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Italian Game: Blackburne-Kostić Gambit trainer

Type a move and press Enter: e4, Nf3, O-O, or from and to squares like g1f3 (e7e8q to promote). The board is also played with the mouse.

Practise the Italian Game: Blackburne-Kostić Gambit

The Blackburne Shilling Gambit, called the Blackburne-Kostić Gambit on this site, is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4, a dubious offshoot of the Italian Game. Play Black's moves of the line from memory — 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 — and the trainer plays White's replies; "Play the other side" turns it around.

Read about the line, its statistics on Lichess and Stockfish's evaluation on the Italian Game: Blackburne-Kostić Gambit page, or pick another opening in the opening trainer.