The Giuoco Piano SN_required true Bulgarian GM Dejan Bojkov sets

Bulgarian GM Dejan Bojkov sets out to systematize the most important of these and gives valuable advice on how to handle the resulting positions

Learn Chess Through a Grandmaster's Annotated Games

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The Giuoco Piano SN_required true Bulgarian GM Dejan Bojkov setsThe Giuoco Piano (Italian for quiet game) is the oldest recorded chess opening, appearing as one of 12 chess openings detailed in the Gttingen manuscript over five hundred years ago. It is popular with juniors and chess novices, as the basic ideas of this opening are simple to understand: rapid development, control of the centre, and an attack on the vulnerable f7 square. However, this reputation belies its sophisticated and fearsome nature, and it is