After my opening (white) to E4, if they move pawn to D4,---I move my E4 pawn forward to E5 then protect it, (Pawn E4 or knight F3, or both). This clogs up their center, and keeps a knight of theirs from entering the center of the board. I have not played a game yet where I have a disadvantage, but I don't play a lot to get real good. I try to play a little to get real good. :)
► Chapters 00:00 Top 10 Scandinavian Defense Opening Traps For Black 00:08 Scandinavian Defence: Modern Variation 00:45 Trap-1: If White plays 3.d4 04:06 Trap-2: If White plays 7.cxb5 instead of 7.Qxb5 05:41 Trap-3: Mieses-Kotroc Variation 08:18 Trap-4: If White plays 3.c4 10:03 Trap-5 11:12 Trap-6: Panov Transfer 12:58 Trap-7 14:04 Trap-8: If White plays 3.Nc3 16:02 Trap-9: Main Line, Leonhardt Gambit 18:12 Trap-10: Marshall Variation (for advanced players)
Hey Igor. I'm watching at your videos for about the last 2 years and to be honest it's the first time I comment. Man that was a masterpiece especially for me who love the Skandinavian. Thanks for the video. Good job !!
Bro this Scandinavian video is better than levy's video Seriously he taught everything you need to know about Scandinavian tricks and traps and now I'm only going to play this opening against e4( Thanks to Igor Smirnov)❤
Big thank you again Igor for this spectacular way to play the scandinavian opening for black i love so much cause too much good options for attacking players!
I like this version of the Scandinavian. I started getting really bored playing 2.e5 in blitz and getting into the same gioco piano or ruy lopez every time with knight pins etc. This is a really lively and open way to play outside of the box.
I like the traps being shown. You should also show likely alternatives that just lead to normal development with some comments on the best next few moves. Such as after Black plays Nf6, White then plays Bb5#? Last thing people need is the clocking ticking down thinking damn, he's not supposed to play that, what now?
I absolutely loved seeing the Modern Scandi when I played 1. e4 and had a 100% record against it at a time when it was surprisingly popular on the weekend Swiss circuit. I played the d4+c4 line but never ran into the Kiel variation (4...Nb4). Instead of 5. Qa4 there, 5. a3 N4c6; 6. d5 looks quite promising for white though, so I am not sure this is a scary option providing white just plays sensibly. I would be shocked if black would score even close to 80% from there aside from playing against much much weaker opponents. Personally I would hate to have to play the black side of that. I also played the d4+c4 (Big Centre) line against 2...Qxd4 but here the trick is to insert 4. Nf3 before pushing the c pawn forward. If black continues in traditional Scandi style after this, white gets a serious advantage so black does best to bring the queen over to the kingside and exert pressure there, which makes for an interesting game. If both sides play to book, white gets a small advantage but nothing special. Nonetheless, it is far enough outside of standard Scandi positions that I found most opponents to be uncomfortable in this line allowing white to consolidate central control and eventually launch an attack while black tries to organise their counterplay. The typical variation runs 1. e4 d5; 2. ed Qxd5; 3. d4 Nf6; 4. Nf3 Bg4; 5. Be2 Nc6; 6. c4 Qh5; 7. Be3 0-0-0; 8. Nbd2, after which black chooses between 8...e5 and 8...e6. The highest level example of this I can find is Morozevich-Rogers (Bundesliga 1999), which white won in a sharp game after just 26 moves.
I play the scandi against 1e4 95% of the time and I win a heck of a lot more of my games then I lose with that opening. However, this video just showed me some new tricks that have worked brilliantly so far. The first 4 games of trying them, I forked the queen 2x already lol and won the other two fairly easily. I'd like to see a video for how to handle white bishop to B5 - that's how I counter this version of scandi and it blows up their position every time.
@@ldpickett28 After 1. e4 d5; 2. ed Nf6; 3. Bb5+, the most reliable defence for black is 3...Bd7. Taking on d7 now is not good so white typically retreats the bishop to e2 or c4. If e2 then black just takes the pawn; if c4 then black usually plays 4...Bg4 (...Bf5 and ...b5 are also playable). White remains very slightly better (as always) but there is no question of the black position being blown up and for the most part you would just expect the better player to win.
GREAT VIDEO because most of these traps don't lead to bad positions if the opponent dosen't fall into it. Even @1:26 if white plays de best move 6.a3 there is another trap after 6...Na6 7.d5 Nc5 then the white queen has to go back to 8.Qd1 if it keeps the pin in 8.Qb5 (very tempting) 8...e5 is winning for black !
