Chess Opening: Grob Attack 

Thanks Kevin. I've played this once. The expression on the guy's face was priceless. There's more to chess than just winning games.

It's fun to play really weird irregular openings. It has a psychological effect on human opponents and throws engines out of book. Like the Bongcloud, Paris (drunken knight), Durkin (sodium attack), Fried Fox, Hammerschlag, Transvestite attack (swap king and queen as soon as possible as white, then develop normally).

I remember using this opening in a school tournament as a joke and ended up winning it lol

if you don't like the grob attack at all, well first off you're probably sane, but it's pretty fun.

So, although this is very clearly not the strongest opening, and although I personally don't really like it, there are definitely ideas here that you can take and learn from. For one, this video shows you how not to fall for the Grob attack. It also teaches a unique queen trap idea and although it's unlikely that specific line is to occur in a real game, there are definitely ways to do something similar, such as, manipulating an aggressive queen to getting forked.

I'm less than amateur at chess, I think this was a great video, you described everything thoroughly and I believe the tactics would work great against people of my level. thanks for the great demonstration.

I have been using this opening for more than a year since this video was uploaded, and I have had much success with it. Thanks!

I've been playing this opening for some time online and I'm surprised how many players fall for the traps, and even if they don't they use much more time in the begining than they would with other opening so when you play blitz 3' or 5' it's a great opening, also in online tournaments people seem to not know it and as you said Kevin it's fun to play.

This Opening strategy is like a "double edge Sword", if you are lack of knowledge on how to use it, you will just end up losing the game. especially if your opponent also know this strategy. This is like a "counter attack" on both players.

The grob attack reveals quickly how good of a fundamental player your opponent is. If you're in for a three game round or more, this can really show you how studied-up your opponent is. Hell, you might even be able to steal a game. Also, if i remember correctly, there are few options to force a draw if it begins to go badly.

In minute 6.41 you explain to play knight to C3, I woud rather take the pawn with my bishop, wait what black does and then bishop to F7 check, opponent has to move the king and then depending on the opponents move queen to E3 or queen to D5. I could also retreat the bishop but at least the opponent isn't able to castle. The center of the opponent has no pawns left and without the abbility to castle the opponent is completly lost.

This guy has the best voice of all chess content creators.

This opening seems like more trouble than it's worth.

This is definitely a good opening to learn when you go to an amateur chess tournament.

I discovered this opening over 20 years ago thanks to a book by Michael Basman (his commentary is hilarious), and I'm amazed at the success I continue to have with this opening. People lose their minds when playing black against it, in my experience, and a lively, topsy-turvy game with all kinds of creative chances usually ensues. It's not the most "sound" opening, but it's great for blitz chess and fun to play!

19:22 is so fun to watch

Here's an idea: The Grob, Bird's variation

just won a game with my first grob attack, it's quite fun! Not so reliable though

The Grob attack is absolutely nuts and I love it!

I know there's quite a number of traps in this line. Whenever I see an opponent playing this opening with a view to trap me, I say in my mind, " nah dude, sorry to disappoint you, but ain't falling into your pesky little traps😂"

Changed the whole way I’ve looked at the Grob till now - the real essence of it contained in, “If at any point you find yourself playing PKR3 as White, you’re not playing the Grob properly”.

thanks for this, im brushing up on my less common openings in case i get this played against me

I searched up this opening because my opponent used this on me and I was so confused what kind of opening it was, eventually I ended up checkmating him lol, I just went with my usual opening as black, d6 then Knight f6, I seem to win more with that kind of opening. I'm only 900 rating xd Edit: I'm a 1300 now lmao I still play the pirc

I have played this opening so often that it is difficult for me to do anything else.

This opening while probably not the soundest of openings does have a lot of traps for someone not accustomed to playing against it since there are so many ways one could go wrong when defending against it. However if your opponent has played against it or has even played it themselves then the person playing it as white is in trouble.

I've won my first three games with this opening and it always makes my opponent take a minute or two to open their account, whilst they try to figure out what the hell's going on.

THIS HELPS ME WIN EVERY GAME I PLAY AS WHITE THANK U SOOOO MUCH

My favorite opening. Kevin, you are the best.

My favorite opening. Thanks for uploading it!!!

Very useful, i prepare this oppening because i dont want play against the silician (played by my adversary).

Thanks Kevin! You're the man! Been studying your instructional videos for years, and they've really helped my chess game. -Phil from Boston

Hi Kevin, I’ve been watching your channel for years now! Your videos have taught me a lot and they never disappoint! You should totally do a series in which you analyze fan / community submitted games!!

0:51 what if the opponent plays e5?

I defeated someone who played it online - perhaps he did not even realise what it was. As far as I was concerned all it did was give me the centre of the board.

Wow, super interesting! Thanks for the effort of explaining all of the variations, learned a lot!

