Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, Main Line

C54

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. h3

How it went

23 ours · 296 masters

White wins 52% Draws 17% Black wins 31%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Lékó, Péter — Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 · 2016
Giri, A... — Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 · 2018
Kramnik, Vladimir — So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 · 2017
Kramnik, Vladimir — Aronian, Levon 0-1 · 2017
Kramnik, Vladimir — Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 · 2016

Games in Spain

Idani,P (2614) — Estrada Nieto,J (2280) 1-0
Domingo Nunez,Alejandro (2318) — Le Tuan Minh (2567) 1-0
Domingo Nunez,Alejandro (2340) — Iniyan,P (2555) 0-1
Lopez Varela,Pablo (2362) — Gusain,H (2511) 0-1
Nasuta,G (2500) — Estrada Nieto,J (2260) 1-0
Karttunen,M (2488) — Moral Garcia,S (2244) 1-0
Kaasen,Tor Fredrik (2468) — Rodriguez Morales,A (2162) 1-0
Capone,N (2289) — Korneev,O (2468) 1/2-1/2

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 a6 8.Bb3 Ba7 9.h3
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 c3 Nf6 5 d3 d6 6 O-O O-O 7 Re1 a6 8 Bb3 Ba7 9 h3
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bc4 Bc5 c3 Nf6 d3 d6 O-O O-O Re1 a6 Bb3 Ba7 h3
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bc4, Bc5, c3, Nf6, d3, d6, O-O, O-O, Re1, a6, Bb3, Ba7, h3