Sicilian Defence, Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted - Standard chess #12
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ต.ค. 2015
- I played a standard chess game as black with time controls set at 15 minutes with a 2 second increment. The opening played was the Sicilian Defence, Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted. As is typical with accepting a gambit, black in this case accepts a pawn plus in exchange for accentuating white's development. Black's glaring weakness on d5 is one that can be occupied by multiple white pieces, however white's d4 square is also a soft spot due to the pressure on white's f3 knight. Who can make better use of the central weaknesses, and calculate better through a key tactical sequence?
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1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Rd1 e5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rac1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. a3 Rc8 14. b4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. f4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 exf4 20. f3 Ne5 21. Bd5 Qg5+ 22. Qg2 Qh5 23. Kf2 b5 24. Rg1 g6 25. Rgf1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nd3+
Jerry: The only chess master to spend half the clock on the Opening
...and wreck opponents at the end on time increment...
Jerry is the Bob Ross of chess.
so true.
> "OK Now I'm going to put some pressure on my opponent, time-wise."
> Spends half his clock on his next move.
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Not that kind of time
"Up a pawn, down on time." Should be Jerry's motto haha :p
Good game!
I am a beginner and I found this to be a REALLY REALLY interesting game with a lot of potential to change when you did your review! Keep them coming!
+TheMicronation Great to hear Micronation! :D
+ChessNetwork i'm also a beginner and my starting rating on chess.com was about 600. I've made it to 1000 and I've heard that this is a normal starting rating is this true? If not what is a normal starting rating or what was your starting rating?
+ChessNetwork
I'm getting my arse kicked by my android's CPU and I still find your stuff interesting :P
I have gotten from 1200 to 1670 on lichess, thank you Jerry.
if you see lots of potential variants, you may be able to contribute lots to the game by adopting your own variation and developing
I loved this one! I am a super fan of the Smith-Morra. Very cool the way you commented on it. You said many interesting ideas, and you were actually being pretty unusual. Accepting a gambit, going for sacrificies, refusing a Queen exchange :v Excelent game. Thank you very much. I hope we can see more gambits in the future, but still is amaizing how you hold up in positional play, avoiding tactics =)
Great game. Nice to see you find accurate moves in the opening and the reasoning behind them. When white ran out of natural moves, they didn't really know how to keep the pressure up being a pawn down and finally they crumbled. I really enjoy these longer games the most, if I have the time to watch them.
Super instructive! That analysis of tactical options on move 14 where you're contemplating bishop takes knight on f3...it's a great example of how a good player thinks during a game. I'll play this on day 1 of my summer chess camp for middle schoolers coming up in July.
Once again, very fine teaching Jerry!
+Billy Stewart Thanks Billy :D
Thumbs up for another standard game on lichess! :p
Very helpful to hear your thoughts in the position, then again afterwards with Stockfish running. Thank you!
This one was a very interesting and at the same time very insightful game. Thanks for the step by step explanation.
Very cool narrative!! So impressed.
You should really make more of these Jerry! Thanks!
Awesome, I really like your videos, I have been following you for a while and my chess has been improving a lot, thanks
I like these long games. keep em coming.
Thanks for the in-depth analysis
Wow - really great game. Nice fork at the end to clinch the advantage.
Also - got a ChessNetwork shirt!
Really enjoyed this particular game and commentary; wonderful to see you get a little "daring" to some level and succeed. My question is, after the analysis, do you think you would have lost the gambit if your opponent hadn't missed some of the moves stock fish showed?
I wouldn't trust lichess's engine so much. Sometimes it can't evaluate the opening correctly (I noticed he calls 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 inaccurate) or it finds what it thinks are winning lines in drawn endings.
I think I've seen that Queen sac in a very similar position in a game but I can't recall any of the players now. Yeah the Smith-Morra often goes crazy town. Very interesting game.
Nc6 e6 a6 Nf6 Bg4 - the Evans defense - is imo the most solid defense which takes away the possibility for the e5 attack of black - which is usually the backbone of the white attack
Interesting game, the knight sacrifice came to my mind as well during the game.
It's been a while since you've done a GM game commentary, I would really like to see one :)
This was my introduction to the Smith-Morra Gambit and despite the loss, I think I like the way it plays out. I may do some research and add this to my repertoire.
wooow Jerry, what a great game! these tactics man, amazing! that's the beaty of longer time games...
I love your speed chess videos, but these are also very interesting! I think you have, by far, the most accessible commentary I've seen. Many masters are either explaining things on a level that's still well above my level, or they are just far too dry. You always make the games seem interesting and exciting.
Have you ever considered doing a video with even longer time controls? You had some very interesting calculations in this game, but it felt like 15m was only enough to explore a few positions before the game was close to bullet. I'd love to see your commentary on a 60 or 90m game, where you have the opportunity to really calculate at every stage.
