Italian Game: Deutz Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4
The Italian Game: Deutz Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C50, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4. It is a line of the Italian Game. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2,439 times by this move order. White won 59%, 4% were drawn and Black won 37%. The most popular continuation is 5… exd4 (56% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.30 (Stockfish, depth 48; best line 5… Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. f4)
- ECO
- C50
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 540 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1,372 | |
| 2000+ | 527 | |
| All | 2,439 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… exd4 | 1,361 (56%) | |
| 5… Bxd4 | 783 (32%) | |
| 5… Nxd4 | 206 (8%) | |
| 5… O-O | 20 (1%) | |
| 5… Bb6 | 18 (1%) | |
| 5… d6 | 18 (1%) | |
| 5… Bd6 | 12 (0%) | |
| 5… d5 | 7 (0%) |
Master games
1,236 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 16%, Black 38%). The strongest:
- GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2627) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2835) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 21st July · 2020-07-21
- GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (2716) – GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (2732) 1-0 · TechM GCL 2026 · 2026-09-12
- GM Daniil Dubov (2676) – GM Teimour Radjabov (2767) 1/2-1/2 · Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix · 2019-11-06
- GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2627) – GM Alexander Grischuk (2777) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 11th Aug Final · 2020-08-11
- GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2627) – GM Alexander Grischuk (2777) 1-0 · Titled Tue 11th Aug Final · 2020-08-11
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Comes from
Italian Game: Giuoco Piano 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5
Continuations
- Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack Accepted C56 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. fxg7
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Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.