Italian Game | Giuoco Piano | Greco Gambit - Traditional Line | Chess Openings | Alex Astaneh

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    The Italian game nowadays is one of the absolute most popular opening choices played from beginner level right up to the best players in the world. Therefore, it is a very good opening to familiarize yourself with. In this video, IM Alex Astaneh is covering the main variations, in particular the Greco Gambit - Traditional Line in the Giuoco Piano of the Italian game. The main focus of this video is to show you the main strategies and plans for both sides in the different variations.
    The Giuoco Piano in the Italian game is characterized by the following moves:
    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6
    White has several major options here, but the variation covered in this video is the so-called Greco Gambit which arises after White’s center attack with 5.d4.
    After 5…exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+
    White has several options here:
    4:10 7.Bd2/ 7.Nd2, Other moves for White
    9:12 7.Nc3, Greco Gambit
    After 7…Nxe4 8.0-0,
    Black’s has two options here:
    10:04 8…Nxc3
    After 9.bxc3 Bxc3, White has two options:
    10:45 10.Qb3
    14:14 10.Ba3, Aitken Variation
    14:55 8…Bxc3
    15:00 9.bxc3
    16:40 9.d5
    Black has two major options:
    17:05 9…Ne5, not covered in the video
    17:15 9…Bf6
    White has several options:
    17:20 10.dxc6
    18:16 10.Re1
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Комментарии • 80

  • @lucastooth5775
    @lucastooth5775 3 года назад +61

    Arguably the best chess video I've seen to date - instantly subscribed. Was not expecting anything nearly so comprehensive and clear. Great teacher - pulls off the difficult task of explaining things in a very elementary way without making you feel silly. You deserve more views and keep it up!

    • @Chessfactor
      @Chessfactor  3 года назад +4

      Thanks for subscribing and welcome on board! We are glad to hear that you liked the video and that you appreciate the comprehensive and clear explanations. If you're an Italian Game player, stay tuned for the upcoming videos!

  • @vkborooah
    @vkborooah 2 года назад +12

    Alex Astaneh’s chess videos are some of the best available on RUclips. Calm, systematic, and lucid presentation with simple but great visuals. A pleasure to watch and learn from.

  • @SilentThespian
    @SilentThespian 4 года назад +27

    Loved it. Ideas and planning behind the moves have been lucidly explained. Better than many channels out there. The vids deserve so many more views. Looking forward to watching all of them. Thank you.

    • @Chessfactor
      @Chessfactor  4 года назад +2

      We are pleased to hear that you like the video and our chess channel. You are welcome to promote our channel so that the videos get more views 😉. Enjoy your chess journey on our channel. Hope you like the other videos as well.

  • @kennethmiller4950
    @kennethmiller4950 3 года назад +19

    This guy is great! Even a lowly 1200 player like me can absorb this! His presentation is very easy to learn and remember. I can not only easily memorize the moves but clearly understand them thanks to his thorough and methodical excellent demonstrations.

    • @Chessfactor
      @Chessfactor  3 года назад +2

      We are happy to hear that you liked the video and that it helped you!

  • @VikramRajpal
    @VikramRajpal 3 года назад +5

    What a delight to watch but not without spinning my head :-). I'll need hours of game to practice the variations of Greco Gambit. Keep up the great work ... love your channel and love your videos / camera angles, audio/video quality and above all the simplicity of explaining. Alex - take a bow 🙇

  • @arturomejiaelbedroom3879
    @arturomejiaelbedroom3879 Месяц назад

    This is by far the best channel for learning chess that I have ever seen in my life. Kudos for you guys from México.!!!! WOW Im so impressed.

  • @IvanFlores-by3cu
    @IvanFlores-by3cu 3 года назад +2

    The class is easy to follow, excellent presenter, exposes ideas with great fluidity which makes it very easy to assimilate, very clear ideas without much unnecessary adornment. Congrats!! IM Alex

  • @jamesnicol7077
    @jamesnicol7077 3 года назад +5

    This is by far the best chess channel i have come across for beginners. I think most players who have reached a high level of chess struggle to appreciate just how slow and stupid the rest of us are. Thank you for this amazing content.

