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

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White to move
12,833 games · 1842-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

4. Bb5

6,302

34.1%

40.4%

25.4%

4. d4

4,449

27.2%

48.7%

24.1%

4. Bc4

1,139

28.9%

21.5%

49.6%

4. g3

1,019

37.9%

35.1%

27%

4. a3

413

35.6%

33.9%

30.5%

4. Be2

266

38.3%

31.2%

30.5%

4. h3

158

34.2%

38%

27.8%

4. d3

103

29.1%

15.5

55.3%

4. Nxe5

103

57.3%

34%

4. a4

46

41.3%

26.1%

32.6%

4. Nd5

31

35.5%

41.9%

22.6%

4. b3

8

12.5

25%

62.5%

4. Rb1

6

33.3%

16.7

50%

4. Bd3

5

20%

80%

4.Bb5 +0.14 (40 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857 (0-1)
Capablanca vs NN, 1918 (1-0)
Capablanca vs H Steiner, 1933 (1-0)
N Kosolapov vs Nezhmetdinov, 1936 (0-1)
Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1914 (0-1)

DEBUT: Staunton vs Cochrane, 1842 (1/2-1/2)
RECENT: D Dvirnyy vs K Solomon, 2018 (1/2-1/2)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
Halloween attack by Kracco
Halloween Gambit -Let's Sack a Knight on Move 4 by takchess

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
C47: Four Knights (4443)
C48: Four Knights (3111)
C49: Four Knights (2549)
C46: Three Knights (1845)
A07: King's Indian Attack (457)
C50: Giuoco Piano (217)
C66: Ruy Lopez (103)
C44: King's Pawn Game (60)
C62: Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (24)

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