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Two Knights Defense for White

Difficulty 3/3White repertoireECO C50–C58

Anti-Fried Liver, ...d6 Defense (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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White repertoire · ECO C55

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

Italian GameDifficulty 1/3

White repertoire · ECO C41–C55

Sample line with full explanations: Italian Game, Early ...h6.

Two Knights Defense for BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO C55–C58

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

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ECO C50–C58

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

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  1. Anti-Fried Liver, ...d6 DefenseSample

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 d6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Nxd8 7. Nxe5

  2. Anti-Fried Liver, Castles vs ...d6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O d6 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Re1

  3. Anti-Fried Liver, ...Bc5 Trap

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 dxc3 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qd5+ Ke8 9. Qh5+ Kf8 10. Qxc5+ d6 11. Qxc3

  4. Anti-Fried Liver, ...Nf6 and ...d5

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. f3

  5. Anti-Fried Liver, ...Nf6 ...Ng4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 Ng4 7. h3 Ngxe5 8. Re1

  6. Anti-Fried Liver, ...Nf6 ...Ne4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Re1

  7. Two Knights Defense, ...h6 Blunder

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 h6 5. Nxf7 Qe7 6. Nxh8

  8. Traxler Counterattack, Safe Answer

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Bxf7+ Kf8 6. Bb3

  9. Two Knights Defense, ...Qe7 Counterattack

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Qe7 5. Bxf7+ Kd8 6. Bb3 h6 7. Nf7+ Ke8 8. Nxh8

  10. Two Knights Defense, ...Nxe4 Counterattack

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Nxe4 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. d4 h6 7. Nxe4 Kxf7 8. dxe5 Qe8 9. f4

  11. Fried Liver Attack

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke6 8. Nc3 Ncb4 9. O-O c6 10. d4

  12. Polerio Defense, Bd3

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Ne4

  13. Polerio Defense, Be2

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5

  14. Polerio Defense, Qf3

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 Be7 9. Qxc6+ Bd7 10. Qf3

  15. Polerio Defense, Ba4 Caution

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Ba4 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qd4

  16. Ulvestad Variation

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bf1 Nd4 7. c3

  17. Fritz Variation

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nd4 6. c3 b5 7. Bf1 Nxd5 8. Ne4

  18. Two Knights Defense, Scotch Gambit Transposition

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3