C59 is the opening Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Knorre Variation of the volume C · Open games: 23 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 4 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
356 games in the collections, from 1851 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2447.
White wins 38 %, draws 31 %, Black wins 31 %
Most games: Kruppa, Yuri (13), Malakhatko, Vadim (12), Sergeev, Vladimir (12), Shishkin, Vadim (12), Timoshenko, Georgy (12)
All 4 variations
- Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Knorre Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.♘g5 d5 5.exd5 ♘a5 6.♗b5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.♗e2 h6 9.♘f3 e4 10.♘e5 ♗d6 11.d4 ♕c7 12.♗d2
- Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Göring Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.♘g5 d5 5.exd5 ♘a5 6.♗b5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.♗e2 h6 9.♘f3 e4 10.♘e5 ♕c7
- Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Suhle Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.♘g5 d5 5.exd5 ♘a5 6.♗b5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.♗e2 h6
- Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Steinitz Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.♘g5 d5 5.exd5 ♘a5 6.♗b5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.♗e2 h6 9.♘h3