C47 · Four Knights Game
Four Knights Game: Italian Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3
In the Four Knights Game: Italian Variation, aim to understand the plans and pawn structures, not just memorize the first moves.
The Four Knights Game: Italian Variation is a chess opening classified under ECO code C47. It is reached after the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3: 7 moves in, with Black to play.
It belongs to the Four Knights Game family — one of many ways the line can branch. Understanding the parent system’s plans is the fastest way to play this variation well.
Club players rarely lose the Four Knights Game: Italian Variation in the opening itself. They lose it a few moves later, when the plan behind the moves runs out: that is what reading your own games in this line shows you.
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