This comprehensive course gives you a complete, ready-to-play White repertoire in the Four Knights System (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5), with clear plans, key ideas and concrete lines against everything Black can play:

Main Lines after 4.Bb5 (Spanish Four Knights):

• 4…Nd4 (Rubinstein Variation) – How to meet Black’s most ambitious and theoretical reply
• 4…Bb4 (Symmetrical Variation) – Covered in depth across two full chapters
• 4…Bc5 – How to handle the active bishop on c5
• 4…Bd6 – Exploiting Black’s blocked d-pawn and slow development
• 4…d6 – Central play with d4 against Black’s solid setup
• 4…Be7 – Playing against Black’s passive but flexible setup
• 4…a6 – What to do when Black challenges the bishop immediately
• 4…h6 – Taking advantage of Black’s slow pawn move

Early Deviations:

• 2…Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 – Your answer to the Petroff move order
• 2…Nc6 3.Nc3 Bb4 – Handling the early bishop pin
• 2…Nc6 3.Nc3 Bc5 – Meeting Black’s aggressive bishop setup

2 Model Games showing the typical plans of the repertoire in practice, plus an introduction chapter explaining the ideas behind the system.

What’s inside:

• 15 chapters: introduction, 12 theoretical chapters and 2 model games
• Video lessons + annotated PGN file
• PGN ready for ChessBase, Lichess Studies or any chess GUI

by FM Mihailo Djokic – FIDE 2259, Peak 2319