Crush Everyone With The Italian Game

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00:00 Intro
00:08 Game 1
04:36 Game 2
10:17 Theory
11:30 Game 3
24:48 Game 4
27:13 Game 5
30:00 Theory
#chess #speedrun #chessimprovement #chessopenings

[gamerninja]

That's the best thing one would, learning Italian game from an Italian.

[tenorhighc]

"A threat is stronger than its own execution." Great line!

[JD-cxpg]

Hey Alessia, I've been watching all your videos since your first run on 2000Elo. You're doing it really well and I like your videos. Keep it up. You're my no.1chess YouTuber. Greetings from Germany/Black Forest.

[Studio_]

I learned the Italian game as my first opening as a child from a GM named Bear. He was a patient man with a good heart and played a mean game of chess. You play it well. Glad I found this it brings back memories. ❤

[GGGaming_]

One thing I like about this video is how you analyze your mistakes after a game, makes you more human and relatable to lower elo players. Keep it up.

[ruthxk]

I've been struggling with the Italian game, now I realize it must have been cause no Italian taught me! Thanks for doing so😊

[massimocucca]

0:30 in this position, there is a line that i play often if the opponent plays 4...Bc5

5.b4 Bb6 6.b5 Na5 7.Bxf7+!! Kxf7 8.Ne5+ and after 8...Ke8 there is a checkmate in a few moves. The line is not forced, there are several ways for black to avoid it, but once you hit them with the bishop sacrifice you already have a nice practical advantage, especially if they take it.

[muskyoxes]

Anything's better than the Ruy. "You put this bishop here because it creates a threat that's not a threat, and then you soon have to move it again while everyone plays 30 memorized moves."

[TheMosayat]

I want a whole speedrun with just this opening. Specifically with c3 and d3. I would really appreciate learning more about it

[KempoSensei]

I just found your channel, this is the first video I've seen. I really like your style. Subbed!

[pablodenapoli]

I like the Italian and the London system also! They are mu favourite openings... in the Evans gambit I think that for black it is good to retreat to e7 (thus not blocking the pawn)

[ShahrukhKhan-llvz]

Where do you find these 1200s...my 1200s seem to know all the theory :-)

[JosephC]

3:20 then I realized oh it's 1200

[ujvarig]

24:49 that sudden change to darker shade and you saying E4 for creepy, almost like a jumpscare XD

[jamesgreen]

Where do you find 1100+ rated players that play this poorly? I dont get 700 players who blunder this badly

[simonbelte]

0:40: Yes you should worry about defending that pawn in the italian. In the spanish (3. Bb5) it's just part of the game to let the e pawn be hanging for a move ( via 0-0 and the follow up with the main Re1, c3, d4 idea), but in the italian it's a different story. Generally speaking after blacks Nxe4, black often has the powerful move d5 kicking the white bishop (often equalizing or beeing already better), while in the spanish, the white bishop is somewhere chillin on b3 or a4 and blacks counter d5 doesn't come with the same punch

[shadeburst]

JL and Italian are just variations on each other. Both give a good platform to launch attacks and both need a lot of early aggression to avoid tight closed games. The better tactical player usually wins.

[paulgoogol]

Back in the old days when Stockfish wasnt born yet I played this Evans gambit. After c3 I remember Ba5 to be blacks most common (strong) and aggressive answer, Be7 the solid and Bd6 was a dark horse suggested by a weak chess engine I was using. (Arasan). Many people played Bc5 however which I knew was a mistake actually.

[Adriel_jag]

I watched Paul Morphy's magical Italian games and i achieved a breakthrough. From 1000 elo to 1200 elo in less than 2 week. It was so satisfying

[akashi]

for those who are tired of losing for the Italian game, it's best learning the Sicilian defense french variation, it's safer and more dynamic for counterattacking whites.