@@baroncicala1934 beh, grazie mille per la precisazione, ma non credo fosse necessaria poiché ho già scritto che sono italiano😆; so benissimo che la Partita Italiana negli scacchi è conosciuta e giocata sin dalla prima metà del '500, e di conseguenza è ovvio che la lingua Italiana dell' epoca fosse molto diversa da quella odierna. Stessa cosa ad esempio per l' inglese: quello di oggi è ben diverso dall' inglese Elisabettiano usato da Shakespeare. Buona continuazione 👍
Hi Stjepan, I've only very recently come across your website & was immediately hooked. I'm just loving your opening vids. Clearly & thoughtfully presented & packed full of useful advice & instructions. I've been using both the Caro Kann & Sicilian without much success but hopefully studying along with your vids will help. I'll get round to watching this new one sometime soon as I enjoy playing the Giuoco Piano & having a go with the Evans Gambit. Many thanks to you from Scotland 😊
If you were wondering, Giuoco Piano in italian means "Calm Game" or "Slow Game", and Giuoco Pianissimo of course would be "Extremely Calm Game". Named spot on.
doesn't piano mean quiet and pianissimo mean very quiet? I play the piano and thats what piano and pianissimo means to play either quiet or very quiet and if its forte it means loud. So wouldnt giuoco piano mean quiet game which does mean the same thing quiet and calm
@@chow42 that's because music terminology comes from a very long time ago. The language has since evolved, nowadays "piano" means "slow" (it actually means a lot of things depending on the context: calm, piano, floor, plan). In this case, piano should be intended as "slow": it's a slow, calm game which takes a lot of time to explode. If you wanna tell someone to slow down in a car, for example, you say "vai piu' piano", meaning "go slower".
no it doesn't. "Piano" in this context means "plain". "Piano" can mean "slow" or "quiet" (like "vai piano" = go slow or "far piano" = be quiet) as an adverb, not as an adjective as it is here. This misunderstanding has been created by some random English chess book in the 90s and then been picked up by wikipedia and from there by everyone.
@@feanaaro8652 that's what I was thinking, grammatically it doesn't make sense for it to mean "slow game" because you would say "giuoco lento" since that's an adjective
One of my favorite lessons ever. Have watched many times. You are by far best teacher on RUclips. I love the in depth theory and covering the three primary variations. You the man!
Hello Hanging, Thank you for helping me learn and improve my chess, your explanations are in-depth yet easy to understand. And I like your video thumbnails, they’re eye-catching and unique.
I stumbled up on your channel just now. This is my first video and thank you very much. Of all the tutorials I've ever seen over the years, yours is THE BEST. The way you explain the background, context and strategy of why, when and how the moves make up the flow of the game, makes it so much better to understand. I'm so much hooked now and now I'm gonna chase you whever you go (ie, follow every single one of your videos). Btw, Guico Pianissimo is one of my favourite openings. That's another reason I've fallen in love instantaneously with this video. Edit after a week: Been watching some of your other videos and I'm hooked absolutely. I've been following agadmator mostly and some other channels where I enjoyed chess, but sir, you've made me fall in love with "learning chess". I wish I can like and subscribe a 100 times and more. Thank you so much again.
What can I say! Some man for one man. This is the third series of videos I've watched and you make it it all so easy. Unbelievably I now understand Karlsbad pawn structures in the Queens Gambit Declined Exchange Variation. For fecks sake, I can barely say all that in one breath! Loved the Slav Defense series. I didn't think you'd be bothered with Il Giuoco Piano but delighted with your love, and very clear explanation, of it in this video.
"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.
I'm so glad I found this channel, after looking for so long for a good, clear instructional guide. Thank you loads for taking the time to make these videos for people who need them, much love
i think you have never heard about country called algeria hh , am from there , and i really love your videos , your videos are so amazing , keep it up brother
This series is up among the best I've seen. Thank you so much for this. I truly understand e4 openings much better now. Never seen this much positional information on e4 in one place.
