How To PUNISH Early Queen Attacks & Scholar's Mate

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🔹 Brutally PUNISH Scholar's Mate & Early Queen Attacks - • Brutally PUNISH Schola...
In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov teaches you how to brutally punish early queen attacks and Scholar's Mate ideas. It is surprising that millions of chess players still try to fool their opponents with the Scholar's checkmate, but it's time to punish them.
You will learn how to deal with different kinds of early queen attacks and Scholar's Mate. For example, the most direct way where White plays 2.Qh5, then 3.Bc4 aiming for the Qxf7 checkmate, and the other approach (by advanced players) where White plays 2.Bc4 first and then bring our their queen.
It is important for you to know not just how to stop such attacks, but be merciless and brutally punish your opponents for trying such lame tricks against you. You will learn some aggressive ideas and counter-attacking moves that forces your opponent's queen to retreat, or trap their queen, or even checkmate their king!
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00:00 Brutally Punish Early Queen Attacks & Scholar's Mate
01:13 1) If White plays 2.Qh5 and then 3.Bc4
02:39 If White continues playing aggressively for Mate
04:58 If White plays Qb3, targeting f7
07:22 2) If White plays 2.Bc4 and then 3.Qf3
08:45 Counterattacking in the center
10:05 Can you find the winning move for Black?
10:26 If White plays d3 with the idea of Bg5
12:30 White's last attempt in Scholar's Mate
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@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

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@salkinfamilychiropractic3142 Год назад

How can you do this when you play as black and use the Sicilian opening?

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

@@salkinfamilychiropractic3142 It's actually even easier for Black in the Sicilian defense. You may play e6 and White can't attack you anymore.

@knowledgeuntamed9177 Год назад

@salkinfamilychiropractic3142 my son is 13 and almost just won State in his 1st year. Really wanna get him a trainer.

@mustray8910 Год назад

Qqqqqqqq

@elasticharmony Год назад

good stuf I get this often

@albertsinuraya Год назад

Nh5 and the queen is trapped. Beautiful.

@binnybrieger Год назад

Nice

@kmmian786 Год назад

Why trap when you could finish the game in 2 moves

@jarkkopesonen Год назад

@@kmmian786 No, you can't. There's no forced checkmate.

@dezkyle7630 Год назад

Yes you can. Bishop G4 check King forced to C2 Knight e1 Mate

@jukixfi Год назад

@@dezkyle7630 what about pawn f3, then King can stay without moving

@goldcoastj Год назад

I really enjoyed this video. Let's have more "merciless and brutally punish" videos.

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

😎

@HoodRatBass Год назад

For real the one about punishing the knight pins was great too. Super helpful and really explains the concepts better than other chess creators

@morgansegui9845 Год назад

Thank you, it changed the way I welcome early queen. I am now hoping for it. So good. You transformed the stress into joy. I repeated the moves for 2 hours on my chessboard to get the principles anchored in my brain. Thanks again!

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

That's a solid preparation! 💪 I wouldn't dare to play Qh5 against you now :)

@Beery1962 Год назад

10:16 Puzzle of the day - Knight to H5. Queen is trapped.

@antonzagrafov741 Год назад

Bishop to G4

@AcVinicious Год назад

@@antonzagrafov741 probably not since it can be blocked by a pawn and knight right ?

@alexhirobrian Год назад

@@AcViniciouswhat?

@AcVinicious Год назад

@@alexhirobrian ?

@tpmunyon Год назад

Dude, you are a tremendous teacher. So impressive.

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

Thanks!

@godlynew8895 Год назад

My friend has been doing the queen start for awhile, and I killed off his queen in less than 5 moves every time before seeing this video, this makes me happy knowing I did something right before someone else had to make a video about it

@RamKumar-gy9nb Год назад

Brilliant and fantastic video. Way back 25 years ago when we didnt have youtube, it was so annoying to find a solution to this Scholar's mate and I myself have had felt terrible after losing. People with little or less skills beat you with this humiliation. I know many chess players now still use it as an opening and then build up their positions but they are experienced and know to handle it. But you have made a very nice video on this. Great work and I can understand the preparation required for making a video (editing, etc.). So thank you again and God bless you.

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

Thank you so much for your nice words!

@transager7 Год назад

@@GMIgorSmirnov Dear Igor, on 09:10 - what if White takes with the bishop, not with the pawn? what is the main continuation line?

@alfredocruz123426 Год назад

@@transager7 they can’t take with the bishop cause they would be down in material if they did.

@BEN-ys6gu Год назад

@@alfredocruz123426 can you explain why?

@gtheodos Год назад

Thank you for posting these videos. Your explanations are clear and really helpful.

