Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Lucchini Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 f5
The Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Lucchini Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C50, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 f5. It is a line of the Italian Game. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 132 times by this move order. White won 52%, 3% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 5. exf5 (29% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.97 (Stockfish, depth 49; best line 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ng5 d5 7. Nxd5 h6)
- ECO
- C50
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 f5
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 62 | |
| 1500-1999 | 66 | |
| 2000+ | 4 | |
| All | 132 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. exf5 | 38 (29%) | |
| 5. Ng5 | 34 (26%) | |
| 5. Nc3 | 17 (13%) | |
| 5. Be3 | 12 (9%) | |
| 5. Bg5 | 10 (8%) | |
| 5. O-O | 10 (8%) | |
| 5. Bxg8 | 5 (4%) | |
| 5. c3 | 3 (2%) |
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Comes from
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo (3… Bc5 4. d3) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3
Continuations
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Dubois Variation C50 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 f5 5. Ng5 f4
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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.