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🔹 7 Best Chess Opening Traps –
🔹 Hidden line 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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► 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
I hope I finally remember these lines! Lol 👍
Q *f7
At 6:45, why not taking the rook instead of the queen?
Qxf7 Rxf7 Re8#. Or Qxf7 Kh8 Qf8'
14:28 easy Q×P+
14:25 Qxf7 RxQ Re8# or if black doesnt take the queen then QxR#
11:23
Ae2?? …
Its a mistake
You have to defend with your queen
Qe2 ….
Black doesnt have enough pieces to keep attacking, maybe if he had another knight or a tower supporting the attack
Srry for my english
Queen to F7
Qxf7 pinning rook and back rank checkmate with Re8
Qxf7
Really outstanding. Thank you
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.
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
Another variation:
Re8 Rxe8 (or else they loose it)
Qf7+ Kh8
Qxe8#
Winning move at 14:32 is Re8 KxR is forced (anything else is losing badly as well), Q delivers mate 🙂
14:24 I would go E4 to E8. After they take my rook (F8>E8) (if they dont take the rook on E8 then the rook on E8 is taking the rook on F8 next move and checkmate is coming anyway), then my I take F7 with my Queen (Check), they have to move their king away to safety (king to H8) and now I take their rook on E8 with my queen delivering Check Mate). Was that the best solution?
"Why not send this knight to F3 and white thinks they'll be perfectly fine, and black said No" @9:03 hahahahhahaa
3…Nd4 is hopeful. White should play 4.Nxd4 and be clearly better, not 4.Nxe5.
Thank for this trap..👍
Thanks Sir. Italian game is my favourite opening.
On the challenge
QF7, rook recaptures, rook E2 check mate because F2 rook is now pinned and king is back rank mated
Superb..another masterpiece
Re8 doesn’t work because of Bb3, its Qxf7
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?