C57 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fried Liver Attack
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Nf64.Ng5d55.exd5Nxd56.Nxf7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fried Liver Attack1.2M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Kxf793%1.2M33%
Qf62.8%34k24%
Qd71.5%19k23%
Qh41%13k34%
Be60.7%9.1k9%
Qe70.3%3.7k18%
Rg80.2%2.4k2%
Bc50.2%2.3k5%
Qg50.1%1.8k2%
Ke70.1%1.4k4%
Famous games in this line63 master games
Firouzja, Alireza (2767) – Carlsen, M. (2832)Zhigalko, S. (2671) – Agdestein, S. (2602)Shirov, A. (2709) – Sulskis, S. (2544)Olivo, Oswaldo (2471) – Reichert, Thomas (2373)Pommrich, Rainer (2366) – Schneider, German (2469)Schneider, German (2469) – Pommrich, Rainer (2366)Owens, Johnny (2353) – Schneider, German (2469)Schneider, German (2469) – Owens, Johnny (2353)Heroes of this opening Firouzja, Alireza · Zhigalko, S. · Shirov, A. · Olivo, Oswaldo
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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
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