Orthoschnapp Gambit: Crush the French Defense 

I like you've put the timestamps for different variations in the description

Well if you want to break the french defence just go through belgium

Kevin every time there’s a new Chess opening video: “this is one of my FAVorite lines”

Really appreciate this! I played this in a classical tournament game today and won because of the opening! (I had hated playing against French before this!)

This a was a good video thanks for making it. At 6:20 Nc7 forking the Rook is nice but Nf6 forking the queen is an option... especially since we just moved the pawn defending that square just the move prior.

Kevin doesn't even sound the same as he did when I started watching him and it's scary

Beautiful attack!I just loved the variations you've shown... please go ahead n make a video on few more variations in this position as well the decline line 😊

6:00 instead of moving rook away, attack queen with b-g5. That threatens mate with R-d8

Definitely would like the declined lines. Great video btw

Super helpful videos I’m literally never disappointed everything is covered very clearly!

loved this!!! ❤ waiting for your orthoschnapp gambit declined video! 😊❤

ypu are one of the oldest chess channels great work

I'd like to see a detailed explanation on Orthoschnap Gambit declined

Such a good video, keep up the great work!

Please make videos on gambits that others haven't already popularized so that the viewers get to learn something new and benefit!

These are the types of gambits that give chess life!

Hey kevin 👋🏼 i know this is a 7 months old video but would you be able to do a video on the declined version of this ortho shnapp gambit? Where black doesnt take after white takes in the beginning

Love your videos Kevin! Keep up the great work!

My friend plays only french against e4, I know how to crush him now

The Wing Gambit was recommended by Bent Larsen 1,e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4

Love that immediate queen bishop diagonal shot!

Great work

That's awesome I've never thought of pushing that second pawn. Ty

Thank you for this, I so much hated the French defense (and I am 1800 elo, LOL), now I'm def gonna enjoy playing against it

Thanks man, now i'm just gonna crush French player's moral to play this defence again...

Hey, Kevin! Great video, thanks as always. Also at 6:22, the nasty Nf6+! as well as what you indicate with Nxc7+.

Great Video!

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I’ve been playing the queen’s gambit lately, and I was wondering if you could make a video on the Catalan?

17:17 Black can play Qd5 instead of Nd7? If white plays Qxc7, then Na6 coming in to b4?

Please cover all the variations you can get your hands on. The French is the most annoying defense ever and it's about time we have a crushing gambit against it

very lively, informative analysis

I also hate French defence, thank you Kevin. Do you have any videos for an agressive Gambit against Scandinavian?

WOW! Never even heard of this before.

Dear sir, your video session on orthoschnap gambit to crush the French defense is of absorbing interest as you analytically explained every possible move that can actually take place over the board. It can truely act as lethal weapon with maximum winning chances for white. It added knowledge and confidense playing against the usual lines. Looking forward for such studious session on e5 line and others. Thanks and regards. Dmbhangaonkar

Good. Now, I just have to remember all of this.

At 12:05, black has a counterplay: 7...exd3 8.Be3 d2+ 9.Kf1 Nd7 10.Bxd2 Nc5.

Yes, please make a video on taking that pawn and also pushing the e pawn. Love your videos and we have the same first name lol.

For French defence players , 1e4 e6 2c4 d5 3cxd5 exd5 4Qb3 dxe4 5Bc4 Qe7 6Nc3 Nf6 7d3 Nc6 and black is much better . You can compare the activity of pieces your knight are going to come jumping in the middle of the board next and white will be having trouble coordinating his pieces. You can even play 7exd3 Be3 8 d2+ Kf1 and then castle your king on Qside and attack his uncastled king . Just to verify my knowledge of French sidelines I checked orthoscnopp with the engine and as expected engine gives -1.50.

very very very very very beautiful chess trick

I love these videos so much

top chess channel !

Thanks for the really instructive and great video as always! I was just wondering how often is this seen in tournament play and have gms played this?

Just what I wanted at 1:48 am EST

That was fun. But losing many pawns is risky.

Great video! I like to see variation for e5.

videos like this create 'pattern players' who aren't very good without a pattern to go by!

5:20 why the bishop don't take the knight on h6 to remove the defender of the f7 square? Nice video as always !

@8.19, black can go Bxf2 which makes white loose castling and when you take with your king after Qf6 they grab the bisschop and it's not easy for white to win. Or did I miss something?

I'll be here again after 10 years ,if I don't ,please remind me

Kevin... I need a video on against Stonewall attack... It is so aggressive... So most attacking players are trying against me... Also it is fun to play as a white... So please please upload a video against Stonewall attack...

To go directly to each variation we will cover you can click below: 5..Nh6 2:21 5.Qe7 8:28 5...Qd7 13:04 5.Be6 1 6:50 5..Bc5 18:37

7:52 Qf6 and double attack on bishop and f2

Well... after 4...dxe4 5.Bc4 Qd7 6.d3 Nc6! 7.dxe4 Na5 white is basically worse already, as Black gets the bishop pair for nothing - but feel free to call this junk "your favorite way to attack the French". The variation inventor FM Stefan Buecker dismissed it ages ago as nonchallenging.

Very nice! but kinda dissapointed that 5...Qf6 is not covered since it's the second most played move

At 6:12 you capture the knight with the Rook (Rxh6) rather than the bishop (Bxh6), and then black recaptures (gxh6). I can't figure out why you'd give up the rook rather than the bishop. I plugged the position into an engine and it agrees trading the rook (+6 vs +4 capturing with bishop).

