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C54 · Open · a plan for White

Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Moeller-Bayonet Attack

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.c3Nf65.d4exd46.cxd4Bb4+7.Nc3Nxe48.O-OBxc39.d5Bf610.Re1Ne711.Rxe4d612.g4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Moeller-Bayonet Attack1.0k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
h657%57948%
O-O37%37856%
g63.5%3642%
Bxg41.2%1246%
Bg50.4%450%
g50.1%10%
c60.1%10%
h50.1%10%
c50.1%150%
Be50.1%10%
Famous games in this line7 master games
Remis Fernández, Jesús Julio (2408)Romm, Mikhail Yakovlevich (2458)2013½–½Nosov, Andrey (2345)Sumaneev, Dmitry (2435)1997½–½Heika, Martin (2346)Baldauf, Marco (2358)20100–1Annaberdiyev, B. (2146)Kuybokarov, Temur (2549)20210–1Bandelj, Mirko (2350)Potrata, Janko (2326)2006½–½Burgos Figueroa, Carlos Ernesto (2302)Montero Melendez, Rafael (2278)2011½–½Nordenbaek, Jan (2237)Naes, Flovin Tor (2280)20021–0
Heroes of this opening Baldauf, Marco · Kuybokarov, Temur · Nordenbaek, Jan
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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. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. g4
GambitAggressiveClassical
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