Italian Game: Blackburne-Kostić Gambit

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4

ECO C50

The Italian Game: Blackburne-Kostić Gambit is a chess opening line in the Italian Game complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4.

It is catalogued under code C50 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Nd4 is chosen by Black on move 3.

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