6:44 the queen is not trapped you can move Knight C2 delivering check you lose you knight but free a way out for your queen and considering the queen took 2 pawns you are not that behind (of course it is a bad situation but it is not an instant loss. in second variation Knight to D3 bishop has to takem if queen takes knight is gone and if rock takes bishop is gone, and after bishop takes Queen takes on D5 and is safe taking 3 pawns for one Knight + threating the diagonal to H1
As a caro player myself, I'm happy to see this so i don't fall for those tricks thanks Nelson :) (but i knew some of them already still a good refresher for the memory)
Hey great video, love the fact that they're always well structured and orderly, so it's easier to understand them and also to go back and rewatch. Keep it up, and thank you!
Now that I finished this video. I'll never get my opponents to play caro-kann for the next week. Happened all the time everytime I studied a trap/opening
This is the single most useful video for me right now! I'm playing the Blackmar-Diemer gambit, but my opponents tend to transpose the position to a Caro-Kann... now I will have some tricks for that case too :)
Does trap 3 really works ? at 6:50 You can check the king with knight to D3, lose the knight, and escape with the queen to D6. That's not bad for white but it's not a queen trap to me
If queens goes to h4 bishop g5 wins the queen and if queens Goes to g4 bishop a5 check king has to move and the other bishop deliver one more check opening a discovered on the queen if queen leaves in diagonal he loses the queen anyway because you are going to Chase the queen with the bishop and discover a check with the rook só there is no way to save the queen.
At 6:40, if black plays Nd3+, then what? Sure, they'll lose the knight, but it opens up a safe escape for the queen. Crucially, if they then play the ballsy Qb4, I think they're actually pretty safe and preparing to attack your knight with theur bishop next move.
I think you can safely just take Knight with Queen, giving options of Bb5+ (Reason Black can't play Qxa4) or just Nc5 (Can trade off for Bishop if it does develop to d7), everything looks protected and White is just up in material with far more active pieces in play. Entirely possible I've missed something but it looks like Black is about to get bulldozed in the position after Qxd3.
After ... Nd3+, Qxd3 Qb4, white can simply play Nc5. I don't see any immediate threats here. Black only has two pieces out (knight and queen), all pawns in the 7th rank. White has two pawns in the center, both bishops out, a nicely positioned knight, 4 semi-open files for an already active rook, plus he can castle within two moves. White's advantage is crushing. (also, worth mentioning, white can take the knight on d3 with their queen because there's a tactic preventing black from taking back the knight: ... Nd3+ ; Qxd3 Qxa4 ; Bb5+ forking the king and the queen, which means white is winning the queen for a bishop)
Not in this position because after queens take knight And queens take knight bishop b5 wins the queen anywais but yeah in the other position this sack works
Nd3+ is probably the best option as it does save the Queen, but it does leave Black in a position where White is pretty much winning in every way, being up in material, development and activity. Tbf this would still be the case (worse so, being down a Queen) even without the knight sacrifice, Black is going to get rolled regardless it seems, it's just a terrible situation for them all around.
On 6:41 what if I sacrifice the knight by moving it to c2 or d3, checking white's king so it would open a way for my queen to escape, and if black moves knight to c2, then a. The rook will take the knight which will block the queen from defending the knight on a4 so black's king can take it or b. The white queen takes it, then black queen could check the white king, after this white could defend by blocking with their queen or bishop at g5, if they block with their queen black could go for a queen trade or attack the knight on a4, if they block with the bishop, then the black queen would be safe for the time being and the only ways to attack the queen would be to trade queens or move the rook to a3 which opens a path for the queen to escape,
@@flacsomtodosclas2165 white Bishop B5 after knight, queen a1 check, he either blocks with rook and loses it, or blocks with queen and loses rook. He could move king E4 (e5 is check with bishop g4), but queen A2 check forces him to either lose the D5 pawn and the queen escapes, or lose the F2 pawn and potentially perpetual check. I just think this position is underexplored, and would love to see this channel go over this moment more in depth
Sometimes great chess players move something really weird to see if the opponent is cheating. Garry just wanted to check that Deep Blue was not using Stockfish.
6:52 actually the queen is not trapped because you can play Ne3 check and freeing up your queen. Yeah you’ll lose the knight but the queen is not trapped.
I found this line in the advanced caro and I’m wondering if anybody has heard of it because it’s disgusting and comes from super common moves from black. Here’s the pgn from a game I played. Qb8 is the trap. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be2 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Qxb2 8. Qb1 $6 Qxc3+ $2 9. Bd2 Qxc2 $2 10. Qxb7 Nd7 11. Bb5 $4 Rd8 12. Ba5 $2 Qe4+ 13. Kf1 Qd3+ 14. Bxd3 Bxd3+ 15. Ke1 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Nh6 17. Kd2 c4 18. Ne1 Rb2+ 19. Kc1 Ba3 20. Kd1 Be2+ 21. Kc1 Rb7+ 0-1
Wtf man?! Caro-kann is my only opening vs 1. e4 Oh well, guess you've forced me to watch this video too... Seriously though, thank you for these videos. Ps: pls do NOT make a video "top 10 traps vs london".
The queen can escape though... :( sack the horse to save your queen, since moving the horse comes with check as well as blocks whites queen from defending their horse() they will probably capture with their queen to continue defending the horse and you just have to run since if you give a check in this position your queen gets trapped again.
The presenter had no understanding of learning process. He rushes through moves barely leaving time to even assess them.let alone consider the options. I hope he may realise this and at least offer a viewer option to move the pieces. Otherwise most normal.players ( like me having played over 70 yrs ) will just have to ignore this as I must now with regret. John
I find most people defend the b2 pawn whenever Qb6 threatens it, but even when they don’t I’m too scared to take it cause I always think I’m gonna get trapped
If yall play the Caro kann like this then you deserve to have your ass whooped🤣🤣🤣 Y'all better look up Gotham chess on RU-vid cause this is not it. C6 and D5 correct but you have a real order to your development that you can do in your sleep. This video made me laugh
