As Black

Two Knights Defence · Basic

Dynamic and tactical. It usually leads to lively open games.

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Lines

1. Opponent's mistake · 8.Ba4

   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

2. Opponent's mistake · 8.Qxc7

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Qe2 Nxc4 7.Qxc4 Qxd5 8.Qxc7 Qxg2 9.Qxf7+ Kd8 10.Rf1 Qxg5

3. Opponent's mistake · 7.Ne4

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.d3 h6 7.Ne4 Nxe4 8.dxe4 Nxc4

4. Opponent's mistake · 7.Nxf7

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.d3 h6 7.Nxf7 Kxf7

5. Opponent's mistake · 8.Qa4+

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Qe2 Nxc4 7.Qxc4 Qxd5 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qb3 Qxg2 10.Qxf7+ Kd8 11.Rf1 Qxg5

6. Opponent's mistake · 6.Qf3

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Ng5 O-O 6.Qf3 d5 7.exd5 Nd4 8.Qd3 Bf5 9.Qg3 Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1

7. Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Bishop Check Line

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Ng4 9.O-O Qxg5

8. Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Bogoljubow Variation

   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.Bxc6+ Nxc6

9. Giuoco Pianissimo, Canal Variation

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6

10. Giuoco Pianissimo

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3

11. Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening · 5...O-O 6.O-O

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Ng5 O-O 6.O-O h6 7.Nf3 Re8

12. Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening · 4...Bc5 5.O-O

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5