C52 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Sanders-Alapin Variation
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.b4Bxb45.c3Ba56.O-Od67.d4Bd7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Sanders-Alapin Variation855 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Qb348%40949%
dxe522%18659%
Ng510%8744%
d56.4%5527%
Bg56%5135%
Ba31.9%1656%
Bxf7+1.4%1233%
Qa40.9%856%
Bb20.7%633%
h30.5%425%
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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. O-O d6 7. d4 Bd7
GambitClassical
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