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@Aabi-Bro

5 ай бұрын

Hey respect man !! Please do a 800-1200 rating climb with Trompowsky attack Plzzzzzzz😢❤🎉

Igor is truly a blessing. Other masters are stingy and share nothing because they are scared of giving away secrets. Igor is kind to everyone with these free fun lessons. He should get an Emmy award or at least free ice cream for life.

@ZDTF

2 ай бұрын

I wanna be like him When I get older It's not for the free ice cream I swear

@marksmit8112

Ай бұрын

Love the way he analyzes and talks through the way he thinks. Its golden

@loeksnokes3658

16 күн бұрын

Free Ice Cream for Life ... absolutely.

This is my thought to the puzzle: 1. Q*a7 if 1. ... R*a7??, 2. R*c8+ Qd8 3. R*d8+ K*d8 4. N*f7+ Ke8 5. N*h8 (white knight is not trapped and can get back to g6, so white wins a bishop and two pawns) else if 1. ... Rb8, 2. Q*b8+ N*b8 3. R*c8+ Kd7 4. R*h8 h*g5 (this line white loses a queen and a knight, wins two rooks, a biship and a pawn. Not sure if there're better way to do it) else 1. ... Nb6 I'm thinking 2. Q*b6 Q*g5 3. Qa7 R*a7 4. R*c8+ Kd7 5. R*h8 but I don't see the win. if 2. Q*a8 N*a8 3. R*c8+ Kd7 4. R*h8 h*g5 and it's similar to line 2. So I'm not sure how white can win if black respond Rb8 or Nb6

@wonderwind2716

5 ай бұрын

Oh I found the move. In line 2 we play Bb5 on move 2 and black collapse since the knight which defends the rook is being traded. In line 3, we play 2. Q*b6 h*g5 (I assume it's very bad if Q*g5) 3.Bb5+ Kf8 4. Qa7 and it transpose to similar situation as line 1. So white is winning in all the cases

@naitsirhc2065

Ай бұрын

If black responds with Rb8, white pins the knight with Bb5. If black plays Nb6, white plays Q*a8 anyway and takes the rook. Because white has a rook on c1, they can win back more than enough material after they lose their queen.

queen takes a7 , rook takes back, rook on c1 takes c8 check, queen blocks , rook takes queen, king takes rook , knight on g5 takes f7 forking king and rook

@dijo4708

5 ай бұрын

You play Qa7 I played Nb6

@toma-iu9zj

5 ай бұрын

queen can take your knight@@dijo4708

@rabipelais

5 ай бұрын

@@dijo4708 Then queen simply takes Qxb6?

@Dad4_Service

5 ай бұрын

@@rabipelais and therefore foiled from the remaining moves @toma-iu9zj suggested - though i doubt black would take Qxb6 while already planing to sacrifice the queen to get the rook moved out of it's defending position

@dijo4708

5 ай бұрын

@@rabipelais I take g5 Night with the pawn

► Chapters 00:00 Grand Prix Attack Against the Sicilian Defense 00:44 GM Smirnov's Plan to Win 90% Games 01:08 Developing the f1-bishop first 01:57 Common opening error by Black 02:51 Middlegame plan for White 04:26 Eliminating Black's defenders 06:27 If Black does not play gxf5 08:33 Plan-B for White 10:02 If Black plays d4 11:06 Important move to fix Black's doubled pawns 12:42 For advanced level opponents 15:14 Secret idea behind playing a3 17:03 Sacrifice the ROOOOOK 17:47 Puzzle: When Carlsen had 2150 ELO

@Dean.AlAmriki

3 ай бұрын

The ROOOOOK

1.Queen takes a7 , rook takes queen 2.Then rook takes c8 queen blocks and rook takes queen then king takes rook and knight takes f7 to win rook on h8 And white is piece up.😊

@ABode-er7rz

5 ай бұрын

But rook does not have to capture the queen. Rook can simply move to B8 and can threaten to capture the knight with the pawn in the next move...

The knight & bishop attack shown at 17:03 in this video is interesting, but it can be easily thwarted by Black moving his bishop back to F8. In fact, it is predicated on Black first having moved that bishop to an usual position, which allows White's bishop can take temporary control of that diaganol. Still, it's good to know if you ever allow yourself to be confronted with such an attack you need to stop it immediately.

