Italian Classical

In the opening book this is the Italian Game: Classical Variation.

The book line for Italian Game: Classical Variation is e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bc4, Bc5, c3. This page collects the 45 named lines under that variation.

45 named lines · ECO C50, C53, C54 · 11,293 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Italian Game: Classical Variation, Albin Gambit

Play the next move in the line.

  1. e4
  2. e5
  3. Nf3
  4. Nc6
  5. Bc4
  6. Bc5
  7. O-O
  8. Nf6
  9. c3

Moves in the main line

  1. White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
  2. Black pawn moves from e7 to e5.
  3. White knight moves from g1 to f3.
  4. Black knight moves from b8 to c6.
  5. White bishop moves from f1 to c4.
  6. Black bishop moves from f8 to c5.
  7. White pawn moves from c2 to c3.

Named lines

  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Albin Gambit (C50) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c3
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation (C53) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Center Holding Variation (C53) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Closed Variation (C53) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Eisinger Variation (C53) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. d5 Nb8 7. d6
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, La Bourdonnais Variation (C53) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Mestel Variation (C53) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. Bg5
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Tarrasch Variation (C53) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 a6 8. h3 Nf6 9. Re1
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Center Attack (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Ghulam-Kassim Variation (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd5 Nxf2 8. Kxf2 dxc3+ 9. Kg3
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bb6
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 Ba7
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd2
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, Albin Variation (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, Main Line (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. h3
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with a4 a5 (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a5
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with a5 (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a5 6. c3
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with a6 (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with a6 (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with h6 (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Anderssen Variation (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb4+
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Dubov Italian (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. b4
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Greco Variation (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Main Line (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Modern Line (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Modern Line (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Moeller-Bayonet Attack (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. g4
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Moeller-Therkatz Attack (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Traditional Line (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4
  • Italian Game: Classical Variation, with d5 (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d5

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