C56 · Open · a plan for White

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Perreux Variation

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Nf64.d4exd45.Ng5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Perreux Variation418k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
69%289k46%
25%104k45%
2.6%11k43%
1.1%4.4k35%
0.8%3.2k36%
0.6%2.5k34%
0.3%1.1k25%
0.3%1.1k12%
0.2%92119%
0.1%35024%
Famous games in this line115 master games
Tomczak, J. (2588)Bartel, Mat (2609)20171–0Brandenburg, Daan (2535)Smeets, Jan (2647)20111–0Tomczak, J. (2588)Buhmann, R. (2584)2017½–½Watson, William N (2525)Adams, Michael (2615)19910–1Piscopo, P. (2399)Fressinet, L. (2668)20170–1Lagno, Kateryna (2515)Goryachkina, A. (2546)20251–0Brandenburg, Daan (2481)Werle, Jan (2565)2009½–½Llaneza Vega, Marcos (2425)Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios (2580)20081–0
Heroes of this opening Tomczak, J. · Brandenburg, Daan · Adams, Michael · Fressinet, L.
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C56
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Ng5
Classical
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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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