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Italian Game: Hungarian Defense, Tartakower Variation

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Be74.d4exd45.c3Nf66.e5Ne4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Hungarian Defense, Tartakower Variation64k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
65%42k49%
18%12k63%
8.2%5.2k49%
3.6%2.3k43%
1.3%85841%
1.3%81741%
0.6%36946%
0.4%28750%
0.3%21416%
0.2%13439%
Famous games in this line21 master games
Vysochin, Spartak (2599)Simantsev, Mikhail (2371)20041–0Willemze, T. (2408)Gaehwiler, G. (2439)2018½–½Mueller, Karsten (2380)Szymczak, Zbigniew (2345)19901–0Luukkonen, T. (2237)Rozentalis, E. (2476)20240–1Zarnicki, Pablo (2385)Toledo Lopez, Francisco J (2300)1989½–½Fitzsimons, D. (2337)Rogers, Jo (2340)20181–0Rozhkov, Vecheslav (2282)Glidzhain, Gor (2381)20121–0Wessendorf, Thomas (2280)Gawehns, Klaus (2365)1986½–½
Heroes of this opening Vysochin, Spartak · Mueller, Karsten · Rozentalis, E. · Fitzsimons, D.
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C50
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4
Classical
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The Italian Game appears in the Göttingen manuscript (c. 1500) and in Polerio's notebooks — chess players have been putting the bishop on c4 for more than five hundred years. It fell out of top-level fashion for decades, then came back as White players went looking for a way round the Berlin Defence; Carlsen used the quiet Giuoco Pianissimo in the 2016 world-championship match.

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