Italian Game: Classical Variation

C53

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

How it went

1,705 ours · 3,928 masters

White wins 45% Draws 18% Black wins 37%

Continuations

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Italian Game: Classical Variation C54 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 1,579 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Closed Variation C53 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 14 Italian Game: Classical Variation, La Bourdonnais Variation C53 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6 49

Master games

Kramnik, Vladimir — Salov, Valery 1-0 · 1998
Anand, Viswanathan — Van Foreest, Jorden 1-0 · 2021
Sivuk, Vitaly — Nabaty, Tamir 0-1 · 2020
Pham, Duc Khoi — Dao, Thien Long 1-0 · 2012
Hoang, Vu Trung Kien — Le, Phuc Nguyen 1-0 · 2012

Games in Spain

Pichot,A (2630) — Van Foreest,Jorden (2701) 1/2-1/2
Anton Guijarro,D (2668) — Grandelius,N (2644) 1/2-1/2
Garcia Garcia,A (2140) — Grandelius,N (2639) 0-1
Domingo Nunez,Ruben (2390) — Heberla,B (2501) 1/2-1/2
Alsina Leal,D (2488) — Asis Gargatagli,H (2448) 0-1
Macias Pino, Diego (2439) — Garcia, Jhoel (2275) 1-0
Martinez Fernandez,Adrian (2404) — Garcia Correa,J (2103) 1-0
Domingo Nunez,Alejandro (2318) — Gertler,D (2218) 1-0

This line is also written

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