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C58 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.♘g5 d5 5.exd5 ♘a5 6.♗b5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.♗e2

C58 is the opening Italian Game: Two Knights Defense of the volume C · Open games: 15 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 10 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

339 games in the collections, from 1851 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2476.

White wins 40 %, draws 27 %, Black wins 33 %

Most games: Paoli, Enrico (15), Kovalev,Vl (9), Van der Wiel, John TH (9), Sindarov,Javokhir (8), Chigorin, Mikhail (7)

All 10 variations

  1. Italian Game: Two Knights Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.♘g5 d5 5.exd5 ♘a5 6.♗b5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.♗e2
  2. Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Blackburne Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.♘g5 d5 5.exd5 ♘a5 6.♗b5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.♕f3 cxb5
  3. Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Colman Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.♘g5 d5 5.exd5 ♘a5 6.♗b5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.♕f3 ♖b8
  4. Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Maróczy Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.♘g5 d5 5.exd5 ♘a5 6.d3 h6 7.♘f3 e4 8.♕e2 ♘xc4 9.dxc4 ♗e7
  5. Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Paoli Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.♘g5 d5 5.exd5 ♘a5 6.♗b5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.♕f3 ♕c7 9.♗d3
  6. Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.♘g5 d5 5.exd5 ♘a5
  7. Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Bishop Check Line 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.♘g5 d5 5.exd5 ♘a5 6.♗b5+
  8. Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Bogoljubow Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.♘g5 d5 5.exd5 ♘a5 6.♗b5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.♕f3
  9. Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Kieseritzky Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.♘g5 d5 5.exd5 ♘a5 6.d3
  10. Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Yankovich Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.♘g5 d5 5.exd5 ♘a5 6.d3 h6 7.♘f3 e4 8.♕e2 ♘xc4 9.dxc4 ♗c5 10.♘fd2