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Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Counterattack, Bishop Sacrifice Line
Overview
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Counterattack, Bishop Sacrifice Line 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.
It begins with 9 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Bxf7+ to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Counterattack, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Variation, Trencianske-Teplice Gambit.
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- ECO code
- C57
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 9
- Direct variations
- 1
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