Tree path 10 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Italian Game › Two Knights Defense › Open Variation › Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense › Italian Game: Scotch Gambit › Double Gambit Accepted › Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Italian Game C50
- Two Knights Defense C55
- Open Variation C56
- Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense C44
- Italian Game: Scotch Gambit C56
- Double Gambit Accepted C56
- Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack C56 you are here
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack
Overview
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C56, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
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 15 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3.
The line refines Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Double Gambit Accepted, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Main Line.
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- ECO code
- C56
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 15
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
438,491 games · White 45.4% / Draw 8.3% / Black 46.3%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Qh5 | 150,954 | |
| Qa5 | 146,469 | |
| Qd8 | 66,389 | |
| Qd7 | 41,031 | |
| Qf5 | 20,508 | |
| Qc4 | 4,859 | |
| dxc3 | 1,857 | |
| Qd6 | 1,671 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 03:06:14
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