Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Italian Game › Two Knights Defense › Open Variation
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Italian Game C50
- Two Knights Defense C55
- Open Variation C56 you are here
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Open Variation
Overview
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Open Variation is a named branch in the Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO C56.
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 7 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
2 named variations grow from this line, including Italian Game: Scotch Invitation Declined, Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense.
Together the deeper variations number 14 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- C56
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 7
- Direct variations
- 2
- Total in subtree
- 14
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Variations (2)
Show all 14 sub-variations (full subtree)
- C56 Italian Game: Scotch Invitation Declined 8-ply
- C44 Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense 8-ply
- C56 Italian Game: Scotch Gambit 9-ply
- C56 Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack 12-ply
- C56 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Perreux Variation 9-ply
- C44 Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Kingside Variation 10-ply
- C56 Double Gambit Accepted 10-ply
- C56 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Keidansky Variation 18-ply
- C56 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack, Berger Variation 26-ply
- C56 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack, Krause Variation 13-ply
- C56 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack, Rubinstein Variation 22-ply
- C56 Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack 15-ply
- C56 Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Nakhmanson Gambit 11-ply
- C56 Main Line 21-ply