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Two Knights Defence inc. Wilkes-Barre Variation [C56-C59]
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Ulvestad Variation
[Event "GCT Warsaw (rapid)"]
[Date "2024.05.09"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]...

Started 05/12/24 at 09:07:20 by Jonathan Tait
5 1587 Last Post 06/05/24 at 00:19:20
By: SWJediknight
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Traxler
5.Bxf2+ Ke7 6.Bb3 and
5.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6.Kxf2 Ne4+ 7.Ke3 seem white's most promissing lines lately
Opinions ?

Started 12/02/06 at 12:33:47 by Dji
4 3410 Last Post 01/26/07 at 17:32:41
By: Dji
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Two Knights defence : Bogoliubov variation
In Two Knights Defence , Bogoliubov variation
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 
6 Bb5+ c6 7 dxc6 bxc6 8 Qf3!?
2 lines pass as a refutation:
8... Rb8 9 Bxc6+ Nxc6 10 ...

Started 01/30/05 at 17:34:02 by photophore
0 2175 Last Post 01/30/05 at 17:34:01
By: photophore
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C58: 4.Ng5 Two Knights Defense Main line
I played the following game against Houdini 3 in a blitz game. The endgame, if I am not mistaken, is a theoretical draw but worth playing on a few move.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5...

Started 07/21/13 at 11:59:13 by sloughter
1 3057 Last Post 07/21/13 at 13:55:13
By: Smyslov_Fan
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C57: Fried Liver 9.a3? -+
Black has a simple technical win in this line of the Fried Liver; White is just down a piece for two pawns with no compensation.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3...

Started 12/30/13 at 01:56:44 by sloughter
11 11455 Last Post 01/24/15 at 13:51:15
By: Knightcut
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C58: New idea in the Two Knights 4.Ng5 and 8.Bd3
The line in which I believe to have a strong idea is :
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Nd5 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.0-0 
(Now 10...Nf4 gave black good play fo...

Started 09/12/11 at 18:05:44 by Antigoon
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26 26241 Last Post 11/26/12 at 17:00:12
By: sloughter
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4.Ng5 and so on with 10. ...Qd4
Hello everyone!
                                                                                     
I finally decided to work on my black repertoire and I will start with the Two Knights D...

Started 10/05/14 at 16:31:36 by chessnoerd
0 2999 Last Post 10/05/14 at 16:31:36
By: chessnoerd
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C57: Fried Liver 9.Qe4 =
White has no real winning chances in the 9.Qe4 variation of the Fried Liver.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.Qe4 c6 10.a3 Na6 11.d4 Nac7 12.Bf...

Started 12/28/13 at 09:45:02 by sloughter
4 6996 Last Post 06/28/15 at 11:41:12
By: Knightcut
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C57: Heisman Variation, Lolli, Two Knights Defense
In the Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6) 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5?! yields two main lines, 6.Nxf7, the Fried Liver, and 6.d4, the Lolli. 
Jon Edwards in a long article in Chess Life f...

Started 11/06/13 at 05:47:32 by sloughter
9 12682 Last Post 08/28/20 at 12:49:21
By: CraigEvans
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C57-C59: 2 knights, but no 70s medallion
New vid from chessbase on 2k
http://www.chessbase.com/shop/product.asp?pid=490
Distressed to see an underdressed presenter. Missing buttons? Or chessbase dragged him to the office still in h...

Started 02/17/10 at 14:37:39 by Bibs
11 10145 Last Post 11/15/10 at 01:30:56
By: trw
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Did Deep Fritz 14 blunder in this Evans Gambit?
Moody-Deep Fritz 14   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Be7 6.d4 Na5 7.Be2 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.e5 Nc6 10.Qh4 Nd5 11.Qg3 O-O?! Played after 25 minutes of calculation out to a depth of 27 12.Bh6 ...

Started 02/01/16 at 20:09:19 by sloughter
2 3825 Last Post 02/01/16 at 21:32:13
By: kylemeister
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Two Knights defence at CPub
With the popularity of 3 Bc4 at elite level in recent years it's not surprising that theory has been developing very quickly in the Two Knights.
Jon Tait's new "Disreputable" book has some very i...

Started 03/26/22 at 17:02:42 by Paddy
0 920 Last Post 03/26/22 at 17:02:42
By: Paddy
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C56: Is this playable?
This is from some "fun" analysis I did back in 2008.  Is 5. ... Be7 playable? 

Started 02/22/13 at 13:22:05 by ChessFlash
12 8143 Last Post 04/19/13 at 18:57:11
By: urusov
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Unusual 2 knights defence
Playing against TKD
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 h6? (was '!' in error ...)
Any ideas?

Started 01/16/08 at 03:03:29 by Jurassic Pawn
3 2827 Last Post 01/17/08 at 07:49:03
By: Matemax
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C58: Fritz: Two Knights' Defense better for White?
Here is a test of one of the key main lines of the TKD, the Fritz [Played Against Houdini 3 at 300'40 game in 1] (Against the 5...Na5 variation, White is better after: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng...

Started 06/16/13 at 14:37:35 by sloughter
11 16374 Last Post 12/27/13 at 15:03:28
By: sloughter
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Two Knights 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5† Bd7!?
Does anybody have any experience/opinion on this sequence?  Watson likes it, and it has the enormous advantage of not being very well known ... and that the most natural move to someone who doesn't kn...

Started 01/14/05 at 09:26:21 by alumbrado
7 5543 Last Post 01/25/05 at 16:32:08
By: Mike Thomas
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C58: 2 Knights Defense 4.Ng5 ... 8.Bd3 h6
One of the ideas in the 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5ch c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 line is 8…h6 9.Ne4 Nd5 10.Be2! Be7 (Qb6 11.O-O Be7 12.d3 O-O 13.Nbd2 f5 14.Nc3 Be6 15.Nb3 Nb7 16.Bf3 +/=) 11.d3! (It is importa...

Started 12/23/12 at 23:50:04 by sloughter
1 2997 Last Post 12/24/12 at 04:58:08
By: Smyslov_Fan
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C57: New Variations: Wilkes-Barre, 2N Defense
Here is a test of the Wilkes Barre in the Two Knights' Defense (180'40 90'20 30 Game). While the general belief is that the Wilkes-Barre is unsound, practical results suggest otherwise. When a future ...

Started 06/18/13 at 14:40:58 by sloughter
0 1871 Last Post 06/18/13 at 14:40:57
By: sloughter
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Two knights 5. ... Na5 10. ... Qd4
Hi folks,
friday I have a game against an opponent that plays Ng5 against the two knights. I was looking at the 1. e4 e5 archive at chesspub and came across Kriventsov - Becerra. I find this 10. ...

Started 01/06/10 at 08:26:02 by Schaakhamster
6 5496 Last Post 01/06/10 at 18:42:30
By: Schaakhamster
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Two knights defence rare line
hello,I've  recently started to play this line as black and I have some success.This is: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 and here I go 5...Nxd5!?(I've observed that this rather rare line m...

Started 09/07/07 at 14:03:34 by Chwileulotne85
3 2953 Last Post 09/07/07 at 18:03:05
By: Markovich
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