[Event "Analysis "] [White "Italian Game"] [Black "Ulvestad Variation"] [Site ""] [Round ""] [Annotator "Havanur Nagesh"] [Result "*"] [Date "2023.04.27"] [PlyCount "32"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 $5 {The Ulvestad Variation. } (5... Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 {is the Main Line.} )(5... Nd4 { is the Fritz Variation.} )6. Bf1 ({He can't defend both the biship and the g2 pawn.} 6. Bxb5 $2 Qxd5 7. Bf1 Bc5 8. d3 h6 9. Nc3 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Qd4+ 11. Ke1 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Rb8 $17 {J.Tanti-K.H. Hansen, Corr.2008} )({If} 6. dxc6 bxc4 7. Nc3 h6 8. Nf3 Bd6 $15 )({Or} 6. Bb3 $2 Nd4 $17 )Nxd5 (6... Nd4 7. c3 Nxd5 {transposes to the Fritz Variation.} )7. Bxb5 {Now he can capture this pawn as d5 is no longer available to the Black queen.} Bb7 8. d4 exd4 9. O-O Be7 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qh6 Qd7 12. Qg7 $2 (12. Re1 $1 {is safer and saner.} )O-O-O 13. Qxf7 Rhf8 $1 14. Qe6 (14. Qxh7 $2 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 16. Nf3 Rxf3 $1 17. gxf3 Qf5 18. Bd3 (18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Qxe7 Re8 $1 20. Qa3 Bxf3 $19 )Qxf3 19. Nd2 Ne5 $1 $19 )Rf5 15. Qxd7+ Rxd7 16. Ne6 Ndb4 $17 *