- Introduction
- The trouble with the Giuoco Piano (is the Giuoco Pianissimo)
- Basic ideas in the Italian Game
- All the basic ideas: White,R - Al Marif,S [C51 Evans' Gambit] (London LB), 1990
- Ideas mainly for White
- Develop rapidly and take over the centre
- The raid with central pawns: Boleslavsky - Scitov [C54 Giuoco Piano] (Moscow) 1933
- The raid with central pawns: Morphy,Paul - Laroche,H [Evans' Gambit, C52] Paris, 1859
- The raid with central pawns: Morphy,Paul(bl_sim) - Cunningham [Giuoco Piano, C54] London, 1859
- Central advantage: Bastian,Herbert - Eng,Holger (10) [Giuoco Piano, C54] Bad Neuenahr ch-DE, 1984
- Catch the Black King in the middle
- The King caught in the middle (and Central advantage): Morphy - Hampton, H [Evans' Gambit, C52] (London) 1858
- King caught in the middle: Fischer - Fine RH [Evans' Gambit, C52] (New York) 1963
- King caught in the middle: Anderssen,Adolf - Dufresne,J [Evans' Gambit, C52] Berlin 'Evergreen', 1852
- King caught in the middle: Romero Holmes,Alfonse - Estremera Panos,Serg [Giuoco Piano, C54] Leon, 1989
- The King's-side attack.
- King's-side attack: Morphy,Paul - Amateur [Giuoco Piano, C51] London, 1858
- Littlewood - Paish (Blindfold)1993
- King's-side attack: Euwe,Max - O'Hanlon,John [Giuoco Piano, C54] Hastings, 1919
- The Fried Liver raid: Morphy,Paul(bl_sim) - Forde,A [Evans' Gambit, C52] New Orleans, 1858
- The Queen's-side attack.
- Move to the Queen's-side: Szecsi - Szarka [Giuoco Piano, C54] cr, 1987
- Ideas for Black
- Hit back with ...d5
- Black hits back with ...d5: Marache,N - Morphy,Paul [Evans' Gambit, C52] New York, 1857
- Black hits back with ...d5: Treiber,Timo - Kurz,Ralf (07) [Giuoco Piano, C54] Baden Baden, 1990
- Catch the White King in the middle
- Black catches the King in the middle: Noa,Josef - Kopylov [Evans' Gambit, C52] Leningrad, 1937
- Counterattack on the White King's-side
- Black's King's-side counterattack: Mongredien,A - Morphy,Paul (07) [Evans' Gambit, C52] Paris m, 1859
- Black's King's-side counterattack: Saint Amant - Morphy,Paul [Giuoco Piano, C54] Paris, 1858
- Black's chances in the endgame
- Black's endgame chances: Hammond,G - Morphy,Paul [Giuoco Piano, C54] New York, 1857
- Some traps in the Italian Game
- A poor line for White in the Closed Variation of the Giuoco Piano
- Another trap in the Closed Variation of the Giuoco Piano
- Trap in the Main Line of the Giuoco Piano with 6. O-O
- Trap in the Main Line of the Giuoco Piano with 6. O-O
- Trap in the Main Line of the Giuoco Piano with 6. O-O
- Trap in the Main Line of the Giuoco Piano with 6. cxd4
- Trap in the Moller Attack
- Bernstein's Trap in the Moller Attack
- Some Variations in the Italian Game
- A. Main line Guioco Piano 4. c3
- Risky main line 7. Nc3
- Black avoids the Moller
- Bernstein's line: greedy 9...Bxc3
- Bernstein: the safer 9... d5
- Moller attack
- Safe main line 7. Bd2
- The closed variation 4...Bb6
- Evans' Gambit 4. b4
- Evans' Gambit Declined (4...Bb6)
- Evans' Gambit Accepted (4...Bxb4)
- Evans' Gambit with 5... Bc5
- Evans' Gambit with 5..Be7
- Kasparov, Gary-Anand, Viswanathan, Riga 1993
- Evans' Gambit with 5... Ba5
- Lasker's Defence with 7... Qe7
- Lasker's Defence with 7... Nxd4
- Lasker's Defence with 7... Qd7
- Appendix 1. Why is it called "Italian"?
- Appendix 2. Oh, if you must... some ideas for playing the Giuoco Pianissimo
- Regis (Exeter) - Orpwood (Salford), 1987.
- A trap in the Giuoco Pianissimo
- Another trap in the Giuoco Pianissimo
- One more trap in the Giuoco Pianissimo
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