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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%.

OpeningMovesPlies
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 26