    • @CUNDUNDO
      @CUNDUNDO 3 года назад

      I completely disagree, I don`t think that high level chess players think that way because they also were beginners one day and know better than anyone how hard it is to become good at chess they know that you need years and years of dedication and hard work to master the game.

    • @niravapurv4578
      @niravapurv4578 2 года назад

      I partially agree with you. It all depends on peoples personality. Some of the really good players are not so good in explaining. But yet again there are many who explain very well. I have found many channels on youtube, including this one, who manage to explain very complex lines in a simple down to earth way.. Alex here doing very good job on it!!

  • @galahadgarza6905
    @galahadgarza6905 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for this excellent video. A clear and concise breakdown of some of the possible lines of the Greco Gambit. I was really proud of the fact that (although I had never seen this gambit before) I made the correct moves to counter the different lines involved in this gambit before you broke them down and explained them. Keep up the great work ~ GG.

  • @feanaaro8652
    @feanaaro8652 Год назад +12

    "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.

    • @mangasprai
      @mangasprai 4 месяца назад

      Piano also mean slow

    • @omagiaht3037
      @omagiaht3037 2 месяца назад

      Come for chess and later find myself learning italian 😂

  • @OrkhanAlizade
    @OrkhanAlizade 3 года назад +4

    Just a perfect explanation!
    Thanks a lot and please keep posting!

    • @Chessfactor
      @Chessfactor  3 года назад +1

      Thanks for your nice comment! Of course we will keep posting new videos, so stay tuned!

  • @bartoszporzezinski4842
    @bartoszporzezinski4842 5 месяцев назад

    Amazing video, and what a line at the end! If you don't know it as black it can be very hard to defend in time scramble; and white needs to remember to play Bb5 or there is no perpetual. However, there is no need to accept the knight sacrifice - black can play 14... Bf5 instead and after the inevitable exchanges (15. Rxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxf8 Rxf8) the position is plainly equal, with no more tricks from white. Still a draw, but with less chances of blundering something ;)

  • @tonyl7000
    @tonyl7000 6 месяцев назад

    Great job. I've been playing mainly the Italian game, center attack since I started playing chess and this video has been so much help. Appreciate it.

  • @kingcuano668
    @kingcuano668 4 года назад +7

    Thank you so much for this🙌

  • @ovidenov
    @ovidenov 8 месяцев назад

    One of the best opening explanations I have ever heard!

  • @mk45er
    @mk45er 3 года назад +4

    Amazing content! Thank you very much.

    • @Chessfactor
      @Chessfactor  3 года назад +2

      Happy to hear that you liked the video!

  • @doctorbaba4880
    @doctorbaba4880 3 года назад +4

    Great work love it

  • @andersjonsson8403
    @andersjonsson8403 3 года назад +2

    Thanks a lot for a great video! 😀👍♟

  • @kushgadia2480
    @kushgadia2480 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for this video! It was a wonderful and detailed one!

  • @c.garcia8706
    @c.garcia8706 3 года назад +2

    Thank you, maestro. Very neatly done!

  • @jisooya7878
    @jisooya7878 Год назад

    First time learning opening theory, this was really an engaging and interesting lecture, tysm.

  • @kuldeepsingh-tx2ur
    @kuldeepsingh-tx2ur 2 года назад +1

    nice informative videos. Your vice is good like some documentary commentator, very clear explanations

  • @robertehrenworth3310
    @robertehrenworth3310 Год назад

    Excellent, clear, analysis. Bravo

  • @zainal-mashhadani4206
    @zainal-mashhadani4206 2 года назад +1

    A really great video! Thanks

  • @sadunsabir9288
    @sadunsabir9288 11 месяцев назад

    What a lesson
    I feel very sad that you just habe 43k subcrb
    You deserved milions my freind alex❤

  • @carlosmatosfanpage2856
    @carlosmatosfanpage2856 4 года назад +4

    Great videos!

