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Italian Game

Difficulty 1/3White repertoireECO C41–C55

Italian Game, Early ...h6 (C50)

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Claim central space and open lines for the bishop and queen. This is the starting point for the Italian setup.

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Italian Four KnightsDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO C55

Sample line with full explanations: Four Knights Italian, Bxd5.

Two Knights Defense for BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO C55–C58

Sample line with full explanations: Two Knights Defense, Castling Slip.

Two Knights Defense for WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO C50–C58

Sample line with full explanations: Anti-Fried Liver, ...d6 Defense.

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ECO C41–C55

Every one of these lines is explained move by move in the app — with recall practice and spaced review.

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  1. Italian Game, Early ...h6Sample

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 c5 7. Qd5

  2. Italian Game, Early ...a6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 a6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3

  3. Italian Game, Fianchetto Delay

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nc3

  4. Giuoco Piano, Pianissimo

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1

  5. Giuoco Pianissimo, Re1 vs ...d5

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Rxe5

  6. Giuoco Pianissimo, Early ...Na5 Punishment

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Na5 7. Nxe5 Nxc4 8. Nxc4

  7. Giuoco Pianissimo, c3 vs ...Na5

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2

  8. Giuoco Pianissimo, a4 vs ...a6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2

  9. Giuoco Pianissimo, ...Bg4 Reroute

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3

  10. Giuoco Piano, Main Line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O

  11. Giuoco Piano, 6.e5 vs ...Nh5

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Nh5 7. Ng5 O-O 8. Qxh5

  12. Giuoco Piano, 6.e5 vs ...Ne4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd5 f5 8. O-O

  13. Giuoco Piano, 6.e5 vs ...Ng4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ng4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3 Nh6 10. Bxh6 gxh6

  14. Giuoco Piano, 6.e5 Main Line, ...Bb4+

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2

  15. Giuoco Piano, 6.e5 Main Line, ...Bb6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3

  16. Two Knights Defense, d3 Line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3

  17. Italian Game, Philidor Transposition

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1

  18. Hungarian Defense, c3 Trap

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 dxc3 6. Qd5 Nh6 7. Bxh6 O-O 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Nxc3

  19. Blackburne Shilling Gambit

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qxc5

  20. Blackburne Shilling, Simple Center

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O d6 6. c3 dxc3 7. Nxc3

  21. Rousseau Gambit, d4 Answer

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne7 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. f3 Bf5 10. Nc3

  22. Italian Game, ...Qe7 Trap

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Qe7 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Qxe4 6. Re1 Qxe1+ 7. Qxe1+