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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Italian Game C50
- Two Knights Defense C55
- Knight Attack C57
- Normal Variation C57
- Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fritz Variation C57 you are here
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fritz Variation
Overview
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fritz Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C57.
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 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nd4, after 10 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Knight Attack, Normal Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fritz, Gruber Variation.
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- ECO code
- C57
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 10
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
937,486 games · White 43.8% / Draw 3.5% / Black 52.8%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| c3 | 525,656 | |
| d6 | 201,485 | |
| O-O | 118,480 | |
| d3 | 33,940 | |
| Nc3 | 23,297 | |
| Nxf7 | 15,315 | |
| Bb5+ | 8,460 | |
| Nf3 | 4,020 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:18:21
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