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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Italian Game C50
- Two Knights Defense C55
- Open Variation C56
- Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense C44
- Italian Game: Scotch Gambit C56 you are here
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit
Overview
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO C56 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 is reached after 9 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
4 named variations grow from this line, including Double Gambit Accepted, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack, Berger Variation, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack, Krause Variation, and others.
In total, the branch covers 7 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- C56
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 9
- Direct variations
- 4
- Total in subtree
- 7
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Variations (4)
Show all 7 sub-variations (full subtree)
- C56 Double Gambit Accepted 10-ply
- C56 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack, Berger Variation 26-ply
- C56 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack, Krause Variation 13-ply
- C56 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack, Rubinstein Variation 22-ply
- C56 Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack 15-ply
- C56 Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Nakhmanson Gambit 11-ply
- C56 Main Line 21-ply