Italian Game: Classical Variation
ECO: C53Open Games1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3
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About the Italian Game: Classical Variation
The Italian Game: Classical Variation is a line of the Italian Game, catalogued under ECO code C53 in the Open Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3, with White playing the move that gives the line its name.
The Italian Game has 187 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Where the line goes next
- Italian Game: Classical VariationC54 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6
- Italian Game: Classical Variation, Closed VariationC53 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Qe7
- Italian Game: Bird's AttackC53 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.b4
- Italian Game: Classical Variation, Center AttackC54 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4
- Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco PianissimoC54 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3
Other lines of the Italian Game
- Italian Game: Anti-Fried Liver DefenseC50 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6
- Italian Game: Blackburne-Kostić GambitC50 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4
- Italian Game: Giuoco PianoC50 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- Italian Game: Hungarian DefenseC50 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7
- Italian Game: Paris DefenseC50 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6
- Italian Game: Rousseau GambitC50 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 f5
- Italian Game: Two Knights DefenseC55 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- Italian Game: Evans GambitC51 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4