Hidden line in the Italian Game | Crushing Chess Opening for White 

RxN, removing the piece that can interpose and now threatening nyet.

dont click the link according to VT unless you wanna be phished

I also got that. Worst case scenario white is up 3 points of material, every other case is mate in 1 or 2

Rex7 is correct and Stockfish even calls it a Brilliant Move

Removing the blocker before it blocks---and, in this case, at the same time causing interference ( the queen on e7).

ya but he gets a free bishop because its undefended?

@@mikejay9838 Who cares for the bishop if one's getting the king in return! 😆

@@TheAnshuman1974 ohhhh, right ;)

17:42 what if Be8? Then Qh8 is not mate because king can capture the rook

Glad you liked it!

*YES, that is the answer.* And after Qe8 then Bxd7 is game-over (Rd8 is useless because of Bxe8 Rxe8 Qxf7#; also useless is Kg8 because of Bxe8 Rxe8 Rxe8+ Kh7 Qh8#)

Thanks for your warm words, Thomas. Welcome.

I'm late to ask this but I run into this exchange as well. Have you found a way to deal with it?

@@muhammedga7303 bd3 denies the exchange while attacking black's knight on e4. black can't protect both the knight and the bishop on c3 (best move for black here according to the engine is f5) and you can cap whichever piece black chooses to hang, keeping the game very evenly matched. beyond this point, you're in novel territory. good luck.

Good choices and I might add to your first line After 15...Bxb5 16.Qxb5+ Qd7 17.Qxb7 0-0 the white knight is En prise and Black is threatening KR-b8 winning the b pawn. I don't see how White can get any advantage. An experienced player would not find this too difficult to fine so in this position maybe it is best to follow the book lines after all?

I've been practising puzzles and made it to 2500 puzzle elo but I'm still stuck at 1200 elo. I'm having trouble recognising the puzzles mid to early game; could you pls make a vid on that, it would be awesome!

@@matijabaltic2949 how to stop being stuck at 1200: 1.learn more about endgames , Former world champion capablanca says "In order to improve your game you must study the endgame" "The Best way to learn endgames, as well as openings is from the games of masters" 2.another advice is to not care too much about opening theory. learn 1 or 2 openings with black and white and master them until you reach 1600 atleast. I mastered the Scandinavian and got to 1200, Then i got bored with it and completely changed my opening repertoire as i got interested in Solid positional chess. Then, i used to play 1.e4 with white 1. d5 as black against e4 1.Kings Indian defence against 1.d4 That's All the theory i used to know. Now i play : 1.d4 as white 1.e6 (french defence )as black against 1.e4 Nimzo-indian against d4 Pick legit openings you *like* and the opening that *excites* you. 3.Now about the middle game and tactics issue: Look at Checks captures and attacks. Look if that move checks a king, if it captures a piece or if attacks a piece threatening it to move .( ex:Knight attacks the Queen forcing it to move) why these moves? because that have high chances of creating tactical combinations. Also think About WHY your opponent made that move reduces of you blundering less significantly. 4. Time management: The best way to think faster is:1. Play longer time controls ,by that i mean ,time controls>15|10 2. Get good at middle game planning : having a set plan in the middle game reduces the amount of time you spend significantly. I recently got 15 ,yes 15 win streak in bullet, like 70% of the games is me just flagging and understanding the position better than my opponent 5. Learn other tactical motifs like: Greek gift sacrifice, in-between moves etc and other stuff like calculation. 6.Staying positive and having fun is a very important step, if you want to start getting good at chess. You should not get frustrated by your failures but rather start treating them as a part of the training. former world champion capablanca says "You must lose 1000 games before becoming a good chess player" You need to anylaze these loses with engines ,a computer can't tell you *Why* it was a mistake ,but it will surely teach you to avoid them next time. That's it. peace.

Yes

@@timetraveller2818 thanks!

They ARE the Italian opening ofc they would

3...Nf6. Not a refutation of course, but avoids a lot of traps.

@@kenkur27 Hard disagree. Plays right into the Fried Liver Knight attack. And is considered a mistake overall.

Go for caro Or sicilian Or french

The fried liver is the move igor recommends so I highly doubt it's a mistake. When white plays fried liver you take their pawn with your knight which leads to a number if traps he goes through in another video

Glad to know that!

After knight e5, what if black pushes pawn to d5? How can we check mate now??

you mean e7!

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If dxc6 by white after Bf6, bxc6 Re1 followed by castles. (in this line we are down a knight but our king is safe from checkmate threats and attacks for the moment.) the engine gives black an evaluation of about -1 in both lines.

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No you can go Queen to a3 check

It's not mate. The king will take the rook

The mate happens only when queen takes the rook

@@4aryannaircoaj428 King can't take the rook since it is protected by the queen.

@@namedperson1436 I mean if QH8 then the rook is not protected at E7

Correct, but then the king gets back rank mated after QH8.

Qxh7# in both cases

How is queen f7 mate? I'm very confused 🤔

Then you take the black Queen if it is black turn

Qxc3 free piece

you can play Nxf7 and black can only take it with the Queen (Qxf7)

so black is forced to give up his queen