As Black

Two Knights Defence · Intermediate

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. Two Knights Defense

   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 Qd4 11.f4 Bc5 12.Rf1 Bb6 13.c3 Qd8

7. Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening · 4...Bc5 5.Bg5

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Nc3 Ne7

8. Giuoco Pianissimo · 4...Bc5 5.O-O

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 h6 7.Be3 Bxe3 8.fxe3 d6

9. Giuoco Pianissimo · 4...Bc5 5.d3

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nd4 9.Qd1 O-O

10. Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5

11. Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening · 4...Bc5 5.Ng5

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Ng5 O-O 6.O-O h6 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Nc3 Na5

12. Italian Variation

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Ng5 O-O 6.d3 h6 7.Nf3 d6

13. Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening · 5...d6 6.Bg5

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 O-O