C51 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Mayet Defense
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.b4Bxb45.c3Bf8
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Mayet Defense12k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
d476%8.9k59%
O-O14%1.7k59%
Qb38.9%1.1k60%
d30.3%3068%
a40.2%2060%
Bxf7+0.1%911%
Bb20.1%838%
h30%580%
Ba30%570%
Ng50%560%
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From the archives
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 Bxb4 5. c3 Bf8
GambitClassical
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