Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation, Metger Unpin

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7

ECO C49

The Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation, Metger Unpin is a chess opening line in the Four Knights Game complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7.

It is catalogued under code C49 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Qe7 is chosen by Black on move 8.

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