@MyBiPolarBearMax

5 ай бұрын

Bishop b2 would annihilate blacks position if they did that. they have too many holes on the black squares and literally only one piece developed. Even trading the bishops on f8 removes castling rights and lets the knight come in to d6 and get out posted with the e pawn. Black cant lose the black bishop with all his pawns on white squares and nothing developed. Itd be interesting to see the stockfish eval

@MaxDooDat2

5 ай бұрын

You're right. I should have said "the main threat can be thwarted". @@MyBiPolarBearMax

@livechesschannel

5 ай бұрын

No opening is perfect, but still, it has more downsides then upsides, Downsides: 1.Bxf8 removes your castling option. 2.Undevelops your only piece that was developed. 3.Takes more moves to castle. 4.Keeps the diaganal open. Upsides: 1.Stops Nd6+. 4-1 pretty bad. I would play Ne7, Nd6+ just Kf8 and white's rook is hanging, otherwise you just castle.

You're the best chess teacher on youtube Igor!!

@frankieduran7481

Ай бұрын

after black f5 captured e4 white Qg5 is next to checkmate!

Thank you so much for posting this video about the Grand Prix attack, A few days later I versed somebody using the Sicilian defense and won in a similar way shown in the video! Looking forward to more chess content!

My absolute favourite answer to Sicilian when I was active in the 80's. Even though it was f4 immidiately after blacks c5. Have been crushing players far stronger than me with this one. It didn't really have a name when I learned it. The booklet was just named: "f4 against Sicilian" ! Not mentioning a name for it. We used to call the Qe1 move a magic move.

Hello Mr Igor your lessons has helped me lot and my rating in my bullet went from 1000 to 1300 in a couple of weeks.I appreciate your efforts please keep posting great content thank you.

Thank you Igor! I’ve been trying to learn the Accelerated Dragon, and white’s responses.

Very instructive video! thanks Gm Igor👍🏼

Queen to a7. I was 500 before this video, now I'm 2400 with three norms. Let's go!!

@music6174

5 ай бұрын

WTF

@DanacChess

5 ай бұрын

What?!? +1900 elo in 30 mins not to talk about norms

@uifwastaken

5 ай бұрын

bro thinks he's Chugnus Norrisen🥱

@pispi198

5 ай бұрын

​@@uifwastaken😂😂😂

@scoobythelegend9702

5 ай бұрын

Nah mate you srs ?

This guy is my favourite chess teacher online, he’s just so clear and direct and easy-to-understand compared to so many others. Also the thumbnail costume is hilarious.

This is amazing! I'm a King's Gambit player who was playing the McDonnell variation against the Sicilian. This is FAR superior! It also maintains that similar pawn structure to eh KG. I've considered switching from KG to Vienna Gambit and this also is related.

J'apprends énormément avec vous. Merci beaucoup, c'est vous le meilleur!

I have been looking at this variation since this posted a couple of months ago, and it can be a very playable game with mostly the most popular moves for black being played. Black's solution to the Grand Prix Attack: First of all, black's most popular moves work for the first few moves: 1.e4 c5, 2.Nc3 Nc6, 3.f4 g6, 4.Nf3 Bg7, 5.Bb5 Nd4. The next move for black is the 2nd most popular. Black follows 6.O-O with a6. White no longer has the option to exchange his bishop for the knight. What are his options? If white tries to get rid of the knight with 7.Nxd4, that is a blunder, because black responds with Bxd4+. After white responds to the check, white grabs the bishop.So that is a complete non-starter. White will need to retreat his bishop, but where? Ba4 and Bc4 both run into b5. The better of the two is 7.Bc4 b5, 8.Bd5 Rb8, and on the next move, black will play e6, so white had better prepare with a3, giving a square for the bishop, but it is not a good position for white. So if not a4 or c4, then where? d3 blocks the pawn, which in turn blocks the dark-square bishop, so the best option for white is to retreat to e2, and now black can play d6. Black's position is fairly good at this point. He controls more space, he has a well-placed knight in the middle of the board, white's light-square bishop has retreated to a fairly inactive position, black has a potential pawn storm on the queen's side, ... The main thing is that black should avoid castling O-O. He can leave his king in the center castle O-O-O, either of which denies white the strategy he is looking for. In the Lichess database, games that have followed this path through 7.Be2 d6 have been won by black 54% of the time, compared with only 40% for white. As such, I don't think that Bb5 is a wise move if black has not played d6 or d5. Stockfish recommends d3, which restricts white's light-square to e2 without having to get chased off of b5 first. a4 is also suggested, which doesn't commit white to Be2. The Bb5 option is still available should black push his d pawn. My feeling right now is to go with that approach, but I'm still working on it.

