Chess Openings, two knights defence (C57), Fegatello attack, Polerio defence

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CHESS OPENINGS

Annotated chess games with this chess opening:

chess opening #7687

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The Oldest Game Known?
Polerio vs. Domenico

Annotated by archduke_piccolo (2332): Played in Rome over 400 years ago: 1600 An "Italian game", which we might expect from Italian masters, playing in Rome... The Two knights' defence - much more exciting that the quiet game - Giuoco Piano. Though labelled a "beginner's move" by some others consider this the best continuation. A good alternative is 4.d4, and 4.0-0 and 4.d3 have been tried. The last is better than it looks...…

chess opening #3716

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Prog' Rock Fans 1st Tournament
kingstuart (1529) vs. beardownman (1284)

Annotated by kingstuart (1200): a nice tactical game that arises after the fried liver attack ?! here black should try b5 or Na5 to remove the bishop from the a2-g8 diagonal. its quite amazing that in this position so early in the game with no mistakes by black white can have such a sacrifice that isn't completely insane! here black can try both Nb4 and Nd5 as alternatives to this move, although the move played is …