I was just kind of messing around with the opening this game because I’ve been playing 1d4 the past few months and decided to mix it up with my old go to 1e4. I very much prefer to play the Italian/giuco and usually I just play the morra against 1…c5. Mixed it up here with a delayed alapin and pretty easily got a giuco-like position which I love to play and can usually come up with a coherent attacking plan. I bungled a few middle game tactics but came out with the win due to putting big pressure on my opponent. I was very happy coming out of the opening though. I’m going to keep trying this setup as white.
Delayed alapin to giuco-like position
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trw0311
Mar 7, 2025
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Turned into more of a ruy structure/plan. If your opponent plays the same setup I suggest instead of Bc4, play d4 and you're controlling the entire center with no way for your opponent to immediately challenge it, it's a pretty easy to play position. The alapin can definitely transpose to e4 e5 type setups but also try and punish your opponents play too before going for standard development, it'll be rewarding. Other than that, good stuff!