+Christopher Smith Thanks for the compliment Christopher. Honestly I haven't given much thought at all to a longer time control. 45 minutes is already pushing it for many viewers I imagine. I really want to try and keep it under 1 hour.
+ChessNetwork What about playing a longer time control game on a live stream? Great video as always btw :)
+ChessNetwork if it counts for anything I also think a longer match would be awesome. Love your videos, Jerry. You rock!
Thanks so much Pal, well played indeed. For myself, the SMG is my most favored response to the Silicon. You definitely would have won against me as well.
My mind is blown after all these variations, they are super amazing
As a national life master , I appreciate your analysis of this game , clear , concise and very entertaining , look forward to more games with your analysis , I would highly recommend this to all aspiring chess players , great work , one of the best video series to watch !
+Neil Salmon Great to read that. Thank you very much Neil.
I never played the smith morra, but I'm always tempted to try it sometime (from the whiteside).
3...Nf6 is the end of the Smith-Morra gambit.
what a fun game, thanks for sharing. learned a lot about the smith morra, which I don't typically play as white but has been a nightmare for me as black! thanks again.
Does 20. Qg5+ work. Let's say Qg2 Ne5 Qxg5 Nxf3+. After Ne5 If Rd3 protecting f3 then a queen exchange and grab the bishop on c4.
They say you need chess books to get good. I say you need chess Jerry to get good.
I bet they'd believe me much more if you showed them you're the best in the universe.
#JerryVsStockfish2015
I had an idea for white (with no moves) at 17:39 by trading down the exchange.. then accidentally exited the browser so I have to re-write it. =/
Bg5 allowing the queen to cover the e4 pawn duty to mobilize the c3 knight, then as you said this allows black to go Nd4. Rxd4, then exd4, doubling up blacks pawns on the e-file and creating a weak pawn for white to scoop up with his 2nd rook eventually or doubling up queen and rook on the E-file for a potential pawn break on the isolated central (pawn island) black D6 pawn.
After exd4, the white knight is hit, so Nd5 and if F-Nxd5 then Bxe7, and Qxe7, then white bxe5 attacking the b7 square now guarded by the queen on e7 for black.
Unfortunately however for a second I lost track of pieces and I thought that if Bxe7, Knight can proceed to Nxc3 (a 2nd ghost knight which already moved), then if Bxd8, Nxe2+ .. but actually the white knight already moved :p.
BUt I guess the threat of Nxe2+ would still make that knight move the best?? so white would have to re-capture bxc3 because the knight would have the pawn on d4 to protect from Rook capture......and now that doesn't look as good, and u give the pawn back.
Lol!!! I just continued watching the video and you point out the exchange as an option.. I really didn't see that part.
Black avoided a lot of pain and agony by castling early. There are may YT videos where white crushes black but that happen when black wastes time instead of protecting his king. Stockfish will win as black by protecting the king and then just grinding white down with its pawn advantage. I have done a lot of analyzing this opening with Stockfish.
30:58 23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nd3+ (fork the king and the rook, winning a clean rook)
that is what he did
my best luck with the smgambit is to go with the dragon set up on black. fianchetto the black B and develop King side Knight to E2. your backwards queen pawn becomes a liability when you develop king pawn to E4
Glad to see you finally accepting the Smith Morra Jerry. I always do but perhaps don't respect it enough.
I like to watch your standart game reviews, there're many interesting thoughts - I love the way you contemplating while playing, It's like a chess story=)Kazakhstan is watching you too! I hope I'm not the only one=)
+Илья Антонюк Very cool, thanks! I enjoy learning where viewers are tuned in from. Hello Kazakhstan, and thank you for the compliment. :D
At 31:02 instead of 23...b5, can Black swap on c1 and than fork K and R with ...Nd3 +?
I can't see best move arrows when I go out of the main line. Why is that?
For Black it turned out that Smith-Mora was abbreviated S-M and we can see why: without Stockfish and with time dropping, White committed the errors in defense and offense as outlined. I'm too much of a Novice to play this and win as Eric did, but yet I think I learned something about the overall concepts of some of the positions that i can actually remember and take with me. Who knows? Down the road I shoulda, coulda, woulda play this Gambit a few times and see what happens. Nice job Eric.
Would this be considered a variation of Chicago Defense you've transposed?
19:22 If Nxf3, Qxf3, then Nxb4... doesnt this effect the a7 pawn?
There is a funny trap line similar to the one you were talking about around 33:05:1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. d3 cxd3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. e5 dxe5 (7... Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qxd8) 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 (8... Nxd8 9. Nb5 Kd7?? attempting to hold down c7, 10. Nxe5+ Ke8 11. Nc7#) 9. Ng5 Ke8 10. Nb5
Very impressive game and one to be proud of. There is a sense of accomplishment when you go out of your comfort zone and it works out :).
