C52 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Sokolsky Variation
13/13
1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.b4Bxb45.c3Ba56.d4d67.Bg5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Sokolsky Variation292 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Nf643%12651%
f634%9946%
Nge714%4252%
Qd78.2%2458%
Bxc3+0.3%1100%
Keep exploring
Nearby lines in the family
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
- C52
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Bg5
GambitClassical
★ Read the guide: Italian GameExplore all 184 Italian Game lines →Study this opening elsewhere