Bologan: The Popular Italian OHNE BILD discussions about the pawn structures

discussions about the pawn structures that might occur

excluding the King's Indian/Old Indian positions which arise after White plays his pawn to c4)

John Nunn is a three-time winner of both the World Problem Solving Championship and the British Chess Federation Book of the Year award

He has a Master’s degree in Psychology from Moscow State University

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Bologan: The Popular Italian OHNE BILD discussions about the pawn structuresChildren starting out in chess are usually taught to play 1. e4, and the first checkmate we see is after Bc4, Qh5 and Qxf7#. It sometimes seems today that chess theory is going back to its roots, when 3. Bc4 was much more popular than 3. Bb5. Today, top tournaments are full of Italian games, and it turns out that Black has much more trouble getting equalization than in some variations of the Marshall Gambit or the Berlin Defence in the Spanish. The