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title: Switching my Openings with White (No more Italian)
description: I've gotten tired of playing the Italian Game and now that I am rising to the intermediate and advanced levels, I need to play an opening where I will not get positionally outplayed towards the middlegame but manage to try to outprepare my opponent or play something with a better position.
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## The Italian Game (and what was wrong with it)

https://lichess.org/study/AfxZgygE/IbcQEPAn

## Opening #1: Vienna Game

https://lichess.org/study/AfxZgygE/gmnC37H3

## Opening #2: Catalan

https://lichess.org/study/AfxZgygE/A2cscjhY

## Outro

Thank you for reading my blog post. I hope you understood why I have decided to switch openings, and if you want, drop other suggestions for a 1300 level USCF player to play as an opening with White.