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  3. King's Knight Opening C40
  4. Normal Variation C44
  5. Scotch Game C44
  6. Scotch Game C44
  7. Scotch Gambit C44
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C56

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Yurdansky Attack

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Overview

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Yurdansky Attack is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C56.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

It begins with 25 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nf6+ Ke7 13. b4 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
C56
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
25
Parent
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit

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