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Ever since I started learning Chess, the Italian Game was strangely fascinating for me. I can't quite put my finger on what it is, but somehow, the silent, elegant simplicity of it really speaks to me. The natural harmony between pieces, the calm that suddenly explodes into a storm. It really is a thing of beauty.
@@itsjac0b310 Yes and no. It was the truth at the time, but obviously humor was involved with the word “skyrocketed”. But don’t you worry, I’m now 728 🤷🏼♂️
► Chapters 00:00 Top 5 Winning Attacking Plans in the Italian Game for White 00:37 Plan-1) 4...h6 in Giuoco Piano, Classical Variation 02:55 Plan-2) 5...d5 in Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo 05:00 Plan-3) 6...Bg4 in Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo 10:52 Plan-4) 7...Bg4 by Black after White castles 15:48 Plan-5) If Black doesn't play Bg4 at all
As an Italian Game player, I learned some new lines. Excellent and it's another video I have saved in my white repertoire. BTW, I have saved many of the Chess Academy videos on the Italian opening. Thanks again!!!!
I really like a lot your videos, I always choose your videos instead of other videos, no matter the topic, I am getting better because of your videos. I just want to say thank you and keep doing this videos, you are so good!!
Thanks for that very informative video. I like playing the Italian gamer but recently I seem to have got stuck on things to do after the first 5 or 6 moves. I now have some new idea's, thank you.
The giuoco piano is one (huge) variation that comes from the Italian game. The Italian game is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 and after those moves black's most popular responses are either 3...Nf6 (which is called Italian game: two knights defense) or 3...Bc5 (Italian game: giuoco piano).
I've watched alot of your videos and the funny thing is that at my elo, around 400-500 elo none of my opponents react to my opener as you would expect so i can't apply your strategies, leaving me to improvise and lose...sad life.
Spend at least 15 minutes a day solving puzzles. You'll gain some elo pretty quickly. Good luck. And stay away from bullet chess, til later. Take your time and think about your moves. Good luck to you.
Just learn one opening as white well and keep playing it. Each time you play, look at analysis and check your blunders and those of your opponents - learn these 'tricks' - you'll then be winning most of your white games. Then you can think about learning a couple of black openings (and when to use them). Only play 15 minute games to give you time to think.
Hello Igor. Thank you for another great video. As an Italian player myself i love to see these kind of things, since, while i often know where I approximately want to go with my pieces, I struggle to find a plan or good attack. This helps me tremendously!
Great video but one thing that bothers me is that plan 5 does not result from the same line as the other plans because you never played your bishop back to b3 as recommended previously!
A beautiful lesson for the whites in the Italian party. But if black plays the Hungarian defense, i.e. puts his bishop on e7 instead of c5, then the game is absolutely equal and there is no knight attack on g5, etc.
Very instructive. Thanks Igor. By the way could you possibly do a rating climb series where you start with a low rating and go all the way up playing real games. I found those to be very instructive and fun for all levels as well. ❤❤
It's surprising to hear your voice in some of the positions after evaluating the game and suddenly realise that to take is a mistake. You are are a great Chess teacher l started following you when l was 1000 now l have a rating of 1580 .lts amazing because some of my games have an accuracy of 2250 .
This is great, but what if black plays knight to g4? Then wht needs to chase it away with the pawn to prevent the check with the bishop, and now the other bishop will not be able to move to g4 which is the whole idea...what am I missing? Thanks!
Haven't mastered all the combinations but i was unstoppable in my first practice game. I went all in and my oppo didn't know what hit them. My opponent made some errors and allowed me to recover after a few trips but it was all great. Thanks Igor. I'll take the Italian over the London from now on. Great work. I'll also rewatch this one more.
I try to play these moves a lot. I find at my level (terrible) , almost no one plays black bishop to C5 in response to white's bishop to C4. Would like to see how to win when they do that next move as Nf6 or d6 as those are the 2 most common moves I run into. I would imagine since these aren't the lines mentioned these are "bad" but as a newb I seem to not know how to properly take advantage.
Hi GM Igor, i got a question, at 2:05 minute after the Horse attacks the black king , What if the black King comes F6 or E6 and attacks the Horse then What should i do? 😊
Great video! But I don't understand how it will work if black moves knight to g6. White will need to chase it away to avoid the check with the bishop, but then the white pawn will be defending g6 so the black bishop will never move there, which is the whole idea...what am I missing?
