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Giuoco Piano, Bernstein Variation

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  1. 1.e4e5
  2. 2.Nf3Nc6
  3. 3.Bc4Bc5
  4. 4.c3Nf6
  5. 5.d4exd4
  6. 6.cxd4Bb4+
  7. 7.Nc3Nxe4
  8. 8.O-ONxc3
  9. 9.bxc3Bxc3
  10. 10.Qb3d5

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Black's reply 10...d5 to Greco's trap 10. Qb3 in the Giuoco Piano's Greco Attack, keeping two extra pawns in a sharp, tactical position.

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About the Bernstein Variation

The Bernstein Variation is Black's antidote to Greco's trap in the Greco Attack. After 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3, White plays 10. Qb3, which attacks the bishop on c3 and, together with the bishop on c4, the f7-pawn. The reply 10...d5 blocks the c4 bishop's diagonal and attacks it. Black stays two pawns ahead, and White, with an isolated d-pawn and the open e-file, must seek compensation in development and pressure against the uncastled black king.

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