  • @SecondSackSox
    @SecondSackSox 2 года назад +1

    Awesome video. Thanks!

  • @Priyanaik1983
    @Priyanaik1983 10 дней назад

    Thank you so much for this.

  • @donaldopaiva4853
    @donaldopaiva4853 4 года назад +1

    Very nice video easy to understand clear and interesting explanations

  • @sidsriva
    @sidsriva 3 года назад +1

    Thanks Alex for the wonderful presentation. In the Moller's defense (9 d5), Black has 9.. Ne5 response which I know you haven't covered. I was referring 'My great predecessors -Part 1 , Pg 107' and between 9..Bf6 and 9..Ne5 , Garry puts an exclamation for the latter. Is 9..Ne5 slightly preferable (as the line in the book shows) over 9..Bf6 or is it a matter of preference ?

  • @AndersonAlves-xf3hp
    @AndersonAlves-xf3hp 8 месяцев назад

    27:10 the result speaks for herself

  • @tedzards509
    @tedzards509 Год назад

    Actually the Greco Gambit Stockfish Eval is very close to even according to Stockfish 16, fluctuating between 0 and -0.2 at a depth in the 30s.

  • @albertarce1135
    @albertarce1135 3 года назад +1

    Very good video, but after Bc5 I prefer the Evans Gambit

  • @benshaw5382
    @benshaw5382 3 года назад +1

    I just want to point out the move d5 (12:41) in response to 10. Qb3 (in the 8...Nxc3 variation) here isn't winning and white still has an advantage after 11. Bxd5 O-O 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. Ng4 Be4
    14. Qxc6 Rf3, 15. Nxe6 Rxe6
    16. Qc4 . Moral of the story, don't take on c3 with the knight period.

    • @niravapurv4578
      @niravapurv4578 2 года назад

      Something wrong with your line here... its better seen position at 12:57 where 11. Bxd5 0-0 is show on the board.
      After the moves you suggest: 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7... there is no Ng4, I suppose you mean Ng5 with a double attack on the rook on f7.. but then you suggest black play Be4.. black has no bishop that can move to e4 in one move, and it Would not makes much sense either becaus it would allow white to capture rook on f7 with check with queen. If you meant Be6, then the bishop is not protected there and will just be captured.
      Perhaps your point is black has to protect the rook with queen, witch after white can take the rook on f7 with knight and after take the bishop on c3? If thats what you meant it looks like you are right... Bxf7 looks really strong and perhaps blacks best move is to just move the king to h8.. say i lost a pawn and now my rook is active, and if white takes bishop on f3, blank take bishop on f7 with rook.?

  • @SunilNagra
    @SunilNagra 4 месяца назад

    Great Sir ....🫡

  • @yvonnechen
    @yvonnechen 2 года назад +2

    Best video ever

  • @gingangong
    @gingangong 3 года назад +2

    thx for this good video, I learned a lot.

  • @ilyaibrahimovic9842
    @ilyaibrahimovic9842 4 года назад +1

    Excellent lecture!
    Might I suggest that in the camera angles focusing on the lecturer rather than the board, the lecturer looks into the camera whenever he's not looking at the board?

    • @Chessfactor
      @Chessfactor  4 года назад +1

      Glad to hear that you liked the video! What exactly is your suggestion with the camera angle? Do you mean that the lecturer should look better into the camera that is pointed at him?

    • @ilyaibrahimovic9842
      @ilyaibrahimovic9842 4 года назад +2

      @@Chessfactor The camera angle is fine, but he stares almost exclusively at the board. Combined with the camera angle, the complete lack of eye contact creates the sense he's ignoring the viewer. So I'm suggesting he can stare at the board but he should look straight into the camera at least here and there.

    • @Chessfactor
      @Chessfactor  4 года назад +2

      @@ilyaibrahimovic9842 Thanks for your advice! We will take this up and have a look on it for further video recording sessions. Hope that this issue didn't disturbed your learning experience and that you still could follow the moves.

