C58 · Open · a plan for White
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Maróczy Variation
18/18
1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Nf64.Ng5d55.exd5Na56.d3h67.Nf3e48.Qe2Nxc49.dxc4Be7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Maróczy Variation4.3k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
52%2.2k50%
38%1.6k41%
4.4%18636%
2.5%10833%
1%4231%
0.9%3933%
0.4%170%
0.1%633%
0.1%30%
0%20%
- Family
- Italian Game
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C58
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 e4 8. Qe2 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Be7
Classical
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From the archives
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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