Spanish Four Knights Game

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Spanish_Four_Knights_Game
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf chess opening
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation
gptkbp:category gptkb:Double_King's_Pawn_Opening
gptkb:Open_Game
gptkbp:chessOpeningFamily gptkb:Ruy_Lopez
gptkb:Four_Knights_Game
gptkbp:ECOCode C48
gptkbp:firstMoveBlack e5
gptkbp:firstMoveWhite e4
gptkbp:fourthMoveWhite Bb5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Spanish Four Knights Game
gptkbp:mainLine 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O
4.Bb5 Bc5
4.Bb5 Nd4
gptkbp:movement 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5
gptkbp:namedAfter Spanish Opening (Ruy Lopez)
gptkbp:notableGame gptkb:Capablanca_vs._Marshall,_New_York_1918
Karpov vs. Spassky, Leningrad 1974
gptkbp:origin combines elements of the Four Knights Game and the Ruy Lopez
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Four_Knights_Game
gptkbp:popularFor less common than main Ruy Lopez
gptkbp:secondMoveBlack Nc6
gptkbp:secondMoveWhite Nf3
gptkbp:strategy early development
potential for symmetrical positions
pressure on e5
gptkbp:theme positional play
central control
piece development
gptkbp:thirdMoveBlack Nf6
gptkbp:thirdMoveWhite Nc3
gptkbp:transferredTo gptkb:Ruy_Lopez
other Four Knights variations
gptkbp:usedBy amateur players
occasionally by masters
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Four_Knights
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7