C50 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Dubois Variation
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.d3f55.Ng5f4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Dubois Variation32k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Nf778%25k25%
Bf7+8.8%2.9k33%
Qh5+7.3%2.4k44%
h41.7%55363%
O-O1.3%41822%
Bxg80.9%29333%
Nf30.6%18847%
Nc30.5%14821%
Qg40.2%5128%
c30.1%3216%
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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
- C50
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 f5 5. Ng5 f4
Classical
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