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C53

Italian Game: Classical Variation

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Overview

Italian Game: Classical Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C53.

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 7 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3.

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

It branches into 3 notable variations — Italian Game: Classical Variation, Closed Variation, La Bourdonnais Variation.

Counted recursively, this branch covers 36 sub-variations at all depths.

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ECO code
C53
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
7
Parent
Italian Game: Giuoco Piano
Direct variations
3
Total in subtree
36

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Variations (3)

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