C52 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Laroche Variation
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.b4Bxb45.c3Ba56.d4Nf6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Laroche Variation12k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
dxe548%5.8k68%
O-O26%3.2k46%
d56.8%82542%
Qb36.4%77341%
Bg54.6%55640%
Ba34.6%55352%
Nxe51.9%22658%
Ng50.8%9733%
Bxf7+0.4%5146%
Nbd20.2%2020%
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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 Nf6
GambitClassical
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