Just the basics: Two Knights Defense

When starting out in chess most games begin 1.e4 e5 and the Two Knights Defense is most often seen, hoping for the dreaded Fried Liver AttACK. That is actually not the best way to play for White, as we will see in the next article. Let's start, however, by looking at what White can do if Black adopts the best defense. That's always how one should study an opening.