WINNING Attacking PLAN in the Italian Game for White

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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares with you the winning attacking plan for White in the Italian Game which happens after the opening moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4. And Black usually responds with 3...Bc5 which is the Giuoco Piano or with 3...Nf6 which is the Two Knights Defense.

Both these main variations lead to similar positions and the position after 4.d3 is one of the most common positions. And that's the position where a lot of the amateur and club players make common errors or play very simple moves and lose the game eventually.

However, in this video you will learn the winning attacking plan for White in the Italian Game. GM Igor Smirnov will show you how to execute this aggressive attack against many variations and setups of Black. One of these examples include the game played by the former world champion Garry Kasparov!

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00:00 Winning Attacking Plan in Italian Game
01:01 Eg-1: Garry Kasparov's winning plan in Italian Game
03:50 White's attacking plan revealed!
06:17 Bringing more pieces into the attack
08:29 Eg-2: If Black counterattacks in the center
11:54 Unstoppable kingside attacking plan
14:04 Eg-3: If Black doesn't play Bg4
17:11 Eg-4: If Black plays Bg4 after White castles

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[dhagos]

Been playing this for about 6 months. Under 1400 almost everyone goes for pinning the knight. Such a powerful opening. Thanks for covering it.

[shreyanshsingh]

I've played Italian 800ish times, never knew it could be this Attacking and SOO MUCH FUN, THANKS AGAIN

[morion]

Going to play e4 for 2023, have many new books from amazon on opening strategy, middle and end game.And a few chessable courses.But your videos are ALWAYS just as important, brilliant channel.Many many thanks...

[GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters

00:00 Winning Attacking Plan in Italian Game
01:01 Eg-1: Garry Kasparov's winning plan in Italian Game
03:50 White's attacking plan revealed!
06:17 Bringing more pieces into the attack
08:29 Eg-2: If Black counterattacks in the center
11:54 Unstoppable kingside attacking plan
14:04 Eg-3: If Black doesn't play Bg4
17:11 Eg-4: If Black plays Bg4 after White castles

[nagee]

GM Igor, tomorrow September 5th is celebrated as Teachers Day in India in memory of one of our former Presidents Dr.S.Radhakrishnan who was a teacher himself before becoming President

The hallmarks of a great teacher are breadth and depth of knowledge, ability to make students think and of course endless patience. People coming back to your channel have seen all of these qualities.

Thank you and Happy Teachers Day !

[rfgaming]

i’ve been playing chess for 1 year now. the part i’ve struggled the most in is the middle game and the position that you showed is a very common position i get. thank you very much

[dangelvette]

Thank you very much for this my friend this is absolutely excellent I get lost playing the Italian game sometime! I can't wait to try the setup thank you again

[a.d.]

This kind of videos, plans in every opening, are awesome. Very instructive.
Thx.

[BatmanthePoet]

At my level (1000-1100) pawn to h3 often ends up with capturing the knight on f3 and recapturing the bishop w the g pawn or the queen. Rarely does the bishop retreat. I'm curious to see the theory after that exchange

[chaselong]

This is awesome!! I’ve been playing chess for about a week now since Xmas break started and my biggest flaw is being able to set this up perfectly and screw up the end game failing to checkmate 😂😂 yes I’m bad, yes this video helps. Thanks

[yaboireflex]

I'm intermediate crossing I to the advanced side of chess around 1500 elo this video evolved my Italian game and your other videos also helped me with some new ideas and thank you for that u have been very helpful.

[shashankmarri]

Your videos are excellent!! I’ve improved my rating by 100 points

[David-dibo]

8:45 I feel like every time someone goes Bg4 to pin my knight and I go h3 to kick the bishop, like 99% of the time they just take the knight on f3. I play in the 700s by the way.

[Moonlization]

Igor, you improved my understanding of chess significantly! Продолжай в том же духе:)

[thebrenn]

When Igor posts, instant LIKE ! :D keep it up man.

[DigeStoryy]

Not many actually talk about what to do after the opening which I think is more important than covering openings thanks for the great video I really learned a lot from this

[mrZillion]

Very good, didnt have exactly this setup, but bringing the horse to the kings side, works fine

[abdelhamidmekhnache]

Thank you Igor for the video. Indeed they are very helpful and instructive.

[Forrozeiro]

This strategy is savage!!! Thanks Igor!!! I would really like to know some attacking options if black castle Queen side or if they do not castle at all.

[eagleeyes]

It really works 😁
Thanks a bunch for the awesome videos