Hi, I am a big fan of yours, I had played 2 tournaments when i was young and have rating 1184 from those two tournaments, but then i left chess for studies and other things. Now many years later I started playing chess again because of a friend who enrolled my name in the college team and I was selected for the team (played the tournament it was a rapid tournament I scored 5 wins and 2 losses ) , although didn't play any rated tournaments but well online chess on lichess (my lichess rating is1790+) and chess with local players ( some of them unrated some are highly rated like 1700+ , some are 1400 - 1500 ) Now I used to play the scotch gambit as white to get an attack and play crazy chess but now i am facing better players and wanted to learn the italian game, thank you for the video dude
7:36 there's a line which goes 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 Is it also drawish or is it just so absurd that it's not covered in this video?
Thanks for the video mate! I've just joined a chess club after nearly 10 years out and I'm looking to improve, really enjoying your channel and I'll start putting this opening (Giuoco Piano Pinissimo) into practice.
I really appreciate your systematic approach to these openings. Even though I never expect to need 15 moves worth of theory, it’s very helpful to see the logic for each step along the way.
A very nice video. Focusing on the strategical ideas (with some relevant tatical warnings) is really helpful, and, I'd argue, far more important for beginners like myself, and I'm glad that's just what you did. Keep it up!
Love from India ❤️❤️ Thank You for such clear opening guides and giving aims, concept and behavior of a certain variation rather than just move sequences, Thank You Again and Keep Up the Good Work!! 🙏🙏 ( One small request of mine is for you to cover the semi-Italian game which is the move d6 because I recently lost a game in that line and can't seem to find good theory on it, Thanks!! )
It's very good - sometimes the long strings of moves seem impossible to follow, but you give four or five ideas of what both black and white are trying to do, and I can remember that
for the center attack, white doesn’t have to defend with bishop. they can defend with knight and set up for a deadly trap that causes white a large positional advantage
That's one of the things that I most love about Stepjan, he always recapitulates when things get complex or he went too deep in the opening. Just a clean and fast start over to check everything once again.
I take it the move h3 is not so much about preventing the pin with ...Bg4 as it is about preventing ...Ng4. We want to play Re1, leaving our f2-pawn defended only by the king, and ...Ng4 adds a second attacker to the f2-square (Black's dark-squared bishop being on a7). I only figured this out while watching the video and looking up some variations in a database. I'm now inclined to think that it's rather important to play h3 before playing Re1. I'm new to this channel and I love it. Best chess channel I know of. Thank you Stjepan.
Great videos, always really interesting and insightful analysis. Although I think this video could've also included more analysis on Greco's attack (which also leads into the Moeller attack) since it's quite a thematic and exciting variation of the centre attack, even if it's a little bit unsound
I love that he emphasizes that the move order doesn't matter because at my elo rating my opponent does not always follow the given path and openings such as the italian and the English is not where the piece is its the idea behind the piece placement
At my local chess club, the PCC, I played the center attack with bishop d2. I actually found I got tons of initiative by not sacrificing the bishop, rather playing Qb3. This forced Qe7 to defend the pawn and knight, I then castled, and although down a pawn, I can shift my rook over to the open file aligned with the queen and king. I won that game due to my great rook. I'd say the central attack is fine, even if you block the check via the knight going to c3, as you have the great square for your bishop that is a3 if black tries to win a pawn.
Like someone commented earlier 7.Nc3 is totally fine and Leeds to a variation called the Möller attack and if black does not know the next 10 or so moves he could get into trouble.
Hi loving what you're doing with the opening theories. It's really helping me a lot dealing against italian openings as black. One thing that I'm curious about is a recent game between Stockfish and Alphazero where after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Alphazero responded with 4. ... a6 and proceeded to win the game. I think it would be great if you could analyze this variation where I feel it's a good way to refute the Italian game.
