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    The Two Knights Defense - Playing 1.E4 - E5 2.Nf3 Opening Variations

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    The document discusses the Two Knights Defense opening in chess that begins with the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6. It aims to explore less theoretically dense moves than aggressive lines like the Fried Liver Attack. The summary covers white playing the Italian Game by moving their bishop to c4 on the third move. It then provides an example continuation of the moves with brief commentary on white setting up their center and black castling before future articles will explore more theoretical lines of the opening.

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    The Two Knights Defense - Playing 1.E4 - E5 2.Nf3 Opening Variations

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    The document discusses the Two Knights Defense opening in chess that begins with the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6. It aims to explore less theoretically dense moves than aggressive lines like the Fried Liver Attack. The summary covers white playing the Italian Game by moving their bishop to c4 on the third move. It then provides an example continuation of the moves with brief commentary on white setting up their center and black castling before future articles will explore more theoretical lines of the opening.

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    The document discusses the Two Knights Defense opening in chess that begins with the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6. It aims to explore less theoretically dense moves than aggressive lines like the Fried Liver Attack. The summary covers white playing the Italian Game by moving their bishop to c4 on the third move. It then provides an example continuation of the moves with brief commentary on white setting up their center and black castling before future articles will explore more theoretical lines of the opening.

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    The Two Knights Defense - Playing 1.E4 - E5 2.Nf3 Opening Variations

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    The document discusses the Two Knights Defense opening in chess that begins with the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6. It aims to explore less theoretically dense moves than aggressive lines like the Fried Liver Attack. The summary covers white playing the Italian Game by moving their bishop to c4 on the third move. It then provides an example continuation of the moves with brief commentary on white setting up their center and black castling before future articles will explore more theoretical lines of the opening.

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    The Two Knights Defense Playing 1.E4 - E5 2.

    Nf3
    Opening Variations

    The Two Knights Defense is the third in a


    series of articles reviewing black's second move
    after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3. It continues with 2...Nc6
    3. Bc4 Nf6 and can be frought with theory, from
    white's Fried Liver Attack with 4.Ng5, to black's
    response with theTraxler Counter Attack. For this
    article, the first in the series of the Two Knights
    Defense, it's my intent to start with less theoretically
    dense moves that are not "reckless". The Fried Liver
    Attack and The Traxler Counter Attack will be
    covered indepth in future articles once we've
    established a foundation of normal, natural moves
    that control the center.
    The Two Knights Defense begins with black's third
    move 3...Nc6. White usually responds in one of 2
    ways:

    3.Bg4 - The Ruy Lopez - which is loaded with


    theoretical lines or
    3.Bc4
    - The Italian Game - which is less complicated and
    where we will start.
    Black's third move 3...Nf6 is considered a more aggressive
    defense than the Giuoco Piano 3...Bc5and was
    extensively developed in the 1800s.
    The Two Knights Defense has been adopted as black by
    many aggressive players including Mikhail Chigorin and Paul
    Keres, as well as World Champions Mikhail Tal and Boris
    Spassky.
    The Two Knights Defense
    1. e4e52. Nf3Nc63. Bc4The Italian Game
    3... Nf6Two Knights Defense
    4. d3This is a "quite move" that sets up the center for an attack.
    It requires less theoretical knowledge and opens the diagonal for
    the dark square bishop.
    (4. d4This is also possible, but the Quite Move - 4.d3 will
    push to d4 after it's defended by other pawns and is no
    longer a "Gambit". )
    4... Bc55. c3Controls the dark squares and adds more pressure
    to d4.
    5... O-O6. O-Od6Opens the diagonal for the light square bishop
    7. b4Attacking the bishop and occupying queenside space.
    7... Bb68. d4Now the pawn is pushed to take its rightful place
    with plenty of defense behind it.

    Future articles will explain more theoretical attacks and


    counter attacks of the Two Knights Defense. I hope this

    sheds light on how to play this opening variation. Look for


    the next in the series - The Fried Liver Attack.

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