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@edmondhuibonhoa8642

Жыл бұрын

Bravo très bien joué

@bradburns491

Жыл бұрын

Can you do a video for black after e4 e5 d4. I keep getting this played against me I play exd 3. Qxd4 Nc3. But then the queen just runs ramshod over the board. PLEASE HELP

@helvius000

Жыл бұрын

CoHi poph

In the position White plays 1.Rf8+ Rxf8 2.Nxc7#

@Elo-hv3fw

Жыл бұрын

correct

@Axiomatic75

Жыл бұрын

I was looking at Nxc7+ as the first move, works too but this is much more savage.

@edmondhuibonhoa8642

Жыл бұрын

Bravo très bien joué

@sirarvsvaldez307

Жыл бұрын

simply KxC7 !! its not a best move . best move is Qh5+ . black is absolute losing . not Nxc7 .

@neuvation6607

Жыл бұрын

@@sirarvsvaldez307 the king cant get to d8 in order to take the knight because once the first rook is sacrifices the queen covers that diagnol from being moved to, its a forced line

Solution for ending postion:rook e6 check if black captures it with pawn or with knight there will be queen e7 checkmate but if he captures it with queen then knight:c7 checkmate

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

Well done!

@deadpoolchannel3353

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@KSSaint

Жыл бұрын

Rook e8, check.....the only defense is rook takes e8, and then knight c7 checkmate.....

@Titan-vi7vh

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@Titan-vi7vh

Жыл бұрын

@@KSSaint this works too, thank you.

I dont go in with a plan. I plan and constantly adjust the plan as the board evolves. "Be formless, shapeless, like water..."

@troychatman7652

Жыл бұрын

On social chess

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

That's deep.

@michalnovak3466

Жыл бұрын

like Bruce Lee

@haroldlegaspi1907

Жыл бұрын

You failed to plan, you planned to fail

@A.Singularity

Жыл бұрын

​@@haroldlegaspi1907 as a chess player I don't have a plan, if I don't have a plan then my opponents don't know what the hell I'm thinking, and that is the best way to play chess

I love how you make every opening seem *brilliant* & how hyped they get me lol. I'm going to play King's Gambit all day tomorrow & try these traps 🙂

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

@benjkobenjki2085

Жыл бұрын

how did it go?

@mamdouhalach3003

Жыл бұрын

lol it will never work hhhhhh because none ever protect the bon with g5 bruh..

@igorb1896

Жыл бұрын

@@mamdouhalach3003 thats not true, i played this on 1300 elo and some guys played g5. In fact you can check this on lichess how often do players play g5 in this position.

@ModernDayRenaissanceMan

Жыл бұрын

@@benjkobenjki2085 I tried it and no one ever makes the same moves I need to get the traps to work. Im 600 rating & I've never pulled a trap off in 250 games

There are about a dozen ways to checkmate in this position but the quickest (M2) is rf8, rxf8, nxc7#. You remove the rook from the queen's line of sight on the d8 square by moving the rook in for a check, then ending the game with the knight.

@carolusmagnus57

Жыл бұрын

Re6+ is very nice, too. If knight takes, there is Qe7#, else is Nc7#

@m.kaschi2741

Жыл бұрын

@@carolusmagnus57 you mean if pawn takes right? Pawn takes Rook on e6 and than Qe7#

@carolusmagnus57

Жыл бұрын

@@m.kaschi2741 Right. You can either take with knight or pawn and then it is checkmate on e7. If queen takes, it is Nc7#.

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

👍

@front331

Жыл бұрын

You guys attack like Morozevich.

Dude, I haven't played chess in at least 3 decades. I am a 70 year old retired engineer who stubled by chance on one of your videos and watched it. I have been watching them regularly now and I love them This puzzle is terribly obvious. Of course move the white rock next to the king, then take the pawn with the knight mates in 2.

@fatenamaste

Жыл бұрын

wouldnt the king just take the rook tho?]

