Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Steinitz Variation

C59

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nh3

How it went

12 ours · 126 masters

White wins 50% Draws 8% Black wins 42%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Aronian, Levon — Ding, Liren 1-0 · 2019
Bobby Fischer (USA) — Bisguier, Arthur B 1-0 · 1963
Rapport, R. — Sychev, K. 1/2-1/2 · 2022
Ivanchuk, Vasyl — Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2-1/2 · 1998
Rapport, R. — Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 1-0 · 2022

Games in Spain

Kokoszczynski,Jan (2314) — Shirov,A (2660) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2631) — Lobanov,Sergei (2516) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2631) — Belozerov,A (2493) 1-0
Martin Duque,J (2416) — Vasquez Schroeder,R (2467) 1/2-1/2
Chernov,Mi2 (2213) — Martin Duque,J (2419) 0-1
Tikhonov,Viacheslav (2201) — Glavina,P (2415) 0-1
Martin Duque,J (2332) — Melikhov,E (2172) 0-1
Tikhonov,Viacheslav (2183) — Naranjo Moreno,A (2289) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 h6 9.Nh3
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 6 Bb5+ c6 7 dxc6 bxc6 8 Be2 h6 9 Nh3
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bc4 Nf6 Ng5 d5 exd5 Na5 Bb5+ c6 dxc6 bxc6 Be2 h6 Nh3
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bc4, Nf6, Ng5, d5, exd5, Na5, Bb5+, c6, dxc6, bxc6, Be2, h6, Nh3