Duda opts for the giuco piano opening a.k.a the italian

Duda opts for an active way of playing the Italian Defense!

By opening up the center, Black enjoys a bit of a space advantage, but the center pawn and pieces won't be quite stable here. The next few moves are important to determine if Black survives his mini-adventure

The white knight heads to the central square

Sensing a vulnerability with his bishop pawn in the kingside, Duda covers a square in the kingside where the white knight can jump

Black seemingly has a solid position, but the white position has a holds some promise in the long run. He has a space advantage in the queenside, and can easily cover his backward pawn.

Driving the black bishop away and gaining space in the queenside

Though there is no immediate benefit, the space gained will be a long-term asset for White. In the far future, when White would complete his own development, the space advantage on the queenside may prove to be an extra plus factor for him

The black bishop retreats down to his own foxhole

This is a familiar place for the bishop to be hidden, keeping his vigil in the center and White's bishop pawn on the kingside. Only, now that White has a space advantage on the queenside, he will try to leverage it later on to undertake an offense on the queenside.