C51 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Steinitz Variation
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.b4Bxb45.c3Bc56.d4exd47.O-Od68.cxd4Bb69.Nc3Na510.Bg5f611.Be3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Steinitz Variation1 games · Black to move
Only 1 games reach this position at this level — read it loosely.
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Nxc4100%10%
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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
- C51
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3
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