As Black

Giuoco Piano (as Black) · Intermediate

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. Opponent's mistake · 4.Ng5

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Ng5 Qxg5 5.d4 Qxg2

2. Opponent's mistake · 6.Qf3

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

3. 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

4. Giuoco Piano, Greco's Attack

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.O-O Bxc3

5. Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Modern Line

   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

6. 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

7. Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, Albin Variation

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.b4 Bb6 7.a4 a5 8.b5 Ne7

8. Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo

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

9. Giuoco Pianissimo

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

10. 5...d6 6.Bg5

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