ECO A28

English Opening: Four Knights System, Nimzowitsch Variation

English Opening: Four Knights System, Nimzowitsch Variation is a chess opening classified under ECO A28. Its defining line here is 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4.

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4

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Opening name, ECO code, and main line come from the Lichess open chess openings dataset.