@kevinwilson5711 10 месяцев назад

Your counter attack movements are great. I examine the spots on response and am impressed. Good job 👍

@lukehudson9684 Год назад

This is amazing. Drilling these lines so I can punish this at low level bullet - it's super common and, even if I can force them back into "even" positions, I end up getting into trouble with some of the other tricks and losing on time. Thank you!!!

@99ZULU Год назад

Black: Bishop g4 check White: Can't move king to c2 because of mate in 1 with knight e1, so either pawn f3, knight f3, or knight e2 to block. If they block with queen or take g4 bishop then you just capture their queen. Black: If white just blocks then bishop f2 traps the queen and you win it on the next move.

@italixgaming915 Год назад

Or Nh5 directly traps the Queen. You can play any of these moves, it leads to the same result.

@99ZULU Год назад

@@italixgaming915 True, I do like my line more just for the potential that they blunder mate in 1. But Nh5 is a clean choice, curious how the engine evaluates those options.

@whitmoreparkcommunitychurc4944 Год назад

@@99ZULU KEEPING IN mind that the Lesson is on trapping the QUEEN... not so much a mate in three

@AntoineDennison Год назад

At 10:21, I would play knight f6 to h5. The Queen has nowhere to go.

@italixgaming915 Год назад

There are four ideas in this position: 1) Nxf2+ : forks the King and the Rook ad Black is clearly winning but this is not the best move. 2) Bxf2 : here we attack the Queen while preparing Bg4+, removing the f3 move. The problem is that White can play Qxg7 and still has Qh6 in case of Rg8 and Nf3 (sacrificing the knight) in case of Bg4+ so this attack wins material but is not deadly. 3) Bg4+ with the idea of Ne1# if Kc2 and Bf2 (or Bxf2) if White blocks, trapping the Queen. 4) Nh5 : attacks the Queen and despite having 13 possible moves, the Queen is also trapped. So Bg4+ and Nh5 are two ways to destroy White.

@user-gq8ec8fg7p 11 месяцев назад

I watched this video a few days ago and I was able to successfully trap the queen after my opponent started with the scholar's checkmate and moved their Queen to B3 in line with the Biship at C4. It felt great to counter this attack and trap the queen in the middle of the board. Thank you so much for all of your videos and showing different variations of these attacks.

@franktaggart-qs5ff Год назад

Thank you for the explanation of beat peopleIt’s so nice to hear someone explain things and move to another very good you’re very good teacher thank you

@mshparber Год назад

Excellent! Thanks!!!

@Romeoshadez Год назад

Wow I learned so many small tricks watching this . Ty !

@gregoryrobertson Год назад

Very well explained, thanks & subscribed 👍

@interestedbystander196 Год назад

New subscriber here. Thanks so much for putting out these videos. Appreciate the effort. Perhaps now I can learn some strategies to win against my kids - they both crush me regularly.

@julitoireneojr9587 Год назад

Thanks!

@asmziauddinahmed1764 Год назад

Excellent video. I faced many times with early queen attacks and made me suffer, but now I welcome them to do it again!

@davidlamarca899 Год назад

Great video💪👏

@Walkman0007 Год назад

Good stuff, thanks dude

@mlliarm Год назад

This is brutal indeed. I love it ! Спасибо )

@wellingtonoliveira3844 Год назад

Thank you master

@VanlifewithAlan Год назад

Absolutely brilliant!

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

Thank you!

@ianjohnson171 7 месяцев назад

I’m rated 500 (I know, I suck) but the problem with early queen attacks at that level is most of them don’t go for the checkmate, they just fly the queen around and pick off my pieces as I chase it and yell at my phone lol if I see a queen come out early it’s almost a guaranteed loss.

@bhushannikode5086 Год назад

Thank you🙏🙏❤

@emwu86 Год назад

Man... I discovered your channel few days ago and I love it!

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

I'm happy that you enjoyed it

@juliomendez5361 Год назад

Knight h5 best move to trap queen and look to consolidate C2 (king’s only way out) for checkmate

@eggplant9479 Год назад

amazing. i learned a lot

@cemalkacar7099 Год назад

Thats really enjoyable man l like your videos

@aminshafiee7066 Год назад

Thanks teacher

@roeydaz Год назад

I am trying to get back into chess after starting long before there was even Internet! Books were the way to go. I took an initial hammering when someone tried the scholars mate on me but with a bit of patience and perseverance prevailed. Especially at the lower levels just trying to play a game of chess with a queen generally will end in grief!

