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C54 · Open · a plan for White

Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Anderssen Variation

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.c3Nf65.d4exd46.e5d57.Bb5Ne48.cxd4Bb4+
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Anderssen Variation160k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Bd266%105k55%
Nbd231%50k53%
Nc31.7%2.7k35%
Kf11%1.7k48%
Nfd20.3%54945%
Qd20.1%931%
Ke20%5254%
Famous games in this line166 master games
Leko, Peter (2741)Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2742)20081–0Can, Emre (2600)Wei, Yi (2732)20200–1Shevchenko, Kirill (2677)Narayanan, SL. (2654)2023½–½Kryvoruchko, Yuriy (2678)Negi, Parimarjan (2643)20130–1Volokitin, And (2627)Howell, D. (2694)20191–0Macieja, Bartlomiej (2635)Aleksandrov, Aleksej (2664)20031–0Mamedov, Rau (2709)Lopez Martinez, Josep (2584)20180–1Huschenbeth, N. (2628)Postny, E. (2615)2021½–½
Heroes of this opening Leko, Peter · Wei, Yi · Negi, Parimarjan · Volokitin, And
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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
C54
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb4+
GambitClassical
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