C56 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, de Riviere Defense
10/10
1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.d4exd44.Bc4Nf65.O-OBe7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, de Riviere Defense435k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
65%283k55%
22%97k52%
6%26k53%
4.8%21k51%
0.6%2.4k44%
0.4%1.7k46%
0.3%1.4k42%
0.2%1.0k47%
0.1%36045%
0.1%26553%
Famous games in this line47 master games
Sveshnikov, Evgeny (2530) – Abramovic, Bosko (2480)Roos, Louis (2385) – Djuric, Stefan (2535)Pridorozhni, Aleksei (2475) – Bryzgalin, Kirill (2439)Sveshnikov, Evgeny (2560) – Ceko, Jovan (2280)Trapl, Jindrich (2395) – Kolev, Atanas (2425)Nigmatov, Ortik (2440) – Atakishiyev, Elmar (2349)Brynell, Stellan (2385) – Moehring, Guenther (2395)Martin, Andrew D (2375) – Barlov, Dragan (2405)Heroes of this opening Sveshnikov, Evgeny · Pridorozhni, Aleksei · Trapl, Jindrich · Brynell, Stellan
- Family
- Italian Game
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C56
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7
GambitClassical
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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.
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