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Italian Game: Classical Variation, Albin Gambit

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.O-ONf65.c3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Classical Variation, Albin Gambit2.3M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
O-O38%863k41%
d630%680k49%
Nxe416%349k52%
h63.9%89k38%
d53.7%84k42%
a63.1%71k35%
Bb62.8%63k51%
Ng40.7%16k41%
a50.5%12k34%
Qe70.5%12k55%
Famous games in this line53 master games
Vatsal, Singhania (2371)Sethuraman, S.. (2644)20210–1Rodriguez Vila, Andres (2492)Sorin, Ariel (2502)2000½–½Torre, E. (2449)Gomez, Joh (2524)20150–1Radulovic, Bojan (2308)Georgiev, Kiril (2665)20080–1Barua, Dibyendu (2520)Koshy, Varugeese (2410)19961–0Galego, Luis (2495)Luch, Michal (2426)2012½–½Okhotnik, Vladimir (2405)Lukacs, Peter (2515)19980–1Gomez Garrido, Camilo Ernesto (2473)Guerra Mendez, Jose Angel (2438)2009½–½
Heroes of this opening Sethuraman, S.. · Gomez, Joh · Georgiev, Kiril · Barua, Dibyendu
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The Italian Game is in the Göttingen manuscript and Polerio's notebooks — chess players have been putting the bishop on c4 for more than four centuries. It fell out of top-level fashion for decades, then returned as a main weapon of Carlsen and Caruana, proving the oldest plans still bite.

Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C50
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c3
GambitClassical
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