Letsplaychess.com presents a system against the Giuoco Piano (White perspective)

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Letsplaychess.com presents a system against the Giuoco Piano (White perspective)

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Movsesian, S."]
[Black "Adams, Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {Source: Wiki - The Italian Game is one of the oldest recorded
chess openings; It occurs in the Göttingen manuscript and was developed by
players such as Damiano and Polerio in the 16th century, and later by Greco in
1620, who gave the game its main line. It has been extensively analyzed for
more than 300 years. The term Italian Game is now used interchangeably with
Giuoco Piano, though that term also refers particularly to play after 3/\Bc5.
It is regarded as an Open Game, or Double King's Pawn game.} Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5.
d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 (6... exd4 7. e5 d5 8. exf6 dxc4 9. fxg7 Rg8 10. Qh5 Qf6 (
10... Be6 11. Bg5 Qd5 12. Qxh7 Kd7 13. Bf6 Rae8 14. Na3 Kc8) 11. Re1+ Be6 12.
Bg5 Qf5 (12... Qxg7 13. Rxe6+ Kd7 14. Rxc6 Kxc6 15. Qf3+ Kb6 16. Bf6) 13. g4
Qg6 14. Qxg6 hxg6 15. Bf6 Kd7 16. Na3 d3) (6... exd4) 7. f4 d6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9.
Bg5 Be6 10. Na3 Qe7 11. c3 Nc6 12. Kh1 Rd8 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rf2 Rg8
16. Raf1 Rg6 17. Nc2 Kf8 18. Ne3 Nb8 19. Qh5 Kg7 20. Qf3 Kh7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 (
21... Qd6 22. Nxf6+) 22. exd5 e4 23. Qf4 Rd6 24. Re2 Nd7 25. Rxe4 Ne5 26. Bb3
Kg8 27. c4 b6 28. Bc2 Qf8 29. Re3 Rg5 30. Bf5 Kh8 31. Rfe1 a5 32. b3 c6 33.
dxc6 Rxc6 34. h4 Rg8 35. Rd1 a4 36. Rd8 Qg7 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Rg3 Ng6 39. Bxg6
fxg6 40. Qe4 1-0

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[dakgootje]

hmmm after 29. Re3 (7:04 in the video), what about ...Rg4 instead of ...Rg5? It seems much more aggressive but I think it's still sound. for instance 30. Qf5 could be met with ...Qg7 and black seems to have quite some counterplay (relatively). On the other hand 30. Rg3 would probably lead to a couple of exchanges which would seem to give white better endgame chances but still, it's not as if the game continuation is that great for black :P

[kingscrusher]

Unfortunately for black 30 Qf5 Qg7 31 Rxe5! wins on the spot because of the Qc8+ threat winning the rook on g4 after Qf8. I checked this with Rybka to find this resource. Interesting variation - thanks for the question.

[joyfulvulture]

hey kingscrusher, i love your videos but drink less coffee next time :)

[ozdent]

King of games; so many possibilities

[RedMildew]

black should of avoided doubled pawn....

[dukeisaac]

im so confused sir... how about 5. exd4?

[lucy6M]

I too am happy to see this opening used at top level, as the Ruy Lopez Bb5 has been far more prevalent. Nearly 400 years as a viable opening - that's longevity!!

[lucy6M]

The last major runout of the Evans gambit was Kasparov v Anand in 1995. I use it a lot myself, but it becomes increasingly less viable as the standard of the oppostion rises. Still a deadly weapon at club standard.

[buleandrac]

nice :)

[Chris2222278]

I wonder what Rybka had played against whites d2-d4? But damn to beat a strong GM like Adams like that! I hope we can have a follow up.

[pinkyfrogs23]

This video helped me alot.

[2TheDeath]

Nice attacking game. This gambit is recommended in Chris Baker's A Startling Chess Repertoire for White- it is a good book for some offbeat lines but many I wouldnt play regularly- (ie Cochrane gambit).