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Another great video lesson Igor! The winning continuation for white around 4.00, to my opinion, is - 1. Ne6+ -- Kd7 2. Bg5, which will end up winning the queen for two minor pieces. The king deadly exposed and it should be enough to win the game later.
I think it's equally likely to get into the Boden-Kiezeritsky Gambit out of a Russian Game/Petrov Defense. After 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6, Black might want to play a genuine Petrov, or, in the vast majority of cases, they want to play a Stafford Gambit. White can play the Italian against the Russian with 3. Bc4!?, gambit the e4 pawn, and play 4. Nc3 to get into the Boden-Kiezeritsky Gambit. If Black is primarily a Stafford Gambit player, Black may try to play the same most common move against the Stafford Gambit Accepted with the d6?? blunder. If Black is a mainline Petrov player, then the Boden-Kiezeritsky Gambit is going to be super sharp (unlike most Petrov Defenses) and take Black out of their comfort zone. If Black chickens out of taking the free pawn and plays 3. ...Nc6, this is now the Two Knights Defense of the Italian Game. White can already play 4. Ng5!, and you tell the Petrov player, "good luck defending the Fried Liver Attack". Completely different and super sharp repertoire.
► Chapters 00:00 Introduction to the Bishop's Opening in Chess 00:48 Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit (Reversed Stafford Gambit) 01:33 3/4 moves by Black are LOSING 02:11 1) 5...Nc6 by Black 03:53 Tactical Quiz: Puzzle of the day 04:12 2) 5...d5 by Black 05:52 3) 5...f6 by Black 07:49 Black's correct response 10:51 Beautiful tactics for the win! 11:40 Black's only way to survive 12:35 4) If Black doesn't take 3...Nxe4
This looks like an incredible amount of fun. Unfortunately, after 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3, Black can play 3...Nc6 and reach a normal Italian Two Knights, so we get "tricked" into playing the mainline anyway.
Even so...now you can play the fried liver Ng5! which at least gains a pawn (in Na5 line) or play an exciting king hunt game if they go Ke6 to expose their king (in Nxd5 line)
13:00 black doesn’t need to protect f7 here. Black can play Nc6. This is my main move (although I played it from a different move order) which is absolutely hated by stockfish but if you ever played Traxler before you’ll know white can die in a dozen different ways. Even more so in this variation where black don’t have the e pawn. Bxf7 which is relatively harmless in Traxler still leads to a lot of traps in this variation. Although I don’t recommend playing this if you’re playing 10 minutes game above 1900 elo.
Sir ur video helped me a lot. So sir please upload basic endgame videos. Such as queen vs rook checkmate, Rook enddings, Rook vs other minor piece checkmate, Queen vs other minor piece checkmate, Advance pawn endgame. Actually i tell you because, i understand Your videos better than others. Lots of love from Bangladesh ❤️🇧🇩
Me watching igors video on repeat for an hour then going into a game to try it out and i start with black for 10 games in a row and forget everything i learned
I promise I thought about those move on my own. Not sure if I’ll actually play it in game tho. d5 does look natural but the bishop move would definitely not be played in a blitz game. I probably won’t have much time left after reaching here and just took the bishop.
BTW, I & engine both never liked Stafford Gambit and was about to skip this video But I think this line will win a loads of game to me online. No one is going to play chess like that & find so many weird correct moves 😂
Master i want to ask, To become a strong player, do we have to memorize a lot of opening moves? and whether we have to memorize every step after that until the endgame?
Hey Igor. Very interesting but At 7:33 if the pawn doesnt take on E5 but istead they push the pawn to D6 then that blocks the attack on C4 and its a double attack on your knight and bishop. Any ideas?
I realize the video is doing a reverse stafford gambit, but before that, wouldn't black just contest the center right away with d5? Y'know e4, e5, Bf4, d5
I am a beginner trying to improve my game, and this is probably a rookie move both on mine and blacks part, but after moving bishop to c4 what is the best response if black moves pawn to b5 or d5. I know only a rookie would probably move that piece. Just wondering still.
He shows it because it is incorrect, then shows a proper defense after. It isn't that unnatural a move since if they don't see Bc4, to them black is simply winning the knight.
I fail to see the difference between the bishop's opening and the italian game, you are basically just choosing to develop the same in a different variation....
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