Italian Game
- Koltanowski System
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4
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Kolty Attack
Max Lange
Attack
Bishop Chase
Oddball
Two N's
... Bc5
... Nf6
4. 0-0
4. 0-0
(i)
... Nf6
... d6
... Ne4
(j)
5. d4
5. c3
5. Bd5
... Bd4
... ed
(d)
... Bg4
(h)
... Nf6
6. Nd4
6. e5
6. b4
6. Bc6
... Nd4
... d5
(e)
... Bb6
... dc6
7. f4
7. ef6
7. a4
7. Ne5
... d6
(a)
... dc4
... a6
8. c3
8. fg7
8. a5
... Nc6
... Bg4
(c)
... Rg8
... Ba7
9. f5
9. Qd2
9. Bg5
9. b5
... Ne7
(b)
... Ne4?
... Qd5?
... Be7
(f)
... ab5
10. Qf3
10. Qe3
10. Nc3
10. Be7
10. Bb5
... h6
... Nc2
... Qf5
... Ke7
(g)
... Ne7
11. g4
11. Qe4
11. Nce4
11. Re1
11. Ra4!
... c6
... Na1
... Be7
... Be6
12. Bb3
12. Bf7!
12. Be7
12. Re4
... Qc7
... Ke7
... f5
13. Nd2
13. Nd4
13. Rh4
(a) 7... Nc6? 8 Bf7! Kf7 9 fe5 Ne5 10 Qd5
(b) [1] 9... 0-0 10 Bg5
[2] 9... h6!? 10. Qf3
(c) 8... Ne6 9 f5 Nc5 10 Nd2 Ne4? (...0-0) 11 Ne4 Ne4 12 Qg4
(d) 5... Nd4 6 Ne5 0-0 7 Be3
(e) [1] 6... Ne4 7 Re1 d5 8 ed6 f5 9 Ng5; [2] 6... Nh5 7 Ng5; [3] 6... Ng8 7 Ng5 Nh6 8 Qh5 Qe7 9 Nf3!; [4] 6... Ng4 7 Bf4 0-0 (... d6 8 ed6 Bd6 9 Re1 Ne7 10 Bd6 Qd6 11 Qd4
) 8 h3 Nh6 9 Bh6 gh6 10 c3
(f) 9... f6 10 Bh6 Bg4 (Qd5 11 Nc3 Qh5 12 Re1
) 11 h3 Bh5 12 Qe2 Ne5 13 g4!? d3 14 cd3 cd3 15 Qe1
(g) 10... Qe7 11 Nd4 Rg7 12 Nc6 bc6 13 Qd4 Qg5 14 g3 Be6 15 f4 Qg4 16 Nc3 Rd8 17 Qc5
(h) Against 5... Nf6 or ...Qe7 white plays 6 d4
(i) Better tries against the Two Knights Defense is are
Modern Sveshnikov system 4 d4
or the aggressive "duffer's move" 4 Ng5.
(j) [1] 4... d6? 5 Ng5 d5 6 ed5 Nd5 7 Of3
[2] 4... Bc5 transposes to columns 1 to 4.
Revised 3/19/2006