C47: Four knights, Scotch variation

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4

Four knights, Scotch variation

C47 Sub-variants:

Four knights, Scotch variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4

Four knights, Scotch, Krause variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5

Four knights, Scotch, 4...exd4
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4

Four knights, Belgrade gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5

Overview

Games on Database:

10362

Last Played:

Jun 2025

Overall score:

32.4%

42.5%

25.1%

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Played frequently by:

White
Yochanan Afek	30 games
Moshe Czerniak	30 games
Pavel Potapov	28 games

Black
Oleg Korneev	19 games
Svetozar Gligoric	19 games
Peter Lukacs	18 games

Possible continuations:

4... exd4

8938

30.7 %

44.9 %

24.4 %

4... Bb4

1002

33.4 %

31.8 %

34.7 %

4... d6

268

63.1 %

19 %

17.9 %

4... Bd6

70.6 %

19.6 %

4... d5

75.5 %

16.3 %

4... Nxd4

57.1 %

21.4 %

4... Qe7

63.6 %

27.3 %

4... Be7

80 %

20 %

4... Ng4

75 %

25 %

4... g6

100 %