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Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Cracow Variation

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.c3Nf65.d4exd46.cxd4Bb4+7.Kf1
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Cracow Variation13k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Nxe447%6.1k46%
O-O27%3.5k45%
d517%2.2k56%
d68.1%1.1k35%
h61%12850%
Bd20.2%2623%
Be70.2%2131%
Qe70.1%1833%
Na50.1%1015%
a60.1%736%
Famous games in this line6 master games
Brusila, Heikki (2287)Anderson, Brian W (2314)2005½–½Dauw, Sterre (2309)Hommerson, P. (2263)20251–0Ehmann, Thilo (2283)Becker, Dirk (2270)20161–0Adler, B. (2166)Lindgren, P. (2382)20170–1Shearsby, Jude (2192)Diaz Velandia, Jose Manuel (2329)20240–1Porras Mateo, F. (2350)Krieger, Markus (2147)20231–0
Heroes of this opening Dauw, Sterre · Ehmann, Thilo · Lindgren, P. · Diaz Velandia, Jose Manuel
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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.

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. Kf1
Classical
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