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Italian Two Knights' d3 & ...Bc5 line for Black
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Two Knights' Defense d3 line, with ...Bc5 of course

...d5 pawn break; bishop vs. knight ending
G Jumba vs Sungwon Byun, 2010
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 46 moves, 0-1

...h6, ...g5 with kingside attack by many pieces
R Runonen vs A Hermlin, 2001
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 36 moves, 0-1

led to queen & pawns endgame after lots of exchanges
Li Ching vs A G Nimmy, 2001
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 51 moves, 0-1

no d3, only c3, d4 line; ...Nxe4 followed by ...d5
M Sunday vs Korneev, 1993 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 29 moves, 0-1

looks more of Greco with early 0-0; total domination by black
E Karakas vs C Luciani, 1984
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 0-1

...a6 line; e-file play; Greg made kingside threats with pieces
T Shaked vs Kaidanov, 1993 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 23 moves, 0-1

Italian Two Knights' d3 line; Nc3 played; ...Bxe3 & q-side play
M Abu Bakr Zain vs A Driza, 2008
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 37 moves, 0-1

Italian Four Knights' line; Be3, Qd2 line; ...d5 equalizer
Niji A vs K Nadig, 2008
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 0-1

c3, d3 line; Nbd2, Nf1 Tichenor style; ...d5 break equalizer
J Degraeve vs Dorfman, 2010
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2

...Be7 line after Italian d3, ...h6, meeting threats
J Fuchs vs T Kosintseva, 2014
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 46 moves, 0-1

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