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Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense

ECO C58 · 5,962 games · White to move

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5
47% White5% Draw48% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Bb5+5,24988.0%Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Bishop Check Line C58
d33195.4%Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Kieseritzky Variation C58
Qe21382.3%
Bb3811.4%
Be2390.7%
b3280.5%
Bd3140.2%

A further 94 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4King's Pawn Game 1... e5King's Knight Opening 2. Nf3King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation 2... Nc6Italian Game 3. Bc4Italian Game: Two Knights Defense 3... Nf6Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Knight Attack 4. Ng5Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Knight Attack, Normal Variation 4... d5Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense 5... Na5

Other lines in this family

Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Bishop Check LineC58… 6. Bb5+5,249Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Bogoljubow VariationC58… 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf31,060Two Knights DefenseC58… 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2728Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Suhle DefenseC59… 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6470Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Kieseritzky VariationC58… 6. d3289Two Knights Defense, Blackburne VariationC58… 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 cxb5144Two Knights Defense, Colman VariationC58… 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 Rb890Two Knights Defense, Fritz VariationC57… 5... Nd41,382Two Knights Defense, Ulvestad VariationC57… 5... b51,195Two Knights Defense, Fried Liver AttackC57… 5... Nxd5 6. Nxf71,126

All 105 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.