Counter the Italian with this very tricky opening

🗡️ This tricky Italian counter can surprise opponents, but the bigger goal is learning a stronger opening-to-middlegame plan toward 2000 ELO: https://online.chess-teacher.com/3ste... Take Your Chess Skills To The Next Level With High-Quality Courses Learn here ► https://online.chess-teacher.com/ 💰💲 Join the RCA Affiliate Program, promote our courses, and get 50% commission - https://chess-teacher.com/partnership/ 🔹 Italian Game for Black (Crash Course) -    • Italian Game for Black [20-Minute Chess Op...   ♛ Find the games shown in the video in this blog-post - https://chess-teacher.com/italian-gam... In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov demonstrates a powerful, winning attacking plan in the Italian Game for Black. It's a super-simple yet tricky plan, even causing advanced-level opponents, including 2500-rated players, to find themselves in a losing position in just 10 moves! This winning plan can be executed in the Giuoco Piano or the Giuoco Pianissimo variation of the Italian Game. Here, Black initiates a quick kingside attack by playing h6 followed by g5, aiming to open up the g-file for the Black rook. ▬▬▬▬▬▬ ► Chapters 00:00 Powerful Attacking Plan In The Italian Game For Black 00:45 Super-simple Kingside Attacking Plan 01:44 1) If White plays Be3 03:33 Nasty checkmate 04:07 2) If White plays c3-d4, attacking in the center 05:32 -3.8 evaluation for Black 06:47 3) Another funny variation 08:27 4) If White plays the mainline 10:43 5) If White plays Nh2 to prevent g4 📗 Free chess courses - https://chess-teacher.com/rca-freebies/ #IgorNation #ChessOpenings #ItalianGame