ECO C56: Italian Game
ECO C56 is part of volume C — Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 24 named lines under it.
The shortest is Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Open Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4.
That position has come up in 3,098,651 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 52.3%, 4.3% were drawn and Black won 43.4%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Open Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 |
7 |
| Italian Game: Scotch Invitation Declined | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 d6 |
8 |
| Italian Game: Scotch Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O |
9 |
| Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Perreux Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Ng5 |
9 |
| Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, de Riviere Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 |
10 |
| Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Double Gambit Accepted | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 |
10 |
| Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Janowski Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 |
10 |
| Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 |
10 |
| Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Nakhmanson Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Nc3 |
11 |
| Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Walbrodt-Baird Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O |
11 |
| Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 |
11 |
| Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 |
12 |
| Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack, Spielmann Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 Ng4 |
12 |
| Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Canal Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Nc3 |
13 |
| Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack, Krause Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 Ng4 7. c3 |
13 |
| Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 |
15 |
| Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack Accepted | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. fxg7 |
17 |
| Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Keidansky Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nxc6 Bxf2+ 9. Kf1 Qh4 |
18 |
| Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack, Loman Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 g6 |
18 |
| Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack, Main Line | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bd2 Qd5 11. Bg5 |
21 |
| Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack, Long Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Nce4 |
21 |
| Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack, Rubinstein Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Nce4 Bf8 |
22 |
| Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Yurdansky Attack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nf6+ Ke7 13. b4 |
25 |
| Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack, Berger Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. g4 Qg6 12. Nce4 Bb6 13. f4 O-O-O |
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