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%
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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. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. g4
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