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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 you are here
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense
Overview
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense is a specific line in the Open Games family (ECO C58), arising from a recognised theoretical position.
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 Na5, after 10 plies of opening development.
The line refines Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Knight Attack, Normal Variation, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
The line splits into 2 documented sub-systems: Bishop Check Line, Kieseritzky Variation.
In total, the branch covers 13 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- C58
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 10
- Direct variations
- 2
- Total in subtree
- 13
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Variations (2)
Show all 13 sub-variations (full subtree)
- C58 Bishop Check Line 11-ply
- C58 Kieseritzky Variation 11-ply
- C58 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense 15-ply
- C58 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Maróczy Variation 18-ply
- C58 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Bogoljubow Variation 15-ply
- C58 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Yankovich Variation 19-ply
- C58 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Blackburne Variation 16-ply
- C58 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Colman Variation 16-ply
- C58 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Paoli Variation 17-ply
- C59 Polerio Defense, Suhle Defense 16-ply
- C59 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Knorre Variation 23-ply
- C59 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Göring Variation 20-ply
- C59 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Steinitz Variation 17-ply