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Italian Game: Bird's Attack

ECO C53 · 229 games · Black to move

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4

47% White4% Draw49% Black

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What gets played next

Move	Games	Share	White / draw / Black	Leads to
Bb6	167	72.9%
Be7	29	12.7%
Bd6	22	9.6%

A further 11 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4 King's Pawn Game 1... e5 King's Knight Opening 2. Nf3 King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation 2... Nc6 Italian Game 3. Bc4 Italian Game: Giuoco Piano 3... Bc5 Italian Game: Classical Variation 4. c3 Italian Game: Classical Variation 4... Nf6Italian Game: Bird's Attack 5. b4

Other lines in this family

Classical VariationC54…10,170 Classical Variation, Giuoco PianissimoC54… 5. d37,657 Classical Variation, Center AttackC54… 5. d45,325 Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Traditional LineC54… 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd43,375 Classical Variation, Giuoco PianissimoC54… 5. d3 d63,155 Giuoco Piano, Greco's AttackC54… 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc31,868 Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Modern LineC54… 5. d4 exd4 6. e51,665 Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Modern LineC54… 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5894 Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Main LineC54… 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3669 Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with a6C54… 5. d3 a6432

All 105 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.