Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo

C54

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3

How it went

905 ours · 2,809 masters

White wins 46% Draws 16% Black wins 38%

Continuations

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Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with a6 C54 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 144 Italian Game: Classical Variation, with d5 C54 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d5 12

Master games

Radjabov, Teimour — Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 · 2014
Carlsen, Magnus — Giri, Anish 1/2-1/2 · 2021
Carlsen, Magnus — Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 · 2017
Carlsen, Magnus — Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 · 2012
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas — Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 · 2012

Games in Spain

Chigaev,M (2616) — Vachier Lagrave,M (2739) 0-1
Chigaev,M (2616) — Xiong,Jeffery (2693) 0-1
Niemann,Hans Moke (2688) — Shirov,A (2660) 0-1
Chigaev,M (2617) — Nihal,Sarin (2681) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2632) — Salem,AR (2677) 0-1
Arias,Juan Cruz (2302) — Shirov,A (2673) 0-1
Schuls,O (2224) — Shirov,A (2668) 0-1
Paravyan,D (2608) — Shirov,A (2665) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 c3 Nf6 5 d3
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bc4 Bc5 c3 Nf6 d3
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bc4, Bc5, c3, Nf6, d3