@wahito1456

2 ай бұрын

thanks for this!

Bro's secret opening is now unsecret to 77k people ☠💀

@derg243

2 ай бұрын

sure, but they wwill have to prepare for it and might not have the perfect defense in mind. plus even if he defends perfectly, the game just goes on. it is a fine opening which can surprise black

Thank you! Excellent video, as always.

Igor your videos are far and away the best I've discovered on KZread. Can you please give me something to shut down the Philidor? As passive as it is I struggle against it

Dear GM Igor, You are my most favourite youtube chess trainer. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to your exceptional efforts in training us in the way we understand at our level. Training requires getting down to the trainees level of understanding which is where most fail, however you are the best. Thank you so much 😍

@GMIgorSmirnov

4 ай бұрын

Happy to hear that!

@AlpattaAbdurajik

Ай бұрын

How about f not eating the rook dpind on side

I used the GPA from 1000-1300 rapid, but recently switched to the Smith-Morra. The gambit has a higher success rate for me thus far; especially in faster time controls.

@starseed855

5 ай бұрын

I never tried the Grand Prix but i play also the Smith-Morra against the Sicilian with good results 👍🏼

@livechesschannel

5 ай бұрын

But a faster time control does not improve your chess, glad you are having good results, but Classical, will help your chess, find an opening that is good in Classical, then Blitz and Bullet will be no problem. Smith-Morra is good though, it's ^ to you if you want your rating to go ^ though.

@starseed855

5 ай бұрын

@@livechesschannel Thats true, good piont

1.Qxa7 Rxa7 2.Rxc8+ Qd8 3.Rxd8+ Kxd8 4.Nxf7+ followed by Nxh8 +-

The Grand Prix attack against the Sicilian which you enlightened us about is simply awesome! It made me feel so confident in the maximum level! Thank you so very much Sir GM Igor! 🤗💯!!

The most agraaaaaassssive. love the way he emphasises this word. Fantastic

I'm looking at f4 as the answer to the puzzle. If black captures the knight, white recaptures with the pawn, opening up the rook to f7. If black plays something like Rh5 in an attempt to get back the pawn while developing his rook, then g6 Nxe5 gxf7+ Nxf7 Bg6 wins. If instead black plays g6 first, the white responds with Rc2 Qxg5 Qxg5 Rxg5 Rxf7 Nxe5 Bb5+ Bd7 (Nd7, Bxd7 Bxd7, Rf8) Rf8+ wins material. If in that last variation, instead of Nxe5, black plays a6, preventing Bb5, I do not see the winning path.

Cool opening, i will try to remember the moves. There was a couple of optional moves along the way that were not covered, where i would be in doubt what to do.

You won 90% with this opening, Carlsen won 99% with this opening, I won 30% with this opening...Do you really think the opening is the magic one?

@bruhifyforever8641

Ай бұрын

Perhaps you lack the knowledge required beyond the opening

@StopTheRot

Ай бұрын

@@bruhifyforever8641I think that’s his point 🤦‍♂️

@fayskelley

9 күн бұрын

He said 90% of the games he played against those rated below 2000.

Thank you for this video and very clear explanations.

@GMIgorSmirnov

5 ай бұрын

Cool!

the most common move for black under 1800 online after bishop b5 is queen b6 eyeing the horizontal black squares and b2 pawn.I have lost many times with that.

Thank you Igor!

Great opening i try this thank you!

Thank you, Mr. Smirnov; your lessons are very interesting and helpful. Do you like the McDonnell Attack in the Sicilian?

@babstra55

5 ай бұрын

I always try to get the queen sac line "bryntse faj" in the mcdonnell ...d5 'refutation' -line but no one ever takes my queen. :D

This looks great! Maybe a silly question, but does Black ever castle Queenside to avoid this attack?