Very tactical, but could be tricky if opponents don't play this exact line. What happens for example at 5:10 if White plays Kd1 and removes the discovered check with the Knight? Now you are just a piece down and White has the potential for moves like b6+.
I read an article about the Icelandic Gambit, the e6 pawn sac in the modern, in 1997 written by Kevin Spraggett, Canadian GM, about the Portuguese variation. I have been playing that set of lines OTB and of course in the past decade plus online exclusively against e4. This video is freaking GOLD for me. Its been a long time since I've been this excited about new lines! Some traps I discovered on my own simply with thousands of online games, but some of these ideas wow, I may gain 100+ elo OTB if/when I ever play OTB classical again. I used to play the Pirc, now that only happens when I mouse slip against e4. New Subscriber!
found this great but what if, instead of bringing the queen out, white plays pawn a3 to kick the first knight? does the trap just fail? edit: this has happened every time and completely shuts it down. following with b8 knight to c6 (to defend with the knight) or pawn to e7 (to open up the bishop and defend with that), either defence they just take the winning capture of the knight on b4. i really would like to play this opening but dont know what to do in this spot. can anyone help? seems like a pretty big flaw
This generation does not speak of Bobby Fischer, but he was the best chess player who ever lived. No, only the world champ once and did not defend it (he was cracking up right about then IMO), but if we understand how the world is falling, (communism destroying individual liberty and our free enterprise that free people created), and how Russia was using state supported chess to prove intelligence over the West,----we can see that "self taught" Bobby Fischer, (the individual), who was able to defeat them and make it look easy. That is the story---of mankind since the founding of the USA. The greatest chess player who ever lived, and the story was never told correctly until now. Too bad we ignore the liberty accomplishments we did in the past. Doug in Michigan.
i like this line. I used to get murdered when playing black, trying to play along d4 d5 (and declined or not etc), but after a previous similar video you did, saccing two pawns, you gave me a great tool to cover my *most basic game repertoire as black*, as I really had nothing against 1.d4 when playing black, as the queens opening seemed such maze of variations. This line is also very good, even though its a 1.e4 line, and seems thoroughly covered (i am a 3rd of the way through). Thank you Igor!
@GMIgorSmirnov thank you for taking the time to answer Igor. Been trying to lazy play this (i'll explain). It has come up a couple of times already, mostly the knight variation, ending up with the black queen in the middle of the board, so its good, it does come up. By lazy i mean not putting it in a proper training program, with all the variations, to help me memorize it. Anyway, i like, it, adds a bit of spice/variety and helps with recognizing patterns/tactics. As I do also appreciate, you always mentioning that these are nice as tricks, but to improve we really need to study. Hence the course. Also I guess all these spicy lines are perhaps another way by which the players of old did end up in the established positional lines, perhaps; that a lot of new players think, "no, I want to play my way" and resist instruction. Still for beginners, I hear its good advice not to go too much in opening theory. Thank you again. Update: Managed to get it half way right: lichess.org/Lj4WEanJ/black#32
Hi, I would like to know how to understand when to open a deal, because it's quite important, and so everything is very interesting, thank you very much, I hope for productive cooperation)
Hey i i learned to play chess&Matt from a friend a long time ago. But never mastered it. I always liked chess&matt.for the moment am learning it properly and i have to say your videos is helpful every player am practicing with they use this kind of attacks with whit. Even woth black they always tried to attack Scandinavian way. But they don't learn sacrifice yet. And me too amd i know that it needed to trap your opponent. Thanks to. Your videos. But as i said there are a lot of beginners who learned to play in different manners so they don't think the same those trick may not work the same but i think it will still work
Sir you can make other types of videos like analysing games of subscribers or guess the elo or sub battle or game reviews etc apart from the normal tutorial videos. Just saying
In the first trap after queen check and knight to C6 what do you do if white decides to push their A pawn to kick your knight? is this not simply losing?
A good thing to remember when playing, (that this inexperienced guy has figured out, me). After only about 2 moves, when ever you move a piece, you are probably opening up the board for your opponent also. Be as careful with spotting that, before you attack. This is a game of infinite possibilities. Be careful it does not attack you, and keep you out of the rest of life and its reality, (Bobby Fischer for only one example).
I’m a beginner (Elo in 400’s) and have been trying to learn variations of the Scandanavian Defense. My opponent played 2.f3 and already I wasn’t sure what to do. Should I take his e4 pawn or do something else? I can’t seem to find how to play against 2.f3 in any video (unless I missed it). I ended up going 2…Nf6. All in all my opponent (who was even lower rated than I was) was crushing me until, for some unknown reason, he abandoned the game.
