Caissa Codex
C58

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense trainer

Back to the opening, all openings to practise or my repertoire

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, Polerio Defense

The Polerio Defense is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5, Black's standard reply to the Knight Attack in the Two Knights Defense. Play Black's moves of the line from memory — 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 — and the trainer plays White's replies; "Play the other side" turns it around.

"Drill all" adds the 13 named lines that continue it, such as Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Bishop Check Line, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Bogoljubow Variation, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Suhle Defense, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Kieseritzky Variation, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Colman Variation, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Blackburne Variation, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Steinitz Variation.

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

https://chesscodex.org/train/italian-game-two-knights-defense-polerio-defense