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C47

Four Knights Game: Italian Variation, Noa Gambit

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Overview

Four Knights Game: Italian Variation, Noa Gambit is a gambit, classified under ECO code C47 within the Open Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.

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. Nc3 Nxe4 5. Bxf7+, after 9 plies of opening development.

It is a variation of Four Knights Game: Italian Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
C47
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
9
Parent
Four Knights Game: Italian Variation

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