@delafilip

Жыл бұрын

@@fatenamaste that’s defended with the rook on f1

Puzzle: D5 Knight to C7 (check), king moves to D8 (only move), knight takes rook A8, black queen checks C3, white queen takes C3, knight E6, Queen to A3, the rook defends king on E8, after sacrificing pieces, queen checkmates. (I’m sure there is a faster way but that’s what I instantly grabbed towards. Solved in about 20 seconds. Not sure why, but there’s something about the kings gambit that I just love. It’s very unorthodox end, you can always tell if a middle game or end game started with this opening. For some reason when I play kings gambit I always completely control the board even against strong opponents. It’s very easy moves to understand, gets strait to the point and is definitely an opening for intuition based players due to the fast aggression. My best games where I completely dominate were from the kings gambit. Idk it’s like when I play this opening I feel right at home, this is the ancient way of chess after all. My strongest opponent that I absolutely crushed with this opening was from a very rare line in the kings gambit where I allow my knight to be captured by the pawn in the beginning, I castle, get checked and then have a massive attack when I move my king to H1. This opening uses blacks pawn as protection for my king. Found this opening from intuition and turned out to be a real Murphy game. My opponent was rated 2100 IM, beat him in 16 moves.

Hi, I was hoping to find someone who would show multiple scenarios of the gambits rather than just one. You are perfect. Thank you very much for it!

I swear these are the most informative chess videos out there

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

14:35 got it Sir Rf8+ Rxf8, Nxc7# white Knight, Queen, and Rook was helped by black's d7 pawn and delivered a stunning mate

@glass916

Жыл бұрын

What if Kxf8

@badjaeaux

Жыл бұрын

white Rook at f1 :)

@badjaeaux

Жыл бұрын

Re6+! is also mate in 2

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

well done!

Rf8 Rxf8 Nc7# but even more brutal is Re6+! 3 ways to capture - all mate next move

@badjaeaux

Жыл бұрын

awesome advanced analysis dude what is your online chess rating

Thanks, I'm definitely using these!

1: e4 e5 2:Nf3 Bb4 3: nxe5+ Kf8 4: Qh5 Nf6 5: Qxf#

Awesome video! Thanks!! My guess for the answer: Nxc7+ Black King would be forced into the d8 e7 diagonal which would lead to a discover check and loss of the black Q with Rf6f4+ ! Wait - not the best discover check. Here is the best: the discover check queen attack combo can also be achieved with Re6+ which I think is actually better since the check cannot be blocked by Black's Queen - whereas with Rf6f4+ the Black Q can block after Kd8 escape!.

I can't stop watching this guy's videos. He's helped renew my interest in one of the first board games I ever played.

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy to hear it!

I’ve been playing the king’s gambit a lot these days and I’ve got a win rate of about 90% with it! Great tips, thanks!

@garyclarke9685

11 ай бұрын

Kings gambit it all good & all but setting a trap is one thing you still need your opponent to fall for it & in my experience they don't always do also I rarely use kings gambit when I'm playing black as your behind a move a the start & just to risky

1.Re6+ (Qxe6 2.Nxc7#[With royal fork btw]) (Nxe6 2.Qe7#) (dxe6 2.Qe7#)

Great! Very instructive, thanks for the work!

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for the video and demo

I love this opening! Morphy is my all time favorite player of chess. You studied morphy pretty well.

This is the best opening have ever played. None of my opponents has played this pawn stuff, but i can Control the Center and have tons of move options. Great stuff 😊

@GMIgorSmirnov

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

This isnt the fastest but Qh5+ Kd8. Rf8+ Rxf8. Rf8+ Qe8. Then either Rxe8 or Qxe8#. I later saw the M2 with Rxf8+ Rxf8. Nxc7# thanks to the queens line of sight being cleared of the rook covering the runaway squares

I wait for your videos! So entertaining & instructive! Thanks from Dubai!

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

the move order for the last position is: 1. Rf8 + Rxf8 (forced); Nc7#

@sungod_69

Жыл бұрын

is knight c7 king d8 followed by rook c6 a checkmate or black could get out?

Great stuff as always GM Smirnov!

