Today I’m happy to share with you 3 simple ideas to win fast in one of the most common chess openings, the Italian Game which arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4.

These are powerful tricks that you can use in this opening to win quickly, but they also serve as attacking patterns to seize easy victories against your opponents. The main winning idea is based on White playing the Bg5 pin, following it up with a powerful kingside attack.

Below, you can find the games shown in the video: