C52 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Compromised Defense, Main Line
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.b4Bxb45.c3Ba56.d4exd47.O-Odxc38.Qb3Qf69.e5Qg610.Nxc3Nge711.Ba3
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Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Compromised Defense, Main Line3.6k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
O-O58%2.1k54%
Bxc335%1.3k46%
Bb63.4%12534%
b51.1%4176%
a60.8%3037%
d60.7%2756%
h50.4%1553%
Nf50.2%757%
Rb80.2%692%
Kf80.1%450%
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Rodriguez, Keith A (2378) – Dillenburg, Alberto Francisco (2378)Nowak, Ireneusz (2378) – Feco, Ján (2319)Pino Muñoz, Francisca (2311) – Gómez-Galán Arense, Joaquín (2338)Budzyn, Roman (2302) – Offenborn, Heinz (2243)Winter, Karl (2253) – Kocí, Vladimír (2242)Heroes of this opening Rodriguez, Keith A · Budzyn, Roman · Kocí, Vladimír
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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
- C52
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Nxc3 Nge7 11. Ba3
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