I want to play the Grob Attack just because it's called the Grob Attack.

1.g4 d5 2.bg2 bxg4 3.c4 c6 4.Qb3 Qd7 Kindly make analysis on this variation sir

Could you also make a video how to play against the Grob attack?

Magnus played it live few days ago!

One of my favorites. Too bad I usually lose haha!

this opening looks stunning at 1st but if you watch the whole video its really not there's more to worry about than more to enjoy

Man you are such a good teacher :)

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O wow I just realized I has been playing a gorb opening all this time, all this time I thought I came up with it :( well atleast it's a little different

On a ratings below 1200 this opening just crushes everyone.

The best move for white if black plays 1. ... e5 is obviously 2. f3 or f4

GUYS. PEOPLE ACTUALLY FALL FOR IT.

How to play this opening. How to play that opening. If white does this, black has to do that. On move 24 you have to do this, not that... I'm glad I stopped playing regular chess and switched to Fischer random 960.

Thank you sooo much for teaching how to bully players haha XD

This was well-done. I wish the guys from the other chess channels had your style.

Chigorin is works in this position after Bg2 Nc6

Ive never seen any of this stuff played ive seen h5 or kf6 or d6 but then i play e3 protecting the pawn. So many weird games you get with the grob

nice and clear explanation

I just noticed, when you play this same pattern as black, it is reversed grob opening AKA Borg opening!

played this and lost every single game

"Don't sleep on grob attack" Now I see why

I play G4, followed by G5

I'm going to start studying this and using because its not a common opening should score alot of easy wins

1.g4 is the worst move according to stockfish 🤭 but its viable to destroy beginners , but to destroy beginners you can use literally any opening you want

@chesswebsite whats your rating?

I need to watch this 10 times and memorize this. My friend loves the gro. Opening.

Great video thx! I like to play it all wrong. Take the knight out, don't fianchetto, sac three pawns. U get either a Mikhail Tal victory or a lost game, slowly but surely you do learn tactical aims worth going for. Remember "tactics flow from a superior position". So you end up with "luck". But it stems from a superior position. And you made your own luck by sacrificing material for (insane) development.

e5 15:15 d5&e5 16:45

@chesswebsite can you make a video about the hippo defense opening

omg i did this little attack on kingside so i didnt even have to worry about no damn queen

Reallly helpful in blitz thank you kevin

So glad to see another vid from you

White Grob Attack vs Black Dutch Defense or King's Indian Defense?

I just opened with this accidentally and the person after I stole a few pieces resigned LOL

In theGorbeAttakyoucant casteling the king side

This is the real Fishing Pole Trap

I'm going to use it in my tournament tomorrow, wish me good luck

Kevin Can you do a video on the hedgehog defense

13:10 why does the king capture and not the bishop or the queen?

My favorite opening

I just played and won 3 games (twice on white, and once as black). Amazing opening. Thank you the great breakdown.

Kevin what a good website to play against others online

I just played against this clown opening, so I had to look it up. Was pretty easy to beat, so luckily I didn't fall for any of these traps. If you don't catch your opponent, you really have a weak structure.

Can you make a video on the Nimzowitsch Defense? (E4, Nf3)

SOmetimes when I´m in a rut, I do something crazy like this. I find it gets my mind working better and I play much better.

You should do a video about the old benoni defence, not only the trap

huh, bouta go try this out

I met a man who played H5, what should I do?

Thanks Kevin!

I love this because this video doesn’t have too many viewers so that I can easily cheat just by looking at your video. I really hope my enemy didn’t find this vid

Grob attack is the best opening objectively speaking

What if black plays e5 in the opening

In the last trick, what if the king doesn't take on f7?

Gerlock the destroyer

5:55 Nc3 is bad. Black plays d4 and whites position is ugly. Instead of Nc3 play c4xd5, and if black recaptures (which is a mistake, better is Nf6) take with bishop. Ive studied grob one day quite deeply to play it in bullet. And i never play it in blitz because i cant suffer from looking at my grob position more than a minute, extremely bad positions if black knows how to response. 70% win rate for black according to chess.com database

Is this possible to play as black? Or what’s a super aggressive opening for black?

Great helper

I was trying to learn this and g4, and my app played e6, i moved bg2, and ai went d5 and nothing in the video helped lmfao maybe theres something for it but im new

I was at 500 level, played mostly this and won many times against 1000 rated players.

what about pawn to dimension 52 where pawns hover and become super pawns then attack silly squares?

Hey Kevin, what rating are you in 10min games? By the way, great explanation!

Thank you so much. Really helpful.

What if opponent uses e5 after I open the pawn to g4 then moved c6?

Hey, Kevin can you make a video on the Pirc Attack?

Send this to Jschlatt. Maybe he won't get checkmated in two moves.