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Tree path 11 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Italian Game › Giuoco Piano › Italian Game: Classical Variation › Italian Game: Classical Variation › Center Attack › Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Traditional Line › Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Greco's Attack › Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Main Line
  1. Chess Codex
  2. King's Pawn Game C20
  3. King's Knight Opening C40
  4. Normal Variation C44
  5. Italian Game C50
  6. Giuoco Piano C50
  7. Italian Game: Classical Variation C53
  8. Italian Game: Classical Variation C54
  9. Center Attack C54
  10. Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Traditional Line C54
  11. Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Greco's Attack C54
  12. Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Main Line C54 you are here
C54

Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Main Line

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Overview

Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Main Line is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO C54 in the Open Games group. The defining idea is the early concession of material to seize the initiative and unbalance the position.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

It begins with 16 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 to reach the canonical position.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Greco's Attack, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.

2 named variations grow from this line, including Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Moeller-Therkatz Attack, Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Steinitz Variation.

Together the deeper variations number 4 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
C54
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
16
Parent
Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Greco's Attack
Direct variations
2
Total in subtree
4

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Variations (2)

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Sister lines that share the same parent Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Greco's Attack:

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