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Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Compromised Defense
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.b4Bxb45.c3Ba56.d4exd47.O-Odxc3
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Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Compromised Defense126k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
81%103k63%
5.6%7.1k47%
3.9%4.9k55%
2.7%3.4k42%
1.8%2.3k61%
1.7%2.2k39%
1.4%1.7k46%
1.2%1.5k52%
0.1%10846%
0.1%9048%
Famous games in this line11 master games
Rodriguez, Keith A (2378) – Dillenburg, Alberto Francisco (2378)Nowak, Ireneusz (2378) – Feco, Ján (2319)Pino Muñoz, Francisca (2311) – Gómez-Galán Arense, Joaquín (2338)Sánchez, Milton Gonçalves (2307) – Dillenburg, Alberto Francisco (2309)Rodriguez, Keith A (2379) – Wilson, Abe L (2210)Tuma, Ja (2325) – Bartos, J. (2221)Budzyn, Roman (2302) – Offenborn, Heinz (2243)Winter, Karl (2253) – Kocí, Vladimír (2242)Heroes of this opening Rodriguez, Keith A · Sánchez, Milton Gonçalves · Tuma, Ja · Budzyn, Roman
- 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
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Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Compromised Defense, Main Line8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qg6 10.Nxc3 Nge7 …Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Compromised Defense, Potter Variation8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qg6 10.Nxc3 Nge7 …
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The Italian Game appears in the Göttingen manuscript (c. 1500) and in Polerio's notebooks — chess players have been putting the bishop on c4 for more than five hundred years. It fell out of top-level fashion for decades, then came back as White players went looking for a way round the Berlin Defence; Carlsen used the quiet Giuoco Pianissimo in the 2016 world-championship match.
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