Thanks Igor for the excellent teaching. My only suggestion to improve the quality of your work would be to select a background color that is easier on the eyes (such as blue). Because the large white area is really hurting my eyes. Thank you
Your Lessons are unbelievable. ..You explain all in every detail 👌👏the problem is to apply in live games 😣you are a great master...I need 10% of your knowledge 😆and I am happy 😀
Please start playing online games with your method of thinking, that can help great and please show old masters games with explanation and your logic. By the way your big fan from INDIA ❤❤❤
Why can't do you the same thing as white when... black pawn to h6 and black knight to f6. Seems to me you can still push your pawns and attack queen side as white; can you not?
Your video lessons like these are A 🔥 Candle to our Darkness. (Like,You teach one line & we study it with engine and get to learn many other variations as well) Thank You for doing this on TH-cam. Secondly I have a question, Instead of retreating the bishop,Why not simply play A3 vacating A2 square in case knight attacks our bishop. After all,We don't want our bishop to vacate that dangerous f7 diagonal. Please Throw some light on this. If not possible here, Please do cover this doubt in next video. 😊
Wow this lesson rocks. I watch all your lessons and then try them on the bots. Never ever works. I tried these strategies on 3 higher bots now and crushed them easily. Seems when you load one side up they can’t compensate for it. I can’t believe that your lesson actually worked on the bots this time. Going to unleash this on some buddies and watch them crumble. Its too easy. Punching way over my weight with this plan of attack. Plus my move accuracy % has gone up too. Not sure why Thanks.
In your last plan Bishop has not retreated to B3 and you have taught us to retreat the bishop to B3 as soon as opponent plays pawn to D6 which means that is a completely different variation where we don't retreat the bishop expecting that opponent don't pin our knight with bishop. A bit confusing this is. because In the retreated bishop(B3) variation same Knight sac is called mistake by engine now. 😢
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Ever since I started learning Chess, the Italian Game was strangely fascinating for me. I can't quite put my finger on what it is, but somehow, the silent, elegant simplicity of it really speaks to me. The natural harmony between pieces, the calm that suddenly explodes into a storm. It really is a thing of beauty.
My Elo has sky rocketed from 388 to 396 since watching your videos. Thank you so much!!!
Is that a joke
@@itsjac0b310 Yes and no. It was the truth at the time, but obviously humor was involved with the word “skyrocketed”. But don’t you worry, I’m now 728 🤷🏼♂️
Well done , i was following this guy for a moment and reached 1600 elo in about 5 months from my first game
► Chapters
00:00 Top 5 Winning Attacking Plans in the Italian Game for White
00:37 Plan-1) 4...h6 in Giuoco Piano, Classical Variation
02:55 Plan-2) 5...d5 in Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo
05:00 Plan-3) 6...Bg4 in Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo
10:52 Plan-4) 7...Bg4 by Black after White castles
15:48 Plan-5) If Black doesn't play Bg4 at all
As an Italian Game player, I learned some new lines. Excellent and it's another video I have saved in my white repertoire. BTW, I have saved many of the Chess Academy videos on the Italian opening. Thanks again!!!!
Am a 1600, and these plans are just so beautiful....opponents can't keep up, thanx so much Gm Igor
A lot of thanks for making and sharing your video!!
Love the explanations here! Thanks for another beautiful video!! I've been so hooked on playing d4, but this is finally swaying me to the d3 side. :)
very nice explanation much appericiated...thanks
I really like a lot your videos, I always choose your videos instead of other videos, no matter the topic, I am getting better because of your videos. I just want to say thank you and keep doing this videos, you are so good!!
Thanks for that very informative video. I like playing the Italian gamer but recently I seem to have got stuck on things to do after the first 5 or 6 moves. I now have some new idea's, thank you.
According to me u r the best passive and offensive player in my vision and thanks a lot for my tournament
Wow thx so much can’t wait to use it in chess tournaments
Hi thanks for the video I'm 12 years old and I really want to be a grandmaster to make my mom proud, I will make this my original opening for white!
Excellent teacher!!
Excellent
What's the difference between the Italian game and the Giucco-Piano? Or are they basically the same?
The giuoco piano is one (huge) variation that comes from the Italian game. The Italian game is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 and after those moves black's most popular responses are either 3...Nf6 (which is called Italian game: two knights defense) or 3...Bc5 (Italian game: giuoco piano).
