5 Best Chess Opening Traps in the Italian Game
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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov will share with you the 5 best chess opening traps in the Italian Game for both White and Black. The Italian Game is a family of chess openings beginning with the moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4.
These traps are easy to learn and you can incorporate them in your own games easily. Also, the traps are from the most common and popular lines (and variations) from this opening.
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► Chapters
00:00 5 Best Opening Traps in the Italian Game
00:26 Trap-1: White's pawns vs Black's pieces
04:21 Trap-2: Mind-blowing kingside attack
07:00 Trap-2: if White plays immediate Ng5
09:39 Recap of the crushing attack
10:18 Trap-3: Old, smothered checkmate
11:56 Trap-4: Italian Game: Classical Variation
13:59 Can you find the winning move?
14:32 Trap-5: Winning trap for White
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That’s the most forceful line
@@BlaqRaq in 3e23w
It seems trap on 2:05 dont work or is not finished. As loglen here stated Na5 seems to fix the problem to not loose officer?!
Very nice find with Na5.. also the variation: Na5, Qa4+, Bd7, Bb5 seems to not give a lot advantage for white. I think Na5, dxe6, Nxc4, exf7+, Kf8, Qd4 or Qd5 is best option for white. Black will either have to move night to e5 (looses the d pawn) or back to a5(missplaced knight) or try protect knight with c5.
White has a pesky pawn on f7, but i think black will win it.. just needs to prepare it a bit?...
Is there any better variation?
Ah there is also Na5, Qd4, protecting bishop on c4, but with a double threat still on e6 but now also on g7.
Black infact dont have time to protect g7 because he will lose the bishop on e6. So black has to move the bishop or take the withe bishop... if black move the bishop white can take on g7 and attack rook. So its most likely better to take bishop with Bxc4... but then white can still take on g7 and when rook go f7... white can take bishop on e6.. still dont win a officer... but black a bit chattered.. very unclear situation or?
14:00 black can respond Nh6 GM GM
Your channel and chessvibes have taught me the most of any other chess channel, great work
RCA, Chess Vibes and Gotham City. The holy trinity of online chess material. Plus the black horse of Eric Rosen with his crazy gambits.
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Absolutely love this game...pure brilliance !
On the challenge
QF7, rook recaptures, rook E2 check mate because F2 rook is now pinned and king is back rank mated
(Shouts) "Bingo!!! Er, make that Checkmate!!!"
*E8
Can’t believe I was able to calculate that in my head and have it turn out to be right lol
Damn that's mind blowing
@Named Person That is one diabolical checkmate. He wasn't exaggerating when he called it evil.
great work, Mr.GM... thank you very much for the teaching
Qxf7 pinning rook and back rank checkmate with Re8
Awesome video! Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Smirnov
nicely explained. thanks.
Beautiful the line of Chigorin's paly! Thanks for share your knowledge, Igor.
What game is that line from? (Trap-2: Mind-blowing kingside attack) I know I've seen it analyzed before in the book Bologan's Black Weapons, but I can't seem to find it now.
Thanks. very helpful.
14:29 sac the queen making his rook pinned and back rank check mate will be delivered with our rook.
Absolutely beautiful
Thanks Sir. Italian game is my favourite opening.
So thanks 😊 great work
Thanks.for.valuable.knowledge
Answer: Do the queen sacrifice Qxf7+
Black can respond in one of 2 ways
If he goes kh8, then Qxf8 is a checkmate
So he is forced to capture the queen with his rook. After that, you play Re8+. The black king's rook is now pinned and can't block, which makes it a checkmate.
► Chapters
00:00 5 Best Opening Traps in the Italian Game
00:26 Trap-1: White's pawns vs Black's pieces
04:21 Trap-2: Mind-blowing kingside attack
07:00 Trap-2: if White plays immediate Ng5
09:39 Recap of the crushing attack
10:18 Trap-3: Old, smothered checkmate
11:56 Trap-4: Italian Game: Classical Variation
13:59 Can you find the winning move?
14:32 Trap-5: Winning trap for White
This is truly GM Igor Supremacy. These ideas are so good and made me get the right mindset to find great moves easily
You are doing great thing for chess👍
Really outstanding. Thank you
Most welcome 😊
Best channel for openings!
Best traps, best chess TH-camr, because there are always variants which I haven't seen yet
tnx u r great coach
nice , superp italian trap, thank you a lot
For 14:21, Queen takes F7, Rook takes F7, RE4 TO E8 # cuz Pawn is pinned by Bishop on C4. Im not fluent in notation 😅 Will read it after
شكرا
Thank for this trap..👍
Superb..another masterpiece
Thank you! Cheers!
