C50: Italian Game

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4

Italian Game

C50 Sub-variants:

Italian Game
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4

Blackburne shilling gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5. Nxf7 Qxg2 6. Rf1 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Nf3+

Rousseau gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f5

Hungarian defence
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7

Hungarian defence, Tartakower variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4

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

Giuoco Piano, four knights variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6

Giuoco Piano, Jerome gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Bxf7+

Giuoco Pianissimo
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3

Giuoco Pianissimo, Dubois variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 f5 5. Ng5 f4

Giuoco Pianissimo
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6

Giuoco Pianissimo, Italian four knights variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3

Giuoco Pianissimo, Canal variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5

Overview

Games on Database:

82615

Last Played:

Apr 2025

Overall score:

41.5%

26.1%

32.4%

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Played frequently by:

White
Victor Bologan	109 games
Vladislav Nevednichy	106 games
Adolf Anderssen	100 games

Black
Aleksej Aleksandrov	92 games
Levon Aronian	87 games
William Steinitz	85 games

Possible continuations:

3... Bc5

40631

40.1 %

27.7 %

32.2 %

3... Nf6

32776

41.1 %

25.6 %

33.3 %

3... Be7

4272

42.8 %

26 %

31.2 %

3... d6

1972

48.3 %

22.3 %

29.4 %

3... h6

1466

58.3 %

15.5 %

26.2 %

3... Nd4

581

45.4 %

44.2 %

3... g6

187

47.1 %

19.8 %

33.2 %

3... Bb4

123

74.8 %

16.3 %

3... f6

108

67.6 %

20.4 %

3... Nh6

105

78.1 %

17.1 %

3... f5

49.5 %

38.5 %

3... Qe7

81.9 %

3... a6

67.8 %

23.7 %

3... Na5

79.4 %

20.6 %

3... Qf6

71.9 %

15.6 %

3... d5

87.1 %

3... b6

72.7 %

18.2 %

3... Bd6

80 %

15 %

3... Nge7

66.7 %

22.2 %

3... b5

100 %

3... g5

66.7 %

33.3 %

3... Nb4

100 %