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C51 Italian Game: Evans Gambit

C51 Italian Game: Evans Gambit8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4

C51 is the opening Italian Game: Evans Gambit of the volume C · Open games: 7 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 29 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

653 games in the collections, from 1830 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2454.

White wins 47 %, draws 20 %, Black wins 33 %

Most games: Anderssen, Adolf (82), Steinitz, William (39), Morphy, Paul (38), Cochrane, John (35), Mahescandra (33)

All 29 variations

  1. Italian Game: Evans Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4
  2. Italian Game: Evans Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗xb4 5.c3 ♗c5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O d6 8.cxd4 ♗b6 9.♘c3 ♗g4
  3. Italian Game: Evans Gambit Accepted 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗xb4
  4. Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗b6
  5. Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗b6 5.a4
  6. Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined, Cordel Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗b6 5.♗b2
  7. Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined, Hicken Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗b6 5.b5 ♘a5 6.♘xe5 ♕g5 7.♕f3 ♕xe5 8.♕xf7+ ♔d8 9.♗b2
  8. Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined, Hirschbach Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗b6 5.b5 ♘a5 6.♘xe5 ♕g5
  9. Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined, Lange Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗b6 5.b5 ♘a5 6.♘xe5 ♘h6
  10. Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined, Pavlov Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗b6 5.b5 ♘a5 6.♘xe5 ♘h6 7.d4 d6 8.♗xh6 dxe5 9.♗xg7 ♖g8 10.♗xf7+ ♔xf7 11.♗xe5 ♕g5 12.♘d2
  11. Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined, Showalter Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗b6 5.a4 a6 6.♘c3
  12. Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined, Vasquez Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗b6 5.b5 ♘a5 6.♘xe5 ♕g5 7.♗xf7+ ♔e7 8.♕h5
  13. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Anderssen Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗xb4 5.c3 ♗e7
  14. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Anderssen Variation, Cordel Line 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗xb4 5.c3 ♗e7 6.d4 ♘a5
  15. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Fontaine Countergambit 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 b5
  16. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Fraser Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗xb4 5.c3 ♗c5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O d6 8.cxd4 ♗b6 9.♘c3 ♗g4 10.♕a4
  17. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Fraser-Mortimer Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗xb4 5.c3 ♗c5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O d6 8.cxd4 ♗b6 9.♘c3 ♗g4 10.♕a4 ♗d7 11.♕b3 ♘a5 12.♗xf7+ ♔f8 13.♕c2
  18. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Göring Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗xb4 5.c3 ♗c5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O d6 8.cxd4 ♗b6 9.♘c3 ♘a5 10.♗g5
  19. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Harding Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗xb4 5.c3 ♗c5 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 ♗b4+ 8.♗d2
  20. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Hein Countergambit 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 d5
  21. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Mayet Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗xb4 5.c3 ♗f8
  22. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, McDonnell Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗xb4 5.c3 ♗c5
  23. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, McDonnell Defense, Main Line 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗xb4 5.c3 ♗c5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O d6 8.cxd4 ♗b6
  24. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Morphy Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗xb4 5.c3 ♗a5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O d6 8.cxd4 ♗b6 9.♘c3
  25. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Mortimer-Evans Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗xb4 5.c3 ♗c5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O d6 8.cxd4 ♗b6 9.♘c3 ♗g4 10.♕a4 ♗d7 11.♕b3 ♘a5 12.♗xf7+ ♔f8 13.♕c2 ♔xf7
  26. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Paulsen Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗xb4 5.c3 ♗c5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O d6 8.cxd4 ♗b6 9.d5 ♘a5 10.♗b2 ♘e7
  27. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Steinitz Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗xb4 5.c3 ♗c5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O d6 8.cxd4 ♗b6 9.♘c3 ♘a5 10.♗g5 f6 11.♗e3
  28. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Stone-Ware Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗xb4 5.c3 ♗d6
  29. Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Ulvestad Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.b4 ♗xb4 5.c3 ♗c5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O d6 8.cxd4 ♗b6 9.d5 ♘a5 10.♗b2