@JairamwithU Год назад

I was waiting for this video. Thanks

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

🙏

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

► Chapters 00:00 Brutally Punish Early Queen Attacks & Scholar's Mate 01:13 1) If White plays 2.Qh5 and then 3.Bc4 02:39 If White continues playing aggressively for Mate 04:58 If White plays Qb3, targeting f7 07:22 2) If White plays 2.Bc4 and then 3.Qf3 08:45 Counterattacking in the center 10:05 Can you find the winning move for Black? 10:26 If White plays d3 with the idea of Bg5 12:30 White's last attempt in Scholar's Mate

@mauricem7007 Год назад

Boss, thank you, as always for the nice content. Take care, GM Igor.

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

@@mauricem7007 You're welcome! :)

@dazknight9326 Год назад

Good advice. I am playing my electronic femuey academy e chess set level 11 and only beat twice loll. It loves to attack the corners on your rook. I hate that... trying to discover defenses. I just ordered the square off kingdom set to hopefully advance some play. My problem is, I am defensive and must be more aggressive with developing more checks with this thing, a lot of times I can have it on the run, but still tricked and lose.

@marekblahovec1357 Год назад

Oh my gosh this video is mega! I love this, thank you!

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

😊

@jthefarmer298 Год назад

Nice GM. Thank you for the content

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

I'm glad it was helpful!

@truthcrackers Год назад

great video!

@denzel_thegreat1681 Год назад

I lost some games because of this as i am a new player and didn't notice when the queen goes back they can do it again, I am happy I got this video by accident. I have like and subscribe as I hope to get more tips

@martybelekas1783 11 месяцев назад

This is sick!

@pr0m3teus79 Год назад

Damn thank you for this video

@elevated3934 Год назад

Should be called the caveman’s mate.

@carminerussano2961 Год назад

Great 👍

@stefanm2864 Год назад

Thank you! I often had been confused by that early queen h5 and lost. Hope this won´t happend to me now any further.

@benitoroylabastida8403 Год назад

As a 1k ELO player (I started playing chess again after 2 years), I absolutely love it when opponents take out the queen early. I just get crafty (it gets boring eventually) and let them take my e5 pawn.

@starwarscommunism Год назад

At 06:59. Why QC4 instead of QxB4?

@grandpafrogie Год назад

Next thing Knight C2 and ur Queen is dead because fork with King

@fotisgeorgoulis7760 Год назад

thanks for yoy helped win omar

@scotblust5390 Год назад

Thank you! I needed this. The scholar's checkmate is definitely annoying and now I have the tools to make them pay!!

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

That sweet revenge is coming

@khinkyawhtwe8603 Год назад

Brilliant traps. Thanks

@suryamitrasen8126 Год назад

❤️😍👏 lovely variation

@vickies8259 Год назад

I wish I would have seen this a few weeks ago!!

@Chunda8 Год назад

GM Smirnov you had me at "We're gonna be brutal today." I am in the right place, subbed.

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

😎

@ront9459 Год назад

What is the highest level at which the scholars mate has been successfully executed (q f7 supported by b c4)? It would require some careful masking and hoping your opponent falls asleep. However I pulled it off against a player better than myself, requiring 15 moves. While it would be very rare at the grandmaster level, even they have been known to fall asleep. Of course the point of this video is that setting up the scholars mate can make the queen vulnerable to a well crafted counterattack.

@jc-pe6ue Год назад

Amazing

@danieltoth722 Год назад

10:22 best step ig knight g4 cause the only way to take it down then is queen g4, but then you can check with knight f2 while also attacking the queen.

@berndrickert5510 Год назад

Thanks, good move. Now pawn g7 is protected and if white doesn't move pawn f3, bd6 finishes the job.

@mikekeenan8450 Год назад

Solution to puzzle: ... Bxf2. If White plays Qxg7, Black plays Rg8, and after Qh6 Rg6 White's queen has run out of moves.

@carlfuerza1235 Год назад

In your puzzle, i think it's bishop g4 then that's check then king to c2 then Knight to E1 is that checkmate? White queen can eat the bishop g4 but the queen's gonna get eaten by Knight f4

@RealTipProductions Год назад

because of your videos on the wayward queen, my win rate playing black is 60%+, that's how often people play it in low elo games. thank you so much!

@markomarkovic7029 Год назад

Dobar si👍

@mr1gonzalez228 Год назад

I usually start with my knights’ pawns to defend against an early Scholar’s but this is scary. Very scary. Thank you for this

@stephenmathenge9723 Год назад

😂ur a real joker anyway I have tried many time to play pawn then knight bt I always end up punished

@mr1gonzalez228 Год назад

@@stephenmathenge9723 ??? I play Larsen-Nim like 50% of my games

@prithwishguha309 Год назад

Wow you're a like a rockstar in chess, this video was by far the best destruction of scholar's mate

@TheRobTV Год назад

when starting out. Wayword queen is a great wy to get back from 100 to 200 ELO. but after that just ply normal chess.