Hello - thank you for these videos on the Italian game. I've been trying to play the English opening in Blitz 10 minute games, but never seem to be able to use the traps effectively, so am studying other openings. Greetings from Brussels, Belgium.
December 11, 2022 still watching and learning at you🤗
That queen sac is lovely
Rook E8 is such an amazing forced mat in 2! It's an unreal sequence, thanks!
I think the move is actually Queen takes F7. The Queen sac forces the Rook to take else it's mate in 2. However you follow this up with Rook to E8 Checkmate. The rook is unable to block the check because of the Bishop pin, thereby it's a Back Rank Checkmate. It's a common forcing line you should remember, because it happens more often than people realize.
@@JerodimusPrime what if black queen captures rook e8?
@@daisukeherb
Are we talking about the position @14:20? If so, the queen can't capture the rook, that would be an illegal move. The only legal moves after Queen x F7 are King to H8 or Rook x Queen, both of which lead to a mate in 1.
You are always very optimistic. In 11:10 if white doesn´t take with the knight, but with the bishop, then white has increased positional advantage, I guess.
The sequence starting from 7:00 is awesome. Thanks for that. I wonder how much time he needed to think the whole move through.
What can white do after capturing a pawn with the bishop and black goes Ke2? Igor is not optimistic, he is a GM, he can calculate :) Trust me, I blundered many pieces in my games with unsound attacks exactly like this
Igor, what do you think of
1) The Italian Gambit (4.d4!?) or
2) The line 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Nxe4 7.cxd4 ... - you did not mention these 2 lines in your video.
Thanks for your thoughts (or maybe even for another video on these 2 lines?)
Regards, D.
The first line you mentioned almost looks like a worse version of the Scotch game (1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4), which is very playable.
If you want an aggressive gambit that starts immediately after 3. Bc4 Bc5, I would highly recommend the Evans gambit 4. b4, which is incredibly tricky and has even been played by super GMs in rapid tournaments. I play it and I like it because you get absolutely lightning fast development while holding onto center control, at the cost of just a measly b-pawn. And there are so many ways for black to go wrong.
Very nice, subbed. I get totally wrecked in Italian (both black and white).
The secret is making the Italian hand sign before each move. Tell yourself "you stoopid idiota you're about to miss a great move, open your eyes and-a look again" while doing the Italian hand gesture. Maybe practice in a mirror to get the hang of it.
14:25 puzzle
Qf7+ Rxf7 Re8#
11:51 There is another trap which also results in the same smothered mate, but takes a few moves more to acheive.
1. e4 e5
2. Bc4 Nc6
3. Nf3 Nf6
4. Nfg5 d5
5. exd5 Ncd4
6. d6 (theratening the fork) Qxd6
7. Ngxf7 Qc6
8. Nfxh8 Qxg2
9. Rf1 Qe4+
10. Be2 Nxf3++
Re8, Black rook captured,Qxf7,black queen go to h8,Qxe8 checkmate
1.Qf7 Rf7 2. Re8#
14:21 my answer:
Forced checkmate by the following:
... Qx f7
Rxf7 Re8 #
variation 2:
... Qxf7 Kh8
Qxf8 #
1. Qxf7+ Rxf7 2. Re8# but it takes practice to think this way as you are giving away your Queen.
It don’t take practice
At 7:07, what if white plays pawn to h4 for himself? What is the best continuation?
I hope I finally remember these lines! Lol 👍
Insane traps, which I haven't even heard before, although I often play Italian game
14:24 1. Q:f7+ Rf7 2. Re8#
Hi Igor Smirnov i have a question about your courses. Is it good idea to learn at the same time more courses or just one and then add another?
Thanks for the question. GM Igor suggests to learn one course at time and then practice the methods taught in the course in your games.
I found another variation on the second trap. After 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 h5 9. Nxg5 h4 10. Nxf7 hxg3 11. Nxd8 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nd4 , Stockfish recommends the move 13. h3 for white. Igor didn't mention this option, so I looked into it myself. Black responds with 13... Ne2+, after which white will most likely play 14.Kh1, which brings mate in two: 14... Rxh3+ 15.gxh3 Bf6#. Black's alternative is 14.Qxe2 Bxe2, which attacks the rook on f8. If white tries to save the rook with 15.Rc1, then play continues 15... Bxf2+ 16.Kh1 Rxh3+ 17.gxh3 Bf6#. White's best choice after Bxe2 is to save his own knight with 15.Ne6 Bb6 (black saving his bishop) 16. Nc3 Bxf1 17.Kxf1. That leads to a fairly equal game with black having won a rook for a bishop and two pawns, so material calculates out as even. Black will be unable to castle with the knight on e6, so he will have to play a move like Kd7 to free his queen's rook, but as compensation, he has a lot of pressure on white's king. There are only two games in the Lichess database with this position. Both are between the same 1850+ player for white and 1900+ player for black, and both ended in draws.
