Sadly this video isn't 3 million views yet so you won't be seeing this anytime soon :-(. With your help, you can be the change! On a side note there is an interesting book that came out a couple years ago called "A disreputable opening repertoire" which features a very thorough analysis of this line by an IM. White is of course still better in the mainline but interesting nonetheless!
Excellent video! There is one trap at 11:08 with 1 Qe3!? instead of 1 BXg7. Here 1...O-O?? feels like such a natural reply but then 2 Qd4! just pins and wins laterally. Instead 1...Bf5 is correct and Black keeps the edge.
Unfortunately (i wish it were ...) , this Steinitz variation is not a very good weapon in tournament ... Ask to GMI Flear who has lost with it against a very low rated amateur ... He stopped to use it after that !
I have used it in tournament chess and had some good results with it. At GM level, definitely don't touch it with a barge pole but in the mortal categories of tournament chess/blitz chess this is definitely a viable weapon to wheel out.
After Bb4 black can play a3 and IF you play Ba5 Black can play b4 and you Bishop is gone, because you Queen is under attack as well, or am I missing something?
Ah okay. If a3, you just capture on c3 and inflict some pawn damage. You are up a pawn in that line so no need to go to a5 and b6 because you are right, the bishop will be lost.
Index of variations:
0:00 - Introduction
1:10 - 5.g3?
1:40 - Be3?
1:56 - Bd2?
3:47 - Nxc6?
4:40 - Nf5?!
5:33 - Be3?!
6:30 - Nb5?!
9:25 - Qe3?!
12:05 - Nc3! - The Mainline
Thank you, this was very helpful as I often run into scotch openings as a 400 elo player, and the steinitz variation always catches them off guard.
Thank you , very good lesson. Need to learn this before a tournament.
Thank you for watching!
Very informative
Thanks for telling people about this variation! I hope everyone will play this against me so I would get a winning position as White.
Sadly this video isn't 3 million views yet so you won't be seeing this anytime soon :-(. With your help, you can be the change! On a side note there is an interesting book that came out a couple years ago called "A disreputable opening repertoire" which features a very thorough analysis of this line by an IM. White is of course still better in the mainline but interesting nonetheless!
@@ThePawnslayerChessVideos agree, it's still an interesting line though I would not play it.
@@私-r9p Why not? White has to know lots of theory to avoid pitfalls and even then w best play it's still not the end of the world.
Excellent video! There is one trap at 11:08 with 1 Qe3!? instead of 1 BXg7. Here 1...O-O?? feels like such a natural reply but then 2 Qd4! just pins and wins laterally. Instead 1...Bf5 is correct and Black keeps the edge.
Thanks for watching and thanks for your little analysis. Very interesting :-)
Unfortunately (i wish it were ...) , this Steinitz variation is not a very good weapon in tournament ... Ask to GMI Flear who has lost with it against a very low rated amateur ... He stopped to use it after that !
I have used it in tournament chess and had some good results with it. At GM level, definitely don't touch it with a barge pole but in the mortal categories of tournament chess/blitz chess this is definitely a viable weapon to wheel out.
Very informative
6:11 - can't white just move g3?
If g3 then Nxe3, if gxh4 then Nxd1. Kxd1. Material is even but white has a bad pawn structure and an uncastled king :-)
After Bb4 black can play a3 and IF you play Ba5 Black can play b4 and you Bishop is gone, because you Queen is under attack as well, or am I missing something?
a2? Could you timestamp please
@@ThePawnslayerChessVideos 5:20
@@ThePawnslayerChessVideos sorry I mean a3
Ah okay. If a3, you just capture on c3 and inflict some pawn damage. You are up a pawn in that line so no need to go to a5 and b6 because you are right, the bishop will be lost.
@@ThePawnslayerChessVideos okay thx