Using this i was able to imorpove from 1200 to 1300 in a couple of days. Thank u
Thank you sir for giving me some ideas to catch my opponent if I play a game like this I promised to follow you,,,
Always the best teacher.
I've watched alot of your videos and the funny thing is that at my elo, around 400-500 elo none of my opponents react to my opener as you would expect so i can't apply your strategies, leaving me to improvise and lose...sad life.
Spend at least 15 minutes a day solving puzzles. You'll gain some elo pretty quickly. Good luck.
And stay away from bullet chess, til later. Take your time and think about your moves. Good luck to you.
Wish u luck, im trying hard also to get 1200 elo, i like the way gm igor explain..its a tactic to get maybe 1800++ rating..
what is the full form of elo.
@maawmakhiangte7310 elo is a person's name not acronym.
Just learn one opening as white well and keep playing it. Each time you play, look at analysis and check your blunders and those of your opponents - learn these 'tricks' - you'll then be winning most of your white games.
Then you can think about learning a couple of black openings (and when to use them).
Only play 15 minute games to give you time to think.
Excellent lesson. You are the best!
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I have greatly Improved my game watching your videos Thank you so much 😊
Happy to hear that! 😊
Hello! Thank you for the great content! Do you happen to have the same for the French defense?😊
I usually feel safer playing the Italian, and this gave me several new ideas. Thx
Great content!
Appreciate you for watching!
Hello Igor. Thank you for another great video. As an Italian player myself i love to see these kind of things, since, while i often know where I approximately want to go with my pieces, I struggle to find a plan or good attack. This helps me tremendously!
My favourite lines!! Thanks Igor, wait for me to challenge you, maybe the next decade.
Nice video👍
Thank you for watching! 💛
@11:30" " ive been waiting for you my entire life" lmao
Hi, many thanks for the video really helpful, but what about if the black does not move the pawn on e6, i found it a bit more hard to break in?
Your videos are very informative and I've improved my opening skills as well as defensive skills
HAPPY BIRTHDAY IGOR 🌹❤️🎉
Great video but one thing that bothers me is that plan 5 does not result from the same line as the other plans because you never played your bishop back to b3 as recommended previously!
Very good 😊
A beautiful lesson for the whites in the Italian party. But if black plays the Hungarian defense, i.e. puts his bishop on e7 instead of c5, then the game is absolutely equal and there is no knight attack on g5, etc.
Very instructive. Thanks Igor. By the way could you possibly do a rating climb series where you start with a low rating and go all the way up playing real games. I found those to be very instructive and fun for all levels as well. ❤❤
Noted. This is very famous request. ❤❤
great vie, many thanks
It's surprising to hear your voice in some of the positions after evaluating the game and suddenly realise that to take is a mistake. You are are a great Chess teacher l started following you when l was 1000 now l have a rating of 1580 .lts amazing because some of my games have an accuracy of 2250 .
This is great, but what if black plays knight to g4? Then wht needs to chase it away with the pawn to prevent the check with the bishop, and now the other bishop will not be able to move to g4 which is the whole idea...what am I missing? Thanks!
Wow I learn a lot.. 😆😆😆👍👍
Haven't mastered all the combinations but i was unstoppable in my first practice game. I went all in and my oppo didn't know what hit them. My opponent made some errors and allowed me to recover after a few trips but it was all great. Thanks Igor. I'll take the Italian over the London from now on. Great work. I'll also rewatch this one more.
I try to play these moves a lot. I find at my level (terrible) , almost no one plays black bishop to C5 in response to white's bishop to C4. Would like to see how to win when they do that next move as Nf6 or d6 as those are the 2 most common moves I run into. I would imagine since these aren't the lines mentioned these are "bad" but as a newb I seem to not know how to properly take advantage.
8:24 Is the moment
Who don't know. Igor the best coach in the world
Thank you
I've been following you for months now and I can honestly say that my trading has improved so much because of your advice. Thank you!🦁
Best trainer ever thx mate !!!🥰🥰
happy teachers day sir
All the best
The harsh white sidebar is a problem for the photosensitive. Please replace it with a dark tone, for accessibility.
Coach salamat po ( thank you )
@2:34 what if the king goes E6?
Hi GM Igor, i got a question, at 2:05 minute after the Horse attacks the black king , What if the black King comes F6 or E6 and attacks the Horse then What should i do? 😊
i was wondering the same
Great video! But I don't understand how it will work if black moves knight to g6. White will need to chase it away to avoid the check with the bishop, but then the white pawn will be defending g6 so the black bishop will never move there, which is the whole idea...what am I missing?
