OMG! Finally. Someone who knows what he's doing. I'm on level 10 with my chess app and CPU is kicking my butt. I'll come back and post if I beat it. You're awesome. Thanks.
Sorry for replying it late... And it went well!. Even though I got top 15 among the 50+ people, I still won the certificate. They will give to players that got top 20. Thanks for all ur support. You are all a very kindhearted people😊❤. Wish u guys the best in life💞
I have viewed a number of videos, this one makes the top five. You have hit it out of the park. Thank you for all your hard work and clear dialogue with regarding the flow and the options in a concise manor. Fantastic. You are the b&^%
Thanks Kevin. Another great opening video. At 8:01 inserting ...Bf4 is even better than the immediate g1=Q. You can then promote your 2nd queen for free.
For those wondering about exf5 black's position is pretty solid after d5 Bb5 Ne7, then Bg5 is a likely response at which point you can just castle kingside
I'm pretty sure there was a nasty engine line in either this gambit or in the 3... f5 Ruy Lopez, the line had you sacrifice a load of material, even the queen just for initiative only to bring it back a move later.
For those, who wonder, when white messed up, ending in all those lines: Ng5 is bad (but still +0.5). Bg5 is also not the best move. If white plays the simple Nc3 in move 5, engine gives it +1.83 at depth 40-ish. 5. o-o is a close second best move.
@@nonhlanhlangwenya5083 after 5...f5 6. Qh5+ forces ...g6, now one option to consider is 7. Bf7+ Kf8 8. Bxg6 hxg6 and while 9. Qxg6 maybe looks threatening, black can defend with Qe7 or even Qf6 white only has two attacking pieces its not enough to do anything u are down bishop for two pawns and black is ahead in development. alternatively 9. Qxh8 Qxg5 or a slightly better version is 9. Ne6+ dxe6 10. Qxh8, material wise white has a rook and pawn for the two pieces which isnt too bad however white has traded active pieces for passive pieces, the white queen on a8 isnt rly doing/threatening anything and is actually a bit awkward there, black has actively placed pieces and white is not prepared to defend with its undeveloped bishop knight rooks. if white doesnt play 7. Bf7+ then it has to move the queen (which is attacked by the g6 pawn), and going to any square other than h4 will quickly lose the knight on g4 [if Qg5 then ...d5, after white either moves the queen or plays Ne6 then black captures the bishop ...dxc4]. so 7. Qh4, then black has a very complicated line ...Be7 8. Bxf4 which i am struggling to follow but the computer gives it as pretty favorable to black, or just 7...h6 8. Bxg8 Rxg8 9. Qxh6 Bf8 10 Qh4 Qf6 threatening 11... Rh8 which will remove white's queen from defending the knight and the only way to avoid this is 11. Nf3 offering a trade of queens. black ofc doesnt have to accept but either way black is again way more active and much better position, and the pawn on f4 is continuing to keep white from developing effectively. (computer suggests that white give up the knight for the e and f pawns at least in some lines.) again black is generally just better
this was amazing! thank you for all you are doing for the chess community! if white plays c3 after the Giuoco Piano (classical variation) (instead of d3) and black responds with f5, I believe this is called the Alexandre gambit? can you please consider doing a similar vid on the Alexandre gambit? thank you again!
My favorite gambit! I’ve known this one for a while, but I never play it anymore because I prefer the French defense. Still holds a special place in my heart though.
Thank you very much!! Only other person I've seen with the Lucchini Gambit is Maurice Bishop... I think it's a Great but Rarely found gambit! Thank you!
The lack of this video: that was not said anything about the possibility to take f5 pawn by the e4 pawn of the white and by my opinion that is the best way for white to go.
I typically don't play 3...Bc5 as Black, preferring the Two Knights Defense; but, after seeing this video, I might give the Lucchini Gambit a try. It looks very interesting. I've never seen it before. And, I'm guessing, if I've never seen it, there are probably a lot of other players who have not seen it. It could be a great surprise weapon. The only problem is that it requires White to play 4.d3 which, I think, is a fairly rare move as most Italian players seem to prefer 4.c3.
Wow... Eager to try this one out and check... Very well explained... Guess a follow up video with more variations would be super helpful.... Liked and subscribed right away.... Cheers mate... Great job.... Hope at 1300s or 1400s this would help me gobble up some ratings.. :)
Simple development of pieces 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Hc3 gives at least += for white as black has problems to find safety for its King and other weaknesses. (e.g. 6 . .. f4 7. d4; 6. .. d6 7. Bg5 Na5?! 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. b4! Bxb4 10. Nd5)
Nice video Kevin! Actually Italian is quite commonly played, and so this Lucchini Gambit, a cousin of Traxler and Stafford is cool! Makes playing black even more fun! 👍
I feel like the only two Italians that are played commonly are giuoco pianissimo with c3 before d3, knight attack and three knights. Cool gambit, but i will definitely forget everything about it by the time I see a d3 Italian
11:34 After Qg5, white can respond with g4. The queen defends this pawn and capturing en passant in either direction will either lose the queen or the rook. Not sure how you prevent f3 and the locking up of the king side. I don't think that passed h pawn will be enough for black.
For 13:45, Qf7+ forces a queen trade and they're down a knight (for the pawn they captured earlier) which should be a bit better than a queen for a rook.
Ha,ha. The last line you showed where you said all's fine for black, actually made more sense for white! And black is going to be forced to castle queen side if allowed.
Very nice and educational. Can you please tell me what I do if they directly take my f5 pawn I gambited? I don't think you covered that and I think it's quite likely someone will see that as a free pawn.
15:02 _And now for the last possible option of white on our Zucchini Gambit which starts from f5 is that if he goes exf5. From here, we will go d5. White's light bishop can go b5 pinning our knight. After that, i don't know what to move next. I could go a6 but white can go Ba4. Other option instead of a6 is to take immediately that f5 with our dark bishop right after Bb5... Oh fvck, now my brain hurts._ 🤣🤣🤣