The moves 1.e4 e6 2.c4 d5 have occurred 578 times in master level play according to the Lichess database. I was surprised to see that White has played 3.exd5 in the vast majority of those games (469 times), not 5.cxd5 (98 times). The database also refers to 2.c4 as the Steiner Variation. So, my question is this: What move characterizes the Orthoschnapp Gambit? Is it 2.c4 or 3.cxd5? Also, I think a not-too-unlikely response from Black, to protect his f7 square, could be something other than 5...Qe7, 5...Qd7 or 5...Nh6. Black could play 5...Qf6. This still protects f7 while blocking neither bishop.

At 12:50 you say that there are no good defence but how should bishop b7 be answered because bishop b7 is protected by the queen. I would appreciate some insight regarding this move.

What board you are using please tell me please 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏????

1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Qb3 dxe4 5. Bc4 Qd7 6. d3 Nc6 7. dxe4 Na5 8. Qc2 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Nf6 Where is this line, this variation?

Very good

great vid

I'm a little late here, but at 6:15, why would you *not* move Nf6, forking the king and queen?? Seems like the best move by far but he mentions Nc7 instead.

I won a Lot of games thanks to this gambit. Greeting since Argentina

1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Qb3 Qe7 5. Nc3 c6 and nothing to fear for black

At 14:41 Knight to f7 means the Black will lose its Queen, there's no other way to remove the Check

Thanks for the video. What do you do if after Qe7, blacks plays Knight d7? Best black move according to computer.

Very helpful

Thanks

12:53 Bishop to B7. Why is that not a good move?

Would defiantly like to see the declined lines - hate playing against the french as well

6:10 Why not take with the bishop? Is it so the bishop can take the pawn later and put pressure on the king?

Now, what's the best gambit vs the CaroKann? :-D

Good video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Can you make a video on how to use arena chess to its maximum potential

Before D5 arrival like this prong pawn counter is easy. What do you play after d5 has arrived?

I'm just a chess noob, but at 3:26, how was the g7 pawn protecting the f7 square so that you could only bring the bishop in when you got it out of the way?

1:05 Yes I would like a vid on that

liked very much

17:16 they will play Qd5, not Nd7.

Nice video!

6:16 Nf6+ forks the queen

How can you leave out the most common response 5)...Qf6..?

6:29 white is threatening a royal fork by Nf6

Does anyone know a good line vs 1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cd ed 4. Qb3 de 5. Bc4 Qe7 6. Nc3 c6 7. d3 ed+ 8. Be3 d2 9. Kf1 Nd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 ?

Nice

2:50 you can play d4 and bait your opponent to en passant if you want to make a funi move

At 6:05 after Bxf2 instead of Rh1, Bg5 and black loses his queen or gets mated by the rook on d8.

Played this against the French and got queen to f6 no clue what to do and lost it

Also at 12:07 I had just watched Eric Rosen get this position against a WIM on lichess and he thought he had made a new discovery lol

is it better than the wing gambit??

How can we against when enemy is play e6 and d6???

1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Qb3 (4. e5) (4. exd5) 4... dxe4 5. Bc4 Nh6 (5... Qe7 6. Nc3 Nf6 (6... Nc6 7. Nd5 Qe5 (7... Qd8 8. d3 exd3 9. Nf3) 8. d3 exd3+ 9. Be3) (6... Be6 7. Qxb7 Bxc4 8. Qxa8 Qb4 9. Qxe4+) (6... c6 7. d3 b5 8. Nxb5 cxb5 9. Bd5) 7. d3 exd3+ 8. Be3 Nc6 (8... d2+ 9. Kf1) 9. Nf3) (5... Qd7 6. d3 exd3 (6... Nf6 7. Nc3 exd3 (7... Nc6 8. dxe4) (7... Bd6 8. dxe4) 8. Nf3) (6... Bd6 7. dxe4) 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 (8... Nc6 9. Re1+ Be7 (9... Ne7 10. Ng5) (9... Kd8 10. Ng5) 10. Bxf7+) 9. Ne5) (5... Be6 6. Bxe6 fxe6 7. Qxb7 Nc6 (7... Nd7 8. Qxe4) 8. Qxc6+) (5... Bc5 6. Bxf7+ Kf8 7. Ne2) 6. d3 exd3 (6... Qe7 7. dxe4 Qxe4+ 8. Ne2 Qxg2 9. Rg1 Qxh2 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. Nbc3 Bc5 (11... Be7 12. Rxg7) (11... Nc6 12. Nd5 Bd6 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Nc7+) 12. O-O-O Bxf2 13. Rh1 Qg4 14. Rxh6 gxh6 15. Nd5) (6... Bc5 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Bxf7+ Kd7 (8... Kf8 9. Nc3) 9. Qe6#) 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Bxf7+ Kd7 (8... Ke7 9. Nf3) 9. Qe6#

The maginot line also didn't work out all too well. Maybe the French should chose to be more offensive.

I recently ran into a weird move of 2c4 c5!? which transposes to a strange sicilian. It isn't scary or anything, but I am not sure I want my pawn on c4 in a sicilian.

13:30 mark you snuck in a free move for white. You had black play Nf6 then white 0-0 followed by white Re1.

8:00 What about Qf6?

Is queen b5 a good move at 5:55?

I’d like this gambit better if after all that stuff, my pawn structure was better and I could get my king to safety

The pawn of F7 has the same amount of pressure it had on it basically the entire game when I'm placing an order at kfc