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Giuoco Piano
You play Black · 43 variations
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10 positions: find the next theory move in each. No take-backs, no hints.
Main variations · 35
- Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, Main LineC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. h39 moves
- Classical Variation, Giuoco PianissimoC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba77 moves
- Classical Variation, Giuoco PianissimoC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O7 moves
- Classical Variation, Giuoco PianissimoC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 Ba77 moves
- Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with a4 a5C541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a57 moves
- Classical Variation, Giuoco PianissimoC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O7 moves
- Classical Variation, Giuoco PianissimoC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re17 moves
- Classical Variation, Giuoco PianissimoC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd27 moves
- Classical Variation, Giuoco PianissimoC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a56 moves
- Classical Variation, Giuoco PianissimoC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bb66 moves
- Classical Variation, Giuoco PianissimoC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O6 moves
- Classical Variation, Giuoco PianissimoC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d56 moves
- Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with a6C541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a66 moves
- Classical Variation, Giuoco PianissimoC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c36 moves
- Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, Albin VariationC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b46 moves
- Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with a5C541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a5 6. c36 moves
- Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with a6C541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a65 moves
- Giuoco PianissimoC501. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. d36 moves
- Giuoco PianissimoC501. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d36 moves
- Giuoco PianissimoC501. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d34 moves
- Giuoco Pianissimo, Canal VariationC501. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg56 moves
- Giuoco Pianissimo, Dubois VariationC501. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 f5 5. Ng5 f45 moves
- Giuoco Pianissimo, NormalC501. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc54 moves
- Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Main LineC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc38 moves
- Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Moeller-Bayonet AttackC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. g412 moves
- Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Anderssen VariationC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb4+8 moves
- Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Dubov ItalianC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. b46 moves
- Classical VariationC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf64 moves
- Classical Variation, Ghulam-Kassim VariationC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd5 Nxf2 8. Kxf2 dxc3+ 9. Kg39 moves
- Classical Variation, Tarrasch VariationC531. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 a6 8. h3 Nf6 9. Re19 moves
- Classical Variation, Eisinger VariationC531. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. d5 Nb8 7. d67 moves
- Classical Variation, La Bourdonnais VariationC531. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb66 moves
- Classical Variation, Mestel VariationC531. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. Bg56 moves
- Classical Variation, with d5C541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d55 moves
- Classical Variation, Albin GambitC501. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c35 moves
Other variations · 8
- Giuoco Piano, Therkatz-Herzog VariationC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 O-O 14. Nxh714 moves
- Giuoco Piano, Krause VariationC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ d5 11. Ne5+ Kf6 12. f312 moves
- Giuoco Piano, Bernstein VariationC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Qb3 d510 moves
- Giuoco Piano, Aitken VariationC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Ba310 moves
- Giuoco Piano, Holzhausen AttackC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bg5 d6 8. f4 Qe7 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Nc310 moves
- Giuoco Piano, Steinitz VariationC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. Ba310 moves
- Giuoco Piano, Rosentreter VariationC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. f49 moves
- Giuoco Piano, Cracow VariationC541. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Kf17 moves