C54 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, Albin Variation
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.c3Nf65.d3d66.b4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, Albin Variation165k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Bb699%163k52%
Bxf2+0.4%65033%
Nxb40.2%41135%
Bg40.2%37026%
a60.2%29332%
Be60.1%23532%
O-O0.1%18221%
h60.1%11819%
b60%5321%
b50%4916%
Famous games in this line352 master games
Caruana, F. (2811) – Anand, V. (2797)Caruana, F. (2793) – Firouzja, Alireza (2751)Caruana, F. (2764) – Giri, A. (2768)Caruana, F. (2795) – Sevian, Samuel (2696)Sindarov, Javokhir (2726) – Mamedyarov, S. (2730)Gukesh, D. (2746) – Tabatabaei, M. (2694)Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2744) – Navara, D. (2667)Gukesh, D. (2718) – Praggnanandhaa, R. (2690)Heroes of this opening Firouzja, Alireza · Mamedyarov, S. · Abdusattorov, Nodirbek · Gukesh, D.
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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
- C54
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4
Classical
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