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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
- Knight Attack C57
- Normal Variation C57
- Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense C58
- Bishop Check Line C58
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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 C58.
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 15 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2.
It is a variation of Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Bishop Check Line, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Polerio Defense, Suhle Defense.
Together the deeper variations number 4 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- C58
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 15
- Direct variations
- 1
- Total in subtree
- 4
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