Italian Game | The Giuoco Pianissimo | IM Alex Astaneh

[@byagnik]

The whole Italian game series is very informative. Alex teaches very well thank you 😄. Happy new year!

[@Chessfactor]

Happy new year from the Chessfactor Team! We are happy to hear that you find the Italian Game video series informative. Stay tuned for the upcoming videos of the Italian Game video series!

[@unknownalsounknown4238]

this!

[@stampdealer]

Hi Alex, I just found your channel today and have found these introductory videos to the Italian Game to be very helpful and educational, so thank you. Also, the pieces being moved by hand over the physical board is especially reinforcing to the concept being taught and makes it much easier for me to grasp. Really outstanding content, thank you again.

[@itsonlyentertainment2937]

I really enjoy playing an Italian Game. However, it never struck me how deep and vast it was. All these videos have been super instructive and helpful in improving my play. Thanks 👍 And does Alex have his own KZbin channel we can subscribe to? He's another one of these great IM teachers online

[@PowerMatrixAnime]

Your videos are very helpful. Thank you!

[@Chessfactor]

Glad to hear that they help you. Keep watching the videos on the Italian Game and you will become an expert in the Italian Game opening 😉.

[@andreabruschetta8791]

Hi Alex, I discovered your YT channel recently. I liked this video because of your clear and deep explanation of the subject, and you did it in slow-pace clearly understandable plain english. I subscribed your channel and I think I will see in the future a lot of your videos. Good job.

[@shivprateek2740]

Happy new year to you IM Alex and chessfactor team 🔥🔥🎉🎉

[@Chessfactor]

Thank you very much! Of course we wish you the same. Stay tuned for a surprise that will be announced soon!

[@renaissancerachnavali3287]

Thankyou for the instructive content kudos ! Keep the job up.

[@Chessfactor]

Thanks! Don't worry, there is more to come 😀

[@brucewallace2]

Outstanding explanation of the pianissimo. Very easy to understand and beautifully presented.

[@basiliopalmerojr.396]

You're doing a great job Alex. Thanks a lot for a very informative and interesting series training video.More power to you.

[@chetheflin7447]

Thanks so much for teaching the Italian Game for the club player. I look forward to using this information in my games with my friends. Happy New Year! 🎊

[@Chessfactor]

Happy new year to you as well! 2021 will be a great year for you because you will start playing the Italian Game and you will have great success with it😉. Let us know your experiences with that opening.

[@casahilchoudhary]

Huge huge fan of this guy. I literally created Ruy Lopez repertoire however I was getting crushed by extreme preparations in otb tournaments which are hard to knock off , like chigorin line. Your video felt like a boom, as it made it easy to twist setups and try outplay opponents. Thank you so much

[@Anonymous-8080]

What's your OTB rating

[@jasonxjia84]

Man, i really like your video, very concise with a clear, easy-to-understand explanation.

[@Chessfactor]

Thanks!

[@acerbang2586]

@@Chessfactor you

[@acerbang2586]

@@Chessfactors

[@EternalSilverDragon]

Hello Chessfactor, this video series has been great so far and it's really helping me (as a beginner) to improve. I've now played the Italian 14 times online with 10 wins. My most recent game went like this: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. dxe5 Bc5 6. Qd5 Bxf2+ 7. Kf1 f5 8. Qf7#. This probably doesn't seem like a big deal, but I was very pleased with myself. Thank you.

[@リーフ英会話スクール]

Excellent teacher - thank you for all your lessons!

[@javiacedo3679]

Excellent vídeo,I have learned a lot.

[@Chessfactor]

Great to hear that!

[@tayatzmayes]

Very good explanation. You just earned another sub

[@benshaw5382]

The series on the Italian has been outstanding so far. Very informative, interesting, and insightful. Do you have any tips for memorising these variations? There are so many and move order can sometimes be very precise (or does Chessfactor have a video on ways to memorise variations?)

[@Chessfactor]

Honestly speaking that is a very good question! Basically we have a video series on how to visualize chess positions, but that is not the same as remembering the move orders. If you want to remember the sequence of moves, we recommend the following 3 steps. First of all, you have to "learn" the variations which can be done by watching instructive videos or by studying books. In the next step you have to "understand" the variations. You have to ask the right questions and then you have to find the best answers to your questions. By doing so, the different variations come into your intuition and step by step you will figure out the differences of the different variations. In the last step you have to "repeat" what you have learned to anchor it in your brain. To summarize "Learn", "Understand" , "Repeat". A good method to check if you understood the idea of a variation, is when you try to explain a variation like the Giuoco Pianissimo to someone else. If the other person is asking some questions and you're able to answer them properly, then you're on the right way. Hope that helps in a way. We would also like to hear from others if they have any suggestions how to memorize variations.

[@benshaw5382]

@@Chessfactor thanks a lot for such a comprehensive, helpful reply :)

[@robertjean8488]

@@Chessfactor I memorize key plans, tactical/positional traps and key squares by creating screenshots of specific positions. It prevents me from trying to learn move-by-move as I can unravel how pieces were played to reach the specific position.

