Educational. I'm going to have to play Bc5 against the Italian. Nf6 gets me into trouble fast.
In a lot of my games, there are pawn storms against opposite castles. Knowing how to launch them and how to stop slow them is important.
What problem do you have with Nf6? I've recently taken the 2 Knights defense as my response to the Italian, and I haven't found any problem.
3. ... Nf6 4. Ng5 (knight no longer can guard f7) ...d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5 c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 and I don't like Black's position. The computer I play against always plays 3. ... Bc5. (4. Ng5 Nh6). I'll do some position set ups and see what it does.
Thank you Thaddues, I did analyze that, and i decided not to do that, because white has some strong moves after that i think. I just liked my position because i knew that i'd be up after both moves. Thanks for pointing that out though!