Italian Game
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4
White develops the bishop to c4, aiming at Black's weakest square, f7. It ranges from quiet maneuvering lines to sharp gambits and is one of the first openings most players learn.
As White: 64% score in 715 games (426 wins, 58 draws, 231 losses).
As Black: 56% score in 646 games (333 wins, 56 draws, 257 losses).
Who plays it most
- FM Tikhon Popov: 45 games as Black, scores 46%
- GM Rudik Makarian: 38 games as Black, scores 54%
- GM honestgirl: 31 games as Black, scores 71%
- GM himshanli: 30 games as White, scores 57%
- GM Raven Sturt: 29 games as Black, scores 48%
- GM Sergei Azarov: 26 games as White, scores 56%
- GM Vladimir Petkov: 26 games as Black, scores 50%
- GM Igor Janik: 23 games as White, scores 70%
- GM Sergei Zhigalko: 23 games as White, scores 72%
- GM Erdem Khubukshanov: 22 games as White, scores 61%
- GM Julio Granda: 21 games as White, scores 100%
- GM Nikola Mitkov: 21 games as Black, scores 40%
- IM Sahib Singh: 20 games as Black, scores 60%
- GM Rogelio Barcenilla: 20 games as Black, scores 57%
- GM Groszpeter Attila: 19 games as Black, scores 47%
From the recent public Chess.com games of 219 players on the top players list, updated about once a week. Score = wins plus half the draws.