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

► Chapters 00:00 Top 5 Fastest Checkmates in the King's Gambit 00:34 Trap-1: Evil trap in 4th move 04:20 Trap-2: Checkmating the underdeveloped army 06:50 Trap-3: King's Gambit Declined, 2...Nc6 08:26 Trap-4: Zukertort's blindfolded game 11:51 Trap-5: Brutal checkmate 14:32 Can you find the winning move?

Another great video! Can you please make a traps & tactics in Catalan Opening. 🙏🏼😊

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestions. We will make make note of it.

Solution on the 5th example: Scenario 1: Nxc7 Kd8 Rc6# Scenario 2: Nxc7 Ke7 Re6#

The best way to get a checkmate for the last one is Qh5, if black decides to move his king to d8 then you can move the rook to f8 and he is forced to trade rooks and then he has no choice but to block the rook with thier queen and you can take the queen with your queen and that is checkmate. If black decides to block the queen's check by moving the queen to g6 then you can take with your rook and if he takes your rook then you can take his h8 rook and that is checkmate. If he tries to do any other moves i have found checkmates for those too, but there is too much possible moves for me to disclose in on comment

Thanks for the video

The declined trap is quite useful as that situation is very common in many kg lines . I very rarely get people playing into the McDonnell gambit or muzio sadly. It's hard to lose in blitz if you get that position for white. But what does happen a lot at lower levels is that black plays f6 defending g5. You have to be careful as tempo matters here, but in many lines Nxg5 leads to either forced checkmate or a big material advantages

Thank you sir.

Final position knight c7 if king moves to d8 rook to c6 checkmate. If king moves to e7 after Knight moves c7 rook moves h6 checkmate

I saw the following 2 lines, 1st: 1. Qe5+, Kd8 2. Rf8+, Rxf8 3. Rxf8+, Qe8 4. Qg5# … this line could also go like 2. Rf8+, Qe8 3. Qg5# and there are a few more variations of this… the next line I found is: 1. Qh5+, Qg6 2. Rxg6… quite obvious but let’s say they don’t take and they make any other move except d6, then Rg8# (2x Check). If it goes 2. Rxg6, d6 3. Rg7+, Kd8 4. Qg5+, Ke8 5. Qe7#… I really like the Rg8# though, if the right moves by black allowed it to happen

Hey, absolutely love your videos. For trap #1, the move Nh6 by black does actually defend the threat I believe, because after white plays d4, black can play d6 which attacks the knight. The knight cant attack the f7 pawn straight away. Therefore, after Bxh6, black plays dxe5 and the attack is over.

@philosopher24680

6 ай бұрын

According to the engine White is still winning and it's quite easy for Black to get checkmated. The counter-intuitive follow up is to trade the dark squared bishops, then check the King when he takes back. After this, lock up the Black Queen by playing the White King to F2.

Hi Igor, what is the follow-up with trap 5 if Black King doesnt take the bishop but moves to f8. Black is already a knight more so what will play White than?

I love this video. Thank you for that!!! 🙂 My winning moves: 1. Qh5+ Qg6 2. Rxg6 Nf3+ 3. Kf2 hxg6 4. Qxh8+ Kf7 5. Qf6+ Kg8 6. Ne7+ Kh7 7. Qxg6+ Kh8 8. Qg8# 1-0

@Awed1b

Жыл бұрын

What if 1. Qh5+ Kd8? It seems more resolute to 1. Rf8+ RxR 2. knight C7 mate

@Joeofawesome

Жыл бұрын

@@Awed1b Kd8 Rf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8+ Qe8 Qg5#

1. Qh5+ , Kd8 ..2. Rf8+ , Rh8 x Rf8..3. Rf1 x Rf8+ , Qe8..4. Qh5 x Qe8 # checkmate...is it right? thanks for video on traps GM Igor! More power and more winning!

