C54 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Bernstein Variation
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.c3Nf65.d4exd46.cxd4Bb4+7.Nc3Nxe48.O-ONxc39.bxc3Bxc310.Qb3d5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Bernstein Variation4.0k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Bxd587%3.4k63%
Qxc312%48755%
Bb50.3%1346%
Re1+0.3%1136%
Ba30.2%933%
Bg50.1%560%
Bd30%10%
Rb10%1100%
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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
- C54
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Qb3 d5
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