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C56 · Open · a plan for White

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack, Main Line

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Nf64.d4exd45.O-ONxe46.Re1d57.Bxd5Qxd58.Nc3Qa59.Nxe4Be610.Bd2Qd511.Bg5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack, Main Line2.6k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
h637%93941%
Be726%67049%
Bd622%57160%
Bb47.5%19246%
Bc53.3%8449%
f63%7825%
Kd70.7%1738%
Qf50.4%1010%
f50.2%438%
d30.1%3100%
Famous games in this line40 master games
Sveshnikov, Evgeny (2565)Beliavsky, Alexander G (2615)1996½–½Bronstein, David I (2555)Tal, Mihail (2615)1979½–½Carlstedt, Jonathan (2387)Melkumyan, Hrant (2632)20130–1Alexakis, Dimitris (2450)Vavulin, Maksim (2554)20201–0Karaklajic, Nikola (2490)Hennings, Artur (2475)1972½–½Inkiov, Ventzislav (2450)Lengyel, Levente (2430)1978½–½Ekstroem, Roland (2390)Wiedenkeller, Michael (2460)1987½–½Pourkashiyan, Atousa (2261)Iuldachev, Saidali (2541)20050–1
Heroes of this opening Melkumyan, Hrant · Alexakis, Dimitris · Iuldachev, Saidali
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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
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 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bd2 Qd5 11. Bg5
GambitAggressiveClassical
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