Win FAST with the Fajarowicz Gambit 

It was hot and I didn't wear a sweater. Will you watch sweaterless content?

I'm only 1000 rated but with gambits like this I'll be down to 500 in no time. Love the gambit content

I've played the Fajarowicz variation for almost 50 years on many ocasions, but I still learned from this video. As it also gives the most important traps and ideas in a nutshell I strongly recommend it for the experienced player as well as for those, who want to add this phantastic line to their reportoire as a new surprise. Well made, great stuff and what a pleasure to see Jonathan having so much fun when showing the most stunning moves. One of the best chess lectures I've ever seen. Many thanks from Slovakia.

*I love the way you present the games: so light, unpretentious, interesting, funny... Thank you!*

The Budapest is in my repertoire, but when blitzing this variation is far more fun to play. Thank you for these interesting and agressive openings videos!

I've been playing fajarowicz for a year against every d4 and I love it.

Tried it out in a blitz game and won. It's a great variation and addition to the Budapest. Thank you for the lessons. Subbed a few days back. Carry on 👌🏻

The ...Nxf7 trap is a recurring theme in several openings, many of which you have covered. Off the top of my head, it happens in the Scandanavia Defense/Tennison Gambit, Caro-Kann/Breyer Variation, and this opening. I'm sure there are others. Basically, it's something to look out for whenever the d-file is open and the queen's are facing each other. I enjoy your videos and particularly like your upbeat enthusiasm. Keep up the good work!

Jonathan maybe not a chess master but his lectures are really very well prepared. Thank you!

Love the outro, nice song/animation! - The video was great too, thanks for the content.

You just keep getting better and better at pulling rabbits put of your hat! Truly loved your exhaustive coverage of the Fajarowicz Gambit. THANK YOU!😇

great gambit lecture! Really enjoyed it 😊 thanks

Love how Jonathan goes over opening traps! Great way to initially learn opening on either side. Once these traps are learned, then the main line “book” will make more sense

Oh my god this gambit is a gold mine that just keeps giving! 😄 The number of mindblowing traps that originate from here is astonishing!

Absolutely loving your upload frequency atm! Love the vids and hope you’re keeping well. & more t shirt content in future pls

Another fun one, great content, thanks!

Great fun, as always!

Such a good content! Love your work and thx, it helps a lot!

Jonathan..... you are so damn good! Great explanation and engaging style.... Thank you. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

good job man! in general the b6 line alluring the Queen works if white has not played Nf3 (eg on a3 line). Even though Black traps the queen he has lost a Rook a minor piece and a pawn and thus the game if far from over.

Yeah this was an awesome lesson. Thanks ! I'm going to rewatch it again straight away maybe also another time after that also , so it all sticks in a bit better. I played this ages ago. I have been messing around with the Mokele Mbembe Alekhine, recently which has some similar ideas and one opponent that called it witchcraft as it forces you to remember a lot of defensive and attacking ideas for black. Had a surprising number of wins with it for black. While white can easily get into time trouble in Blitz Great surprise weapon But I had a fair share of cruel loses with it too and time trouble when white knows what to do against it. Gambit style !!

nice queen trap! there is a similar queen trap I found when studying my Bc4 lines against the old sicilian : 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 e6 4.O-O d5 5.Bb5 a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.b3!? dxe4 8.Ne5 Qd4 9.Nc4 Qxa1?? 10.Bb2 Qxa2 11.Be5! {the queen is so trapped that we can worsen black's pawn structure before winning the queen, but Nc3 is also good} f6 12.Nc3 fxe5 13.Nxa2

You said the magic word..."fun"... and with these 'smooth moves' I'll REALLY be having some FUN. Love giving away material to set mating traps!!! Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!!!😇

Gambit zolpification at its best. I have no idea what that means.. You should do a gambit speed run.

I played the gambit in 2 different games this last hour, and both times I ran into qd4. I’ll keep playing around with it!

If you wanna progress in chess, this channel is not for you. If you wanna have fun in chess... you came to the right place😜

The chicken is at it again! More rare gambits!!!! Yeassss, I'm still trying to get the Nakmanson (+H) on the board, but I'll take this as well

Brutal stuff ... I love it!

I suck at chess, but love it and your videos! First time I've tried using content from your videos and it was perfect - mated them. White played f3 and I responded with bishop and then queen, knight, etc. and it was perfect. Felt a bit dirty though after just watching your video and getting so lucky with a bad move on white's part.

Tq so much 👍👍really great 👍👍👍

I love this so unique I can dig it ...wish I found your stuff earlier

AMAZING CONTENT!

Quite interesting. Probably good enough for most amateur players and as quick blitzer. I have never considered such openings serious and never seen any studying material for those fishy gambits. And yet still would not fall into any trap set ups like in this Fajarowicz - did not know it has a name btw :) Played few games as white and chose Nd2 and a3 forcing quick exchanges with comfortable play for white. As for d6 reply with Bf4 developing bad bishop, protecting pawn e5 and keep black's position pressured and cramped. I am not a master though still app 2200 player. Still praise for author - it is always profitable to analyse tactical positions even if they are not correct Good luck!

Note that at 8:59, after ...Nc6, White wins with Nd4.

I like the gambits and countergambits

This is pretty cool!!!!

beauty lines, thanks!.

You make great videos!

29:02 I didn't see Qe7, that's a high level move that eventually traps the white queen if played perfectly. I did see Qxd2 or bxd2 which simply wins a minor piece. I checked with stockfish and it's -6 Qe7 and -5.2 Qxd2 so both winning moves. Great video by the way! I want to try this gambit.

Good traps!

