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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
- Lucchini Gambit C50 you are here
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Lucchini Gambit
Overview
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Lucchini Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C50, 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.
It is reached after 8 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 f5.
The line refines Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Dubois Variation.
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- ECO code
- C50
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 8
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
273,419 games · White 49.5% / Draw 3.2% / Black 47.3%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| O-O | 85,802 | |
| Ng5 | 42,560 | |
| Nc3 | 38,336 | |
| exf5 | 27,463 | |
| Bg5 | 22,720 | |
| c3 | 18,887 | |
| Be3 | 14,393 | |
| Bxg8 | 10,448 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:52:39
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