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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: Giuoco Pianissimo C50 you are here
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo
Overview
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C50.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It begins with 7 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 2 notable variations — Italian Four Knights Variation, Lucchini Gambit.
Together the deeper variations number 4 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- C50
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 7
- Parent
- Italian Game: Giuoco Piano
- Direct variations
- 2
- Total in subtree
- 4
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Statistics from Lichess
6,891,510 games · White 47.3% / Draw 4.8% / Black 47.9%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nf6 | 2,876,257 | |
| d6 | 2,041,736 | |
| h6 | 1,599,969 | |
| Nge7 | 135,110 | |
| a6 | 59,264 | |
| Qf6 | 58,453 | |
| f5 | 30,093 | |
| Nd4 | 21,645 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:40:17
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