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Italian Game: Two Knights Defense 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: Two Knights Defense

The Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6) is Black's most active answer to the Italian Game. Play Black's moves of the line from memory — 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 — and the trainer plays White's replies; "Play the other side" turns it around.

"Drill all" adds the 56 named lines that continue it, such as Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening, Four Knights Game: Italian Variation, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Knight Attack, Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Normal, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Knight Attack, Normal Variation, Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Bishop Check Line.

Read about the line, its statistics on Lichess and Stockfish's evaluation on the Italian Game: Two Knights Defense page, or pick another opening in the opening trainer.