Italian Game part 1: Two Knights Defense (or should it be attack??)

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Pawnpusher3

Hi all! I have recently noticed that some of you don't play book (I have nothing against that). I am sure some of you want an easy way to get out of the opening alive, or atleast with a slight advantage. Because of this, I am going to start making small opening articles, hopefully you can pick something up from them. Today I will cover the first part of the italian game, the two knights. This is quite a common opening and I used to play it almost every game. So here we go :)

 

So now lets look at Nf6 :)
Pawnpusher3

If you guys want, I can toss in the d4 lines incase you don't like Ng5. Nxd5 comes up a lot before you guys hit 1400ish. (well that was how it was for me anyway)

Huyen_Linh

Nice forum!

Pawnpusher3

Thanks Huyen :)

Huyen_Linh

:)