There is another interesting variation in open games, in which Black also provocatively takes the pawn with the knight on e4. Four Knights Game (C47)1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nxe4 The following line pretends to refute this risky taking:6.Nxe4 Qe7 7.f3 d5 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.0-0 dxe4 Black’s position is […]
We are talking about the line of 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4, known as Damiano variation in Petrov’s Defence. Once I had the stupid idea to study the dubious move 3..Nxe4 when I was preparing to play a tournament game with black against a grandmaster. There was a Four Knight Opening in the game,
The 39th European Chess Club Cup was held in Vrnjacka Banja (Serbia) from 20 to 26 October 2024. All results can be found on the Chess-Results. We have gathered opening preference statistics. Here is the report – currently we have 1574 games (all except the last boards of the last round). First move 1.e4 –