@iriharyrandriakotonirina514 It's true that it gives black options. That doesn't always mean they can figure out what to do with them. I've found it a little awkward to capture the pawn if they just push it instead of capturing. I hadn't seen any videos talking about what to do if they declined the pawn. I'll look up that one.
Nice video. I've been playing the Qxd5/Qa5 Scandi for a couple of years but have been reviewing the Nf6 modern variation, hoping to add it to my arsenal. Just haven't played it yet. Any thoughts on how to meet the 3. Bb5+ line?
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GM so I would love to know that is there any variation after Nc6 then B4+
After my opening (white) to E4, if they move pawn to D4,---I move my E4 pawn forward to E5 then protect it, (Pawn E4 or knight F3, or both). This clogs up their center, and keeps a knight of theirs from entering the center of the board. I have not played a game yet where I have a disadvantage, but I don't play a lot to get real good.
I try to play a little to get real good. :)
@@babymotseki3794 Figure it out.
Anyone else in the habit of watching the first two minutes of these videos and then jumping to the chess app to try it?
Appreciate you for being here !💛
I loose every single time
Hahaha @@kobe51
I play it out on my magnetic set, including the "what ifs" to what I would do if my opponent moves some other way.
@@alanthirsk374 that's the way to do it. 👌
► Chapters
00:00 Top 10 Scandinavian Defense Opening Traps For Black
00:08 Scandinavian Defence: Modern Variation
00:45 Trap-1: If White plays 3.d4
04:06 Trap-2: If White plays 7.cxb5 instead of 7.Qxb5
05:41 Trap-3: Mieses-Kotroc Variation
08:18 Trap-4: If White plays 3.c4
10:03 Trap-5
11:12 Trap-6: Panov Transfer
12:58 Trap-7
14:04 Trap-8: If White plays 3.Nc3
16:02 Trap-9: Main Line, Leonhardt Gambit
18:12 Trap-10: Marshall Variation (for advanced players)
What to do if White refuses to take the offered pawn and pushes forward to 2. P-K5?
Nice Timestamps.🙂🙃
Hey Igor. I'm watching at your videos for about the last 2 years and to be honest it's the first time I comment. Man that was a masterpiece especially for me who love the Skandinavian. Thanks for the video. Good job !!
So glad to hear that from you, we'll keep at it! 🙏
Bro this Scandinavian video is better than levy's video
Seriously he taught everything you need to know about Scandinavian tricks and traps and now I'm only going to play this opening against e4( Thanks to Igor Smirnov)❤
No need to compare, learn from both
@@Demolishednoob ya bro but levy didn't told all of the tricks and traps like he told
So he gets a win in this one
Igor is a General Manager and Levy is an Inventory Manager, thats why
ALL Igor's videos are better than the other guys' vids!
So glad to hear that from you, we'll keep at it! 🙏
Big thank you again Igor for this spectacular way to play the scandinavian opening for black i love so much cause too much good options for attacking players!
So glad to hear that from you, we'll keep at it!
@@GMIgorSmirnov i need to practice a bit thid but look enough simple to learn well.
The minute I moved my 1st pawn, I immediately got checked with the bishop..
Amazing! Thank you for sharing this👏🏼
Glad this was helpful for you! 💛
I got the difficulty when white didn't capture the pawn and move it forward do we have any trap for that
@11:00 ha! that was great counter check there! black did pull off an Uno reverse card! 🔁
Love This!!!! Thanks for the tuition
Thank you for watching!
I like this version of the Scandinavian. I started getting really bored playing 2.e5 in blitz and getting into the same gioco piano or ruy lopez every time with knight pins etc. This is a really lively and open way to play outside of the box.
1:16 So what do you play after white plays (5. a3)? Because then you'd be loosing I guess...
yes and that is a way more obvious move, especially for lower level players. Engine says white is up 1.28. Waste of time!
“Loosing” 😂😂😂
Then you Take your b8 horse to c3
I've tried this 15 times they just ignore my attack & moved forward to develope new square 😢
Igor is definitely the best chess coach online, love watching he’s videos and it’s helped me to gain elo the past month
Awesome to hear that from you!
Scandinavian defence is actually my hated opening to play against. Black plays for a qin
Do you have a video about the opening of the queen's Pawn ?
I like the traps being shown. You should also show likely alternatives that just lead to normal development with some comments on the best next few moves. Such as after Black plays Nf6, White then plays Bb5#? Last thing people need is the clocking ticking down thinking damn, he's not supposed to play that, what now?
beautiful...simply beautiful. I can not wait !!!!
