Qxg4. If White plays hxd4, Rxh1+ wins the Queen. If white plays Qxg4, respond with Nxg4. If white sidesteps with Qd2, Qxf5 nabs an extra pawn. All 3 ways, black is up a bishop.
Taking back with the h pawn is a disaster for white. Black will take the f pawn with the c bishop at the end of the trades and will have freed up their king to castle queen-side. That's an evil position.
@@eekwibble Eh, not a great continuation. Bxf5 is countered by gxf5, losing the piece black worked so hard to win. Plus, after O-O-O, white has Ne6, forking the rook and bishop. Black can avert this outcomes by playing Nxg4 as a preparatory move, but then White can just play Ne6 anyway, forcing Black to either trade away the queenside bishop or lose the kingside one. To top it all off O-O-O doesn't put the rook in a great position anyway, being blocked in by Black's own d-pawn.
This opening is named "the Fred" here in the States. The first example you showed is named the "Mao Zedong Variation" according to Lichess. Thank you for exploring some of the variations that arise from this crazy opening!
I think that the solution of puzzle is taking a light square bishop with a queen. 1) If he recaptures with H pawn we'll grab on a8 with check+ skewer and take a queen. 2) If he recapture with a queen we'll take theirs with a knight and due to an H pawn pin he can't take our knight
Step 1: Watch this video. Step 2: Get hyped, queue up some games! Step 3: Get 3 games in a row as white. Step 4: Finally get a game as black. Step 5: Opponent plays Queen's Gambit.
► Chapters 00:00 Rare & Surprising Chess Opening: Duras Gambit 00:31 1.e4 f5 2.exf5 Kf7 01:00 1) 3.Qh5+ by White 02:45 If White avoids the Queen Trap 04:52 2) 2.Qh5+ by White without exf5 05:49 3) 3.Bc4+ by White 08:59 4) White's best response (refutation) 09:46 Safer option for Black (Colorado Countergambit) 13:28 If White guards f5 by playing g4 15:00 Puzzle of the Day
Ok, so I immediately played this opening in bullet. I did not win (ran out of time), but gave the opponent all sorts of problems all the while laughing my A-- off! Then I kept up similar whacky openings and it was such a fun time and consistently giving everybody all kinds of problems. This is fun chess again! Thanks!
You are a very good chess educator. I’ve learned a lot from your videos. Gone from bad beginner to just beginner in a couple weeks. I like your clear way of communicating and explaining things. I know it can be difficult to break down simple topics for someone who is very advanced in a subject matter like you are. Thank you.
it sounds like an unsound opening. white could also slide the queen back to G3 and then after black moves, move the B pawn to B3 and afterwards play bishop B2 check. then black knight to F6. then queen to G6. then black rook to G2. then queen takes H6. then rook cover H7. Then bishop takes F6. and finally after pawn takes F6, queen takes H2 is a mate. And i had thought about numerous ways black can cover his king. and i cannot see any way out of this. I prefere the scandinavian defence as black.
Hey igor could you please make a separate video on colorado counter gambit or any other agressive option when white plays 2 .nf3 when we play nizowicth defence
This gambit could also have been called "play this if you're under 2400 and get fawked sideways". None of the moves I saw in this video were remotely close to what I'd have played, and I haven't even seen the 100000 variations if the bishop moves 2 more squares than I'm expecting it after watching this. Grandma level opening.
@@samuelluc132 Ah yes, I get it now. But I played three times so far and won all three. Give it a try. I'm around your rating. Maybe I will lose the next five times I try it though 😄
I've played this a few times it's good fun. I think I've even got a few wins with it lol. I think I first find it in the 1986 book unorthodox openings it's in the bad or ugly section. Definitely a good time though
I laughed so much. All exact same moves and Rook and Night-check combo worked like a charm in the very first game. This is hilarious disrespect opening. I lost the second game though, due to my opponent brought the Night and a developed dark square bishop and that was gg, had to trade queens and then that Night was non-removable. I lost the second game. The third game as black my opponent didn't accept the gambit and pushed his pown. I won that game.
6. Qf3 what now? You can't chase it there effectivly and next move they go d4, opening ways for their both bishops and the queen still being a threat. I don't see a good way out of this. The best I can do is e5, however this also ends up in very bad situations soon.
update: I have let the engine play each other from this position (6. Qf3) where white was engine with elo 1100 and black maximum 3200. White wins after 113 moves. 😁So even maximum strength engine loses this situation against much weaker engine. This suggests that you can basically give up if you try this and your opponent goes 6. Qf3
1.e4 f5 2.exf5 Kf7 3.Qh5+ g6 4.fxg6+ Kg7 What if White plays 5.Bd3 instead of 5.gxh7? I think 5.Bd3 seems tough to respond for Black at 2 Pawns down and the King is exposed.
