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We all love to surprise our opponents early in the game with an unfamiliar opening attack. In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares one such opening variation that has a lot of hidden ideas and powerful attacking opportunities.
It happens in the Italian Gambit from Giuoco Piano which happens after the opening moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d4. This variation is going to shock your opponents and will get you a lot of victories as all the most natural moves for Black falls into deadly traps.
Best of all, GM Igor Smirnov shares his personal analysis and novelties! Therefore, you have a lot of chances of crushing your opponents as White after 1.e4.
After White plays 4.d4, Black has 3 options:
🔹Take with the pawn (4…exd4, a transposition to the Scotch Gambit, usually leading to the Max Lange Attack)
🔹Take with the knight (4…Nxd4), which is considered weak since it allows 5.Nxe5, attacking f7 with the bishop and knight
🔹Take with the bishop (4…Bxd4), which is considered best
And you will learn how to play against each of these responses and win quickly!
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► Chapters
00:00 Surprising Chess Opening Weapon After 1.e4
00:30 Italian Gambit 4.d4 (Giuoco Piano)
01:34 Line-1: If Black plays 4…Nxd4
03:02 Proof: It really works!
03:56 Line-2: If Black plays 4…exd4
07:21 Line-3: If Black plays 4…Bxd4
09:12 What is White’s plan?
11:05 Evil Trap Wins the Game
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► Chapters
00:00 Surprising Chess Opening Weapon After 1.e4
00:30 Italian Gambit 4.d4 (Giuoco Piano)
01:34 Line-1: If Black plays 4…Nxd4
03:02 Proof: It really works!
03:56 Line-2: If Black plays 4…exd4
07:21 Line-3: If Black plays 4…Bxd4
09:12 What is White's plan?
11:05 Evil Trap Wins the Game
Always on the hunt for the "best" opening or defense. Thanks for this video. 👍
What do you do if they [black] play their pawn to D6 after you play knight to F3 in the opening?
Nice video
I've often played the first few moves of this opening when I'm just in a mood to try weird stuff. I had no idea it was a thing and I have definitely missed all of these awesome tactics so I am very excited to play it next!
How old is your cat? It seems to sleep a lot…
For over twenty years, I avoided playing 1.e4. You have restored my confidence in playing what I should have been playing all along. Thank you!
I'm very glad to know this way to play. I have played e4 for many years, and now whith these new ways, I feel like to born again.
Gotta try this and the Bishops Opening. Lots of similarities to the Scotch Gambit also.
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10:55 you just stop here claiming white has a nice position, while black can just play Be6 next move and there is no problems for black in this position at all, -0,5 according to the engine as well and all you do in this variations is assuming black to play suboptimal moves but once your followers face opponents above 1300 they won't know what to do if those bad moves don't happen and they get used to variations with white that give away any advantage in the first 7 moves.
these are all good fine and well…..but only if you can get your opponent to play into the trap…..chances are they won't, because some of the moves required to play along with the traps…..are something a 300 wouldn't even play.
And stuff like this is why I don't start with e5, especially in fast time controls. Just way too many gambits, can't be prepared without a lot of work.
Nice 1
lucky to have finding this channel, all traps are realistic, really crushing at the same time, he is the only gm i know teaching these cool traps .i love chess and respects to gm igor smirnov
How to find online database of blitz game?
Superb