C54 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Dubov Italian
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.c3Nf65.d4exd46.b4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Dubov Italian80k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Bb676%61k46%
Be714%12k49%
Nxb43.9%3.1k35%
Bd62.7%2.1k44%
Bxb41.7%1.4k32%
d50.5%36327%
dxc30.3%27027%
Bf80.2%16252%
Nxe40.2%15626%
b60%239%
Famous games in this line197 master games
Erigaisi, Arjun (2797) – Vidit, S. (2726)Dubov, Daniil (2702) – Karjakin, Sergey (2752)Livaic, Leon (2553) – Vitiugov, N. (2712)Khairullin, I.. (2615) – Chigaev, M.. (2631)Pichot, A. (2641) – Gareev, T. (2597)Huschenbeth, N. (2592) – Vocaturo, D. (2630)Pechac, Jergus (2596) – Andersen, Mad (2606)Gokerkan, Cem Kaan (2523) – Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. (2646)Heroes of this opening Dubov, Daniil · Vitiugov, N. · Pichot, A. · Huschenbeth, N.
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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. b4
GambitClassical
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