Italian Game: Giuoco Piano

Giuoco Piano is the quiet Italian: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5. Both bishops are on their most active diagonals, and the center is still fluid. White can play c3 and d3, or aim for d4. The named lines below split those plans.

10 named lines · ECO C50, C54 · 5,474 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Italian Game: Giuoco Piano

Play the next move in the line.

  1. e4
  2. e5
  3. Nf3
  4. Nc6
  5. Bc4
  6. Bc5

Moves in the main line

  1. White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
  2. Black pawn moves from e7 to e5.
  3. White knight moves from g1 to f3.
  4. Black knight moves from b8 to c6.
  5. White bishop moves from f1 to c4.
  6. Black bishop moves from f8 to c5.

Named lines

  • Italian Game: Giuoco Piano (C50) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5
  • Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Aitken Variation (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Ba3
  • Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Bernstein Variation (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Qb3 d5
  • Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Cracow Variation (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Kf1
  • Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Greco's Attack (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3
  • Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Holzhausen Attack (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bg5 d6 8. f4 Qe7 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Nc3
  • Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Krause Variation (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ d5 11. Ne5+ Kf6 12. f3
  • Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Rosentreter Variation (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. f4
  • Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Steinitz Variation (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. Ba3
  • Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Therkatz-Herzog Variation (C54) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 O-O 14. Nxh7

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