Jerry the Lichess engine is not perfect it doesn't give the accurate evaluation. Better to use Stockfish
Milad Ibrahim lichess uses stockfish
Lichess uses stockfish
Stockfish using this openning 😉 I won aganist stockfish 8
TT0 maybe when stockfosh started down a queen lol
That's wonderful!. Thanks a lot Jerry, Your style of playing, thinking Loud! and analyzing is good. Keep it up. God bless you. Hoping to see lots of videos from you.:-)
hello jerry! will you cover the world championship??
+Joe Florentin I'll try to make that happen again. The WCC is November-ish of 2016
i meant the rapid championship. doesn't it take place at the moment or am i mistaken?
+ChessNetwork What?! No WCC in 2015?
+ChessNetwork i would like to see the world championship from you
Why decline it? Are you saying the Smith Mora is a sound gambit? It's pretty clear that Sicilian players don't like the early white initiative and hate playing defense.
Stupid idea, but what would you think of chatting with your opponent (over Skype) during a game?
Said it yourself champ.
Jerry plays opening he has no experience with and still wins.... #Goat
When you went b5 you missed ...Rxc1, Rxc1 ...Nd3 FORK!
In a July online blitz segment w/ commentary, Svidler lost his only game to Smith Morra gambit playing the Sicilian after about 10+ games of 2000+ players and Masters.
+oliverupload Interesting...I wasn't aware of this...thanks for sharing.
Why is your lichess layout different than mine?
31:00 instead of b5 why not rxc1 rxc1 nd3+ winning the rook
+Emoke Haupt yea its was the best move but he was trying save ur poor pawn
What if: 6. Bc4 - g6. ( Black may try to take this in the a " Ala Dragon line " )
Wonder what happened to John Madden from the good old chess cube days
Why is the dark square bishop the more valuable of the two bishops? I hear that a lot but I'm just now learning about theory and don't know why
when you play as white, usually dark square bishop is an important piece to attack the black king. on the opposite, light square bishop is more valuable for black because of the same reason. for the example, notice how his attack was started by moving his light square bishop to pin the opponents knight
In general the pawn structure decides the good/bad bishops. Often when one side has it's pawns on light squares the other side will have its pawns in dark squares specially if the pawns are fixed.
The good bishop is the one with the color opposite to your own pawns structure.
This is because it allows your bishop to reposition within your own structure (on your side of the board) with ease, while often keeping an eye on the opponents pawns in case of any weakness created that allows pawn capture.
It is good practice to deploy the bad bishop outside of your own pawn structure and not staring directly into a shut unbreakable enemy pawn chain.
The recognition of the exceptions to this rules is what makes players good.
Thank you for your replies, thats what was so confusing because I never understood why it wouldnt be a situational concept based on the game, but it turns out it is after all
Talk out loud learning is helpful thank you.
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Doesn't the idea of d6, e5 weaken d5?
30 :35 Rxc1 Nd3
I thought 10 Bb5 was looking good. The idea is to take the knight and then Nxe5. But it can be defended.
GG Jerry. Maybe its just a pawn.. but really the SM isn't solved. I have seen 1500s give International masters a very hard time because of the gambit. I would wager that it is actually an inaccuracy to accept the gambit. Accepting the gambit is asking for a difficult road
Did anyone else think this was Phil Galfond narrating?
Why is there question marks after the rating?
+MrKornKid that means it's a provisional rating. Neither player has played enough rated games on lichess for an accurate rating yet.
+MrKornKid They haven't played enough games in that time control so their rating isn't definite
Yay
should've gone for the siberian trap :3
@31:04 RxR, N-D3 wins a free rook!
Jerry you are over thinking this for black. Simply play the set up e6,a6,d6, and Ne7-G6 and your golden baby!
Hey jerry, guess U missed a fork at 30:57... RxR, if RxR... Kd3+
Nice try but there's not fork
+Theo Tran why?
+Theo Tran There is a fork if white recaptures.
sorry I forget abou the RxR
my bad
31:25. Not sure if he missed it or just was concerned with other things first.
23. ... Rxc1, 24. Rxc1 Nd3
Your the best Jerry!
Great thank you, Greg Mr.U.
Playing chess at 04:00 am
ok
30:55 Rxc1! Rxc1 Nd3 wins a rook
WHY DIDN'T YOU PLAY Nf3 AFTER Qg2?!?
I'm only an amateur player but 1 thing is for sure I'll never lose on time on 15 min game.
What does this comment even bring to the discussion? You make it sound like if you lose on time, you're a bad player.
+brassinyourass18 puapaupau resigned instead of losing on time, that's what I would do too.
Nooo!U had Rxc1 and Nd3+ for several moves!
Precht...
ok