C54 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Krause Variation
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.c3Nf65.d4exd46.cxd4Bb4+7.Bd2Nxe48.Bxb4Nxb49.Bxf7+Kxf710.Qb3+d511.Ne5+Kf612.f3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Krause Variation166 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Nd640%6623%
Nc628%4614%
Ng512%208%
c54.8%813%
a53%50%
Ke62.4%450%
Nf21.8%333%
Qd61.8%30%
Be61.2%20%
Nc2+1.2%20%
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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. Bd2 Nxe4 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ d5 11. Ne5+ Kf6 12. f3
Classical
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