I also believe that a6 is a solid option for black! White will probably then play a4, but this can have positive or negative affects for black, one just has to be careful. b4 ideas are always in the air followed by Qb3 and white has a solid space advantage on the queenside
0:00 Intro 1:54 Giuoco Piano 2:26 Giuoco Piano : Classical/Main Line (5.c3) 3:56 Giuoco Piano : Center Attack(5.c3 Nf6 6.d4) 7:46 Giuoco Piano : Bird's Attack (5.b4) 10:34 Giuoco Piano : Giuoco Pianissimo(5.c3 Nf6 6.d3 O-O) (Credit For @NightWindArcher For 10:33 Timestamp) 27:20 Recap
Hi ! Great video. I've been looking at this opening, and I feel like the move h3 is not to prevent Bg4, but Ng4, which is really hard to fight with white
thank you very much!! there is also the greco gambit that comes from the center attack. in my opinion it is a very strong gambit, that has very good chances to win the game for white if black is not prepared. thanks again, see you in the next videos (petrov and slav defense..)
In the Center Attack, I think the best move is Nc3 blocking the bishop. If knight captures pawn on e4, then white can simply castle and white is doing good.
Fantastic video. Your passion for the game really shines through. Also I find all the content you offer for free to be very generous. Furthermore I have to agree that the Giocco Pianissimo is the most beautiful variation of the Italian game. Your work is much appreciated! I added you on Lichess (Matthias101)
4:41 I know this video is 4 years old but blocking with the knight on d2 is pretty tricky and newer way to play. It has a lot of traps and levy rozman recommends it in his course.
Scrolled looking for this. Idk about levy’s recommendation, but even the engine says Bd2 is losing for white. Leads to a very cramped position where black has the initiative and space. Nd2 is much better, leads to a draw. I think he must have had something flipped in his notes. Hopefully anyone serious about learning is comparing to the engine and other sources, and not just relying on this.
Beautiful video series, I really needed to get a better understanding of this opening. Actually, though, "Giuoco Piano" in Italian (considering it was named in the Italian of the 16th-17th Century) means "smooth game" more than "slow game". I think in the books of those times it was considered the "standard" opening and any other opening was analyzed as a deviation from it.
At 16:15 why does Hanging Pawns bring back his white bishop to b3 before the black bishop to a7 is played? Why not allow knight a5 and then play pawn to b4 for the fork?
Hello @hanging pawns, Thank you so much for your energy and passion. I know from theory that outposts are very important because they need to be dealt with minor/major pieces and not pawns. When you say here the goal of the knight is to reach F5, Can you elaborate more on that please. For Sure it is a strong knight on a strong square but if you can tell us a bit more details if possible. The goal is not to find the answer only but how to analyze such key piece to a key location.
Your videos are very educational and fun to watch! As a suggestion for improvement though, I've noticed you often get to a position and just say "white is completely losing" or "white is completely winning" even when that is not the case (i.e. you often have strong opinions about positions considered close to equal even by grandmasters). In this video, you said that after the 5. d4 line and 5. ..exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 black is winning, which is not so true (the lichess engine says it is only -0.7 and many strong masters play this line), and you also missed out on the opportunity to talk about the Greco attack. Therefore you can sometimes elaborate more on such opinions and possibly make a video about the Greco attack, a very exciting variation of the Italian!
i recommend the center attack for more beginners players as there is more room for exploitation because it is unlikely that your opponent will play all the best moves upto the point on around 6:00
At 21:09, why is it okay to let black exchange bishops? Then we would have to take back with the queen. From my understanding, Na5 would chase the white queen away again, forcing her to retreat and white just lost the important light square bishop.
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"the Giuco Pianissimo... One of the most wonderful positions in all of chess...where to begin?" Great passion man! Really cool
Giuoco for an Italian Is very strange... Nowadays the Word Is Gioco, Giuoco Is an ancient Word, but i love the Italian game
Interesting..
@@andreitiberiovicgazdovici The name comes from the 16th century Italian school of chess
@@andreitiberiovicgazdovici well, when it was invented people used the word "giuoco" and not "gioco" so...
@@baroncicala1934 beh, grazie mille per la precisazione, ma non credo fosse necessaria poiché ho già scritto che sono italiano😆; so benissimo che la Partita Italiana negli scacchi è conosciuta e giocata sin dalla prima metà del '500, e di conseguenza è ovvio che la lingua Italiana dell' epoca fosse molto diversa da quella odierna. Stessa cosa ad esempio per l' inglese: quello di oggi è ben diverso dall' inglese Elisabettiano usato da Shakespeare. Buona continuazione 👍
This is for my own study.
