C57

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Counterattack 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, Traxler Counterattack

The Traxler Counterattack, also known as the Wilkes-Barre Variation, is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5. Play Black's moves of the line from memory — 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 — and the trainer plays White's replies; "Play the other side" turns it around.

"Drill all" adds the 4 named lines that continue it, such as Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Counterattack, Knight Sacrifice Line, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Counterattack, Bishop Sacrifice Line, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Counterattack, King March Line, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Variation, Trencianske-Teplice Gambit.

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