C53 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Classical Variation, Eisinger Variation
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.c3Qe75.d4Bb66.d5Nb87.d6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Classical Variation, Eisinger Variation342 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
cxd666%22442%
Qxd635%11844%
Famous games in this line4 master games
Sveshnikov, Vladimir (2414) – Romanov, Evgeny (2595)Wise, Geoff (2481) – Raimbert, Ronald (2426)Ong, Chong Ghee (2328) – Gokhale, Chandrashekhar (2379)Armanda, Ivica (2255) – Zupe, Miran (2405)Heroes of this opening Romanov, Evgeny · Wise, Geoff
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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.
- Family
- Italian Game
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C53
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. d5 Nb8 7. d6
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