Coach, your point about retaining the aggression was EXACTLY what I (and many others) needed to hear. Thank you!

Strikingly aggressive and effective gambit! He comes up into your house taking things and you attack relentlessly! Thank you, Andras!

I always stumbled upon this pawn sac in the French when analyzing and looking in the explorer but couldn’t really understand . Now I finally get the logic and how to capitalize on giving away this pawn or both pawns. Thank you!! Wow!!

Hi Andras, today I played my first ever OTB match here in the local club (I'm one of those Queens Gambit newcomers :) ) . Just wanted to say that this recommendation is awesome. My opponent resigned after 29 moves (his rating was 1587), even though I didn't play it out perfectly, it appeared to be quite difficult for him to withstand the pressure. What I really like is that even though it was sometime ago that I looked at this gambit, I could still remember the moves I had to make until move 13, as the ideas are quite simpel to understand and remember after you've given up the pawn. Thanks for all the great content!

Your games are incredible and those are the games I aspire to play but I struggle with keeping up the aggression like you do and it is beautiful the way you were able to win these

I just picked up your e4 course, and I'm loving it!

Great ideas for this opening!! Thank you very much!

Another great demonstration of initiative!

Thanks for the reminder. I have another tournament in June in a town with a Milner Barry player. I need to prepare for this. It has bite.

This opening was a criptonite for big Bobby Fisher

Phenomenal

Andras,you have changed my chess so much.I had heard so much about you,and it was all very good indeed.Your principal chess has benefited me so much i can't tell you enough,Ive spent a fortune this week on chess books at least 10 of your recommendations and now im kinda starting from scratch after years of play to make me a better player.Thank you sir...

I'm a 1. d4 player, and I've struggled with how to respond to 2..e6. As a d4 player, I've never wanted to transpose to a French, but this looks interesting...

@ChessCoachAndras

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like the course , if you play some nice games with the repertoire, send them to me!

great vid!!

great content coach

Awesome games!! Such great tactics too!! That's the kind of games I want to play!! I've always wanted to work on the Milner-Barry Gambit cause it's in Ginger GM's gamit course too! 😀😀

I really like this video. I think most people don't play the gambit because most French players know the Bb5+ trap. But there's a lot more to this gambit it appears!

New Andras course? Count me in! Also awesome video as always 😍 Btw does anyone have any recommendations for chess sights to see in Budapest?

Gawain Jones features it in his book Coffeehouse repertoire 1. The 'improved' Milner-Barry, known as Hector variation: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3!? cxd4 7.0-0. That seems to be trendy ATM, even MVL played it successfully against Ponkratov in the Fide Grand Swiss 2021. I would guess french players don't enjoy playing against it very much😆

@hector9586

2 жыл бұрын

My variation!

I think I'm gonna play this from now on. Was playing Orthoschnapp gambit to force black to play active, which French players don't like. But it's a bad opening. Milner Baryy is more sound

@nikamumladze8220

2 жыл бұрын

ortoschnapp is exactly the kind of opening that andras would call trash...😂 but i think it is fun. i have also played wing gambit for the same reason.

@lordofcastamere9376

2 жыл бұрын

@@nikamumladze8220 he is right. If Black knows the theory it's just a pawn down for no compensation.

@matheuscontas

2 жыл бұрын

Same here except I was playing the Reti Gambit.. EDIT: ok so I did a quick look into theory/engine evaluation and it seems like if black is well prepared, white will strive to find compensation, which doesnt sound much different than the Reti Gambit.

You should do some Banter Blitz style one-hour Blitz sessions, playing your repertoire.

Forcing the French players into an open fight 😁 love it 👍💪

@ChessCoachAndras

2 жыл бұрын

You know it

@mislavivkovic9996

2 жыл бұрын

This is interesting from very boring opening almost always we go to mad gambits for exemple from Petrov to Stafford gambit

@dquinn1988

2 жыл бұрын

@@mislavivkovic9996 Stafford is just losing, unlike this one.

@mislavivkovic9996

2 жыл бұрын

@@dquinn1988 you are kiding nobody wants to even play Stafford

@mislavivkovic9996

2 жыл бұрын

@@dquinn1988 the reason why Stafford is so dangerous is bcs you are doomed if you play just natural moves like castle even Carlsen avoid only man who enter into Stafford is Basharat Adiban but he is a beast

In 1hour I have a game, my opponent plays the french, I'm quickly learning this. Hope it works

Great video! What about the other 3 victories??

very nice gambit but 3. nc3 is also very nice so it will be hard to convince myself to learn theory in this gambit but i will try😁

Luckily for me, whenever they play the Bd3 Advanced Variation, I play …Rc8 and usually get the light-squared bishop and I do t play the …Qb6 stuff

@mislavivkovic9996

2 жыл бұрын

In normalFrench you just want to exchange light bishop here no

@treasonouspigeonpeckers957

2 жыл бұрын

@@mislavivkovic9996 It's the idea but they can prevent the idea with a3. But Jonathon Schrantz has a lot of traps against it

@treasonouspigeonpeckers957

2 жыл бұрын

@@BeFourCM 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Ne2 f5 I think this is what you are talking about but I have never faced 5.Ne2 ever. It can't be good for White if it isn't already a main move

@treasonouspigeonpeckers957

2 жыл бұрын

@@BeFourCM Very interesting as Black usually is able to launch a pawn storm at the king. Although, I find it a bit slow compared to the main line and the 4...Bd7 variations

Which is the second gambit that you recommend in your course?