Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Variation, Trencianske-Teplice Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. d4
The Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Variation, Trencianske-Teplice Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C57, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. d4. It is a line of the Italian Game. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 9 times by this move order. White won 44%, 0% were drawn and Black won 56%. The most popular continuation is 6… Bxd4 (67% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.18 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 6… Bxd4 7. Bc4 d6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. O-O)
- ECO
- C57
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. d4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 4 | |
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 9 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… Bxd4 | 6 (67%) | |
| 6… exd4 | 2 (22%) | |
| 6… Nxd4 | 1 (11%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- GM Alan Pichot (2638) – IM Mark Timmermans (2388) 1-0 · Titled Tue 21st Feb Late · 2023-02-21
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Amaya64 (2245) – avellanado67 (2247) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Quyam (2117) – Vadim_Odintsov (2142) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- so09 (1993) – Nak_Vis (2019) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Counterattack, Bishop Sacrifice Line 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Bxf7+
More Italian Game lines (all)
- Italian Game C50
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- Italian Game: Classical Variation, Albin Gambit C50
- Italian Game: Deutz Gambit C50
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo (3… Bc5 4. d3) C50
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo (5… d6 6. d3) C50
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo (5. O-O O-O) C50
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo (5… O-O 6. d3) C50
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Canal Variation C50
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Dubois Variation C50
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Italian Four Knights Variation C50
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.