4:00 5.d4 Center Attack
7:46 5.b4 Bird's Attack
10:33 5.d3 Giuoco Piano
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I was doing it for myself but it turns out other people find it useful too. Glad to hear it
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Hi Stjepan, I've only very recently come across your website & was immediately hooked. I'm just loving your opening vids. Clearly & thoughtfully presented & packed full of useful advice & instructions. I've been using both the Caro Kann & Sicilian without much success but hopefully studying along with your vids will help. I'll get round to watching this new one sometime soon as I enjoy playing the Giuoco Piano & having a go with the Evans Gambit. Many thanks to you from Scotland 😊
No problem mate:) I suggest using only one (either c6 or c5), don't diversify too much if your theoretical knowledge is bad. Let me know how it goes!
What you play as white?
Pink Waters
Study scotch
I love his thumbnails
Gross
-Just kidding, yeah they're good
Omg at last I found a video on the Giuoco piano c3 d3 line.Pls continue making videos.They are so helpful.Thanks a lot!
Which is called giuoco pianissimo not giuoco piano
If you were wondering, Giuoco Piano in italian means "Calm Game" or "Slow Game", and Giuoco Pianissimo of course would be "Extremely Calm Game". Named spot on.
doesn't piano mean quiet and pianissimo mean very quiet? I play the piano and thats what piano and pianissimo means to play either quiet or very quiet and if its forte it means loud. So wouldnt giuoco piano mean quiet game which does mean the same thing quiet and calm
@@chow42 that's because music terminology comes from a very long time ago. The language has since evolved, nowadays "piano" means "slow" (it actually means a lot of things depending on the context: calm, piano, floor, plan). In this case, piano should be intended as "slow": it's a slow, calm game which takes a lot of time to explode. If you wanna tell someone to slow down in a car, for example, you say "vai piu' piano", meaning "go slower".
@@Snowridertn Oh i though in this case piano was intended as quiet as i heard some people call the guico piano the quiet game
no it doesn't. "Piano" in this context means "plain". "Piano" can mean "slow" or "quiet" (like "vai piano" = go slow or "far piano" = be quiet) as an adverb, not as an adjective as it is here. This misunderstanding has been created by some random English chess book in the 90s and then been picked up by wikipedia and from there by everyone.
@@feanaaro8652 that's what I was thinking, grammatically it doesn't make sense for it to mean "slow game" because you would say "giuoco lento" since that's an adjective
Your series on the Italian game has really helped. Its gone from one of my weakest openings to one I really enjoy. Thank you so much.
One of my favorite lessons ever. Have watched many times. You are by far best teacher on RUclips. I love the in depth theory and covering the three primary variations. You the man!
OMG I've watched so many videos since last 2 years but such clarity was not present in any of them.
It’s because it’s his favourite opening 😍
Hello Hanging,
Thank you for helping me learn and improve my chess, your explanations are in-depth yet easy to understand.
And I like your video thumbnails, they’re eye-catching and unique.
Thanks for saying that;) I'm glad my videos are helping you improve! That's the main goal of this channel!
his name is not Hanging lol :D
@@HangingPawns can you please use dark theme?
I stumbled up on your channel just now. This is my first video and thank you very much. Of all the tutorials I've ever seen over the years, yours is THE BEST. The way you explain the background, context and strategy of why, when and how the moves make up the flow of the game, makes it so much better to understand. I'm so much hooked now and now I'm gonna chase you whever you go (ie, follow every single one of your videos).
Btw, Guico Pianissimo is one of my favourite openings. That's another reason I've fallen in love instantaneously with this video.
Edit after a week: Been watching some of your other videos and I'm hooked absolutely. I've been following agadmator mostly and some other channels where I enjoyed chess, but sir, you've made me fall in love with "learning chess". I wish I can like and subscribe a 100 times and more. Thank you so much again.
