Ignition device for a combustion chamber (II) of an internal combustion engine comprising - a first electrode (E1), - a second electrode (E2), which is able to be moved by means of an actuator (S 1 , S 2 , M), - wherein the ignition device is configured to generate a first ignition spark (F1) when a contact between the first electrode (E1) and the second electrode (E2) is interrupted by the second electrode (E2) being removed from the first electrode (E1), - a third electrode (E3), which is arranged at a distance from the first electrode (E1), wherein a second ignition spark (F2) is additionally generated when the second electrode (E2) is moved away from the two other electrodes (E1, E3), - the three electrodes (E1, E2, E3) are arranged in such a way that the movable second electrode (E2) before its movement makes contact with the first electrode (E1) and the third electrode (E3) in each case at a contact point , characterized in that - the first electrode (E1) and the third electrode (E3) have a common narrow point , at which their smallest distance from one another is provided, and in that - the three electrodes (E1, E2, E3) are formed in such a way that the two ignition sparks (F1, F2) in the course of the movement of the second electrode (E2) pass through a volume, which is formed between the electrodes (E1, E2, E3), in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extent of the ignition sparks, - wherein the ignition sparks (F1, F2) or a common ignition spark fused from the first and second ignition sparks have at their two ends a respective spark root (FF11, FF12, FF21, FF22, FF1, FF2), wherein the spark roots (FF11, FF12, FF21, FF22) of the two ignition sparks (F1, F2) move, in the course of the movement of the second electrode (E2), or the spark roots (FF1, FF2) of the common ignition spark move, automatically without further movement of the second electrode (E2), on the surface of the associated electrode (E1, E3) towards the narrow point . - a first electrode (E1), - a second electrode (E2), which is able to be moved by means of an actuator (S 1 , S 2 , M), - wherein the ignition device is configured to generate a first ignition spark (F1) when a contact between the first electrode (E1) and the second electrode (E2) is interrupted by the second electrode (E2) being removed from the first electrode (E1), - a third electrode (E3), which is arranged at a distance from the first electrode (E1), wherein a second ignition spark (F2) is additionally generated when the second electrode (E2) is moved away from the two other electrodes (E1, E3), - the three electrodes (E1, E2, E3) are arranged in such a way that the movable second electrode (E2) before its movement makes contact with the first electrode (E1) and the third electrode (E3) in each case at a contact point , characterized in that - the first electrode (E1) and the third electrode (E3) have a common narrow point , at which their smallest distance from one another is provided, and in that - the three electrodes (E1, E2, E3) are formed in such a way that the two ignition sparks (F1, F2) in the course of the movement of the second electrode (E2) pass through a volume, which is formed between the electrodes (E1, E2, E3), in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extent of the ignition sparks, - wherein the ignition sparks (F1, F2) or a common ignition spark fused from the first and second ignition sparks have at their two ends a respective spark root (FF11, FF12, FF21, FF22, FF1, FF2), wherein the spark roots (FF11, FF12, FF21, FF22) of the two ignition sparks (F1, F2) move, in the course of the movement of the second electrode (E2), or the spark roots (FF1, FF2) of the common ignition spark move, automatically without further movement of the second electrode (E2), on the surface of the associated electrode (E1, E3) towards the narrow point . <EOS>