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C56

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, de Riviere Defense

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Overview

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, de Riviere Defense belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C56, 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.

The line arises from 10 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7.

The line refines Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
C56
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
10
Parent
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit

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