@Chess-Online Год назад

10:10 Bishop to f2, capturing the white pawn. White is forced to defend the queen, it does not matter where the white queen goes. Then Bishop to g4, checking the white king. The white king is forced to move to c2 square. Then Knight to e1, checkmating the White King.

@georgie4024 Год назад

Amazing video 🔥🔥🔥

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

Thanks 🔥

@grandpafrogie Год назад

I knew how to deal with normal respond, but IDK this one yet. Nice one, giving punishment for trying to bully with newbie trick. Even some of 1200s rating still trying to do this one... Amazing.

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

😎

@randomguy19954 Год назад

Nice

@lasaventurasdevitoelgatoma3405 Год назад

the best channel for beginners

@septiilham8715 Год назад

loove how you explain

@rankerhanshaw Год назад

Nice video

@Lucas-ym2nr Год назад

I always welcome the wayward queen with a kiddie countergambit followed by Be5. I love the queen hunt

@ravivarma239 Год назад

So best than previous one. 👍🙏🏻

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

I'm glad you liked it!

@icarusflying1814 Год назад

What rating in rapid do you think these videos apply to mostly? Or rather what’s the max rating you’d expect this advice to be useful for?

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

I was surprised that it's common even at 1400 level. Stronger players sometimes try to pull it off but then they are ready to get back to normall chess (i.e. move the queen back to f3 and continue their development). But now you know how to punish them all!

@icarusflying1814 Год назад

@@GMIgorSmirnov interesting. I am between 1200 & 1400 and this stuff still works.

@elektron2kim666 Год назад

It's one of those "tricks" or fundamentals to remember and watch out for. There are others like pins, forks and blocks.

@ingogoldbeck2886 10 месяцев назад

The solution for most common pattern is at 9:03 😊 great idea!

@thomasgrabowski2202 Год назад

Knight to D4....such a good play :P !

@SlinkyOCE Год назад

Just started playing chess and I've started on fundamentals and trying to develop. With low elo I keep getting smoked by aggressive queens even though I faired okay against higher elo friends. I will be using this information to punish my opponents! THANK YOU!

@GMIgorSmirnov Год назад

You're always welcome, best of luck in your games!

@ScottyDog345 Год назад

Castle lush Bishop back with pawns trap bishop

@w.harrison7277 Год назад

Cool.

@billbuyers8683 Год назад

Punishing lazy chess openings is always fun

@stefanfinzel3637 Год назад

play smooth with .. Nh5 to get whites Q, or more aggressive .. Bg4+ also threatens loss of whites Q. with Bf2

@italixgaming915 Год назад

Bg4+ is also a mate threat: if the King moves, Ne1#. But well, as you said, both moves win on the spot.

@natureessen Год назад

good

@staffanbergstrom2265 Год назад

Beautiful...

@keluargajulio1321 Год назад

Strong move is Nh5.

@raselju Год назад

Thank you again for the amazing video. For the puzzle, I think it should be knight moves to H5. It will trap the queen and win the match eventually.

@chasevankrey5061 Год назад

I saw that kh5 is the correct move in the comments but is bc4 a good move there or significantly worse. That was what I saw initially.

@rehoboth_farm Год назад

10:25 Bishop G4

@shaunpatrickbanares2205 Год назад

bishop to g4, king to c2, and knight to e1 is mate, so to avoid mate, the knight or pawn is forced to block the bishop, after that, you can go knight to f2 and there is nothing stopping you from eating the rook, if he takes the bishop with the queen, you can eat the queen with your knight and there is nothing stopping you from eating the rook, if he moves the king then you can still take the pawn on f2 winning the rook next move, if he goes knight to h1 to free up space for the rook while defending the pawn on f2, then just take on f2 with one of your knights, and when he takes back you can take with your other knight and its a fork still, if he blocks with queen then it's just a queen for a bishop, bg4 or nh5 is winning, since nh5 completely traps the queen and you win the queen next move.

@ephy1973 Год назад

Dark bishop takes pawn and pushes away queen. Light bishop calls check and can no longer be blocked. So king moves to second row. Knight calls checkmate on e1

@terrellbrown1997 Год назад

Recently got into spades heavy

@dmitrnol Год назад

let's play a grassivly and counter-strike :) Your accent is very cool! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!

@D3Eyed Год назад

The most aggressive move for black is knight to h5

@user-hx5bs3up2r Год назад

This is on a different subject. There’s a painting called “Checkmate” in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Would you do a video on the position on the board?