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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Italian Game C50
- Giuoco Piano C50
- Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo C54
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Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo
Overview
Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo 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.
It begins with 13 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo.
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- ECO code
- C54
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 13
- Direct variations
- 1
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