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Tree path 12 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Italian Game › Giuoco Piano › Italian Game: Classical Variation › Italian Game: Classical Variation › Center Attack › Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Traditional Line › Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Greco's Attack › Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Greco Variation › Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Aitken Variation
  1. Chess Codex
  2. King's Pawn Game C20
  3. King's Knight Opening C40
  4. Normal Variation C44
  5. Italian Game C50
  6. Giuoco Piano C50
  7. Italian Game: Classical Variation C53
  8. Italian Game: Classical Variation C54
  9. Center Attack C54
  10. Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Traditional Line C54
  11. Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Greco's Attack C54
  12. Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Greco Variation C54
  13. Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Aitken Variation C54 you are here
C54

Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Aitken Variation

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Overview

Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Aitken Variation is a specific line in the Open Games family (ECO C54), arising from a recognised theoretical position.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Ba3, after 19 plies of opening development.

The line refines Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Greco Variation, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
C54
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
19
Parent
Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Greco Variation

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Statistics from Lichess

54,102 games · White 70.2% / Draw 2.8% / Black 27.1%

MovesGamesW / D / B
d628,232
Bxa120,029
d52,763
Bb42,456
Ne7357
Qf6110
Ba547
Nb429

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 03:23:03

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Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Greco Variation:

https://chesscodex.org/openings/italian-game-giuoco-piano-aitken-variation