Try this: Qxa7,Rxa7; Rxc8+,Qd8(forced); Rfc1, Q is now pinned and if Qxc8 then Rxc8,Ke2; Rxh8 [Q,R for P,B,Q,R] and if Q not take then Rxd8,Kxd8; Nxf7 forking K and R [Q,R for P,B,Q,R]

Thank you Igor

good stuff Igor!

bro finally i waited for this for real thnx a lot man!!

Could you possibly cover the Saragossa opening? I’ve had a few interesting games but would be interested in knowing any potential theory

Summary of the video: if black plays the opening badly, white will have an advantage. Let's take the last line as it is the most popular against the GPA. After 6. b4, the main moves for black are 6...b6 and 6...d6 but neither gets a mention despite black scoring wins after ...b6 in over half of the games in the database. There are similar points in all of the other variations, such as 5...a6 in the fast ...d5 line. Hardly anyone above a certain level is going to play this, and if they do they probably have something specific prepared. The main moves there by far are 5...Ne7 and 5...Nf6, both of which are regarded by theory as approximately equal. The GPA is a system I also regularly recommend to social and low club players in meeting the Sicilian but it is not the magic bullet to 90% wins as presented here.

Excellent ideas

As Black, whenever I see my opponent open with a PE4 in the first few moves, a Kings Gambit variation, I immediately develop my Queen side pieces and castle Queen side. Then push pawns on white's King side to help attack. They do that to me whenever I play Kings Gambit. Why would anybody castle on the side that the opponent is preparing to attack?

Nice, what if after Qh4 black plays the queen and castles on the long side? castling short looks very cooperative.

As white in the puzzle position, I would Qxa7, which either wins a free pawn or literally destroys black if black responds by capturing the queen.

Very great strategy ...agressive and effective💪👌👌

@GMIgorSmirnov

5 ай бұрын

Thanks ✌️

As someone who plays grand prix against sicilian and lost, i can confirm this is truely the best

Good idea n humor too

"he's already cooked" the most modern chess terminology I've heard recently next video, please include 'Omae Wa Mou' xD

Remember this is effectively like playing the Dutch. Can also play this in the Reversed Sicilian.

@marknieuweboer8099

5 ай бұрын

Actually the Reversed Grand Prix Attack 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 f5 or 2.g3 f5 pretty often is a favourable version exactly because the queen's knight is still at home. Make sure to play 2.Nc3 f5 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 though. Like a young GM Svidler did. You won't find this in theory books.

Q takes a7. Rook takes. Rook takes c8. Black queen to d8. Rook takes queen ck. King takes rook. Knight takes f7 ck. Takes rook. Wins game

I wonder why common defensive moves like h5, Qb6 or Nh4 were completely ignored in this analysis. 6:31

Your videos are amazing sir

The "Igor Smirnov" the Greatest Teacher indeed.

Good stuff 👊🏾

@GMIgorSmirnov

5 ай бұрын

👊🏾

Hi GM Igor please start a live gameplay series.

Great video! Where do you develop your white squared bishop if black plays a6 before you play Bb5?

@CapAnson12345

5 ай бұрын

In that variation g3 and put the bishop on g2. Castle and play for an eventual f5... generally.

honestly, ive been enjoying gpa for a while now but havent seen the a3 idea anywhere.. so thanks for that haha

Puzzle: "white to play and win" is usually a few moves and it's mate - I just don't see it. I see a trade of a queen and rook and probably knight too, for a queen, bishop, rook, but I don't see the mate.

Bro was planning something devious in tht thumbnail

Why Ng5? At 5:04 Why not Qg5?

Try to play some best moves from the opponent's side as well. I'm 1600+ in rapid and most of the time, I face good/excellent moves. Maybe pick an opening and make a complete series on it's theory.

Qxa7, Rxa7+ , Rxc8 (if he doesnt take the queen he loses the rook), Qd8, Rxd8, Nf6+, king anywhere, Nxh8

@crucifiedthief

5 ай бұрын

gotta cover the line Rb8, after Qxa7.

@alexacasafra639

5 ай бұрын

Nf6+ ? How ? Did You mean to Say Nf7 ?

@brunojani7968

5 ай бұрын

Holy s_t, I would not have found this after a million years

Igor, thank you as usual for the interesting lecture! A small question about 5:01- why not to play Qg5 instead of Kg5?

