Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Counterattack, King March Line

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 5.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 7.Ke3

ECO C57

The Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Counterattack, King March Line is a chess opening line in the Italian Game complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 5.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 7.Ke3.

It is catalogued under code C57 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Ke3 is chosen by White on move 7.

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