Timeline for Best reply against the Italian Game after 3...h6 4. d4?
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| Sep 18, 2018 at 14:59 | vote | accept | Sollosa | ||
| Jul 31, 2018 at 0:00 | comment | added | Allure | I would certainly not call the Two Knights Defense "solid" since 4. Ng5 leads to highly tactical positions. If you are hoping for a quiet positional game you should play Bc5. | |
| May 24, 2016 at 10:44 | comment | added | Harambe17 | Hi Jeff, one very viable way for black to forego the Qf3 move is to play 6...Bd7, which gives black a good game, and chances of regaining the pawn. | |
| May 23, 2016 at 16:04 | comment | added | Jeff Y | As a player of 4.Ng5 myself, I'll just tell you that as Black you'd better know exactly what to do after 4....d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3, because the "natural" responses 8...Bb7 and 8...Bd7 are not the best (for Black). | |
| May 17, 2016 at 22:44 | comment | added | bof | @Sollosa 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 is OK for Black, but maybe not to your taste. Still no reason to play 3...h6. Instead play 3...Bc5 and 4...Nf6, and if White plays 5.Ng5 you just castle and everything is fine. Alternatively you can play 3...Be7 or 3...d6. | |
| May 15, 2016 at 22:13 | comment | added | Harambe17 | Click "...d5 the main line" here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… . You'll find some very nice variations to deal with people who like to play Ng5 early. | |
| May 15, 2016 at 10:22 | comment | added | Mike Jones | As Alex explained in his good answer, the Ng5xf7 maneuver is nothing to fear. As White, I can already see plans of a kingside attack based upon the easily attackable h6 pawn. If you want to avoid Ng5, play Be7 first, then you can castle before the f7 pawn is attacked. | |
| May 15, 2016 at 8:22 | comment | added | Sollosa | I meant to avoid Nf6 against black actually, things may get bad with night eyeing on g5, then f7, no? | |
| May 15, 2016 at 2:49 | history | answered | Harambe17 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |