Thank you so much sir ... actually i have played chess for 5 years while in junior school and won several championships... now i can aim at becoming a GM at high school
Thanks for this one Igor. I used to use the Italian Opening in my younger days, but you can get situations where a pawn gets in front of you strong c4 Bishop in some lines. With the Scotch Gambit, you don't have such problems. Thanks for the video on playing against it with black. I didn't realise it was as potent as that. It makes you think twice about Fried liver ideas. Thank you.
Sir in 1. e4 e5 2.nf3 nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.bc4 bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2 10.Nxd2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2...What if they do not do castling what if they play Bd7 what do we do???... Thanks Sir....(:
best thing about gm igor smirnov is he teaches variations for all possible moves until endgame sometimes, like which pawn to push in that position. i have faced almost many moves and crushed my opponents using these tactics and traps.
Nice! A lot of amateur stuff (gimmicks) in the first half but I suppose its good to see for beginners. I enjoyed the second half of the video. The Haxo gambit (Bc5) and the Greco Gambit were educational. Thanks!
I stopped watching a few moments after noticing this and that all black's moves/continuations are all bad. Tricky gambits in "hope" chess don't really work long-term against decent opponents. Video is useful for maybe for 1400 ELO blitz players who like gambits to beat noobs, or to defend against them
@@mikhailvarkovsky4150 The scotch gambit is a completely sound gambit tho just like the evans, it's just that this video shows only very bad responses by black for some reason
I have a question to minute 4:25: Bb4+ is explained as a mistake but if after the pawn exchange black plays Ba5, which is the most natural move to keep attacking c3, there is not much white can do. The bishop is covered by the knight so no Qd5 trick and white does not seem to have much compensation for the pawn.
You can move the knight up on f3 to G5 instead of sacrificing the bishop. Your bishop on a5 isnt doing much with the white pawn defended by the other knight.
I have a book on the Scotch Gambit that recommends this line: 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. f3 Ng5 11. Nc3 c6 What do you think? And can you explain how to play the Scotch Gambit as Black?
2:59 "It's a good move that you can play against anybody, including Magnus Carlsen if you ever have to face him." As a 1400-ish, it'll probably never happen, but one can dream! Thank you for all of the help and great content!
That's why I don't play 1. ...e5 as black in response to e4 because the evil opponent might execute a scholar's checkmate where I'm totally unaware of it lol.
Hey Igor, im a huge fan! With your help my rating went from 1150 to 1697 so far! I need your help AGAINST the Scotch game. I always play e5 in hopes of playing the Rousseau gambit and sometimes get hit with the scotch game. Can you please make a video? Thanks!!!
A small error in the video 😅@GMIgorSmirnov 4:03 you said checkmate is unstoppable, the engine says it is stoppable after kh6,bxh6,O-O but it is still +2. Just want to point out in case some ppl remove the queen if they are in this line🤣 Btw I had been watching your video and thanks for teaching me
Hello there, this video is 1 year old, however, at 4:10 black has to move before white. And, if black castle, I don't see how i'll check the black in one move ? or two
► Chapters 00:00 Dangerous opening weapon for White 00:33 Tricky line for blitz games 01:46 3K+ players make this mistake 02:51 The Scotch Gambit 4.Bc4 03:26 Black plays 4...Bb4+ 04:55 Black plays 4...Bc5 05:55 The key intermediate check 07:35 Common attacking idea you should know 08:33 What if Black doesn't play dxc3? 12:34 What if Black counter-attacks? 14:24 Black plays 4...Nf6 16:49 Attacking plan in the middlegame
Good day Igor May I please ask you if it is possible to show the moves a bit slower, bacause I am a blind person and struggle a bit to keep up. Please if it is possible and I like your way of play. Greetings Paulie
After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4, the move 4...d5 is a mistake. The pawn on d5 is only defended once but attacked twice. White can continue: 5.exd5, and if 5...Na5 then 6.Qxd4. If 5...Nb4, then just 6.O-O Nxd5 7.Qxd4 (with a huge lead in development for White).
Blocks bishop, and allows bishop development for Black, to also block your white bishop, bring queen to check goes to a pawn to block, This gives black 1.30 point head start after opening. For positioning
Hi Igor what do you recommend against the Sicilian? I find your videos interesting and have aggressive ideas. All the best from Athens, Giorgos ( George)
Hello i am 800 level player and i tried this gambit against several opponents but they go for lolli variation of this gambit which is Nxd5 and i don't know the counter to it. Can you please make a video on that variation
The Scotch Gambit is quite dangerous even if black responds correctly. The main move after 5.e5 is of course 5...d5 (5...Ng4 and 5...Ne4 being the alternatives) 6.Bb5 Ne4 (quite interesting is the not so obvious 6...Nd7) 7.Nd4 and i think that black has to play the gambit line 7...Bc5 with good compensation for the sacrificed material. I don't like the positions after 7...Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6. I think they are quite complicated and white gets a good share of attack if he knows what to do. It is an underestimated opening but there are some very strong Gm's who play it like Gawain Jones from Britain. For sure it will scored heavily in amateur level.
@@GMIgorSmirnov I wondering at 9:31 after O-0 by black and Bd5, how bad is Nxf2 with the idea of something like dxc3+ and c2? I play the Italian game btw and loved your video on that one. I would love to show you some other great stuff I know white can play to challenge blacks position. Some of your ideas I knew about and some where new to me.
At about 4:10 am I missing something? Black isn’t checkmated. After Black uses its night to defend the F pawn and the white bishop takes it, then Black just castles and defends the F pawn with the black rook. Black is down to piece, but it’s not an immediate checkmate. Again, am I missing something?
