Master Piece by Greco.

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C40
Greco,Gioacchino
NN - Game 1
Greco Europe 1620
Giacchino Greco was one of the best
representative of the "Italian School of
Chess".
This was an age that the attack against
the opponent king was the most
important idea, the defensive resources
was not enough and the positional play
have not invented yet.
Greco gave us a lot about the ideas
"The Center", "Development" and
"King´s Security" in his games and
analysis. 1.e4 e5 2.f3
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2...f6? The  is active too early, now
she could be exposed to the s and s
attack.
[ 2...c6 Active one  and protect the
"e5"  ]
3.c4! White continue his development
3...g6? Black should develop his s or
s, however choose move his  again
making un doble attack against de "g2
and "e4" s
[ 3...c6 The best try for black is
develop his  ]
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4.0-0!! White do not care about the
attack against the "e4" 
[ 4.d3 ]
[ 4.c3 ]
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4...xe4? Black do not care about the
development of his s and s, Black
By FIDE Master Alberto López

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decide to take be  on "e4" open the
column "a" which would been ready to
use by the white .
[ 4...c6 This is the last opportunity
for development black . ]
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5.xf7+!! As Teichmann said "Chess is
99% Tactic"
White find this strong tactical strike
witch prove how weak is the black
position.
(Diagram)
5...e7 Black  can not be able to
castle more, and black  will be
exposed for white pieces attack.
[ 5...xf7 6.g5+ The white  wins
material with this powerful double
attack ]
(Diagram)
6.e1! White active his  and attack the
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black . 6...f4 7.xe5+ The white 
takes advantage of the open file to
attack the black . 7...d8?
[ 7...xf7 8.d4 With strong attack for
white. ]
(Diagram)
8.e8# White finish this short game in
good style

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I hope this analysis will be useful in your
games
FM/FA Alberto López
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