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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, Main Line › Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Steinitz 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, Main Line C54
  13. Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Steinitz Variation C54 you are here
C54

Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Steinitz Variation

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Overview

Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Steinitz Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C54.

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

The line arises from 19 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. Ba3.

It is a variation of Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Main Line, which itself descends from 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, Main Line

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Statistics from Lichess

7,310 games · White 53.6% / Draw 4.9% / Black 41.5%

MovesGamesW / D / B
dxc44,705
Be6997
Ne7870
Bg4407
Nxc3195
Nd660
Bf525
f619

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

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Related variations at the same level

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

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