Italian: 4.O-O, 4.Nc3 and the Evans Gambit
White does not have to play 4.c3. Castling or 4.Nc3 leads to quiet positions where we use the same Pianissimo plans. The Evans Gambit 4.b4 offers a pawn for fast development; we decline it with 4…Bb6 and keep our good bishop.
- 9 min
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- Lesson 117 of 132
Picking up where you left off.
Three lines, three of them core:
- 4.O-O: transposing to the Pianissimo (core)
- 4.Nc3: the Four Knights Italian (core)
- Evans Gambit declined: 4.b4 Bb6 (core)
Learn takes up to five new lines at a time, core lines first. When the chapter is learned, practise it from memory.
Lesson complete
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