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Paris Defence
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6	6
5	5
4	4
3	3
2	2
1	1
Moves	1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6
ECO	C50
Parent	Italian Game

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The Paris Defence is one of Black's responses to the Italian Game.^[1] It begins with the moves:

1. e4 e5

2. Nf3 Nc6

3. Bc4 d6

This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.

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 |moves= 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6
 |ECO=C50
+|nameorigin =
-|nameorigin = Rodzinski vs. [[Alexander Alekhine|Alekhine]], Paris 1913
 |parentopening = [[Italian Game]]
+|AKA=
-|AKA= Semi-Italian <br />"Half" [[Giuoco Piano]] <br />"Lesser" Giuoco Piano
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 :2. [[b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3|Nf3]] [[b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...Nc6|Nc6]]
 :3. [[b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...Nc6/3. Bc4|Bc4]] [[b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...Nc6/3. Bc4/3...d6|d6]]
-Black's intent is to play a [[Hungarian Defense]] with an early ...Bg4, fighting for control of the d4-square. The [[chess opening|line]] was tried by [[Alexander Alekhine]] early in his career.<ref name="Harding, Botterill">Harding, Botterill (1977), pp. 129–30</ref><ref name="Horowitz">Horowitz (1964), pp. 40–41</ref> The first recorded use in international competition was in 1846.{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}}
 {{algebraic notation|pos=tocleft}}
-==Lines==
-===Main line: 4.c3===
-* 4...Bg4 5.d4 Qe7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qb3 Nd8 8.Nbd2 g6 9.dxe5 and White was slightly better in [[Grigory Levenfish|Levenfish]]–[[Alexander Tolush|Tolush]], Leningrad 1939 (Black won).<ref name="BCO" /><ref name="Harding, Botterill" /><ref>{{cite web
- | url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1090700
- | title=Levenfish vs Tolush, USSR Championship 1939
- | publisher=Chessgames.com}}</ref>
-* 4...Qe7 5.d4 g6 or 5.0-0 g6 is satisfactory for Black (Alekhine).
-* 4...Be6 is preferred by [[Savielly Tartakower|Tartakower]].
-===4.d4===
-'''4... Bg4''' (after 4...exd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 White has the freer game according to [[Paul Keres|Keres]]; instead of 5...Nf6 [[Larry Evans|Evans]] has suggested 5...g6!?)<ref name="Harding, Botterill" /> and now:
-*'''5. c3''' and now:
-** 5...Qd7 and White has some [[Glossary of chess#Space|space advantage]] after either 6.d5 or 6.Bb5 (Keres), or 6.Be3 (Evans).<ref name="Harding, Botterill" />
-** 5...Nf6 6.Qb3 +/− (Keres).
-** 5...Qf6 6.Be3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 +/= (Keres).
-** 5...Qe7 [[Transposition (chess)|transposes]] to the Main line.
-*'''5. h3!''' and White is slightly better,<ref name="BCO" /> for example: '''5... Bxf3 6. Qxf3''' and now:
-** 6...Nf6 7.d5 ([[Wolfgang Unzicker|Unzicker]]).
-** 6...Qf6 7.Qb3 Nd8 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Be3 Bd6 10.Nc3 Ne7 11.Nb5 a6 12.Nxd6 Qxd6 13.0-0 Qc6 14.f4! and White had the attack in  [[Viktor Gavrikov|Gavrikov]]–[[Evgeny Vladimirov|Vladimirov]], USSR 1978 (Unzicker).
-===4.h3===
-White prevents Black's thematic ...Bg4. The reply 4.h3 leads to lines similar to the [[Hungarian Defense]], for example: '''4... Be7 5. d4''' and now:
-* 5...Nf6 6.d5 Nb8 7.Bd3 0-0 8.Be3 a5 9.g4!? (Keres preferred 9.c4) Na6 10.Qd2 c6 11.c4 Nd7 12.Nc3 Ndc5 leading to a sharp game with balanced chances in [[Viktor Kupreichik|Kupreichik]]–Podgayets, USSR 1970.<ref name="Harding, Botterill" />
-* 5...Nxd4 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.Qh5 g6 8.Qd5 Be6 9.Qxb7 Nf6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Qc6+ Kf7 12.Nd2 Qd7 13.Qc4 c5 14.0-0 d5 = Sax–Ivkov, Amsterdam 1976 (Unzicker).
-===4.Nc3===
-This transposes to the game Maslov–Lutikov, USSR 1963, which continued 4...Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Nf6 7.Ne2 (or 7.d3) +/= (Keres).
-==Notable game==
-{{Chess diagram|=
-| tright
-| Rodzinski vs. Alekhine, 1913
-|=
-|ql|  |  |  |  |bd|  |rd|=
-|pd|  |pd|kd|  |  |pd|pd|=
-|  |  |nd|pd|  |  |  |  |=
-|  |  |  |  |pd|  |  |  |=
-|  |  |qd|  |pl|  |bd|  |=
-|  |  |pl|  |  |pl|  |  |=
-|pl|pl|  |pl|  |  |pl|pl|=
-|rl|nl|bl|  |kl|  |  |rl|=
-    a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h
-| Position after 11.f3
-}}
-Rodzinski versus [[Alexander Alekhine|Alekhine]], Paris 1913:<ref name="BCO">Kasparov, Keene (1982), pp. 308–9</ref><ref name="Harding, Botterill" />
-'''1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. c3 Bg4 5. Qb3!?'''
-:5.d4, the Main line, is better.
-'''5... Qd7 6. Ng5?!'''
-:6.Bxf7+ Qxf7 7.Qxb7 Kd7 8.Qxa8 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Qxf3 10.Rg1 Qxe4+ 11.Kd1 Qf3+ 12.Ke1 Qe4+ = (Alekhine), or 12...e4 13.Na3 Ne5 14.Qxa7 Nd3+ 15.Kf1 = ([[Veniamin Sozin|Sozin]]).
-'''6... Nh6 7. Nxf7 Nxf7 8. Bxf7+ Qxf7 9. Qxb7 Kd7 10. Qxa8 Qc4 11. f3''' (see diagram) '''Bxf3! 12. gxf3 Nd4 13. d3?'''
-:13.cxd4 Qxc1+ −/+
-'''13... Qxd3 14. cxd4 Be7 15. Qxh8 Bh4# 0–1'''
 ==See also==
-* [[Hungarian Defense]]
 * [[Philidor Defence]]
 * [[List of chess openings]]
 * [[List of chess openings named after places]]
-==References==
-{{reflist|2}}
-'''Bibliography'''
-{{refbegin}}
-*{{cite book
- |last=Kasparov |first=Gary |authorlink=Garry Kasparov
- |last2=Keene |first2=Raymond |author2-link=Raymond Keene
- |title=Batsford Chess Openings
- |publisher=American Chess Promotions
- |year=1982
- |isbn=0-7134-2112-6}}
-*{{cite book
- |author=[[Tim Harding (chess player)|T. D. Harding]]
- |coauthors=G. S. Botterill
- |title=The Italian Game
- |publisher=[[Anova Books|B. T. Batsford Limited]]
- |year=1977
- |isbn=0-7134-3261-6}}
-*{{cite book
- |author=[[Israel Albert Horowitz|I. A. Horowitz]]
- |title=Chess Openings: Theory and Practice
- |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]
- |year=1964
- |isbn=0-671-20553-6}}
-{{refend}}
 [[Category:Chess openings]]