Library/Openings/Italian Game/Scotch Gambit/Anderssen Attack/Main Line ECO C56
Opening· 21 plies

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack, Main Line

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO C56), reached after 21 half-moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bd2 Qd5 11. Bg5.

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack, Main Line ECO C56
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About this opening

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack, Main Line is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code C56. 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 21 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bd2 Qd5 11. Bg5.

It belongs to the Italian Game family. Within that family this is a level-3 branch (the Scotch Gambit → Anderssen Attack → Main Line line). The immediate parent line is Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack, transitioned via 11.Bg5.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 Nc6, 3.Bc4 Nf6, 4.d4 exd4, 5.O-O Nxe4, 6.Re1 d5. 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.