C50 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Lucchini Gambit
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.d3f5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Lucchini Gambit263k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
O-O31%82k55%
Ng515%41k35%
Nc314%36k55%
exf510%27k49%
Bg58.4%22k55%
c36.9%18k55%
Be35.4%14k56%
Bxg83.8%10.0k55%
a31.3%3.4k55%
h30.9%2.3k54%
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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
GambitClassical
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