The highly popular Italian game (traditionally known as Giuoco Piano, meaning the quiet game in Italian) is mainly a positional opening. This is even more obvious in the systems with d2-d3 (Giuoco Pianissimo, the quietest game), in which White refrains from an early fight for the centre. With all the pieces and pawns on board, there are many latent tactical possibilities for both sides. More
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CONTENTS
- Introduction
- The dark-squared bishop
- Exercise 01: Vaage-Moller
- Exercise 02: Thomson-Morphy
- Exercise 03: Kastner-Mahdy
- Exercise 04: Gevorgyan-Batsiashvili
- Exercise 05: Yankovsky-Matlakov
- Exercise 06: Inkiov-Jovanic
- Exercise 07: Gilg-Stoltz
- Exercise 08: Reznikov-Aigner
- Exercise 09: Heimrath-Zude
- Exercise 10: Valks-Garrett
- Exercise 11: Agopov-Sammalvuo
- Exercise 12: Mestel-Greenfeld
- Exercise 13: Moraes-Pereira
- Exercise 14: Ivannikov-Jakovenko
- Exercise 15: Ataullin-Guzairov
- Exercise 16: Krasnov-Bakutin
- The queen's knight
- Exercise 01: Mak-Tan
- Exercise 02: Gunsberg-Blackburne
- Exercise 03: Wolski-Root
- Exercise 04: Neiksans-Vajda
- Exercise 05: Fornari-Rieke
- Kingside piece attack
- Exercise 01: Sean-Flores
- Exercise 02: Solleveld-Berkvens
- Exercise 03: Kurmann-Hajnal
- Exercise 04: Lu-Peng
- Exercise 05: Bacrot-Ding
- Exercise 06: Kilthau-Bakiev
- Exercise 07: Petrosian-Carlsen
- Exercise 08: Anhalt-Luetke
- Exercise 09: Tomazini-Cheparinov
- Exercise 10: Nguyen-Ho
- Exercise 11: Belikov-Podgaets
- Exercise 12: Katona-Zupe
- Exercise 13: Uddin-Hasan
- Exercise 14: Tikranian-Harshini
- Exercise 15: Kuijf-Campora
- Exercise 16: So-Carlsen
- Kingside pawn attack
- Exercise 01: Washburn-Lasker
- Exercise 02: Romanovsky-Levenfish
- Exercise 03: Caruana-Nakamura
- Exercise 04: Ypma-Haast
- Exercise 05: Minor-Carlstedt
- The centre
- Exercise 01: Kazhgaleyev-Carlsen
- Exercise 02: Moor-Gligoric
- Exercise 03: Paehtz-Balajayeva
- Exercise 04: Volokitin-Ding
- Exercise 05: Lagno-Ivanchuk
- Exercise 06: Valsecchi-Mastrovasilis
- Exercise 07: Acikel-Wierzbicki
- Exercise 08: Pap-Greenfeld
- Exercise 09: Podvin-Strugnell
- Exercise 10: Schellman-Ovsejevitsch
- Exercise 11: Sengupta-Sjugirov
PROPERTIES
Language: | English |
Level: | advanced, tournament player, professional |
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum: | Computer: Dual Core |
Recommended: | Processor: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore) |
ChessBase Account: | Internet access and modern web browser, e.g. Chrome, Edge, Safari. |
Language | English |
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Level | Advanced, Tournament player, Professional |
Year | 2022 |
Streaming | Yes |
Author | Marin, Mihail |
Language | English |
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Level | Advanced, Tournament player, Professional |
Year | 2022 |
Streaming | Yes |
Author | Marin, Mihail |