The Italian Opening is one of the oldest and most-used chess opening combinations. Its history can be traced back to an early age. The opening has the following characteristics:

1. It has the most complete and best distribution of the forces.

2. It can be easily solved by the opponent.

3. It is the most used combination in tournament and practice matches.

4. It can be easily memorized.

In this application, you will be able to view 12 chess games about the classic Italian Opening (C50 and C53) and its variant, the famous Evans Gambit (C51 and C52). The games have been converted into PGN (Portable Graphics File) format.

This opening is not only for beginners, it is also one of the favorites of many chess players and is seeing a lot among players of high level in the main chess and online chess tournaments.