C50Opening
Italian Game:Hungarian Defense
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7
White to move
- Legal moves
- 33
- Games in the next 4 moves
- 844,376
- Different positions among them
- 285,261
- Named lines from here
- 2
It is reached after 6 moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7. It is a line of the Italian Game.
White is to move and has 33 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 844,376 different games. Those games reach 285,261 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 3 on average.
The Lichess opening list names 2 further lines after this position, such as Scotch Game, Benima Defense (4. d4 exd4).
The same moves can be played in 9 different legal orders that all reach this position. For example 1. Nf3 e5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7, which starts as the Zukertort Opening.

Move by move
- 1. e4King's Pawn Game
- 1... e5King's Pawn Game
- 2. Nf3King's Knight Opening
- 2... Nc6King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation
- 3. Bc4Italian Game
- 3... Be7Italian Game: Hungarian Defense
Named lines from here
- Scotch Game, Benima DefenseC444. d4 exd4
Related openings
- Italian GameC501. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4
- Italian Game: Giuoco PianoC501. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5
- Italian Game: Two Knights DefenseC551. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6
- Italian Game: Blackburne-Kostić GambitC501. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4
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