What can I say! Some man for one man. This is the third series of videos I've watched and you make it it all so easy. Unbelievably I now understand Karlsbad pawn structures in the Queens Gambit Declined Exchange Variation. For fecks sake, I can barely say all that in one breath! Loved the Slav Defense series. I didn't think you'd be bothered with Il Giuoco Piano but delighted with your love, and very clear explanation, of it in this video.
"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.
Thanks for the video, I loved the fact that it is centered about the plan on not the single moves.
I'm so glad I found this channel, after looking for so long for a good, clear instructional guide.
Thank you loads for taking the time to make these videos for people who need them, much love
i think you have never heard about country called algeria hh , am from there , and i really love your videos , your videos are so amazing , keep it up brother
Thanks Sharlook. And I have heard of Algeria:)
This man is amazingly simple in his teaching and makes chess beautiful to everyone who watches his videos.
Thank you so much for this video! Easy to understand, straight to the point, very thankful :)
This series is up among the best I've seen. Thank you so much for this. I truly understand e4 openings much better now. Never seen this much positional information on e4 in one place.
no doubt, this is the best video I have found on the subject so far. many thanks
Thanks for the content. I've been watching your videos for years.
Hi, I am a big fan of yours, I had played 2 tournaments when i was young and have rating 1184 from those two tournaments, but then i left chess for studies and other things. Now many years later I started playing chess again because of a friend who enrolled my name in the college team and I was selected for the team (played the tournament it was a rapid tournament I scored 5 wins and 2 losses ) , although didn't play any rated tournaments but well online chess on lichess
(my lichess rating is1790+) and chess with local players ( some of them unrated some are highly rated like 1700+ , some are 1400 - 1500 ) Now I used to play the scotch gambit as white to get an attack and play crazy chess but now i am facing better players and wanted to learn the italian game, thank you for the video dude
7:36 there's a line which goes 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6
Is it also drawish or is it just so absurd that it's not covered in this video?
"it's the oldest opening"
I guess now you know...
*puts on sunglasses*
the oldest trick in the book
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Scandinavian is older though
@@beri4138 how old?
@@gavasiarobinssson5108 Appears in a game from 1492
@@beri4138 Columbus vs Inka?
Thanks, very helpful, clearly explaining why moves are good/bad/useless.
Thanks for the video mate! I've just joined a chess club after nearly 10 years out and I'm looking to improve, really enjoying your channel and I'll start putting this opening (Giuoco Piano Pinissimo) into practice.
I really appreciate your systematic approach to these openings. Even though I never expect to need 15 moves worth of theory, it’s very helpful to see the logic for each step along the way.
Really clear - some of the other vids in this series I may have to watch again but I have a pretty good handle on this one after just this viewing
Hi, thanks for all your video, very happy to find your channel, Adrien from France
A very nice video. Focusing on the strategical ideas (with some relevant tatical warnings) is really helpful, and, I'd argue, far more important for beginners like myself, and I'm glad that's just what you did. Keep it up!
Amazing vid, precise and in-depth! Thx for sharing
I like very much your videos. They are very instructive. I hope we can play some time. Greetings from Chile!
Great video man.
Thanks!
very helpful! thanks for explaining so clearly
Love from India ❤️❤️ Thank You for such clear opening guides and giving aims, concept and behavior of a certain variation rather than just move sequences, Thank You Again and Keep Up the Good Work!! 🙏🙏
( One small request of mine is for you to cover the semi-Italian game which is the move d6 because I recently lost a game in that line and can't seem to find good theory on it, Thanks!! )
Amazing video, really informative, great channel!
Wow, this was so clear and helpful, thank you!
Could you please do a video on the modern variation of the centre attack, where white pushes e5 instead of simply taking back cxd4?
Was just going to comment this. Wesley So released a chessable course and I came here to get a preview of the line before I put my money towards it
It's very good - sometimes the long strings of moves seem impossible to follow, but you give four or five ideas of what both black and white are trying to do, and I can remember that
for the center attack, white doesn’t have to defend with bishop. they can defend with knight and set up for a deadly trap that causes white a large positional advantage
Whats the line? You just take the pawn because the knight is still pinned after any knight move
Siraf 123 don’t know it by heart but it’s on another channel called the chess website
Brilliant video! Thank you so much!
