C53: Giuoco Piano, centre-holding variation

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6

Giuoco Piano, centre-holding variation

C53 Sub-variants:

Giuoco Piano
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3

Giuoco Piano, LaBourdonnais variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6

Giuoco Piano, close variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7

Giuoco Piano, centre-holding variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6

Giuoco Piano, Tarrasch variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. O-O Nf6 7. a4 a6 8. Re1 d6 9. h3

Giuoco Piano, Mestel variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. Bg5

Giuoco Piano, Eisinger variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. d5 Nb8 7. d6

Giuoco Piano
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6

Giuoco Piano, Bird's attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4

Giuoco Piano
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4

Giuoco Piano, Ghulam Kassim variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd5 Nxf2 8. Kxf2 dxc3+ 9. Kg3

Giuoco Piano
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5

Giuoco Piano, Anderssen variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb4+

Overview

Games on Database:

295

Last Played:

Jan 2023

Overall score:

35.6%

26.1%

38.3%

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Played frequently by:

White
Enrico Paoli	6 games
Cesar Juan Corte	5 games
Paul Saladin Leonhardt	4 games

Black
Max Euwe	6 games
Alexander Alekhine	4 games
Paul Mac Intyre	4 games

Possible continuations:

6. O-O

183

34.4 %

26.8 %

38.8 %

6. d5

53

28.3 %

24.5 %

47.2 %

6. Bg5

37

56.8 %

21.6 %

21.6 %

6. a4

13

38.5 %

30.8 %

30.8 %

6. Ng5

3

33.3 %

66.7 %

6. dxe5

3

33.3 %

66.7 %