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Opening· 12 plies

Italian Game: Hungarian Defense, Tartakower Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO C50), reached after 12 half-moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4.

Italian Game: Hungarian Defense, Tartakower Variation ECO C50
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About this opening

Italian Game: Hungarian Defense, Tartakower Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code C50. ECO group C (C00–C99) covers open games (1.e4 e5) and the French Defence, including the Ruy Lopez, Italian, Scotch and King's Gambit. This particular variation is reached after 12 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4.

It belongs to the Italian Game family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Hungarian Defense → Tartakower Variation line). The immediate parent line is Italian Game: Hungarian Defense, transitioned via 6…Ne4.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 Nc6, 3.Bc4 Be7, 4.d4 exd4, 5.c3 Nf6, 6.e5 Ne4. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.