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Tree path 12 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, McDonnell Defense › Main Line › Italian Game: Evans Gambit › Fraser Attack › Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Fraser-Mortimer Attack
  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: Evans Gambit C51
  8. Italian Game: Evans Gambit Accepted C51
  9. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, McDonnell Defense C51
  10. Main Line C51
  11. Italian Game: Evans Gambit C51
  12. Fraser Attack C51
  13. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Fraser-Mortimer Attack C51 you are here
C51

Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Fraser-Mortimer Attack

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Overview

Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Fraser-Mortimer Attack is a gambit, classified under ECO code C51 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.

The line arises from 25 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. Qc2.

It is a variation of Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Fraser Attack, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It continues primarily into one named line, Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Mortimer-Evans Gambit.

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ECO code
C51
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
25
Parent
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Fraser Attack
Direct variations
1

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