C51 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined, Lange Variation
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.b4Bb65.b5Na56.Nxe5Nh6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined, Lange Variation2.6k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
d454%1.4k43%
d325%64337%
O-O4.6%12035%
Be23.5%9050%
Qh52.8%7436%
Qf32.8%7342%
Ba31.6%4231%
Bb31.4%3653%
Bd30.9%2423%
Bxf7+0.9%2346%
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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
- C51
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. b5 Na5 6. Nxe5 Nh6
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