Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Lolli Attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d4
The Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Lolli Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO C57, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d4. It is a line of the Italian Game. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 569 times by this move order. White won 59%, 3% were drawn and Black won 38%. The most popular continuation is 6… Nxd4 (25% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.50 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 6… Nxd4 7. c3 b5 8. Bd3 h6 9. Nxf7)
- ECO
- C57
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 428 | |
| 1500-1999 | 129 | |
| 2000+ | 12 | |
| All | 569 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… Nxd4 | 144 (25%) | |
| 6… exd4 | 114 (20%) | |
| 6… Be7 | 68 (12%) | |
| 6… f6 | 62 (11%) | |
| 6… Be6 | 58 (10%) | |
| 6… h6 | 42 (7%) | |
| 6… Qxg5 | 24 (4%) | |
| 6… Bb4+ Two Knights Defense, Pincus Variation | 15 (3%) |
Master games
35 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 69%, draw 8%, Black 23%). The strongest:
- IM Seyed Abolfazl Moosavifar (2419) – GM Alexey Sarana (2666) 0-1 · 2nd 3-0 Thu 17th Sep 2026 · 2026-09-17
- FM Andrey Levitskiy (2320) – GM Gata Kamsky (2661) 0-1 · Titled Tue 17th May Early · 2022-05-17
- FM Diogo Duarte Guimaraes (2248) – IM Justin Sarkar (2366) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 9th Feb · 2021-02-09
- WIM Olga Zhuravleva (2278) – WGM Turkan Mamedjarova (2310) 0-1 · World Blitz Women 2019 · 2019-12-30
- Samuel Copeland (2132) – CM Feliks Tulchynskyi (2228) 1-0 · Titled Tue 5th Sep Late · 2023-09-05
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- leandroniels (2244) – rusom (2281) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
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- ChessTreasureMap (2235) – Fire75 (2141) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Knight Attack, Normal Variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5
Continuations
- Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Pincus Variation C57 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Bb4+
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Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.