@tobias4411

5 ай бұрын

Qg5 is a blunder, then Ne8 and Black is slightly better. Also, blacks move before, fxe4 is a terrible blunder gives white an major advantage +7 and a winning position. Black could play c4 instead, and white would be slightly better, +0.9 according to engine.

@Fishy_17

5 ай бұрын

2 things. Kg5 means king g5. The notation for knight is N. Qg5 doesn’t work because of Ne8.

@Jacob-gl1kh

5 ай бұрын

why would they move their king there？？？

Qxa7, Rxa7, Rxc8+, Qd8,RxQ,KxR, Nf7+ forking K and R.

grand prix.. should try

What if he instead defends the night on b4 with pawn to a5?

Another fun-looking opening. I really love these openings that involves the f-pawn lol

@romanvercier3556

5 ай бұрын

Damn, you like to live on the edge

I was wondering why he kept referring to pawns as witnesses to be eliminated. Took me a little to realize he said weakness.

I guess Qh4 is so good that the engine always moves his knight to defend with the queen

In the critical position, what if black moved P to h5?

If i was a very small mouse I would play this opening every time.

Is it a possibility that black castles queenside to avoi this attack?

These videos are good but I would be nice if you added a PGN of the opening so we can put it into an engine or opening explorer to analyze at our own time.

@Sifo_Dyas

5 ай бұрын

It would be nice to be a little grateful. Here's an idea: Play the moves with an engine while you watch the video.

If after white plays B- h6 and Bxh6 on move 12 13. Qxh6 .. N-g4 attacking Q then what?

Very interesting opening

@GMIgorSmirnov

Ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

lol I did not find the puzzle move. great combo

Your thumbnail is always awesome 😂😂

The only skill we need to develop in chess is calculation which nobody can teach us!

if the queen is already on h4, why would anyone castle short?

Best youtuber

this opening got me from 1700-2000 and I'm disappointed you're getting the word out about it :(

Hi GM Igor Smirnov! This is Sarah and I would like to know if there is a " Anti grand prix attack "If there is I would request a video on it.

The problem with chess is that- at least for me, people don’t make the moves that you want them to - in fact they quote often make moves that you don’t want them to , funny that

I tried this against Fritz 6 online and NONE of these lines showed up. They are all seemingly random or just highly advanced even when I put it on beginner level. I never once got the first option and I played like 10 games. I don't see how you can expect to play a certain sequence of moves in advance and really win. I guess I just suck at chess. using any of your lines didn't work because I would get crazy lines with his queen coming out or whatever.

Almost all my Sicillian opponents play a6 on either their 2nd or 3rd move, really messing up this system. I have better luck with the Smith-Morra.

@sjoerdblom2018

18 күн бұрын

@GMIgorSmirnov I have same question what is your advice if black comes with early a6 avoiding Bb5? Thanks!

Very nice opening. This is what I'm going to play for fun for the next week... but I don't think i'll get 90%..

Q-a7 looks nasty

i love Igor Nation!🎉

@GMIgorSmirnov

5 ай бұрын

🎉

5:00 Why play Ng5 here? Isn't it mate-in-2 with Qg5 from this position? With the bishop pinned, whatever black plays next white just plays Qxg7#

@marcelkoopman2439

Ай бұрын

Because black can play Ne8 and survive?

This works very well at 1400 just won a game with it thank you Igor 😊

@GMIgorSmirnov

5 ай бұрын

Great!

@AzfarAslam

4 ай бұрын

what about 1600+, They play really best moves. Maybe cover an opening where opponent play's good moves as well@@GMIgorSmirnov

well try that against magnus

Funny. 100% of my games black will play either middle pawn and take my pawn and therefore destroy the whole center of this strategy.

Qxa7 looks nice to me.

I got crushed most of the time playing it against the Sicilian

I think puzzle answer is Qxa7

Well this doesn't work at all for me. Black counters by using Queen. Avoid this.

7:19 If black play knight to H5 how do you respone ?

@bradsummerhill

2 ай бұрын

I was wondering the same. I'm guessing that you advance the g-pawn to attack? even at the risk of weakening your king's castle?

Qa7 RxQ; Rxc8+ Qd8; Rxd8 Kxd8; Nxc7+ Kmoves; Nxh8 wins bishop and two pawns?

Followed it precisely as you said, got smashed. Turns out it does matter what black plays after all!