Playing these traps often carry risks if the opponent makes all the right moves, so it's good when you can still draw against a strong opponent.
As for the puzzle, the move is Qxf7+. If black plays Rxf7, white follows with Re8#. Black's rook is pinned on f7, so he cannot interpose. If instead of Rxf7, black plays Kh8 (his only alternative), then Qxf8 is checkmate.
@Remote chess academy It seems trap on 2:05 dont work or is not finished. As loglen here stated Na5 seems to fix the problem to not loose officer?!
Very nice find with Na5.. also the variation: Na5, Qa4+, Bd7, Bb5 seems to not give a lot advantage for white. I think Na5, dxe6, Nxc4, exf7+, Kf8, Qd4 or Qd5 is best option for white. Black will either have to move night to e5 (looses the d pawn) or back to a5(missplaced knight) or try protect knight with c5.
White has a pesky pawn on f7, but i think black will win it.. just needs to prepare it a bit?...
Is there any better variation?
Ah there is also Na5, Qd4, protecting bishop on c4, but with a double threat still on e6 but now also on g7.
Black infact dont have time to protect g7 because he will lose the bishop on e6. So black has to move the bishop or take the withe bishop... if black move the bishop white can take on g7 and attack rook. So its most likely better to take bishop with Bxc4... but then white can still take on g7 and when rook go f7... white can take bishop on e6.. still dont win a officer... but black a bit chattered.. very unclear situation or?
hi. in min 3:46, what can you suggest if black plays d6d5 to protect the bishop. thanks
Yeah I was wondering too, it would be at best +1 for white
14:30 Qxf7+ Rxf7 Re8++
Qf7 Rf7 Re8#
thanks to you!!!! pero malimot man ko oi:) may amesya kasi here:)
14:25 Qxf7 RxQ Re8# or if black doesnt take the queen then QxR#
Edit: Just checked the other comments and saw that I was wrong. I had the right idea, though. Just had the mental block of "I've got a queen and bishop battery, so I HAVE TO remove the defender and deliver Qf7+ mate". Maybe next time.
Answer to the puzzle: Re8. If rook takes or any other move that does nothing, Qf7+ mate (rook is pinned). If queen protects the rook with Qe7, take the queen. If Qd8, it's still mate. If Nh6 to add a defender to the f7 square, just Rxf8 Kxf8 Qxd6+ and you're mating in a few more moves after bringing your other rook.
I'm actually not entirely confident that I have the right answer, so feel free to blow holes in my solution :)
You're even more righter than you know. What happens after Qf7 check, ignoring the defender entirely?
Wow, Qxf7+, forces rook to capture, pinning itself because of the bishop on e4. Then Re8#.
Queen captures on F7 sac the Queen when rook take then white rook goes on E8 checkmate. Now if king moves then Queen captures rook on F8 is also checkmate do to the back rank weakness from black. That's why black should not capture the dark square bishop on G5. Lead's obviously to a force mate regardless of what black does.
thank you
i did not see it
Excellent 👍👍🙏🙏
hat moment... when you think you know all the opening traps... and you see new cool opening traps again :D
At time of 6.00 . White Kinight can take the pawn at g5 and break the attack? Please enlighten me
In the position where Black bishop goes to b6 and after that Knight captures that bishop and we push d4 pawn to d5 double attack and after that what if Knight moves to a5 giving our white bishop attack?
At 1:01 what happens if black takes with the pawn instead of the queen? Do any of the following moves still work or does this change everything?
Position of black will become worse as it's queen is blocked and next 2 pawns in the same file is a drawback so it's not a good option .... If your opponent does it in a game then cngrts you will be in a winning position
Qxf7 14:26
@6:02, how about h4 instead of h3. Seems to stop the attack somehow.
1. Qxf7+ Rxf7 2. Re8#
12:45 at most they not retreat the bishop but instead push exchange by moving their knight to a5. How to deal with this option
8:55 what if white played h3?? The game would be normal right cause all treats have been eliminated and after Ne2 Qxe2 Bxe2 the games goes.. Or am I wrong?