This is brilliant!! Thanks so much hanging pawns for such clear explanations!!
Thanks for the great vid!
Thank you for your job! I really appreciate it. Best regards from Colombia!
No problem Eduardo! Cheers from Croatia!
27:20 „lets go over the opening once again“
That's one of the things that I most love about Stepjan, he always recapitulates when things get complex or he went too deep in the opening. Just a clean and fast start over to check everything once again.
@@ARG.lavtekk he honestly is super good. Perfect teaching
As a very violent chess player it has been very uplifting to learn of a quiet game, love ya work, wish you were my older brother lol
What openings do you play or consider violent?
Thanks for this video!
I take it the move h3 is not so much about preventing the pin with ...Bg4 as it is about preventing ...Ng4. We want to play Re1, leaving our f2-pawn defended only by the king, and ...Ng4 adds a second attacker to the f2-square (Black's dark-squared bishop being on a7). I only figured this out while watching the video and looking up some variations in a database. I'm now inclined to think that it's rather important to play h3 before playing Re1.
I'm new to this channel and I love it. Best chess channel I know of. Thank you Stjepan.
Yeah, Anish Giri talked about that in his video where he "teaches the Italian". There are some annoying tactics there.
Thanks for sharing!
Great videos, always really interesting and insightful analysis. Although I think this video could've also included more analysis on Greco's attack (which also leads into the Moeller attack) since it's quite a thematic and exciting variation of the centre attack, even if it's a little bit unsound
I remember everyone was so quiet when this opening started, because giucco piano means the quiet game
I love that he emphasizes that the move order doesn't matter because at my elo rating my opponent does not always follow the given path and openings such as the italian and the English is not where the piece is its the idea behind the piece placement
I love the idea of Making this because this really helped me :)
great video on opening amazing!
At my local chess club, the PCC, I played the center attack with bishop d2. I actually found I got tons of initiative by not sacrificing the bishop, rather playing Qb3. This forced Qe7 to defend the pawn and knight, I then castled, and although down a pawn, I can shift my rook over to the open file aligned with the queen and king. I won that game due to my great rook. I'd say the central attack is fine, even if you block the check via the knight going to c3, as you have the great square for your bishop that is a3 if black tries to win a pawn.
You are the best,
Nobody can replace u
Thanks, you are more helpful for the upcoming players who can not afford expensive coaches
Like someone commented earlier 7.Nc3 is totally fine and Leeds to a variation called the Möller attack and if black does not know the next 10 or so moves he could get into trouble.
Hi loving what you're doing with the opening theories. It's really helping me a lot dealing against italian openings as black. One thing that I'm curious about is a recent game between Stockfish and Alphazero where after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Alphazero responded with 4. ... a6 and proceeded to win the game. I think it would be great if you could analyze this variation where I feel it's a good way to refute the Italian game.
I also believe that a6 is a solid option for black! White will probably then play a4, but this can have positive or negative affects for black, one just has to be careful. b4 ideas are always in the air followed by Qb3 and white has a solid space advantage on the queenside
10:32 Giuoco Pianissimo
Great video 😀
Hi Stjepan, great job. Thanks to your lessons also quantum mechanics seems clearer to me...
Thank you so much for this! Openings are the weakest part of my game and you do a great job of explaining the themes and ideas!
your voice is super relaxinf
Great instructional video .tx
Thanks for this vid. Very useful
0:00 Intro
1:54 Giuoco Piano
2:26 Giuoco Piano : Classical/Main Line (5.c3)
3:56 Giuoco Piano : Center Attack(5.c3 Nf6 6.d4)
7:46 Giuoco Piano : Bird's Attack (5.b4)
10:34 Giuoco Piano : Giuoco Pianissimo(5.c3 Nf6 6.d3 O-O)
(Credit For @NightWindArcher For 10:33 Timestamp)
27:20 Recap
I am back again to strengthen the main ideas behind this opening.
