ecocodes
a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8
After 3.Bc4 · Black to move

Italian Game

The list files 187 lines under the name Italian Game, spread over ten codes (C50–C59). Only five openings in the list have more named lines. C54 alone holds 46 of them. From the starting position of Italian Game, the most-travelled continuation is 3...Bc5, with 117 lines. The deepest, Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Therkatz-Herzog Variation, runs to 14.Nxh7. At the end of 104 lines one side is ahead on material; 85 names contain the word Gambit.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1e4e5
2Nf3Nc6
3Bc4

Where the lines split

One hundred and seventy-seven of the 187 lines continue from 3.Bc4; the bars show how many take each next move, and the indented rows the most common reply. The other nine reach the opening by a different move order.

  1. 3...Bc5117
    1. 4.b451
    2. 4.c337
    3. 4.O-O19
    4. 4.d35
  2. 3...Nf654
    1. 4.Ng531
    2. 4.d413
    3. 4.O-O4
    4. 4.d34
  3. 3...Be72
    1. 4.d41
  4. 3...Nd41
  5. 3...d61
  6. 3...f51
  7. 3...h61

Codes holding Italian Game lines

Volume C

  1. 00
  2. 01
  3. 02
  4. 03
  5. 04
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CodeReference lineLinesLongest line (plies)
C50Italian Game21Italian Game: Hungarian Defense, Tartakower Variation (12)
C51Italian Game: Evans Gambit29Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Mortimer-Evans Gambit (26)
C52Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Main Line22Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Compromised Defense, Main Line (21)
C53Italian Game: Classical Variation8Italian Game: Classical Variation, Tarrasch Variation (17)
C54Italian Game: Classical Variation46Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Therkatz-Herzog Variation (27)
C55Italian Game: Two Knights Defense6Italian Game: Two Knights Defense (14)
C56Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Open Variation24Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack, Berger Variation (26)
C57Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Knight Attack17Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fegatello Attack, Leonhardt Variation (22)
C58Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense10Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Yankovich Variation (19)
C59Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Suhle Defense4Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Knorre Variation (23)

Longest Italian Game lines

  1. Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Therkatz-Herzog Variation 27
  2. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Mortimer-Evans Gambit 26
  3. Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack, Berger Variation 26
  4. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Fraser-Mortimer Attack 25
  5. Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Yurdansky Attack 25
  6. Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined, Pavlov Variation 23
  7. Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Moeller-Bayonet Attack 23
  8. Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Krause Variation 23