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An unknown line in Evans Gambit
I just played this game in AJEC accession Tournament :
White : Claude Le Page
Black : Jean-Pierre Merot
Result : 1-0 (55) 
1 e4 e5
2 Nf3 Nc6
3 Bc4 Bc5
4 b4 Bxb4<br /...

Started 01/03/07 at 17:55:58 by photophore
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By: MNb
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Poll: C54: Kaissiber Competition: Pomtow Attack
Second Kaissiber Competition: The Pomtow Attack (Italian Game)
Post a new idea, which improves upon the existing theory of the following variation, in this thread up till August 12th, 2009.
The be...

Started 07/13/09 at 00:23:11 by GMTonyKosten
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By: ArKheiN
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Is the Modern Giuoco piano for attacking players ?
Hi,
I've always considered the "d3 giuoco piano" as a boring opening, being myself an attacking player, enjoying complex positions with sacrifices. But I'm getting tired of the KG, the Evan's, & ...

Started 05/25/07 at 15:49:51 by Tournevyks
2 3048 Last Post 06/13/07 at 11:44:31
By: zoo - Ex Member
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Bc4 against the Open Games by Delchev, Chess Stars
From the Publisher: 
This book offers a White repertoire against the Open Games. The reader will find the first deep investigation of the modern treatment of the Italian Game and the Bishop's ...

Started 03/10/18 at 08:16:42 by grandpatzer
5 6675 Last Post 03/14/18 at 21:34:32
By: fjd
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Guioco Piano audio presentation.
With the growing populatity of the Italian game at the higher echelons of chess, you might get some insight into the secrets of the Guioco Piano from this audio presentation. 
Or maybe not Smiley<br...

Started 11/26/16 at 10:13:38 by JEH
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By: BobbyDigital80
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C55: Two knights: Bc4 & d3
I have come up with a new line in this established variation as early as on move 7. It goes as follows: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Nd7!?
The purpose is obviously to...

Started 01/16/12 at 14:51:35 by NeverGiveUp
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By: Markovich
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C54: Italian Game Question
After 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 c3 Nf6 5 d4 exd4 6 cxd4 Bb4+ 7 Kf1?!, I belive 7...d5 is the theoretical recommendation but is their anything wrong with 7...Nxe4?

Started 07/02/10 at 23:43:24 by Anonymous3
2 2304 Last Post 07/04/10 at 18:26:08
By: Conquistador
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New Dzindzi DVD with Rybka on the Giouco Piano
Has anybody gotten this DVD yet? Dzindzi's stuff kind of flopped in the Na5 line in the old line, so I hope that he found some improvements there.
http://www.classicalgames.com/Merchant2/merchant...

Started 06/12/09 at 11:22:03 by Unownasofyet
4 3395 Last Post 07/07/09 at 08:02:55
By: Ender
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The Italian Renaissance by Kravtslv, Quality Chess
The Italian Renaissance - I: Move Orders, Tricks and Alternatives, and The Italian Renaissance - II: The Main Lines, promises to be the new "state of the art" work on the Modern Italian Game. I am eag...

Started 07/25/20 at 14:26:10 by grandpatzer
6 6115 Last Post 08/31/21 at 13:27:52
By: Keano
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Nigel Short scraps the Ruy  for the Evans Gambit
Hi All,
Nigel Short is now 2/2 with the Evans in Corus B. I can't help but feel that we may all need to check out his ideas more carefully. Anyone have any idea what he plans against ba5 d4 ed ? ...

Started 01/18/08 at 22:50:04 by ANDREW BRETT
1 2154 Last Post 01/19/08 at 02:41:12
By: TopNotch
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C50: Hungarian(?) Defense
This one just cropped up...
1.e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bc4 d6
I'm confused as to the best move here...or at least the best options here.  I played what seemed to be the most common move, d4.  
The...

Started 12/09/03 at 19:05:38 by nexirae
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By: kylemeister
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Poll: C50-C59: Repertoire based on the Max Lange Attack?
I'm trying to figure out a repertoire based around the Max Lange Attack. This is what I have so far:
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5
Could play d4 and try to get a max lange attack but I'd...

Started 02/26/11 at 07:11:36 by kevinfat
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27 26353 Last Post 03/08/11 at 21:41:28
By: Stefan Buecker
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Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit
Exactly how dodgy is the Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit? (1.e4,e5 2.Nf3,Nc6 3.Bc4,Nf3 4.Nc3 - although it can also appear in the Petroff)  Morphy played it a lot and it seems to be one of those rare gambits...

Started 08/31/07 at 14:37:57 by Jerry_Taylor
2 2319 Last Post 09/02/07 at 11:38:24
By: CraigEvans
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C54: Kaufman's Italian Game Analysis
Larry Kaufman has Black playing into the line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 in his new book "The Kaufman Repertoire for Black and White". However, he has this line l...

Started 05/22/12 at 07:08:24 by Anonymous3
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By: chandrashekharkoravi
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C50: Advantage without risk against Rousseau?
Hi,
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6 
3.Bc4 f5
What do you recommend to get += , and to limit Black attacking chances?
I do not want lines with heavy tactics Smiley
Edited:
2...Nf6 was originally written ~SF 12/02/2011

Started 01/10/08 at 14:25:20 by Dzambus
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By: CraigEvans
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improvement in guioco piano moeller attack
Current theory says that black is clearly better in the moeller attack cause of 13.... h6 but I think a new move 14. Qb3! gives white enough compensation for the sacrificed pawn and a good game.
...

Started 08/24/04 at 16:24:28 by kamiel
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By: Smyslov_Fan
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C52: Kaufman's 10.Qd4 in the Evans Gambit
In his repetoire book, Larry Kaufman looks at the line
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 Nge7 8.Ng5
and recommends 8...Ne5 rather than the normal 8...d5.
He does ...

Started 03/17/07 at 09:26:14 by Justinhorton
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By: micawber
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New DVD: Italian Game by GM Stefan Kindermann
A new DVD has been released by topschach.de in conjunction with the Munich Chess Academy. The subject of this DVD is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 known as the modern variation of the Ital...

Started 10/17/09 at 15:47:26 by Fllg
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By: Chessvideo.com
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What's this line ?
Today I played a training game and met a line I've never heard of in the Italian : 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d3 Nf6 7.d4
I thought my opponent had mouse-slipped somewhere,...

Started 01/07/21 at 15:43:37 by hicetnunc
6 3015 Last Post 01/09/21 at 21:02:09
By: Paddy
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Sveshnikov Line with 7. Be2

Does anybody know if there are some text covered analyses (e.g. NIC Yearbook,...) ? What's your opinion of this line ? I thin...

Started 03/22/16 at 05:00:26 by Jobavian
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By: urusov
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