Lepanto Opening - Blue Water Lepanto

Blue Water Lepanto

Manus Hand's Fall 1901 continuation of the Blue Water Opening. The Austrian (who opened to the Adriatic) sails to the Ionian in Fall of 1901 to be the victim of an arranged dislodgement by Italian fleets in Naples and Tunis. Austria's fleet then surprises the Turkish player by retreating eastward to form part of the convoy chain that carries an Italian army to Turkey.

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