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Italian Game(Best variation and way to stop this variation of the Italian for black)

Italian Game(Best variation and way to stop this variation of the Italian for black)

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INTRODUCTION:

Hello everyone. Today I am going to discuss the Italian Game, so let's start!

HOW TO PLAY THE ITALIAN GAME:

       White                   Black

  1.  e4                             e5
  2.  Nf3                         Nc6 
  3.  Bc4

So after these moves we reach the iconic situation of the Italian game and the position will look like this:

After this the most popular move for black is Nf6. This move played by black is like a blunder because the white can play Nb5 and then white can play the following moves:

After this black is so much under material.(NOTE: PLAYING Rb8 IS USELESS BECAUSE BLACK STLL CLAIMS BLACK'S ROOK BY PLAYING Bxf7+ AN THEN WHEN THE KING MOVES AWAY, WHITE WILL CLAIM THE ROOK BY PLAYING Bxb8) Now black is completely losing. Now let's go ahead with the next topic!

HOW TO STOP THIS VARIATION OF THE ITALIAN GAME IN BLACK'S PERSPECTIVE:

To stop this variation as black we need to play the following moves as black and I will explain the reason behind these moves:

The reason behind the moves is actually simple. The best moves for black in the entire variation to stop the variation are:

      White                                       Black

  1. e4                                                  e5
  2. Nf3                                                Nc6
  3. Bc4                                                Bc5

The reason white is always able to play Ng5 when black goes ahead with Nf6 is because after Nf6 the black queen is blocked from taking the knight as you would have noticed before. This is why black needs to play the moves above in exact order to stop this variation of the Italian. Now let's go play and prevent the Italian.

PLAY THE ITALIAN VARIATION TAUGHT IN THIS BLOG:

PREVENT THE ITALIAN:

HOPE YOU ALL LEARNT THIS CRUSHING VARIATION OF THE ITALIAN GAME AND WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY IT IN YOUR GAMES. FOR MORE BLOGS FROM ME YOU CAN SEE BLOGS LIKE THE HALLOWEEN'S GAMBIT, LAZARD GAMBIT, KINGS INDIAN ATTACK,ETC BY LOOKING AT MY PROFILE AND SEE MY BLOGS. BYE AND SEE YOU LATER!