I learned a lot from this channel. Thanks GM Igor!
thankyouu very much buddy im getting better at chess, as days go by
I absolutely loved seeing the Modern Scandi when I played 1. e4 and had a 100% record against it at a time when it was surprisingly popular on the weekend Swiss circuit. I played the d4+c4 line but never ran into the Kiel variation (4...Nb4). Instead of 5. Qa4 there, 5. a3 N4c6; 6. d5 looks quite promising for white though, so I am not sure this is a scary option providing white just plays sensibly. I would be shocked if black would score even close to 80% from there aside from playing against much much weaker opponents. Personally I would hate to have to play the black side of that.
I also played the d4+c4 (Big Centre) line against 2...Qxd4 but here the trick is to insert 4. Nf3 before pushing the c pawn forward. If black continues in traditional Scandi style after this, white gets a serious advantage so black does best to bring the queen over to the kingside and exert pressure there, which makes for an interesting game. If both sides play to book, white gets a small advantage but nothing special. Nonetheless, it is far enough outside of standard Scandi positions that I found most opponents to be uncomfortable in this line allowing white to consolidate central control and eventually launch an attack while black tries to organise their counterplay. The typical variation runs 1. e4 d5; 2. ed Qxd5; 3. d4 Nf6; 4. Nf3 Bg4; 5. Be2 Nc6; 6. c4 Qh5; 7. Be3 0-0-0; 8. Nbd2, after which black chooses between 8...e5 and 8...e6. The highest level example of this I can find is Morozevich-Rogers (Bundesliga 1999), which white won in a sharp game after just 26 moves.
I play the scandi against 1e4 95% of the time and I win a heck of a lot more of my games then I lose with that opening. However, this video just showed me some new tricks that have worked brilliantly so far. The first 4 games of trying them, I forked the queen 2x already lol and won the other two fairly easily. I'd like to see a video for how to handle white bishop to B5 - that's how I counter this version of scandi and it blows up their position every time.
@@ldpickett28 After 1. e4 d5; 2. ed Nf6; 3. Bb5+, the most reliable defence for black is 3...Bd7. Taking on d7 now is not good so white typically retreats the bishop to e2 or c4. If e2 then black just takes the pawn; if c4 then black usually plays 4...Bg4 (...Bf5 and ...b5 are also playable). White remains very slightly better (as always) but there is no question of the black position being blown up and for the most part you would just expect the better player to win.
GREAT VIDEO because most of these traps don't lead to bad positions if the opponent dosen't fall into it.
Even @1:26 if white plays de best move 6.a3 there is another trap after 6...Na6 7.d5 Nc5
then the white queen has to go back to 8.Qd1
if it keeps the pin in 8.Qb5 (very tempting) 8...e5 is winning for black !
Thank you very much for sharing your experience and knowledge about trading.
Very tactical, but could be tricky if opponents don't play this exact line. What happens for example at 5:10 if White plays Kd1 and removes the discovered check with the Knight? Now you are just a piece down and White has the potential for moves like b6+.
I read an article about the Icelandic Gambit, the e6 pawn sac in the modern, in 1997 written by Kevin Spraggett, Canadian GM, about the Portuguese variation. I have been playing that set of lines OTB and of course in the past decade plus online exclusively against e4. This video is freaking GOLD for me. Its been a long time since I've been this excited about new lines!
Some traps I discovered on my own simply with thousands of online games, but some of these ideas wow, I may gain 100+ elo OTB if/when I ever play OTB classical again.
I used to play the Pirc, now that only happens when I mouse slip against e4.
New Subscriber!
So glad to hear that from you, we'll keep at it! 🙏
Igor mewing is wild
found this great but what if, instead of bringing the queen out, white plays pawn a3 to kick the first knight? does the trap just fail?
edit: this has happened every time and completely shuts it down. following with b8 knight to c6 (to defend with the knight) or pawn to e7 (to open up the bishop and defend with that), either defence they just take the winning capture of the knight on b4. i really would like to play this opening but dont know what to do in this spot. can anyone help? seems like a pretty big flaw
Basically in the first example, if white keeps to basics and not bring queen out early, they wouldn't fall for the trap
wow. that was a very cool one
Amazing tricks ❤
Thank you for watching!
I must have missed it. How many times did Robert Fisher use this defence 1.e4 d5? And how many times was it used against him?
This generation does not speak of Bobby Fischer, but he was the best chess player who ever lived. No, only the world champ once and did not defend it (he was cracking up right about then IMO), but if we understand how the world is falling, (communism destroying individual liberty and our free enterprise that free people created), and how Russia was using state supported chess to prove intelligence over the West,----we can see that "self taught" Bobby Fischer, (the individual), who was able to defeat them and make it look easy. That is the story---of mankind since the founding of the USA. The greatest chess player who ever lived, and the story was never told correctly until now. Too bad we ignore the liberty accomplishments we did in the past. Doug in Michigan.
i like this line. I used to get murdered when playing black, trying to play along d4 d5 (and declined or not etc), but after a previous similar video you did, saccing two pawns, you gave me a great tool to cover my *most basic game repertoire as black*, as I really had nothing against 1.d4 when playing black, as the queens opening seemed such maze of variations.