Great video! @31:38 double check, smothered mate; but how 'double' check? Thanks for informing us about this great, tricky gambit! 😊

Big fan man

Great!

Lets go next video about new crazy gambit

25:34 we´re not interested in the rook, we´re interested in the king :D mostly i see that players with elo 2100 and less are more interested in pieces rather than win :D

fun chess thank you

Often when I try to play the Budapest and its offshoots White plays a different move 2, so I guess one needs to have a few different openings ready, such as something against 2.Nf3 or 2.Nc3. I know there are several different choices available, but what, in your opinion, would be compatible in spirit with the Budapest?

Devastating🎉

Miodrag video on this THEN this video seems very instructive

This deserves a double thumbs up.

Thanks for this Jonathan! At 15:21, instead of Bg3+, why not Bc5+? You'll still win the queen and lose the bishop whatever happens but you give white the opportunity to block the check in the wrong way and lose an EXTRA piece! E.g. if e3 or Be3 to block the check, you just take that piece with the bishop and THEN snaffle the queen. If king instead moves back to e1, you just play Bf2, sac the bishop and win the queen. In fact, this variation is so much better I'm tempted to keep it for myself :)

Pf3!!! and after b6 Dd5 etc what would you do with white? Pd4! and black is lost.

amazing amazing amazing keep doing exactly these kind of vids with the exact same structure and everything pls and thank you. at the last seconds of the video you said it was double check, and I'm pretty sure it's not. did you misspeak or am i just dumb?

Great thumbnail.

Does this gambit works if against Mieses Opening?

15:23 this one looks like the tennison gambit

How is it an automatic win when it’s bishop and rook and pawn for a queen in such a position?

9,16 what about if white instead of Qa6 plays Nd4? If Nc5 or Rb8 Nd4xNc6 and white is up a piece. When white plays 4) Nf3 , b6 trying to trap the Qeen is a blunder

I'm trying to find the game but I caught Ben Finegold with this queen trap in a similar line. I got crushed because I'm 1000 rated.

I love the Budapest, but the Fajarowicz is my lover... 😎

Instead of Qh6 what about Be3? Blocking the knight from going on the square that traps the Queen.

At 20:14, wouldn't ...g2 lead to a forced mate ?

Great video. I have already won a couple of games when my opponents played f3??

W vid

Isn't this similair to the wagon gambit?

love these spicy gambits fam!! remember the London PDG!! :D when in doubt push the h pawn!

Thx fOr the Video man Look at the third time !

At 21:15 why not ...g2?

What about 4.Nf3 b6 5.Qd5 Bb7 6.Qxb7 Nc6 7.Nd4?

A lot of similarities with Albin(i have no idea about Budapest, i play Albin all the time :)

I have to ask, what's the story behind the name Vampire Chicken?

21:59

This is interesting, but I tend to gambit my king more than anything else.

In the Nf3 Bb4+ line I found that black actually never wins the pawn back because white apparently can play Rd1 and Rd5 defending the pawn. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Nxd2 6. Nbxd2 Nc6 (Qe7 transposes) 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qe7 9. Qc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Rd5! (it's around +1.05) (black can't really win the pawn back because there aren't any pieces left that you can attack the pawn with. The moment you play d6 or f6 (why) white takes the pawn and will simply be a pawn up) A crazy computer line that I found after this is: 11... b6 12. h4! Bb7 13. Rh3!! Na5 14. Rd3 (black can't win the pawn with Bxf3 because at the end of the line white will take the d7 pawn with the rook and be +2.5) At the end of this line the eval hovers around +0.95 and +1.20. This was analysed with Stockfish 15 NNUE

Generally great stuff, but the Queen trap gambit is flawed. Put it in a strong computer with recent Stockfish. You showed "some random move" after Nc6, but if the move is not random and White plays Nd4 his threat of NxNc6 attacking the Black Queen voids the trap and White is more than +- 2.8 ahead regardless of what Black does. Black playing NxNd4 doesn't help either. White just plays QxNe4. Other than this, I love the traps shown here.

Queen trap doesn't work, all white has to do is Be3 after the black move Nc6 and the trap fail :\

Lol! Totally

Not trying this epic queen trap line, because with my luck, they'll play Nd4 instead of Qa6 and I'll blunder completely.

Fajarowicz is pronounced like "Fayarovitch" ;)

Queen trap doesn't work if white knows Nd4 after black plays Nc6...

I tried this once. I won the game; I think I’ll quit while I’m ahead.

Multi attack

1.d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 puts an end to all 32 minutes of this.

Problem with this move is white doesnt need to move queen to a6 and simply play Kd4 and you may end up taking the queen with the rook, but you have lost a rook, knight and bishop for the queen. losing position.

I play blitz game so I can create havoc on my opponent

It's pronounced Fayaroveech btw

Anyone here suffers from being at a 2000 then go down to 1400, then go back up to 2000 and only to end up at 1400 again. 😂 or am I the only one.

People play with engines all the time. That’s not how you can play in real tournaments.

sorry,this line is crap . after Ne4 a3 d6 white has the intermezzo of Qc3 and now when bf5 Nc3 + - .

9:09 this trap doesn't work on the move 7.Nd4! Beacause if now 7...Nc5 to 8.Nxc6! Why show such nonsense?

Your thumbnails are so not you, Jonathan :D

Think the content is more of an awareness for lower rated players and opportunities for higher rated. I believe he gives you possible options to negate said openings.

My game against the Fajarowicz: www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1725686.

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Wow! Thanks a lot Jonathan! I was searching like this as black against D4! 😊👍♟

Wonderful! But pron. Fahyahrovvich