As a chess teacher in my opinion you are simply the best!!! Thanks a lot!! 🙏
Hi ! Great video. I've been looking at this opening, and I feel like the move h3 is not to prevent Bg4, but Ng4, which is really hard to fight with white
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Thanks for sharing 😊
Why Nc3 doesn't work in the center attack at 4:35 ?
thank you very much!! there is also the greco gambit that comes from the center attack. in my opinion it is a very strong gambit, that has very good chances to win the game for white if black is not prepared. thanks again, see you in the next videos (petrov and slav defense..)
Nice info.
27:18 brief summary of key ideas for both sides
In the Center Attack, I think the best move is Nc3 blocking the bishop. If knight captures pawn on e4, then white can simply castle and white is doing good.
Fantastic video. Your passion for the game really shines through. Also I find all the content you offer for free to be very generous. Furthermore I have to agree that the Giocco Pianissimo is the most beautiful variation of the Italian game. Your work is much appreciated!
I added you on Lichess (Matthias101)
Brilliant video thank you :)
Any chance of a video on the Halloween gambit?
4:41 I know this video is 4 years old but blocking with the knight on d2 is pretty tricky and newer way to play. It has a lot of traps and levy rozman recommends it in his course.
Scrolled looking for this. Idk about levy’s recommendation, but even the engine says Bd2 is losing for white. Leads to a very cramped position where black has the initiative and space. Nd2 is much better, leads to a draw. I think he must have had something flipped in his notes. Hopefully anyone serious about learning is comparing to the engine and other sources, and not just relying on this.
And hikaru places this in the same tier as Jerome gambit
Your videos are much more helpful for learning chess than other, even much more well known (C)Hess RUclipsrs. Thank you
Beautiful video series, I really needed to get a better understanding of this opening.
Actually, though, "Giuoco Piano" in Italian (considering it was named in the Italian of the 16th-17th Century) means "smooth game" more than "slow game". I think in the books of those times it was considered the "standard" opening and any other opening was analyzed as a deviation from it.
Very instructive Greetings from Argentina.
Superb lecture very useful
Can someone please recommend books on the italian game? for such a well known and famous opening I can find suprisingly few resources
At 16:15 why does Hanging Pawns bring back his white bishop to b3 before the black bishop to a7 is played? Why not allow knight a5 and then play pawn to b4 for the fork?
Thanks, thanks, thanks!
Would've loved to see your analysis of the center attack but after black takes the pawn, not taking on d4 but playing e5
Hello @hanging pawns, Thank you so much for your energy and passion. I know from theory that outposts are very important because they need to be dealt with minor/major pieces and not pawns. When you say here the goal of the knight is to reach F5, Can you elaborate more on that please. For Sure it is a strong knight on a strong square but if you can tell us a bit more details if possible. The goal is not to find the answer only but how to analyze such key piece to a key location.
Your videos are very educational and fun to watch! As a suggestion for improvement though, I've noticed you often get to a position and just say "white is completely losing" or "white is completely winning" even when that is not the case (i.e. you often have strong opinions about positions considered close to equal even by grandmasters). In this video, you said that after the 5. d4 line and 5. ..exd4 6.
cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 black is winning, which is not so true (the lichess engine says it is only -0.7 and many strong masters play this line), and you also missed out on the opportunity to talk about the Greco attack. Therefore you can sometimes elaborate more on such opinions and possibly make a video about the Greco attack, a very exciting variation of the Italian!
What about 6. E5 in the center attack?
hi, thank you very much. It was very interesting, covers well both strategy and tactics and presented very clear and nicely. much like :)
Thank you!
Thanks a lot.
i recommend the center attack for more beginners players as there is more room for exploitation because it is unlikely that your opponent will play all the best moves upto the point on around 6:00
Fantastic videos
I know this is old already, so I don´t expect you to answer, but, what about 5. d4 exd4 6. e5? This seems pretty tactical.
Excelent video sir. Keep it up !!!!
Thanks! I will.
At 21:09, why is it okay to let black exchange bishops? Then we would have to take back with the queen. From my understanding, Na5 would chase the white queen away again, forcing her to retreat and white just lost the important light square bishop.
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