ECO C55

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense is a chess opening classified under ECO C55. Its defining line here is 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6.

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6

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Opening name, ECO code, and main line come from the Lichess open chess openings dataset.

Other catalogued lines with this name

  • C55: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5
  • C55: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bg5 d6
  • C58: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2

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