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C57

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fritz Variation

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Overview

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fritz Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C57.

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. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nd4, after 10 plies of opening development.

It is a variation of Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Knight Attack, Normal Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It continues primarily into one named line, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fritz, Gruber Variation.

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ECO code
C57
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
10
Parent
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Knight Attack, Normal Variation
Direct variations
1

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