I can't believe this only has 1.4k likes...this is some tasty secret sauce, thanks Mr. Smirnov!!! Cheers :D
nice plan master
In plan 5 why is why is white bishop not on b3 in starting position?
I like this video because I learned more
Me: Rush out to try new strategy that i just watch
Also me: Black play Scandinavian opening
In the last part of the video your bishop is on C4 should it be on c3 .you mistaken their
Legend teacher
2:16 what if King moves to e6? Is that an accurate move?
always over the top,
so very nice plan
Sorry Igor , my question is :what can do the white player after the check at minute 02:04 if the King go in e6 ?
Same good question !!??))
Thanks Igor for the excellent teaching. My only suggestion to improve the quality of your work would be to select a background color that is easier on the eyes (such as blue). Because the large white area is really hurting my eyes. Thank you
Man tbh your video’s are the ones I learn the most from and also really use in my chess games
At 2:36 minutes, why can't the king go forward towards the knight?
good!
ok... so what if black goes Ng4 threatening whites queen and rook and king cant take the knight as the c5 bishop is right there say at 6:11
You would just castle.
Greetings from Serbia
@@KaranChess i play superb chess
Please cover the Elephant gambit.
Great vid Igor! How are vodka sales? 🤣
You horse around with your knight. Good one.
Ciao.grazie
what if they play the Rousseau gambit tho 😂
awesome,tnx..
Your Lessons are unbelievable. ..You explain all in every detail 👌👏the problem is to apply in live games 😣you are a great master...I need 10% of your knowledge 😆and I am happy 😀
What if the black king goes to E6 in 2:11 and attack my knight?
very clear and helping
Please start playing online games with your method of thinking, that can help great and please show old masters games with explanation and your logic. By the way your big fan from INDIA ❤❤❤
Noted ❤
Bf7 followed by he5 followed by black king goes to e6
After White's Nf1 what if black pushes d5 ?
Excellent lesson. Thanks so much!
Good
Why can't do you the same thing as white when... black pawn to h6 and black knight to f6. Seems to me you can still push your pawns and attack queen side as white; can you not?
I am 10 year old and my lichess rating is1750 thank you igor
Black cannot play d5 after Bb3?
nowadays I started playing italian opening. I like castling in 4 moves
Your video lessons like these are A 🔥 Candle to our Darkness.
(Like,You teach one line & we study it with engine and get to learn many other variations as well)
Thank You for doing this on TH-cam.
Secondly I have a question,
Instead of retreating the bishop,Why not simply play A3 vacating A2 square in case knight attacks our bishop.
After all,We don't want our bishop to vacate that dangerous f7 diagonal.
Please Throw some light on this. If not possible here, Please do cover this doubt in next video. 😊
"Because they somewhat forgot about the Bishop on b3" Got me rolling on the floor 🤣
Why is it that in the Italian game white wants black to play Bg4, but in the Ruy Lopez white plays h3 to stop it?
I'm at 1400s and most of the times the opponents counter these attacks quite easily. Are these not a useful tactics at 1400?
“If they dont play bg4 then you wait for them to play bg4”😂😂😂😂😂
Wow this lesson rocks. I watch all your lessons and then try them on the bots. Never ever works. I tried these strategies on 3 higher bots now and crushed them easily. Seems when you load one side up they can’t compensate for it. I can’t believe that your lesson actually worked on the bots this time. Going to unleash this on some buddies and watch them crumble. Its too easy. Punching way over my weight with this plan of attack. Plus my move accuracy % has gone up too. Not sure why Thanks.
Yes! Finally we don't have to be a reputable member of society anymore, all brakes loose! Thanks, Igor.
In your last plan Bishop has not retreated to B3 and you have taught us to retreat the bishop to B3 as soon as opponent plays pawn to D6 which means that is a completely different variation where we don't retreat the bishop expecting that opponent don't pin our knight with bishop. A bit confusing this is. because In the retreated bishop(B3) variation same Knight sac is called mistake by engine now. 😢
What was your first love
This "Italian gambit"
I already know the Italian opening-Emma。
Hit 2000 a few days ago.
What about the Evan's gambit
Fails at 2000 rated level and higher because they defend well and almost every time you just stay a pawn down after the opening
But, grandmasters play it@@mayankprasad5574