6:44 the queen is not trapped you can move Knight C2 delivering check you lose you knight but free a way out for your queen and considering the queen took 2 pawns you are not that behind (of course it is a bad situation but it is not an instant loss. in second variation Knight to D3 bishop has to takem if queen takes knight is gone and if rock takes bishop is gone, and after bishop takes Queen takes on D5 and is safe taking 3 pawns for one Knight + threating the diagonal to H1

@jasonhalverson1180

Жыл бұрын

I was about to comment that

thumbnail queen isn’t trapped, Nc2+ or Nd3+ forces white to take the knight or move the king, and either way the queen now has an open diagonal

@elol9025

Жыл бұрын

did you even notice that the pawns are taking away the diagonal that queen can move to?

@elol9025

Жыл бұрын

shi nvm qb4 was a thing

@Deadeye1967

9 ай бұрын

@@elol9025 No he is correct, did you even notice Qb4 and Qd6 is available?

Now wait for your opponent playing Caro-Kann

@RapBopzShorts

Жыл бұрын

I'm a proud caro kann player

@Felix.Dragon.

Жыл бұрын

I play the caro kann.

@miklosmohai6585

Жыл бұрын

Lichess marks the Caro-Kann as inaccuracy, I wonder if it scares away new players

@zoe7696

Жыл бұрын

the lichess cloud analysis says the french is the best response to e4, you have to take what it says with a grain of salt

@nattapakniranittikul

Жыл бұрын

Now that I finished this video. I'll never get my opponents to play caro-kann for the next week. Happened all the time everytime I studied a trap/opening

the wide range of content on this channel is amazing

Hey great video, love the fact that they're always well structured and orderly, so it's easier to understand them and also to go back and rewatch. Keep it up, and thank you!

As a caro player myself, I'm happy to see this so i don't fall for those tricks thanks Nelson :) (but i knew some of them already still a good refresher for the memory)

@robertakerman3570

Жыл бұрын

It's not always "what", but how it's said. Nels has that knack.

Loved this; thank you for the pgn files as well, very thoughtful. The intro trap (forget the #) was a blast.

@a_doggo

Жыл бұрын

Okay, trap 2 was pretty nuts too lol

This is the single most useful video for me right now! I'm playing the Blackmar-Diemer gambit, but my opponents tend to transpose the position to a Caro-Kann... now I will have some tricks for that case too :)

at the queen trap black could have gave with his knight a check at c2 then moved out the queen

thank you for these vids. I am only 1000 rating as I work while i play but i beat my first 1500 ranked player recently

This video will be very helpful for me.

Does trap 3 really works ? at 6:50 You can check the king with knight to D3, lose the knight, and escape with the queen to D6. That's not bad for white but it's not a queen trap to me

Stockfish did some of these traps against me, great learning experience

when does Nbd7 become the main line in classical caro-kann? Black always plays Nf6

At 6:40, if black plays Nd3+, then what? Sure, they'll lose the knight, but it opens up a safe escape for the queen. Crucially, if they then play the ballsy Qb4, I think they're actually pretty safe and preparing to attack your knight with theur bishop next move.

@sgtnubbings6501

Жыл бұрын

I think you can safely just take Knight with Queen, giving options of Bb5+ (Reason Black can't play Qxa4) or just Nc5 (Can trade off for Bishop if it does develop to d7), everything looks protected and White is just up in material with far more active pieces in play. Entirely possible I've missed something but it looks like Black is about to get bulldozed in the position after Qxd3.

@Laggron93

Жыл бұрын

After ... Nd3+, Qxd3 Qb4, white can simply play Nc5. I don't see any immediate threats here. Black only has two pieces out (knight and queen), all pawns in the 7th rank. White has two pawns in the center, both bishops out, a nicely positioned knight, 4 semi-open files for an already active rook, plus he can castle within two moves. White's advantage is crushing. (also, worth mentioning, white can take the knight on d3 with their queen because there's a tactic preventing black from taking back the knight: ... Nd3+ ; Qxd3 Qxa4 ; Bb5+ forking the king and the queen, which means white is winning the queen for a bishop)

do you have info video on Stockfish?

@ChessVibesOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Hey Randal, what exactly are you wanting to know about stockfish?

6:58 you cannot just sack the knight with check?

@Laggron93

Жыл бұрын

Black can do that, or trade their queen for a rook. White won't win their queen for free here anyways.

@flacsomtodosclas2165

Жыл бұрын

Not in this position because after queens take knight And queens take knight bishop b5 wins the queen anywais but yeah in the other position this sack works

In trap #3, would black really leave the knight on c3 en prise to grab the b2 pawn?

@vincentcausey8498

Жыл бұрын

Meant to say knight on c6 is left en prise.

6:36 black Can check whit knight at and you Can Sava Queen

How did that happen?

6:47 wouldn't knight to D3 with check work to save the queen?

@perpetualbystander4516

Жыл бұрын

Yes, sure would open up an escape route for the black queen when the knight no longer is in its way.

Isnt a night sack possiable to save the queen at 6:49

@sgtnubbings6501

Жыл бұрын

Nd3+ is probably the best option as it does save the Queen, but it does leave Black in a position where White is pretty much winning in every way, being up in material, development and activity. Tbf this would still be the case (worse so, being down a Queen) even without the knight sacrifice, Black is going to get rolled regardless it seems, it's just a terrible situation for them all around.

I won in 6 moves in the 2 knights variation against a 1800 player a couple of weeks ago!

8:56 What if the queen simply moves away from the file?

@flacsomtodosclas2165

Жыл бұрын

If queens goes to h4 bishop g5 wins the queen and if queens Goes to g4 bishop a5 check king has to move and the other bishop deliver one more check opening a discovered on the queen if queen leaves in diagonal he loses the queen anyway because you are going to Chase the queen with the bishop and discover a check with the rook só there is no way to save the queen.

We should tell Gotham Chess about this video. The Caro-Can't is his favorite opening

On the first Panov-Botvinnik trap you can actually sacrifice your knight to save your queen so it's not actually trapped

Trap #3 doesn’t gaurantee the queen win though, the knight can go to D3 with a check to allow the queen to escape.

How to save the black queen in the position shown in thumbnail check the white king with the horse open an escape for queen escape

on trap 6 black queen can still move to c8 to defend that pawn

17:45 Deep Blue. Wasn’t there a team of 3, 5, maybe 7 GM’s assisting to ensure Deep Blue once out of book didn’t do something silly in the game? Or is that a fable.. or misunderstanding of any GM’s working on the project?

On 6:41 what if I sacrifice the knight by moving it to c2 or d3, checking white's king so it would open a way for my queen to escape, and if black moves knight to c2, then a. The rook will take the knight which will block the queen from defending the knight on a4 so black's king can take it or b. The white queen takes it, then black queen could check the white king, after this white could defend by blocking with their queen or bishop at g5, if they block with their queen black could go for a queen trade or attack the knight on a4, if they block with the bishop, then the black queen would be safe for the time being and the only ways to attack the queen would be to trade queens or move the rook to a3 which opens a path for the queen to escape,

6:50 bro what if he gives knight check and run

In trap 3 knight can deliver check and queen can run away

Sometimes great chess players move something really weird to see if the opponent is cheating. Garry just wanted to check that Deep Blue was not using Stockfish.

what if black knight delivers check while queen is trapped?

