Italian Game

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Named variations of the Italian Game

Our opening book catalogues 42 named variations in this family. Here they all are:

• Anti-Fried Liver Defense
• Blackburne Shilling Gambit
• Fried Liver Attack
• Fried Liver, Fegatello Attack, Leonhardt Variation
• Fried Liver, Fegatello Attack, Polerio Defense
• Hungarian Defense
• Hungarian, Tartakower Variation
• Knight Attack
• Knight Attack, Fritz Variation
• Knight Attack, Fritz, Gruber Variation
• Knight Attack, Fritz, Gruber, Berliner Variation
• Knight Attack, Kloss Gambit
• Knight Attack, Lolli Attack
• Knight Attack, Lolli, Pincus Variation
• Knight Attack, Normal Variation
• Knight Attack, Polerio Defense
• Knight Attack, Polerio, Bishop Check Line
• Knight Attack, Polerio, Bishop Check, Bogoljubov Variation
• Knight Attack, Polerio, Bishop Check, Bogoljubov, Blackburne Variation
• Knight Attack, Polerio, Bishop Check, Bogoljubov, Colman Variation
• Knight Attack, Polerio, Bishop Check, Bogoljubov, Paoli Variation
• Knight Attack, Polerio, Bishop Check, Suhle Defense
• Knight Attack, Polerio, Bishop Check, Suhle, Göring Variation
• Knight Attack, Polerio, Bishop Check, Suhle, Knorre Variation
• Knight Attack, Polerio, Bishop Check, Suhle, Steinitz Variation
• Knight Attack, Polerio, Kieseritzky Variation
• Knight Attack, Polerio, Kieseritzky, Maróczy Variation
• Knight Attack, Polerio, Kieseritzky, Yankovich Variation
• Knight Attack, Ponziani-Steinitz Gambit
• Knight Attack, Ulvestad Variation
• Knight Attack, Ulvestad, Kurkin Gambit
• Rousseau Gambit
• Traxler Counterattack
• Traxler, Bishop Sacrifice Line
• Traxler, Bishop Sacrifice, Trencianske-Teplice Gambit
• Traxler, Knight Sacrifice Line
• Traxler, Knight Sacrifice, King March Line
• Two Knights Defense
• Two Knights, Holzhausen Attack
• Two Knights, Modern Bishop's Opening
• Two Knights, Open
• Two Knights, Rosentreter Variation

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