At 600, the Italian Game: Classical Variation, Center Attack scores 56.0% for White across 4,303 games. That is comfortably above average at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 5 on average, and 50.0% include an early material blunder (8 games at 600).
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Italian GameClassical Variation, Center Attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4
A line for White. Every figure below is computed separately for each rating band, and every one carries its own sample size.
- Win rate, White
- 56.0%55.5%54.8%53.7%
- Band 600, n = 4,303Band 1000, n = 22,768Band 1400, n = 17,331Band 1800, n = 29,258
- Blunder rate
- 50.0%64.0%84.0%70.6%
- Band median 44.6%Band median 42.9%Band median 40.0%Band median 36.4%
- Tier
- ABBB
- White, band 600White, band 1000White, band 1400White, band 1800
- Share of games
- 0.1%0.2%0.2%0.1%
- Of band 600 gamesOf band 1000 gamesOf band 1400 gamesOf band 1800 games
| Band | White | Draw | Black | Blunder | Book exit | Games | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600 | 56.0% | 3.6% | 40.4% | 50.0% | ply 9.0 | 4,303 | A |
| 1000 | 55.5% | 3.4% | 41.2% | 64.0% | ply 9.0 | 22,768 | B |
| 1400 | 54.8% | 3.5% | 41.7% | 84.0% | ply 9.0 | 17,331 | B |
| 1800 | 53.7% | 4.2% | 42.2% | 70.6% | ply 9.0 | 29,258 | B |
Results by band
What it actually does, band by band.
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At 1000, the Italian Game: Classical Variation, Center Attack scores 55.5% for White across 22,768 games. That is close to the average at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 5 on average, and 64.0% include an early material blunder (25 games at 1000).
At 1400, the Italian Game: Classical Variation, Center Attack scores 54.8% for White across 17,331 games. That is close to the average at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 5 on average, and 84.0% include an early material blunder (25 games at 1400).
At 1800, the Italian Game: Classical Variation, Center Attack scores 53.7% for White across 29,258 games. That is close to the average at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 5 on average, and 70.6% include an early material blunder (51 games at 1800).
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At 600, the Italian Game: Classical Variation, Center Attack scores 56.0% for White across 4,303 games. That is comfortably above average at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 5 on average, and 50.0% include an early material blunder (8 games at 600).
At 1000, the Italian Game: Classical Variation, Center Attack scores 55.5% for White across 22,768 games. That is close to the average at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 5 on average, and 64.0% include an early material blunder (25 games at 1000).
The Italian Game: Classical Variation, Center Attack (C54) is a line for White. The main line runs 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4.