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Italian Game
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4. White develops quickly and aims the bishop at f7, the weakest square near Black's king. The usual plan is c3 and d4 to build a strong centre, or a slower build-up with d3.
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Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2
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Italian Game: Modern / Slow Italian
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.b4
Italian Game: Two Knights, Modern Bishop's Opening
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 Ba7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.Re1
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- Italian Game: Giuoco Piano
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo
- Italian Game: Modern / Slow Italian
- Italian Game: Modern Italian, early ...d5
- Italian Game: Modern Italian, ...Ne7 maneuver
- Italian Game: Modern Italian model (...h6 and ...Re8)
- Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, 4.O-O
- Italian Game: Classical Giuoco Piano
- Italian Game: Classical, 7.Bd2
- Italian Game: Greco Gambit / Moller Attack
- Italian Game: Greco Gambit, 8...Nxc3
- Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Aitken Variation
- Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Cracow Variation
- Italian Game: Center Attack, 6.e5
- Italian Game: Classical, 6...Bb6
- Italian Game: Greco Gambit, 7...d5
- Italian Game: Closed Variation, 4...Qe7
- Italian Game: Closed Variation, 4...Bb6
- Italian Game: Bird's Attack / Wing Attack
- Italian Game: Italian Four Knights
- Italian Game: Canal Variation (Bg5)
- Italian Game: Italian Gambit
- Italian Game: Deutz Gambit
- Italian Game: Jerome Gambit
- Italian Game: Lucchini Gambit
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit Accepted, 5...Ba5
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Lasker Defense
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Normal Position
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Compromised Defense
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Tartakower Attack
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit Accepted, 5...Bc5
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit Accepted, 5...Be7
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined, Cordel
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Hein Countergambit
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Richardson Attack
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Alapin-Steinitz
- Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Waller Attack
- Italian Game: Two Knights Defense
- Italian Game: Two Knights, Modern Bishop's Opening
- Italian Game: Two Knights Pianissimo, 4...Be7
- Italian Game: Two Knights, 4.d3 d5
- Italian Game: Two Knights, 4.O-O
- Italian Game: Two Knights, 4.Nc3 (fork trick)
- Italian Game: Two Knights, Scotch Gambit
- Italian Game: Max Lange Attack
- Italian Game: Max Lange, Krause Variation
- Italian Game: Two Knights, 5.O-O Nxe4
- Italian Game: Perreux Variation
- Italian Game: Fried Liver Attack
- Italian Game: Lolli Attack
- Italian Game: Polerio Defense
- Italian Game: Polerio, 8.Be2 Suhle
- Italian Game: Polerio, 8.Bd3 modern main line
- Italian Game: Polerio, 8.Qf3
- Italian Game: Polerio, 8.Bd3 Be7
- Italian Game: Traxler / Wilkes-Barre
- Italian Game: Traxler, 5.Bxf7+
- Italian Game: Fritz Variation
- Italian Game: Ulvestad Variation
- Italian Game: Hungarian Defense
- Italian Game: Hungarian Defense, 4.d3
- Italian Game: Semi-Italian / Paris Defense
- Italian Game: Rousseau Gambit
- Italian Game: Blackburne Shilling Gambit
- Italian Game: 3...g6
- Italian Game: 3...h6