Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Trap on Italian Game
The Italian game is an old opening and extensively analysed for more than 300 years.
Sometimes the Italian game is also referred to as ‘Giuoco Piano’ (Italian name for “Quiet Game”).
Nevertheless, players have to play carefully in order not to fall in traps, like today’s one:
All the games played and recorded by Gioachino Greco have an anonymous opponent. That is the reason why chess historians believe that all (or some) of them are in fact his constructs to demonstrate opening traps and mating patterns.
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