Tree path 10 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Italian Game › Giuoco Piano › Italian Game: Evans Gambit › Italian Game: Evans Gambit Accepted › Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Main Line › Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Pierce Defense › Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Compromised Defense
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Italian Game C50
- Giuoco Piano C50
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit C51
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit Accepted C51
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Main Line C52
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Pierce Defense C52
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Compromised Defense C52 you are here
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Compromised Defense
Overview
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Compromised Defense belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C52, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3, after 14 plies of opening development.
The line refines Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Pierce Defense, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
The line splits into 2 documented sub-systems: Main Line, Potter Variation.
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- ECO code
- C52
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 14
- Direct variations
- 2
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