Exactly, what I need. Thanks a lot for this good video again! 👍

Best Solution i see is Rf7... you release check but its mate in 1: ~ Black Queen takes Knight: Qe7 mate. ~ If black makes literally any other move not taking Knight, Nxc7 mate. 14:41

@14:36 i could play Nxc7+ . Kd8 Rf7(discovered check from Qg5) . Kxc7 Qc5+ . Kd8 Rf8+ . Rxf8 Rxf8# After Nxc7 If Ke7 . Rf7+ Ke6 . Qf6#

@jtdavis62

Жыл бұрын

Mate in 2 is forced: 1. Rf8+ Rxf8 2. Nxc7#

For the 14:35, as white I would play Nc7 check. If Black King goes to d8, then Rc6 to defend the Knight and a discovered checkmate. If Black King goes to e7, then Re6 as a checkmate as well.

@daveanthonymesias7024

Жыл бұрын

Rf8 is the right move sac the rook to open the diagonal for queen and you take c7

good video, thx! :)

Nice video chess Kings Gambit.

Nice I always use this trick. It is a good trick Thank you

Thank you very nice move

Good job great tips very knowledgeable

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Hi Igor, most interesting video. allthough in the end of the fifth trap you demonstrate, you move black queen to e7, but what if black move the roock to g8 instead attacking white queen. no easy checkmate. Thanks for your teaching and comment. Best. Chris

It is very good. Thank you.

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

Welcome 😊

after Queen takes e4 then white will play Knight takes c7 check then King d8 Rook f8 King takes c7 Queen to c5 check King b8 and Queen takes c8 is a Brilliant Checkmate.

Can you help with this weakness in my game? In casual games, when I xastle queenside as whitevI very often create a massive weakness of my A pawn. I've been tying up a knight on c3, sometimes this gets pinned, but how do I avoid making this pawn a target. Moving it to A3 seems to create other problems- do I slide my king over, what other solutions are there? Thanks.

Blown my mind!

Tank you the new trcks🤗🐣👏and i ❤️❤️It very much

@GMIgorSmirnov

6 ай бұрын

❤

Very good

Qh5+ Kd8 (If Black Queen protect rock take Queen) Rf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8+ Qe8 Q or Rxe8 #

@edmondhuibonhoa8642

Жыл бұрын

Bon. Mais, il y a mieux. Rf8 Rxf8 Kxc7

2 reasons why I watch your vids: 1. to improve my chess gameplay 2. to watch your cat at the background

I love the kitty sleeping in the background :)

Your subtitles/written conversation is blocking the visibility of the board. Please find a solution. Thanks

Trap-2: If black had played d5 on move 6, the position would have had a value of -2.37 (depth: 27)

1. Rf8, RxR 2. Nc7+ mate

At 4:53 you get a position where GM Igor Smirnov says the most played move by black is PxP. But Stockfish indicates white is actually losing to other moves - a dangerous line!

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

It's a risky line indeed. However, defending the position as Black is really hard. Stockfish often evaluates a gambit to be 'bad' while in reality, people get good results with it.

@DuncanFer1

Жыл бұрын

@@GMIgorSmirnov Hopefully we are not playing Stockfish OTB !!

2:58 Kf7 . White response with Pawn D4 activating the Bishop if black response with Bishop G7 black can play on maybe losing a knight and bishop but capturing the knight with bishop capturing Knight

Trap 4 @ 9:17

Qh5. Thank you for the video. Take care.

Ans ;Queen to h5 givibg a check to the king /- only way to refrain from the check is to go to d8:next pushing RG8 then1) Rook captures rook then move Rg8 check..then black Qe8t hen white Qg5

Good tank you

2:56 white plays d4 attacking the knight, but what if black responds with d6 attacking white knight?

Nice video 👍👍👍

For the puzzle, does rook f8 also work? Black is forced to take, after which knight c7 is checkmate

Amazing

Nice move I like it ❤️

This move is farbulous❤❤❤

3:00 Knight h6 then we play d4 After black play to d6 then what we do ???

@thebroccoli6076

4 ай бұрын

I wanna ask too

First, congratulations for the video. 👏👏👏 The puzzle: Qh5+ Kd8 Rf8+ RxRf8 RxRf8+ Qe8 Qg5# Correct?

