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C52 · Open · a plan for White

Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Alapin-Steinitz Variation

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.b4Bxb45.c3Ba56.O-Od67.d4Bg4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Alapin-Steinitz Variation21k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Qb337%7.8k48%
h317%3.6k41%
d515%3.0k46%
dxe510%2.2k40%
Bxf7+8.3%1.7k38%
Nbd22.6%53643%
Qa42.1%43651%
Bb51.4%30252%
Qd31.4%29536%
Be31.4%28339%
Famous games in this line7 master games
Karpatchev, Aleksandr (2395)Renner, Christoph (2405)20041–0Postupa, Pavel (2351)Ludwig, Christoph (2390)2020½–½Rashitov, Denis Rafisovich (2328)Mostowik, Daniel (2380)20180–1Rashitov, Denis Rafisovich (2328)Praznik, Niko (2354)20180–1Meszaros, Andras (2325)Papp Zoltan, Csaba (2270)20040–1Bussom, Andrew (2288)Jiménez Melguizo, Francisco (2271)2020½–½Sifré Calafat, Francisco (2092)Quevedo García, Vicente (2382)20210–1
Heroes of this opening Karpatchev, Aleksandr · Mostowik, Daniel · Praznik, Niko · Papp Zoltan, Csaba
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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
C52
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Bg4
GambitClassical
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