C57 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fegatello Attack, Leonhardt Variation
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Nf64.Ng5d55.exd5Nxd56.Nxf7Kxf77.Qf3+Ke68.Nc3Nb49.Qe4c610.a3Na611.d4Nc7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fegatello Attack, Leonhardt Variation1.3k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Qxe5+66%85739%
Bf412%15654%
f410%13457%
O-O8.4%10953%
dxe52.6%3454%
Qg4+0.2%250%
b40.1%10%
g30.1%1100%
Be30.1%10%
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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
- C57
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke6 8. Nc3 Nb4 9. Qe4 c6 10. a3 Na6 11. d4 Nc7
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