C57 · Open · a plan for White

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Kloss Gambit

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Nf64.Ng5d55.exd5Nb4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Kloss Gambit19k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
40%7.5k52%
18%3.4k47%
10%1.9k62%
7.5%1.4k50%
6.6%1.2k50%
6.5%1.2k57%
3%57440%
2.3%42940%
1.9%36154%
1.9%34962%
Famous games in this line2 master games
Karakehajov, Kalin (2429)Radulski, Julian (2515)20060–1Karakehajov, Kalin (2451)Dimitrov, Pavel (2293)20060–1
Heroes of this opening Radulski, Julian · Dimitrov, Pavel
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C57
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nb4
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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