As Black

Giuoco Piano (as Black) · Advanced

The classical answer to the Italian: the bishop on c5 eyes f2 just as White eyes f7. Sound, natural play, ideal for learning the principles.

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Lines

1. Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Traditional Line

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nxe4 8.Bxb4 Nxb4 9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.Qb3+ Kf8 11.Qxb4+ Qe7 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.O-O Kd8 14.Re1 Nf6 15.Nc3 d6

2. Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Modern Line · 8...Bb4+ 9.Bd2

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Nxd2 10.Nbxd2 O-O 11.O-O Ne7 12.a3 Ba5 13.b4 Bb6

3. Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Modern Line · 8...Bb4+ 9.Nbd2

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nbd2 O-O

4. Classical Variation, Albin Gambit

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Be7 8.e5 Ne8 9.d5 Na5 10.Bd3 d6 11.b4 dxe5 12.bxa5 e4 13.Bxe4 Bf6 14.Nd4 c5

5. Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.exf6 dxc4 8.fxg7 Rg8 9.Re1+ Be6 10.Ng5 Qd5

6. Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack, Long Variation

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.exf6 dxc4 8.Re1+ Be6 9.Ng5 Qd5

7. Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo · 4...Nf6 5.c3

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 d6 6.O-O Bg4 7.Nbd2 a5

8. Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo · 5...d6 6.Bb3

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 Bg4 7.Nbd2 a5 8.h3 Be6

9. Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo · 5...d6 6.O-O

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Bg4 7.Nbd2 a5 8.Re1 h6

10. Giuoco Pianissimo, Canal Variation

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 a6 8.Nd5 g5