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Four Knights Game traps: the most-played mistakes

1 mistakes actually played in the Four Knights Game, each verified by the engine: the position is playable before, the punishment wins material, and the player share comes from real Lichess games.

Method: Stockfish screening (depth 14 then 22), refutation = best engine moves. Frequencies: real Lichess games 1400-2200+, blitz, rapid and classical. Whatever failed verification is not published.

  1. Nd4 ?22.8% of players35,888 games

    Nd4 concedes about 1.9 pawn. Nxe5 immediately exploits the mistake: Nxe5 captures a pawn. Precise line: Nxe5 c5 a3 Ba5 Bd3 d6.

    Punishment: Nxe5 Qe7 Qxd4 c5 dxc6

    +5 points of material, evaluation 3.0 after the punishment.

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