C56 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Nf64.d4exd45.O-ONxe46.Re1d57.Bxd5Qxd58.Nc3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack308k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Qh535%107k50%
Qa531%95k55%
Qd817%52k47%
Qd77.9%24k54%
Qf55.8%18k44%
Qc41.2%3.7k57%
dxc30.6%1.8k6%
Qd60.5%1.6k10%
Qc50.5%1.4k11%
Qe60.2%74013%
Famous games in this line736 master games
Dubov, Daniil (2710) – Giri, A.. (2764)Jones, G.. (2670) – So, W.. (2770)Savchenko, Boris (2632) – Karjakin, Sergey (2760)Wei Yi (2743) – Wen Yang (2605)Savchenko, Boris (2632) – Andreikin, Dmitry (2683)Grischuk, A. (2667) – Anton Guijarro, D. (2625)Rogers, Ian (2580) – Adams, Michael (2660)Savchenko, B. (2556) – Zvjaginsev, V. (2660)Heroes of this opening Jones, G.. · Savchenko, Boris · Andreikin, Dmitry
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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
- C56
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3
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