Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Yurdansky Attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nf6+ Ke7 13. b4
The Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Yurdansky Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO C56, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nf6+ Ke7 13. b4. It is a line of the Italian Game. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: −0.44 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 13… Qf5 14. b5 gxh4 15. bxc6 Qxf6 16. cxb7)
- ECO
- C56
- Moves
- 25 plies
- FEN
r4b1r/ppp1kp2/2n1bN1p/q5p1/1P1p3B/5N2/P1P2PPP/R2QR1K1 b - - 0 13- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nf6+ Ke7 13. b4
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Master games
3 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 67%, draw 0%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- Andrew Hemstapat (2130) – GM Pa Iniyan (2506) 0-1 · 30th North American Open · 2020-12-26
- Erik Hakobyan (1853) – GM Harutyunian, T. (2533) 1-0 · ch-ARM Rapid 2020 · 2020-01-22
- Analia Karen Miranda Vargas (1520) – Shankhadeep Maity (1337) 1-0 · Gran Canaria Online Blitz · 2021-02-16
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Comes from
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4
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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.