italian opening recomended??

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SantasFavElf1
does italian opening a good opening i do it all the time i ve never seen a bad side of it but it dont gives me much advantage so which opening is the most effecrive one
A-mateur

Definitely. Knowing its ideas will of course help you to win with it. Here is an interesting link that I found: https://exeterchessclub.org.uk/content/italian-game-beginners

SantasFavElf1

thx

poucin

This is one of the first studied opening for some reasons and became fashionable at top level since Berlin Ruy Lopez has frustrated so many white players.

Very rich, u can play very positionnal, very tactical, depends on your tastes. The kind of opening u can play from beginner till mastery, and for life!

Bl00D5H0T
The Italian is good for beginners but can usually lead to equal or symmetrical positions.
BlindThief
RoaringTiger123 wrote:
The Italian is good for beginners but can usually lead to equal or symmetrical positions.


My take. I play the two knights against the Italian, and unless they go with the knight advance, it usually devolves into a Grouchy Piano (which is the most symmetrical opening I can think of).

MatthewFreitag

This is an awesome opening in every way.

It's practically as good as the Ruy Lopez, and allows you to play the game any way you want. 

Just don't play this:

 

poucin

This position is symmetrical but not boring at all, plenty of play...

poucin
Preusseagro a écrit :
MatthewFreitag hat geschrieben:

This is an awesome opening in every way.

It's practically as good as the Ruy Lopez, and allows you to play the game any way you want. 

Just don't play this:

 

why not defer the move Nf6 and play instead d6 with the idea of playing f5?

U are right : why playing good moves when u can play bad ones?

Chess_Night5030

I would recommend the Nakhmanson Gambit as there are a lot of winning opportunities and is a draw if black finds the very hard to find best line (this is an opening for white that comes out of the Italian Game after Nf6). This opening actually beat Magnus Carlsen, and Vampire Chicken (a human streamer) used it to beat Stockfish 12 (latest version of Stockfish). The reason why you may not have heard of it is because it's a new opening that came out in 2020. I wouldn't recommend it if you don't like playing gambits, because you do need to sac, even though you get it back later. If you want a full course on the Nakhmanson Gambit, I'd recommend watching my 15 minute video that explains every single lines. If you prefer to watch someone else, then I can also give you some videos from other people, though I don't know anyone except for me who did a full walkthrough in one video. Here's the video if you want to watch it:

PunchboxNET
YES ITALIAN PLAY IT IN ALL YOUR GAMES
PunchboxNET
Evans gambit against Bc5
ArseneRaoulLupin11
MatthewFreitag wrote:

This is an awesome opening in every way.

It's practically as good as the Ruy Lopez, and allows you to play the game any way you want.

Have you ever though about castling