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Italian Game - 3...Nf6 - Two Knights Defense

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3...Nf6 - Two Knights Defense: position after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3
Position after 5. c3

Main line

The chapter's main line, with the comments from the course.

  1. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6

    Black picks the Two Knights Defense, attacking our e4 pawn right away. Most games still transpose to familiar Italian positions after Bc5, so we'll be back in our comfort zone soon enough.

  2. 4. d3

    We support e4 and stay on our preferred Italian path, avoiding all the tactical chaos of Ng5 that Black might be hoping for.

  3. 4... Bc5

    And we're back! This is our main Giuoco Piano setup. Black's typical plan runs ...d6, ...a6, ...Ba7, then ...h6, ...O-O, ...Re8, and ...Be6 while we develop with Nbd2, h3, and Re1.

  4. 5. c3

    The foundation of our whole system! Next we'll castle, then Nbd2, h3, and Re1 before finally pushing d4 once everything's coordinated.

Key lines

The free lines of this chapter, each one trainable move by move.

  1. Main Line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3

  2. 4...Be7

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O 7. Nc3 a5 8. h3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Be3

  3. 4...Be7

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. h3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Be3

  4. 4...Be7

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nd5 Nd4 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. g4

  5. 4...h6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O Nh7

  6. 4...h6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Bc5 6. a4 a6 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Ba7 12. Ra2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Nh5 14. Nf1 Nf4 15. Kh2 Qg6 16. g3 Nh5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Rf7 19. Kh1

  7. 4...d5

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3

  8. 4...d5

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Re1 f6 9. Nxe5 fxe5 10. Qxh5+

  9. 4...d6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3

  10. 4...Nxe4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nxe4 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Nxe5+ Nxe5 7. d4

  11. 4...g6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3

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