Tree path 9 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Italian Game › Giuoco Piano › Italian Game: Evans Gambit › Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined › Lange Variation › Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined, Pavlov Variation
- 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 Declined C51
- Lange Variation C51
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined, Pavlov Variation C51 you are here
Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined, Pavlov Variation
Overview
Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined, Pavlov Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C51, 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 Bb6 5. b5 Na5 6. Nxe5 Nh6 7. d4 d6 8. Bxh6 dxe5 9. Bxg7 Rg8 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Bxe5 Qg5 12. Nd2, after 23 plies of opening development.
The line refines Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined, Lange Variation, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C51
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 23
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