Talk:Italian Gambit

This article was nominated for deletion on 7 June 2026. The result of the discussion was redirect.

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Hi ThreeE! I bought a new book : "The Italian Gambit (and) A Guiding Repertoire for White - e4!" by Jude Acers and George Laven, ISBN 1-55369-604-2, edited by Trafford Publishing. Maybe you can insert it in "References". Thanks for your new article! Bye!

--Eric Guez 12:49, 21 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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As far as I can see, the above referenced book, isn't actually referenced in the article, and isn't a leading authority on the opening. I don't know why it, rather than one of hundreds of other books that cover it, is mentioned. Citetic (talk) 06:50, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like that's the only book that uses this name; this is a relatively obscure sideline that was even more obscure until recently and seems to have no standard name. Btw, if anyone stumbles upon this, see Talk:Italian Game. Dayshade (talk) 16:37, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Merge or keep

I don't know what's going on here, but I'm procedurally closing this discussion per WP:MULTI, see the current discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Italian Gambit. FaviFake (talk) 13:45, 7 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The line (Nxd4) mentioned as bad is actually kinda cool. Definitely could be kept, or made a header at Giuoco Piano. Dayshade (talk) 13:19, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This page is even tinier than I thought and I didn't realize it literally has zero inline citations. With my recent expansion of Italian Game, great merge I think, and later there can be more elaboration at Giuoco Piano. Dayshade (talk) 15:13, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@MaxBrowne2: Why disagree with merge? Would you rather a briefer summary remain at Italian Game while a longer version is added to Giuoco Piano? Dayshade (talk) 17:44, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Once you get an idea in your head you just never let up. You seem to be on a personal mission to completely rewrite every chess opening article on Wikipedia according to your own preferences, and talk page discussions are fruitless because you reply to absolutely everything with walls of text and distractions and whataboutery and don't accept when the consensus is against you. I'm fed up and exhausted. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 06:24, 7 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure what to say. Never seen a clearer cut merge case than this. Dayshade (talk) 10:14, 7 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.