Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack Accepted

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.exf6 dxc4 8.Re1+ Be6 9.fxg7

ECO C56

The Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack Accepted is a chess opening line in the Italian Game complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.exf6 dxc4 8.Re1+ Be6 9.fxg7.

It is catalogued under code C56 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move fxg7 is chosen by White on move 9.

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