Italian Game · As Black · updated October 2026
Play against the Italian Game like Sina Movahed
A repertoire against the Italian Game built from 61 of Sina Movahed's public Chess.com blitz games. At every position you play the move Sina Movahed chose most often. Where Sina Movahed has fewer than 3 games, the course takes the other top-50 players' most played move, then Stockfish's. Learn a line on the board, then each position comes back in a short daily review until it sticks.
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- Sina Movahed was #3 in Chess.com blitz in October 2026 (3,367) and scored 59% against opponents averaging 3,187 in these games.
- You play Sina Movahed's own move in 12 of 40 positions.
- The whole course is free, and it is updated monthly.
Train lines
Learn a new line move by move. Lines due for review go to your daily review first.
Free · first 5 lines need no account
Blitz rank
#3
Chess.com
Rating
3,367
Games
61
in this opening
Score
59%
in these games
Opponents
3,187
average rating
Lines to learn
- Next
Line 1 · 13% at top level
3…Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 a5 7.Re1 Ba7
- New
Line 2 · 8% at top level
3…Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a5 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.h3 h6
- New
Line 3 · 8% at top level
3…Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a5 7.Re1 Ba7 8.Na3 O-O
- New
Line 4 · 7% at top level
3…Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.a3 d6 6.Nc3 Nd4
- New
Line 5 · 7% at top level
3…Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.a3 d6 6.h3 a5
- New
Line 6 · 5% at top level
3…Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.b4 Bb6 7.a4 a5 8.b5 Ne7
- New
Line 7 · 4% at top level
3…Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 Bxd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.f4 d6 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Na3 Qe7 11.c3 Nc6 12.Kh1 Rg8
- New
Line 8 · 4% at top level
3…Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a5 7.Re1 Ba7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.a4 Ng4
- New
Line 9 · 3% at top level
3…Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 a5 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.h3 h6 9.Re1 Be6
- New
Line 10 · 3% at top level
3…Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.h3 h6
- New
Line 11 · 3% at top level
3…Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7
- New
Line 12 · 3% at top level
3…Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 a6 8.Nbd2 g5
- New
Line 13 · 3% at top level
3…Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 a6 8.a4 Ba7 9.Na3 g5
- New
Line 14 · 3% at top level
3…Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 a6 8.a4 Ba7 9.Nbd2 g5
- New
Line 15 · 3% at top level
3…Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 d6 6.b4 Bb6
- New
Line 16 · 3% at top level
3…Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Nc3 a6
- New
Line 17 · 3% at top level
3…Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.a4 O-O 7.Bg5 h6
Ordered by how often they come up in top-level games. Learned lines join your daily review.
Sina Movahed's main line against the Italian Game, move by move
The most common line at top level: 3…Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 a5 7.Re1 Ba7.
- 3…Bc5 Your move · Sina Movahed's games Sina Movahed played 3…Bc5 in 44 games, scoring 58%.
- 4.d3 Reply · Sina Movahed's games A common reply here is 4.d3. At top level, this comes up about 48% of the time.
- 4…Nf6 Your move · Sina Movahed's games Sina Movahed played 4…Nf6 in 17 games, scoring 56%.
- 5.O-O Reply · Sina Movahed's games A common reply here is 5.O-O. At top level, this comes up about 20% of the time.
- 5…d6 Your move · Sina Movahed's games Sina Movahed played 5…d6 in 8 games, scoring 50%.
- 6.c3 Reply · Sina Movahed's games A common reply here is 6.c3. At top level, this comes up about 16% of the time.
- 6…a5 Your move · Sina Movahed's games Sina Movahed played 6…a5 in 6 games, scoring 67%.
- 7.Re1 Reply · Sina Movahed's games A common reply here is 7.Re1. At top level, this comes up about 13% of the time.
- 7…Ba7 Your move · Sina Movahed's games Sina Movahed played 7…Ba7 in 2 games, scoring 75%.
Questions about this course
- How does Sina Movahed play against the Italian Game?
- After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4, Sina Movahed's most common line is 3…Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 a5 7.Re1 Ba7. At top level it comes up about 13% of the time.
- Is this Sina Movahed's course?
- No. ChessDrills builds it automatically from Sina Movahed's public Chess.com blitz games.
- What is this Italian Game course based on?
- 61 of Sina Movahed's Chess.com blitz games in the Italian Game as Black, against opponents with an average rating of 3,187. Sina Movahed scored 59% in them.
- How many lines does the course have?
- 17 lines covering 40 positions, ordered by how often they come up in top-level games. The first 5 lines need no account; saving your progress with an email unlocks the rest, free.
- Who is Sina Movahed?
- GM Sina Movahed was ranked number 3 on the Chess.com blitz leaderboard with a rating of 3,367 when this course was built.