Four Knights Game?

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Goob63

What are people's thoughts on this for white? I may give this a shot if people seem to like it, along with a whole new e4 repertoire with the help of a book I found online.

I like that there are some gambit/aggressive lines you can play if you feel like it(Vienna Gambit, Halloween Gambit, Ive seen a line where Fischer went Bc4 and sac'd it on f7). Or you can just play solid and positionally fighting for the slight advantage all game

Ormiston313

Hated IT! Play the Ruy Lopez dude. Blast apart Sicilian Defenses. Smash the Philidor. In other words play 1e4 followed by Nf3 and Bb5 or d4 depending on your opponents response. Play like a man... Don't look for little side lines. Play the main lines and beat your opponents at their own game. I mean after all, when you have the white pieces you're supposed to win. Good luck!

Goob63
Ormiston313 wrote:

 Play like a man... Don't look for little side lines.

lol

moonnie

Nothing wrong with it. You have theoretically slightly lower chances for an advantage then in the Ruy Lopez but it is respectable enought and your opponents are less prepared to face it. 

There are probably 4 decent systems:

  • 4. Bb5 the main line that can either lead to slow play after 4. ..Bb4 or 4.  ..Bd6 or to very tactical wild play after 4. Nd4 
  • 4 d4 the Scottish 4 knights basicly just a system of the scottish. Thought the be drawish in the past Kramnik showed that white can keep a slightly annoying initiative. It is a manouvering system where both players need to find the best position for their pieces
  • 4 g3 the glek system where white just develops is not worse but black can equalize quite easy in a few systems. 
  • 4 a3 dont know if it has a name but it is quite sneaky. White prepared Bb5 but with control over b4. Or Bc4 with a flee hole for the bishop on a2.It is one of the more underestimated systems. Should be equalish but not as easy as it seems

Personally i think that Bc4 is somewhat of a mistakebecause the knight and c3 and the Bishop on c4 are often a bit in each others way. Often black can play Na5 and win the bishop pair for dubious compensation.