C50: Giuoco Piano

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

Giuoco Piano

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:

41744

Last Played:

Nov 2025

Overall score:

40.1%

27.8%

32.2%

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Played frequently by:

White
Adolf Anderssen	92 games
Paul Morphy	65 games
Mikhail Chigorin	63 games

Black
Aleksej Aleksandrov	84 games
Adolf Anderssen	83 games
William Steinitz	81 games

Possible continuations:

4. c3

19167

41.2 %

29.9 %

29 %

4. d3

7584

37.3 %

29 %

33.8 %

4. O-O

6794

37.3 %

29.2 %

33.5 %

4. b4

3873

47 %

19.3 %

33.7 %

4. Nc3

3784

38.7 %

22.9 %

38.4 %

4. d4

149

37.6 %

18.8 %

43.6 %

4. Ng5

114

28.1 %

66.7 %

4. Nxe5

27.2 %

59.3 %

4. a3

38.2 %

19.7 %

42.1 %

4. Qe2

43.1 %

15.7 %

41.2 %

4. h3

33.3 %

4. Ng1

15.4 %

84.6 %

4. b3

45.5 %

54.5 %

4. Bb3

66.7 %

22.2 %

4. a4

44.4 %

33.3 %

22.2 %

4. Bd5

100 %

4. Bb5

33.3 %

4. Rf1

33.3 %

66.7 %

4. Bxf7+

50 %