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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4
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♞ You have reached Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Open Variation C56 — the catalogued line ends exactly here.
Matching openings 15
- Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense C44 1 ply deeper
- Italian Game: Scotch Invitation Declined C56 1 ply deeper
- Italian Game: Scotch Gambit C56 2 plies deeper
- Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Perreux Variation C56 2 plies deeper
- Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Kingside Variation C44 3 plies deeper
- Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Double Gambit Accepted C56 3 plies deeper
- Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Nakhmanson Gambit C56 4 plies deeper
- Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack C56 5 plies deeper
- Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack, Krause Variation C56 6 plies deeper
- Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack C56 8 plies deeper
- Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Keidansky Variation C56 11 plies deeper
- Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack, Main Line C56 14 plies deeper
…and 3 more lines run through this position — keep making moves to narrow it down.
3810 catalogued lines in total · openings encyclopedia