Italian Game advanced analysis

the Italian game is all the rage.  lets see a live game 

Played at the highest level. 

Now let me walk through a successful opening from Black's side

Position 1:Black to play  Anand-Nakamura 2017

Black went to re-rout the knight from c6 to e7 and g6.

Position 2: White to play 

in the same game, @hikaru just played 11..Be6 to exchange the bishops. Black was able to draw the game, here's the full game.

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Now there are many subtleties and move order possible for each side. 

Here's what I think is promising from the White side after analyzing this opening.

Position 3: White to play

 Black is intending to continue the plan with Be6 which is quite effective.

but in this game, White continues d3-d4 and retreats the bishop on d3. This means white does not want to proceed to exchanging light-squared bishops.

it is worth noting that Grischuk playing against Korobov in the world cup ( first game) has lots of experience as he defeated a strong opponent in the same opening in 2019.