Italian Game: Rosentreter Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d4
The Italian Game: Rosentreter Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C50, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d4. It is a line of the Italian Game. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 8,773 times by this move order. White won 53%, 3% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 4… exd4 (74% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.11 (Stockfish, depth 65; best line 4… Nxd4 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Bxd4 exd4 7. e5)
- ECO
- C50
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d4
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 4,101 | |
| 1500-1999 | 4,333 | |
| 2000+ | 339 | |
| All | 8,773 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… exd4 | 6,529 (74%) | |
| 4… Bxd4 | 1,109 (13%) | |
| 4… Nxd4 | 630 (7%) | |
| 4… d6 | 150 (2%) | |
| 4… Nf6 | 107 (1%) | |
| 4… Bb4+ | 73 (1%) | |
| 4… Bb6 | 53 (1%) | |
| 4… d5 | 35 (0%) |
Master games
285 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 43%, draw 12%, Black 45%). The strongest:
- Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) – Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-30
- Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) – Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-30
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2870) – GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2722) 1/2-1/2 · Tata Steel India Blitz · 2019-11-26
- GM David Paravyan (2653) – GM Alireza Firouzja (2728) 0-1 · Katara Bullet Final 2020 · 2020-08-26
- GM Parham Maghsoodloo (2719) – GM Vladimir Malakhov (2646) 1-0 · Julius Baer Play-In 2023 · 2023-07-24
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Comes from
Italian Game: Giuoco Piano 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5
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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.