C58

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Paoli Variation 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, Paoli Variation

Play White's moves of the line from memory — 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. Bd3 — and the trainer plays Black'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: Two Knights Defense, Paoli Variation page, or pick another opening in the opening trainer.