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This chess opening lesson will help you learn the Belgrade Gambit variation of the Four Knights Game. On this page, you can read information about the Belgrade Gambit variation and see Video 4 on the Four Knights Game which will show you how to correctly play the Belgrade Gambit variation of this chess opening in a visible way.
I. Four Knights Game, Belgrade Gambit: Data
Before you see the video below, please read the following information... The Four Knights Game starts with 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6. Then, this chess opening may turn into its Belgrade Gambit variation with the following designated moves 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 (see in the picture below). Usually, Black here is to answer by one of the following 4 moves:
• 5... Be7; • 5... Nxd5;
• 5... Nb4; • 5... Nxe4.
The Gambit can be declined by 5... Bc5.
The Belgrade Gambit was developed for the Four Knights Game chess opening. The Gambit was very popular in the 1970s, but today this variation is not so popular at the chess master level as it was before. White sacrifices the pawn and move the knight on... The line 5... Nxe4 is risky, but using exactly this line Black may be better...
II. Four Knights Game, Belgrade Gambit: Video
Video 4 is below (it runs for 3:11), and it will show you how to play 4 lines of the Belgrade Gambit variation of the Four Knights Game. In the video, you can find some useful opening ideas. To see the video Four Knights Game: How to Play the Belgrade Gambit, just click the Play button below:
• If the opening video hasn't shown up, please wait a little.
• If the video stops, drag a little right the player's handle.
• If the video displays an error, try to start and play it later.
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