Four Knights Game

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Named variations of the Four Knights Game

Our opening book catalogues 39 named variations in this family. Here they all are:

• Double Spanish Variation
• Double Spanish, Alatortsev Variation
• Double Spanish, Blackburne Attack
• Double Spanish, Gunsberg Counterattack
• Double Spanish, Janowski Variation
• Double Spanish, Nimzowitsch Variation
• Double Spanish, Svenonius Variation
• Double Spanish, Symmetrical Variation
• Double Spanish, Symmetrical, Blake Variation
• Double Spanish, Symmetrical, Metger Unpin
• Double Spanish, Symmetrical, Tarrasch Variation
• Gunsberg Variation
• Gunsberg, Provincial Opening
• Halloween Gambit
• Halloween, Oldtimer Variation
• Halloween, Plasma Variation
• Italian Variation
• Italian, Noa Gambit
• Naroditsky Variation
• Scotch Accepted, Belgrade Gambit
• Scotch Accepted, Belgrade, Modern Defense
• Scotch Accepted, Schmid Defense
• Scotch Variation
• Scotch Variation Accepted
• Scotch, Krause Gambit
• Scotch, Krause, Leonhardt Defense
• Scotch, Oxford Gambit
• Spanish Variation
• Spanish Variation, Classical Variation
• Spanish Variation, Classical, Bardeleben Variation
• Spanish Variation, Classical, Marshall Gambit
• Spanish Variation, Classical, Marshall Variation
• Spanish Variation, Ranken Variation
• Spanish Variation, Ranken, Spielmann Variation
• Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Accepted, Exchange Variation
• Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Countergambit
• Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Countergambit Accepted
• Spanish Variation, Rubinstein, Henneberger Variation
• Spanish Variation, Rubinstein, Maróczy Variation

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