1/2
World Rapid 2023 2023
So,W vs Xiong,Jeffery1/2-1/2
Saint Louis Blitz 2023 2023

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