Four Knights Game: Gunsberg Variation, Provincial Opening
ECO: C47Open Games1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.a3 d6 5.h3
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About the Four Knights Game: Gunsberg Variation, Provincial Opening
The Four Knights Game: Gunsberg Variation, Provincial Opening is a line of the Four Knights Game, catalogued under ECO code C47 in the Open Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.a3 d6 5.h3, with White playing the move that gives the line its name.
The Four Knights Game has 49 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Other lines of the Four Knights Game
- Four Knights Game: Glek SystemC47 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3
- Four Knights Game: Gunsberg VariationC47 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.a3
- Four Knights Game: Halloween GambitC47 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5
- Four Knights Game: Italian VariationC47 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3
- Four Knights Game: Naroditsky VariationC47 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nd5
- Four Knights Game: Scotch VariationC47 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4
- Four Knights Game: Spanish VariationC48 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5
- Four Knights Game: Italian VariationC50 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6