[@kevinyaya9980]

Excellent video Alex, just subscribed.

[@HafezAghajari]

thank you mr Alex you teach really well

[@bar1060]

Thanks for this great video !

[@FrenzyTank]

Really concise video, thanks

[@Chessfactor]

Thanks!

[@francayub]

Thanks for the video

[@OrkhanAlizade]

That was perfect to watch and learn these series, Thank you for that! It would be perfect to have the same series about Ruy Lopez(Spanish Game)!

[@Chessfactor]

Bear in mind that the Italian Game video series is not over yet 😉. If you don't wait until the next upload of a new variation of the Italian Game, please check our Ruy Lopez opening series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3imlXqOm9uGbdk 11 interesting videos are waiting there for you. If you're also interested in other opening series, please check our free website www.chessfactor.com where you can find more opening video series. Take care and have a good day.

[@kamrulhassan7352]

top class lesson !

[@Chessfactor]

Thank you very much! Hope you could learn something new.

[@soumitrakundu8033]

An interesting and insightful video.

[@TheWaRnInG99]

21:05 Can I ask why would I bother with playing h3 this early? Isn't just Re1 instead of h3 is more precise, since after Bg4, h3, Bh5, Nf1 I am threatening Ng3 and kicking the black bishop into the passive g6 square? So a theoretical line would be: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3 Bg6 OR 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Bg6

[@punitbasu9452]

Very informative

[@shaileshagrawal7242]

Thanks for this lesson.... Love from India

[@adrianpolak8296]

Happy new year to you IM Alex

[@Chessfactor]

Happy new year to you as well!

[@khurrambaig4954]

Excellent video Mr. Alex. Very helpful. 👍 And one question, which opening you recommend? Guico pissimiano or bishop opening??

[@georgepalafox5967]

Hi Sir. Excellent video. Around 8:49 u say black can take of d4. I am confused because the piece on d4 is a black pawn. Can u pls clarify? Thanks much.

[@lautaroarce5533]

Great video. Saludos desde Argentina

[@Chessfactor]

Gracias

[@edisonlukiq9659]

Good video,Keep going 👍

[@Chessfactor]

Of course we keep going!

[@selcukcan836]

24:28 Instead of knight taking e5, Qh4 is stronger (says the Stockfish)

[@davidbatchelder85]

great job, you showed me a mistake that I was falling into, thank you

[@ahmedwalid3357]

You are just great

[@chinnaiah.G]

Sir, instead of d3, how would be d4! & later e5!? and how to manage blacks knight at f6?

[@dlnfoley2498]

Why is Bg5 never played earlier

[@Manuel-6]

My favourite

[@LinardsZ]

H4 is also a line

[@troloosauhund8747]

I thought I learned an opening. I realised I learned nothing. I would have never imagind that some of these moves are even Possible or that it goes so deep.

[@christoschatzidimitriadis7092]

After Nh5 if white takes on e5 there is another very strong move for black. And this is Qh4! Other than that, great video!

[@charliewilson3528]

Kf1/pr4

[@zsanettforgo5671]

"Here we have the Knight on F6 instead of D5, where it is more STABLE." Come on, I can't be the only one who laughed a bit.

[@Gebev]

the i after g in italian is there to make the g be pronounced like j in joke and not as g like in game. It is not pronounced itself. It is jo-ko. Not Ji-oko.

[@NoExitLoveNow]

This was good. Smash that like button 👍🏽 💖

[@yarsaz4347]

Is Alex Persian?

[@feanaaro8652]

"giuoco piano" and "giuoco pianissimo do not mean "quiet game" and "very quiet game". This is a common misconception in English speaking chess content, likely coming from a 1996 English book quoted by wikipedia. But that book was just wrong. "Piano" can mean "quiet", but as an adverb, thus "quietly" (thus "piano" and "pianissimo" in music, because the meaning is "play quietly!" or "play very quietly", as an order that the conductor gives to the orchestra, or the notation to the conductor. As an adjective, as it is here relative to the noun "game", "piano" means "plain". So, "plain game" and "very plain game" is the correct translation.

[@MisterBRUH1]

Very informative ❤

[@prabhureubenthomas6052]

This so drawish line

[@renaissancerachnavali3287]

Not the case in under 2000 level even fide rated ones

[@LabSkaterPussies]

I don't understand why white castles before moving their bishop back to B3 after black plays D6. Doesn't D6 mean that black can now play knight to A5 and trap the night? So shouldn't white precent that by backing up his bishop instead of castling?

[@calvinpatulin]

Hello, this is two months later but after Na5, White can play Bb5+ and if bishop blocks you trade. If pawn blocks then play Ba4 and now you have the c2 square as an escape for the bishop.

[@LabSkaterPussies]

@@calvinpatulin Ah great thank you!