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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 C53
- Italian Game: Classical Variation C54
- Center Attack C54
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Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Traditional Line
Overview
Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Traditional Line is a gambit, classified under ECO code C54 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.
It is reached after 11 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4.
It is a variation of Italian Game: Classical Variation, Center Attack, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 3 notable variations — Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Cracow Variation, Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Greco's Attack, Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Krause Variation.
In total, the branch covers 11 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- C54
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 11
- Direct variations
- 3
- Total in subtree
- 11
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Variations (3)
Show all 11 sub-variations (full subtree)
- C54 Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Cracow Variation 13-ply
- C54 Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Greco's Attack 13-ply
- C54 Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Krause Variation 23-ply
- C54 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Greco Variation 16-ply
- C54 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Main Line 16-ply
- C54 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Moeller-Therkatz Attack 17-ply
- C54 Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Aitken Variation 19-ply
- C54 Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Bernstein Variation 20-ply
- C54 Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Steinitz Variation 19-ply
- C54 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Moeller-Bayonet Attack 23-ply
- C54 Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Therkatz-Herzog Variation 27-ply