Shocking novelty in a 400-year-old opening (Italian Game TRICK)

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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares with you a shocking novelty in a 400-year-old famous chess opening, the Italian Game. The Italian Game is followed by the opening moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4.
This novelty move was played by Daniil Dubov against Sergey Karjakin in a game that is called the "Game of the century". In addition to enjoying this beautiful novelty, you will also learn the key attacking ideas against Black in this opening. You will also learn how to play against different moves of Black and a killer trap that even strong players fall for!
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► Chapters
00:00 Italian Game Chess Opening Theory Updated?!
00:10 Game of the year: Daniil Dubov vs Sergey Karjakin
00:50 Shocking novelty, powerful idea!
02:43 Another 'out of the box' move!
03:30 Prophylactic move paralysis Black
04:32 Deadly attack against the Black king
05:59 Beautiful winning combination for the win
07:24 Similar windmill tactics (key pattern)
08:28 What you can learn from this opening
09:08 Black's counterattack (instead of Ne4)
11:36 White's winning (Stockfish says it's +3)
12:57 If Black plays proper moves
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[@lamacabs6837]

Exceptionnel, thank you very much Igor. Yours teaching it's à very clever, powerful teaching. I'm a beginner just playing since august 2022. I've bought all your Master Class, and after à few month, i'beat 2110 elo opennents. Thanks very much, Claude

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 Italian Game Chess Opening Theory Updated?! 00:10 Game of the year: Daniil Dubov vs Sergey Karjakin 00:50 Shocking novelty, powerful idea! 02:43 Another 'out of the box' move! 03:30 Prophylactic move paralysis Black 04:32 Deadly attack against the Black king 05:59 Beautiful winning combination for the win 07:24 Similar windmill tactics (key pattern) 08:28 What you can learn from this opening 09:08 Black's counterattack (instead of Ne4) 11:36 White's winning (Stockfish says it's +3) 12:57 If Black plays proper moves

[@2001blackwolf]

Sir,your explain is nice and clear..thank you for teaching brilliant ideas behind every moves💛💛💚

[@robertehrenworth3310]

Excellent explanation of an interesting novelty in an ancient opening. Bravo!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@AlessandroOrlandi83]

Finally an opening that is happening to me all the time and I don't have to remember much. Or so I hope! Thank you very much, good video!

[@m42orion12]

Been playing the evans/itallian alot lately....love it.

[@kokohbagaitebing7565]

Sangat menarik pelajaran Chess dari Mr. GM Igor Smirnov

[@Siderite]

Very entertaining! Thanks!

[@BobChess]

This gambit is super mind blowing! Brilliant queen sacrifice

[@juangalton999]

Leave it to Dubov to completely ignore mainline theory and come up with something magical.

[@alekhinesgun9997]

The b4 idea is actually well known theory, though his Queen sacrifice was indeed majestic

[@ThePapaja1996]

Richard Rapport can do crazy stuff to

[@seeker6369]

Awesome tutorial

[@andrewmays3988]

They're all great lessons, but this video could be your best!! Thank you!!!😇

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Wow, thanks!

[@ramilparedes9930]

Very helpful

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad to hear that

[@Atilolzz]

Playing B4 in the Italian is an instant win obviously

[@anowontheruinsage6422]

I don't think you can claim that the move 10...d3 is a mistake at 10:01 unless you give full analysis of the line after 11.Qe4 Nb4. The most critical line seems to be 12.0-0 Nc2 13.fxg7 Rg8 14.Bg5 Qd5 15.Qxh7 Kd7 16.Nbd2 Qf5 which seems to be approximately equal according to the best computer analysis that I can do. As long as black is aware of the move 11...Nb4 I don't think the other moves are that difficult to remember so I think 10...d3 is quite playable on a practical level.

[@Versutus]

i love igor so much

[@williamclayton3164]

From the game instead of castling white could try 1)Bxf7ch, KxB 2)e6ch, dxe6 3)Ne5ch, Ke8 4)Qh5ch, g6 5)Nxg6 and Black is in trouble

[@mustaphakassab3943]

Amazing ❤❤

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thanks 😄

[@divyanshujain5809]

Dubov is my favorite current grandmaster.

[@michaels4255]

At 15:43, what if BLK places c3, sacrificing the isolated pawn in a potential bishops of opposite color endgame, which will allow him to develop his N to ...c4 and then to ...d6, planning Kd7/QRe8/Kc8 and also at some point he will be able to attack the pawn on g7 with his N and R. Not a great position, but it looks drawable. But let's go back to an earlier position at 9:03 where Igor quickly dismissed the wisdom of BLK's N on e4 after WHT moved his B to d5. While that probably was not BLK's best option, still, why could BLK in this position not play ...Nxf2; Kxf2, d4xc3+; Kf1, c2; Qxc2, Nxb4; Qb3 and BLK will for now finish down a N for 2 pawns, but the position is dynamic and the WHT e4 pawn is a potential target and the WHT K has lost castling rights.

[@CashIsMoney]

im a noob on chess after i watched this i felt like a pro

[@buceesrok8961]

Sick game play

[@MrDocninja]

No, effective and cool kind of playing, it works👌✌️😎😄

[@robertehrenworth3310]

Brilliant novelty

[@skrish2]

wow!

[@pavlobelyaev5530]

6:39 Bxc3 - what if Black Ke7. Then we would be able to catch the King or the Queen. Wouldn't be better for Whites to play Ne5 instead?

[@ytmndman]

Your audio is inconsistent in volume in this video

[@Ro-12-21]

6:35 What about knight to e5? Traps the queen.

[@peterfriedl6206]

Sorry but this (b4 after exd4) was in 2020 played by Daniel Dubov against Karjakin. Definetely big players !

[@Danumurti18]

Italian game, the opening engine can't comprehend. Alot of tactics (from Greco, Chigorin, etc), you can't rely on engine analysis for suggesting moves, they'll miss alot of best moves and completely wrong in their analysis bar.

[@MrAaronvee]

The Evans Gambit idea is not new.

[@satyajitmohapatra2943]

Isn't this simply a transposition to Evans gambit?

[@theoonderko]

what if they play f6 instead of ne7 3:16

[@coffeebot7016]

Exf6, gxf6 and now white has a powerful attack against the open king, especially utilizing the d1-h5 diagonal

[@alekhinesgun9997]

Simply Bh4 maintains the tension and keeps the center closed for the time being so you can castle next move. Black is still extremely cramped and unable to develop. Playing exf6 like Coffeebot suggested is inaccurate because it only helps black develop and liquidate his cramped position.

[@rockagamez7704]

It’s not cause you just take with the black knight instead, take with bishop, check. If white castles bring knight to g4. Whites in troubles. Your queen gets involved, bishop gets in

[@thuantruong8556]

😃

[@professorwill8400]

Says who ?

[@johnd5619]

minister of defense my ass! get em outta here!

[@saivenkataramanamukkanti3580]

Please Don't show matter on picture

[@andersjonsson8403]

Thanks a lot Igor for this soo nice trap, suits me soo well because I am a Italien player! 😊👍♟

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Happy to hear that!