THE FOUR KNIGHTS GAME/OBODCHUK

Description

The Four Knights Game is one of the oldest chess openings and continues to be a popular choice among beginners and club players.

In recent years leading grandmasters such as Alexey Shirov and Emil Sutovsky have injected the Four Knights with numerous fresh ideas and changed its peaceful reputation.

White has quite a few ways to create tension and play for the attack. Russian International Master Andrey Obodchuk has written a repertoire book for white players based on the Spanish Four Knights variation (starting with 4.Bb5).