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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
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Italian Game: Two Knights Defense
Overview
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C55.
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 14 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bg5 d6.
It is a variation of Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Holzhausen Attack.
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- ECO code
- C55
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 14
- Direct variations
- 1
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