    • @ilyaibrahimovic9842
      @ilyaibrahimovic9842 4 года назад +1

      @@Chessfactor Very clear instruction in the video and I wouldn't suggest a remake. A minor improvement for future videos. Generally I really like the videos on this channel and would heartily recommend them, even with a flaw like this which makes almost no difference.

    • @glennyap3824
      @glennyap3824 4 года назад

      good for quality games but white risk the game. If black player is new black will loss but if black balance the attack and defense by way of whites style of offer,, white will loss due to pawn..

  • @aavashtiwari
    @aavashtiwari Год назад

    thank you sir

  • @swingtrader6118
    @swingtrader6118 4 года назад +1

    Bro or sir do you do livestreming? If yes then where and pls tell the name of that channel

    • @Chessfactor
      @Chessfactor  4 года назад +1

      From time to time we're going livestreams that we pre-announce on our social media channels. Here the link to our Twitch channel: www.twitch.tv/chessfactor/

  • @zerog1037
    @zerog1037 Год назад

    Omg tht was one long engine line just for a draw

  • @MyAllabama
    @MyAllabama 3 года назад +1

    good video..but anyone knows the name of the board ? the brand? looks nice :D

    • @Chessfactor
      @Chessfactor  3 года назад +1

      Glad you liked the video! If you have a look at the video description, you will find a link to the chess board. Take care!

  • @Youtube喆哥
    @Youtube喆哥 3 года назад +1

    nice

  • @spokenwordpoetrylamanmudgal
    @spokenwordpoetrylamanmudgal 3 года назад

    Hi :) . I hav a query . At time 5:40, where you suggested most games end in draw, why can’t the white place it’s king at b5, where he can easily win one of the knights. :)

    • @kenhoadley1798
      @kenhoadley1798 3 года назад +2

      After 10.Qb3 Na5 11. Qb5+ is bad because of the pawn block c6. This defends both defends the Knight on d5 and opens up the defense of the Knight on a5 from the Queen so both are protected. Meanwhile White's Queen is attacked and he now loses a tempo. 12. Qc5 b6 13.Qa3 Nxc4 14.Nxc4 Qe7+ Black has a good position :-).

    • @niravapurv4578
      @niravapurv4578 2 года назад

      @@kenhoadley1798 very well explained, just isn't there something faulty with the last move... Qe7+? 😉 if you meant Qe3+ white cant even play that because of the strong night on d5... so you are defenitly right here, looks like a good position for black.

  • @robertovalenzuela3092
    @robertovalenzuela3092 2 года назад

    If I were white here, I prefer to play 6.e5 or 6. O-O to pose complications on the black's king on e8.

  • @indrashispowali
    @indrashispowali 2 года назад +1

    MinDblown MinDblown MinDblown

  • @beri4138
    @beri4138 2 года назад +1

    Other videos don't come close

  • @yvonnechen
    @yvonnechen 2 года назад +1

    That’s alot to remember

  • @prachurjyagayan8385
    @prachurjyagayan8385 4 года назад

    HOW TO PREPARE OPENINGS ?

    • @Chessfactor
      @Chessfactor  4 года назад +3

      Thanks for the question. We are planning to make a video on that. Stay tuned.

  • @robertosettimio6403
    @robertosettimio6403 3 года назад

    grecos gambit because is name Gioacchino Greco not Greek

  • @williammaina-xd4vl
    @williammaina-xd4vl Месяц назад

    uhhh

  • @williammaina-xd4vl
    @williammaina-xd4vl Месяц назад

    sorry

  • @MANCO513
    @MANCO513 4 года назад +1

    U explain everything 10 times bro, do it once and efficiently plz

    • @benshaw5382
      @benshaw5382 3 года назад +6

      oop- I guess we know who the single dislike on the video is. When there are lots of variations and sidelines, it is important to go back to where the line branches so there is some inevitable variation. And, furthermore, chess is fundamentally a game about pattern recognition. More repetition = better memorisation = better chess.