C54 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Classical Variation, with d5
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.c3Nf65.d3d5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Classical Variation, with d5211k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
exd595%200k55%
Bb31.6%3.3k39%
Bb51.2%2.5k43%
O-O0.6%1.3k20%
b40.3%70735%
Bxd50.3%63339%
Nbd20.2%32023%
Bg50.1%31225%
h30.1%30715%
a40.1%29616%
Famous games in this line10 master games
Nisipeanu, LD. (2687) – Melkumyan, H. (2653)Asadli, Vugar (2324) – Sadzikowski, D. (2480)Mikrut, D. (2361) – Repka, C. (2426)Ruzhansky, Elias (2217) – Pruijssers, R. (2534)Tissir, Mohamed (2413) – Najjar, Ahmad (2274)Nishimura, Hiroyuki (2325) – Frolov, Denis (2340)Dwilewicz, K. (2207) – Kulon, K. (2396)Pasalic, Ha (2304) – Pastar, S. (2291)Heroes of this opening Nisipeanu, LD. · Mikrut, D. · Ruzhansky, Elias · Tissir, Mohamed
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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. d3 d5
Classical
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