Greco Gambit trap and how to avoid it!!

Hi guys, welcome to my first trap blog! In this blog, I will cover a gambit called "Greco Gambit" which can lead to a trap for black, but black can be careful and avoid it. So let's go!!
It starts in the "Italian" game.

Now, the move is c3, preparing d4. Nowadays, grandmasters play c3 and then d3, but the greco gambit goes with c3-d4.

Black plays Nf6, and then white plays d4 as expected. 

This is the line for the Greco Gambit. They trade pawns, the bishop is threatened, so bishop gives a check, and Nc3 is a greco gambit, sacrificing the e4 pawn because the knight is pinned to the king. Now white castles.  

Nxc3 is a blunder because after bxc3 Bxc3, black's king is opened up on the e-file and black prevents castling with Ba3, sacrificing the rook because the rook isn't needed. Let me show you a line after Ba3, Bxa1.

We use the open e-file and check with Re1+. Ne7, then we take the knight with the rook and the only way to prevent checkmate immediately is to sacrifice the queen and black is lost. What if after Ba3 white plays d6, blocking the a3-f8 diagonal and prepare castling?

After d6, we play Ng5, threatening the f7 pawn. Black's best way to defend is Be6, and then we trade knight for bishop and our bishop prevents black from castling and white is better due to black's weak king even though white is down an exchange. 

So what is the best move for black all the way after white castles? Well, the best way to capture the knight is the bishop because the knight protects the king from the e-file attacks and Ba3 is met with d6, an there is no attack and black can castle on the next move.

That was it for my blog! Bye!
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