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The Italian Game is sometimes known as the Giuoco Piano (“quiet game” in Italian), but that is rather a misnomer as it is often not at all quiet.

As it is White wants to play d2-d4 to open the position and develop his queen’s bishop. Also note that all of Black’s three moves exert some pressure on the d4-square, which soon becomes the focus of the struggle. In the diagram position, each player has developed two pieces, but White is one move closer than his opponent to castling. Next month’s column will update my Evans Gambit coverage. Previously, I wrote on this opening in The Kibitzer #64-65, and #6970, and on the Evans Gambit in #89-90 (with respect to Chigorin’s use of it). It is a follow-up to the mini-series of November and December last year, in which I re-examined the Two Knights Defence. The Giuoco Piano Revisited This article deals with the Italian Game, which arises from 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5.