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)Can, Emre (2600) – Wei, Yi (2732)Shevchenko, Kirill (2677) – Narayanan, SL. (2654)Kryvoruchko, Yuriy (2678) – Negi, Parimarjan (2643)Volokitin, And (2627) – Howell, D. (2694)Macieja, Bartlomiej (2635) – Aleksandrov, Aleksej (2664)Mamedov, Rau (2709) – Lopez Martinez, Josep (2584)Huschenbeth, N. (2628) – Postny, E. (2615)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.
- 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. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb4+
GambitClassical
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