C50: Giuoco Pianissimo

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

Giuoco Pianissimo

C50 Sub-variants:

Italian Game
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4

Blackburne shilling gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5. Nxf7 Qxg2 6. Rf1 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Nf3+

Rousseau gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f5

Hungarian defence
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7

Hungarian defence, Tartakower variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4

Giuoco Piano
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5

Giuoco Piano, four knights variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6

Giuoco Piano, Jerome gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Bxf7+

Giuoco Pianissimo
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3

Giuoco Pianissimo, Dubois variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 f5 5. Ng5 f4

Giuoco Pianissimo
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6

Giuoco Pianissimo, Italian four knights variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3

Giuoco Pianissimo, Canal variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5

Overview

Games on Database:

7658

Last Played:

Nov 2025

Overall score:

37.3%

29%

33.8%

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Played frequently by:

White
Anton Demchenko	23 games
Sergei Yudin	22 games
James Mason	21 games

Black
Viswanathan Anand	13 games
Levon Aronian	9 games
Antoaneta Stefanova	9 games

Possible continuations:

4... Nf6

4909

36.7 %

32.5 %

30.9 %

4... d6

1545

37.7 %

24.5 %

37.8 %

4... h6

1082

37.3 %

20.4 %

42.2 %

4... Nge7

56.8 %

15.9 %

27.3 %

4... a6

33.3 %

4... Nd4

66.7 %

33.3 %

4... f6

54.5 %

36.4 %

4... Qf6

62.5 %

37.5 %

4... Na5

50 %

16.7 %

33.3 %

4... Qe7

20 %

60 %

4... b6

66.7 %

33.3 %

4... Nh6

66.7 %

33.3 %

4... Bb4+

66.7 %

33.3 %

4... Bxf2+

100 %