C54 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Rosentreter Variation
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Nf64.O-OBc55.d4Bxd46.Nxd4Nxd47.Bg5h68.Bh4g59.f4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Rosentreter Variation27k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
gxh430%8.0k32%
gxf423%6.1k9%
d613%3.5k29%
Nxe411%3.0k30%
d59.8%2.6k45%
exf45.7%1.5k15%
Ne62.2%57831%
Qe71.7%44833%
Nc61.5%39612%
b50.6%17123%
Famous games in this line10 master games
Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian (2558) – Bachmann, Ax (2629)Chizhikov, V. (2305) – Michalik, P. (2557)Janik, Igor (2515) – Avramidou, Anastasia (2298)Nihal, Sarin (2471) – Vrana, J. (2307)Rahls, Peter (2260) – Volke, Karsten (2472)Lopez Silva, H. (2414) – Abarca Gonzalez, N. (2267)Lopez Silva, Hugo Andres (2353) – Rodi, Luis Ernesto (2243)Nabelek, M. (2270) – Olsarova, T. (2297)Heroes of this opening Lopez Silva, Hugo Andres · Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian · Chizhikov, V. · Janik, Igor
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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 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. f4
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