- 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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