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{{Infobox chess opening
|openingname = Italian Gambit
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|moves=1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d4
|ECO=C50
|birth=
|nameorigin =
|parentopening = [[Giuoco Piano]]
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The '''Italian Gambit''' is a [[chess opening]] that begins with the moves:

:1. [[b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4|e4]] [[b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5|e5]]
:2. [[b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3|Nf3]] [[b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...Nc6|Nc6]]
:3. [[b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...Nc6/3. Bc4|Bc4]] [[b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...Nc6/3. Bc4/3...Bc5|Bc5]]
:4. [[b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...Nc6/3. Bc4/3...Bc5/4. d4|d4]]

It is often played as an alternative to the quiet and closed lines of the [[Giuoco Piano]] or [[Giuoco Piano#Giuoco Pianissimo|Giuoco Pianissimo]] openings. Black can:
* take with the pawn (4...exd4), a transposition to the [[Scotch Gambit]];
* take with the knight (4...Nxd4), which is considered weak since it allows 5.Nxe5, attacking f7 with the bishop and knight; or 
* take with the bishop (4...Bxd4), which is considered best.
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== 4...Bxd4 ==
After 4...Bxd4 5.Nxd4 Nxd4: 
* 6.0-0, favoured by [[George Koltanowski]], transposes to the related gambit line 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d4 following 6...Nf6, when 7.f4 and 7.Bg5 are the main possibilities for White; however, 6...d6{{chesspunc|!?}} is an independent alternative for Black.
* 6.Be3, dubbed the ''Miami Variation'' by [[Jude Acers]] and George Laven, is a way for White to deviate that probably suffices for dynamic {{chessgloss|equality}}. 
* 6.f4{{chesspunc|?!}} is considered dubious due to 6...d6.

==See also==
* [[Italian Game]]
* [[List of chess openings]]
* [[List of chess openings named after places]]

== References ==
{{Wikibooks|Chess Opening Theory|1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...Nc6/3. Bc4/3...Bc5/4. d4|Italian Gambit}}
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*{{cite book | author=[[David Vincent Hooper|Hooper, David]] and [[Kenneth Whyld]] | title=[[The Oxford Companion to Chess]] | publisher=Oxford University | year=1996 | isbn=0-19-280049-3}}
*{{cite book |author1=Acers, Jude  |author2=Laven, George | title=The Italian Gambit (and) A Guiding Repertoire for White–1.e4! | publisher=Trafford Publishing | year=2003 |isbn=1-55369-604-2}}{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=January 2018}}


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