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C53 Italian Game: Bird's Attack8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.c3 ♘f6 5.b4

C53 is the opening Italian Game: Bird's Attack of the volume C · Open games: 9 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 8 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

1,349 games in the collections, from 1575 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2608.

White wins 34 %, draws 40 %, Black wins 25 %

Most games: Karjakin,Sergey (55), Anand,V (47), Vachier Lagrave,M (47), So,W (38), Dominguez Perez,L (37)

All 8 variations

  1. Italian Game: Bird's Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.c3 ♘f6 5.b4
  2. Italian Game: Classical Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.c3
  3. Italian Game: Classical Variation, Center Holding Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.c3 ♕e7 5.d4 ♗b6
  4. Italian Game: Classical Variation, Closed Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.c3 ♕e7
  5. Italian Game: Classical Variation, Eisinger Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.c3 ♕e7 5.d4 ♗b6 6.d5 ♘b8 7.d6
  6. Italian Game: Classical Variation, La Bourdonnais Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.c3 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 ♗b6
  7. Italian Game: Classical Variation, Mestel Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.c3 ♕e7 5.d4 ♗b6 6.♗g5
  8. Italian Game: Classical Variation, Tarrasch Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♗c5 4.c3 ♕e7 5.d4 ♗b6 6.O-O d6 7.a4 a6 8.h3 ♘f6 9.♖e1