Italian: Giuoco Piano with 4.c3
After 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 White chooses between the sharp 5.d4 and the slow 5.d3. Against 5.d4 we take, check on b4, and break with …d5 (or grab e4 when White gambits it with Nc3). Against 5.d3 we use the Pianissimo recipe: …d6, …a6, …Ba7, …h6, castle, and reroute knights.
- 15 min
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- Lesson 116 of 132
Picking up where you left off.
Six lines, three of them core:
- Main line: 7.Bd2 and the …d5 break (core)
- Møller Attack: 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.O-O Bxc3 9.d5 (deeper)
- 6.e5 d5! — counter in the centre (core)
- Pianissimo: 7.a4 Ba7 and the …Be6 trade (core)
- Pianissimo: 7.Bb3 and the …Ne7-g6 manoeuvre (important)
- Pianissimo: the early pin 6.Bg5 (important)
Learn takes up to five new lines at a time, core lines first. When the chapter is learned, practise it from memory.
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