Chess opening
Italian Game: Two Knights DefenseC55
The Italian Game: Two Knights Defense is a chess opening classified under ECO code C55. It is reached after the moves:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6
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Comes from
Main continuations
- Four Knights Game: Italian Variation (C47)
- Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Knight Attack (C57)
- Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening (C55)
- Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Open Variation (C56)
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo (C50)
- Italian Game: Two Knights Defense (C55)
- Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Rosentreter Variation (C54)
Related lines in the Italian Game
- Italian Game (C50)
- Italian Game: Anti-Fried Liver Defense (C50)
- Italian Game: Blackburne-Kostić Gambit (C50)
- Italian Game: Classical Variation, Albin Gambit (C50)
- Italian Game: Deutz Gambit (C50)
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo (C50)
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo (C50)
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo (C50)
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