Chess Board
[ECO code C23]
TRANSPOSITION
BISHOP'S OPG. (Classical V.) to GIUOCO PIANO
White's QBP push supported a planned 5.P-Q4.
Black heads for Miss-in-Baulk / Bourdonnais lines of the quiet Giuoco Piano by developing his Queen's Knight to counter White's KKt influence on the centre. Inferior to the alternative. B-Alt.
    White  Black    Transp.White Black
 1. P-K4   P-K4		  (1.)
 2. B-B4   B-B4	    (2.	Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3)
 3. Kt-KB3 P-Q3	    (3.	B-B4   B-B4)
 4. P-B3   Kt-QB3   (4.	P-B3   P-Q3)
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