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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Italian Game C50
- Giuoco Piano C50
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit C51
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit Accepted C51
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Anderssen Variation C51 you are here
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Anderssen Variation
Overview
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Anderssen Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C51, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
The line arises from 10 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7.
The line refines Italian Game: Evans Gambit Accepted, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Cordel Line.
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- ECO code
- C51
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 10
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
634,254 games · White 49.2% / Draw 4.1% / Black 46.7%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| d4 | 500,850 | |
| O-O | 69,087 | |
| Qb3 | 60,901 | |
| d3 | 978 | |
| a4 | 738 | |
| Ba3 | 488 | |
| Bb2 | 387 | |
| Bxf7+ | 190 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:17:39
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