2:52 woah! i'm sure it's not just african-americans who fall for this trap! :D

Finally, i know how to play the caro

At 7:04 cant they go knight D4 and force the Queen trade

@flacsomtodosclas2165

Жыл бұрын

What? He cant play knight d4 in this position

@flacsomtodosclas2165

Жыл бұрын

If you meant knight d3 queens take knight then if black queens try taking the knight to escape bishop b5 wins the queen

@pokemasterbrains

Жыл бұрын

​@@flacsomtodosclas2165 white Bishop B5 after knight, queen a1 check, he either blocks with rook and loses it, or blocks with queen and loses rook. He could move king E4 (e5 is check with bishop g4), but queen A2 check forces him to either lose the D5 pawn and the queen escapes, or lose the F2 pawn and potentially perpetual check. I just think this position is underexplored, and would love to see this channel go over this moment more in depth

6:37 if i was blac here i will play knight to check king after escape only way to get back quenn but white still in win

In the into video Queen wasn't trapped move black moves knight to check king and now has an escape

Lets goooo my friend plays this now ima clap him lol

7:10 a3 does the same

Ah, i remember that time when i trapped someone else's queen, and took us a while to realize

6:52 actually the queen is not trapped because you can play Ne3 check and freeing up your queen. Yeah you’ll lose the knight but the queen is not trapped.

the queen is not totally trapped surely knight to c2 would put the king in check and allow the queen to escape.

@perpetualbystander4516

Жыл бұрын

You got that right! 👍

@davebrown6552

Жыл бұрын

@@perpetualbystander4516 bloody hell first time I ever got a chess problem right.

I found this line in the advanced caro and I’m wondering if anybody has heard of it because it’s disgusting and comes from super common moves from black. Here’s the pgn from a game I played. Qb8 is the trap. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be2 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Qxb2 8. Qb1 $6 Qxc3+ $2 9. Bd2 Qxc2 $2 10. Qxb7 Nd7 11. Bb5 $4 Rd8 12. Ba5 $2 Qe4+ 13. Kf1 Qd3+ 14. Bxd3 Bxd3+ 15. Ke1 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Nh6 17. Kd2 c4 18. Ne1 Rb2+ 19. Kc1 Ba3 20. Kd1 Be2+ 21. Kc1 Rb7+ 0-1

I wish it was with black 😭

Tbh in the thumbnail black can still escape

Everyone on their way to defeat Gotham Chess

no advance caro :(

Wtf man?! Caro-kann is my only opening vs 1. e4 Oh well, guess you've forced me to watch this video too... Seriously though, thank you for these videos. Ps: pls do NOT make a video "top 10 traps vs london".

@flacsomtodosclas2165

Жыл бұрын

Top a 100 traps against london 😂

The queen can escape though... :( sack the horse to save your queen, since moving the horse comes with check as well as blocks whites queen from defending their horse() they will probably capture with their queen to continue defending the horse and you just have to run since if you give a check in this position your queen gets trapped again.

Trap 3 not success because ... Qxb2 Rc1 Nb4 Na4 Qxa2 Bc4 Qa3 Rc3 Now Nc2+ and queen can back to d6 . If any body agree so like this comment 👍

After I watch this vid no one play carokann against me...

Watching this so I know how to avoid stuff as black LOL

Advance variation doesn't exist I guess

I find most people defend the b2 pawn whenever Qb6 threatens it, but even when they don’t I’m too scared to take it cause I always think I’m gonna get trapped

Nooooooo, Caro is the only defence I know ;(

5th

Bruh I am a caro kann player

I play the tartakower so I avoid most of this cheese nonsense

The presenter had no understanding of learning process. He rushes through moves barely leaving time to even assess them.let alone consider the options. I hope he may realise this and at least offer a viewer option to move the pieces. Otherwise most normal.players ( like me having played over 70 yrs ) will just have to ignore this as I must now with regret. John

If yall play the Caro kann like this then you deserve to have your ass whooped🤣🤣🤣 Y'all better look up Gotham chess on KZread cause this is not it. C6 and D5 correct but you have a real order to your development that you can do in your sleep. This video made me laugh

@flacsomtodosclas2165

Жыл бұрын

There is a hundred ways to develop safe in the karo-kann unless you keep taking pawns like a stupid before developing you should be fine