1.Qxf7, Rxf7, 2. Re8#
On the challenge Re8 the rook is forced to capture then Qxf7+ the has one option which is go to Kh8 at last the queen captures the rook Qxe8#
14:30 QxF7 and Re8 or Qxf8
9:43 what if they go Ng5 instead of Bg5?
Min. 14.23 Qxf7+
what happens after 9.h4 ? in that case the engine just says its a draw again
Promise you that
Queen check
Rook takes queen
Mate in 1(rook)
Thanks for this great trap!!!!!
That one is nice with the back rank rook queen sack mate is what I'm guessing the move you said to right in the comments I'm going to see if I'm right and finish watching
Ok you didn't show it but you check with the queen they are forced to take or get mated then you can mate them with your rook while you have the pin with your bishop.
14:20 I would say rook e8 , sac the rook then use the queen to deliver check , deflecting the king in the corner , captur the rook on the next turn and it's a forcing back rank mate?
There's a more forcing line, queen check on f7 first
if you do that, its not a check so black has time to prepare knight or queen on E7, but if you force check with QxF7, they have no escape.
if rook takes queen, white rook checkmates on E8, and if king goes to G8, queen captures rook on F8 and checkmates. ;)
@@boborandomness4477 Qxf7+ is definitely a check. Only 2 legal moves for black. Rxf7 witch is followed by Re8 mate. Or Kh8, witch is followed by Qxf8 mate.
Re8 is interesting. But its not a forcing move. You lost a chance to play a forced checkmate in 2 moves. And black can leave the rook on e8 and find some way to defend e7 better.
I think after Re8, black can survive with Qf6, and then whites rook on e8 is hanging and black is a pawn up... perhaps weak pawn. A bit more unclear i guess, but looks to me white is stil pressing and black struggles to get out the bishop and connect rooks.
Black can also try Be6. I think if Be6 i think rook on e8 is difficult to protect and now queen is attacked so white will have to play Rxf8+, black play Rxf8, then white need to move the queen somewhere it still defends the bishop on c4.
My answer: white plays queen takes f7(sac the queen) and after black plays rook takes f7, white plays rook e8 checkmate.
Qxf7 and the black rook will step into a pin and rook e8 is checkus matus
the answer is
Qxf7 Rxf7 Re8#
In the first trap when white plays d5 if the night plays Na5 what to play
Another variation:
Re8 Rxe8 (or else they loose it)
Qf7+ Kh8
Qxe8#
I think R E8 is the move for white.
Qxf7+ RxQ
R -e8 + mate.
So, in the first trap around 1:25...what if instead of moving bishop to e6 they instead castle. Is the trap still in the works or did that shut the trap down
As long as he attacks the knight with the bishop, it will work even if white castles
In the first example what happens if they play Na5 and threaten your bishop?
14:28 easy Q×P+
At 9:10 it seems possible for white to avoid check mate by moving its kings rook to E1 so that its king can escape to F1
correct but after the check the h pawn will promote to a queen and then its checkmate again.
Re8, Rxe8, Qxf7 check, Qxe8 ckeckmate
Qf7 then Re8 @14:27
13:43
Great bait to get the Queen away from the king 🔥
14:20 rook e8
sac the rook on e8 rook captures to not get backranked queen takes f pawn putting in check and attaking the rook quuen moves back and then quuen captures rook for checkmate
@14:17 QxF7, Bishop pins, Rook to E8 Mate. Easy PZ
You are right Ronnie.
@14:00 black can respond Nh6
the best move at 14 : 25 is rook to E8 then rook takes rook at E8 next queen takes pawn on F7 pinning the rook and the king and for black king to H8 is the only logical move next queen takes rook at E8 delivering a beautiful check mate !!!!!
It is ok, but it is not forcing. After Rook E8 Your opponent may play bishop E6 for instance (forcing a rook exchange AND forcing queen to move away from the attack). Always look for pins and forcing lines, that way you don't have to calculate as much.
Queen sacrifice on E7 forces either rook E7 recapture or king moving back. In both of those cases it is #M1 either by backrank mate from Rook on E8 or from queen on F8.
Don't let the possible material gain blind you from the real strategy at play.
...and than black plays Be6? ...and...?
Please.. If pawn h5.. Help me..
At 6:00, what do you play if white goes h4 instead of h3?
I'd assume the original plan to pin the knight with Bg4. Not sure how to continue from there. If they take the pawn on g5, you push your h pawn, retreat your knight or attack the pinned knight with your other knight?
Re8!
Queen x F7 check
14:22 is mate in two..gambit the queen to get the rook mate..
Rook to h5 then checkmate with queen and bishop