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Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Morphy Attack

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.b4Bxb45.c3Ba56.d4exd47.O-Od68.cxd4Bb69.Nc3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Morphy Attack27k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Bg447%13k52%
Nf618%4.8k48%
h613%3.6k49%
Nge712%3.3k39%
a64.7%1.3k44%
Na51.4%38152%
Bd71.3%36040%
Qf60.8%21940%
Be60.5%13618%
Qe70.2%4726%
Famous games in this line19 master games
Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus (2435)Campora, Daniel Hugo (2400)19791–0Boehme, Sebastian (2374)Kruse, Herbert (2436)2011½–½Bajarani, U. (2474)Dourtmes, Philip (2328)2017½–½Schandorff, Lars (2430)Furhoff, Johan (2320)19941–0Lukas, Norbert (2366)Gómez-Galán Arense, Joaquín (2344)2020½–½Penz, Harald (2403)Druckenthaner, Andreas (2300)19991–0Postupa, Pavel (2351)Brunori, Valerio (2350)20201–0Fritsche, Frank (2374)Vosselman, Jan M (2281)2007½–½
Heroes of this opening Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus · Schandorff, Lars · Penz, Harald · Postupa, Pavel
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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.

Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C51
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3
GambitAggressiveClassical
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