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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
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Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with h6
Overview
Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with h6 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 12 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 2 notable variations — Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo.
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- ECO code
- C54
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 12
- Parent
- Italian Game: Giuoco Piano
- Direct variations
- 2
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