@jtdavis62

Жыл бұрын

Or mate in 2: 1. Rf8+ Rxf8 2. Nxc7#

I think 1. Nxc7+ Kd8 2. Rc6++ is more spectacular

Make all variations of king's gambit checkmate video

Puzzle: White wins with Qh5+ Kd8 , Rf8+ Rxf8 , Rxf8+ Qe8 , Qxe8# ah no, black can block with ... Qg6 , and after Qe5+ with Ne6.. Queen sac doesnt work out as well.. ahh, so the rook sacrifice wins after Rf8+ Rxf8 with Nxc7# . pretty nice little checkmate, didnt see it at once in the first place...

Pretty Good Video, as usual for you. Thanks a lot Qh5+

Very enjoyable - especially with a glass of white wine on a warm summer evening - not sure all those moves will stick in my head though!

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

It was worth it anyway 😎

Lovely video. I'd say there is a lot of fun lines that open up after knight c7 thanks to the discovered check after the rook moves (the black king has to move to either e7 or d8) after which a rook to e6 wins the queen for at worst a knight. But taking the rook in the corner and keeping the threats on the board is also playable even for an amateur like me. I think of all the fun alternatives, knight c7 starts most of it.

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

True, that wins the game. That said, playing Rf8+ first makes the following Nc7 to be a checkmate.

@namedperson1436

Жыл бұрын

@@GMIgorSmirnov That is also true, and it is generally preferred to win the games instead of being greedy in capturing pieces. Or so I've heard at least. :P

In first trap i have question what should i do after i open the diagonal in bishop and he/she Threatened my horse at E5

Great great and great💪👌👍👍

1. White queen move to h5 2. Black king move to d8 3. f6 white rook move to f8 4. h8 black rook move to f8 5. f1 white rook move to f8 and check mate

These r amazing

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

That is the solution for the winning move at the end of the video: 1- Queen to h5 (checkmate and the king has 1 move which is d8) 2-Rock to f8 ( another checkmate , the black has to take the rock moving the black rock to h8) 3-move the other rock to h8 (checkmate and u won)

@leogaitsgorypiano8870

Жыл бұрын

there is a difference between checkmate and checks

@kingmo565

Жыл бұрын

You need help with chess.

@KtaThartea

Жыл бұрын

Number 3 can not be done, Rook cannot go to h8, If Qween h5+ check, Black Queen can block at g6..not checkmate

wow so awesome ! best chess chanel !

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😃

Excellent - as usual. By the way the "u" in Zukertort = Zuckertort = sugar pie should be pronounced like the "oo" in rook. I have no idea how his fathers name Jankiel Ezechiel Cukiertort was pronounced. It was not uncommon for Jews to adopt an artificial German name especially when they converted to the Christian religion as Zukertort's father did.

@GMIgorSmirnov

Жыл бұрын

That's interesting, thank you for the insights!

Nice video

after that smothered mate with the pony I was like Aahhwww Lorrddd have mercy on that beautiful move

3:27 what if d3 or c3 creating an escape square for the king?

What happens in the second trap if e4, e5, f4, xf4, Nf3, g5, Bc4, G4, Nc3, xf3, castle, bc5? It doesn't look like you can block the bishop without losing the rook, and if you move the king you get forked by the pawn, have to take, and then Qg5 is pretty devastating. Any advice on this line?

@cikonianiggra1415

Жыл бұрын

I don´t understand. You have nothing on the board to make possible movement bc5.

Re6 is force mate no matter what he does

puzzle : the main key is Re6 if Qe4xRe6, Nd5xPc7 if Pd7xRe6, or Nd4xRe6,,, Qe7 Checkmate..

Rf8+ followed by Nc7mate

For trap 1, how about if black play kc6 instead of qh4?

qh5 check ,the only defence is qg6 ,if not to move mate, if kd8 ,rf8 check,rxf8 + rxf8 check mate

What if they just don't pawn g5? I've been trying this in my games and they just ignore the pawn and they get a free pawn that I can't really punish them form.

3:06 actually Nh6 is the best move followed by d6 so both Knights will be lost and there is no more checkmate. although White is winning to avoid this trap, black must trade queens at the early stage.

Wait, so what did the white knight at c3 do (1:17)? Seems to never have achieved anything, just a wasted move?