Svitlana’s Smart Moves – The Giuoco Pianissimo Variation

The Italian game was probably one of the very first openings you learned. The reasons are clear: The center is dominated, the minor pieces are active, the king is safe. The Giouco Piano is played by almost every top player in the world. Svitlana is teaching us the “slow” variation, the so-called Giuoco Pianissimo Variation in this episode. The move d3 is giving White the choice to prepare their attack with a bit more time. In a game between Sven Magnus Carlsen, and Christopher Hikaru Nakamura, Svitlana presents us the White plans, and Black’s counter ideas.