Tree path 9 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Scotch Game › Scotch Game › Scotch Gambit › Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack › Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack › Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack, Spielmann Defense
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Scotch Game C44
- Scotch Game C44
- Scotch Gambit C44
- Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack C56
- Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack C56
- Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack, Spielmann Defense C56 you are here
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack, Spielmann Defense
Overview
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack, Spielmann 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 Ng4, after 12 plies of opening development.
The line refines Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C56
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 12
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