This line is also very good, even though its a 1.e4 line, and seems thoroughly covered (i am a 3rd of the way through). Thank you Igor!
Glad this was helpful for you!💛
@GMIgorSmirnov thank you for taking the time to answer Igor. Been trying to lazy play this (i'll explain). It has come up a couple of times already, mostly the knight variation, ending up with the black queen in the middle of the board, so its good, it does come up. By lazy i mean not putting it in a proper training program, with all the variations, to help me memorize it.
Anyway, i like, it, adds a bit of spice/variety and helps with recognizing patterns/tactics.
As I do also appreciate, you always mentioning that these are nice as tricks, but to improve we really need to study. Hence the course.
Also I guess all these spicy lines are perhaps another way by which the players of old did end up in the established positional lines, perhaps; that a lot of new players think, "no, I want to play my way" and resist instruction. Still for beginners, I hear its good advice not to go too much in opening theory.
Thank you again.
Update: Managed to get it half way right: lichess.org/Lj4WEanJ/black#32
What about after they taking your pawn exd5 then you go knight f6 and they play bishop b5 checking your king?
I just started playing the scandi and I see this video THANK YOU IGOR
Can you make a video for openings that give positional advantage because my friend told me the higher rated you get the lesser you rely on traps
Hi, I would like to know how to understand when to open a deal, because it's quite important, and so everything is very interesting, thank you very much, I hope for productive cooperation)
Hey i i learned to play chess&Matt from a friend a long time ago. But never mastered it. I always liked chess&matt.for the moment am learning it properly and i have to say your videos is helpful every player am practicing with they use this kind of attacks with whit. Even woth black they always tried to attack Scandinavian way. But they don't learn sacrifice yet. And me too amd i know that it needed to trap your opponent. Thanks to. Your videos. But as i said there are a lot of beginners who learned to play in different manners so they don't think the same those trick may not work the same but i think it will still work
Appreciate you watching!
on last lesson attack with bishop instead of knight and hunt the Queen
solid opening for black . this would help me in the tournament thanks igor
Sir you can make other types of videos like analysing games of subscribers or guess the elo or sub battle or game reviews etc apart from the normal tutorial videos. Just saying
I never thought like this
Igor I love you bro you are teacher of teachers
So glad to hear that from you, we'll keep at it!
Great video!
Thank you for watching! 💛
Your signals and strategies really work. I've been following your recommendations for several months now and getting great results.
What is your elo
Awesome to hear that from you!
I just love the way Igor says "pin" ❤️
I'm going to memorise this !
👍
Sir, excellent vdo launched by you. Thanks a lot.
Appreciate you for watching!💛
Wild❤
What if they don't take D4
Sir please explain about center counter black and white.. sides.
very nice video
Thank you for watching!💛
I usually punish this but now I'm in on it.
I loved it 😂 time to master this and play this on my games xD 😆 Thank you for this educational video much appreciated it helped me alot 😀
Glad you enjoyed it and learned something new.
omg, this clip is just what I need. Thank you so much, I tried Scandinavian many times and still struggled with it.
note for myself : trap 6,7,1
Hi Igor thank you for your excellent videos are you ever in the UK ?
Thank you for watching!
Wow! A lot of fun - and I had thought the Scandinavian was a waste of time.
Thank you for watching!
Increadible i love it спасибо
Thank you for watching!
Great video
Appreciate you for watching! 💛
e6 and Nc3 are my preferred responses. Against an equal opponent it's very d5 is draws a lot
Wow ! This is better than the Sicilian.
Maybe a Reti Gambit? Very interesting and dangerous for black and still comfortable for white
Igor, could you please not use white background for your videos, it's bright af and hurts eyes
Thanks for another informative video.
Thank you for watching!
Wow this looks very destructive 😂
Thank you for watching!💛
If GM Igor is giving this for free, I wonder 💭 what’s in his course?
9:53 i have a lot of victim after they played Nf3 by Qxf2#
In the first trap after queen check and knight to C6 what do you do if white decides to push their A pawn to kick your knight? is this not simply losing?
So many variations 😳!!!
Igor Nation never care about material in the Scandinavian Defense.✊🏻
A good thing to remember when playing, (that this inexperienced guy has figured out, me). After only about 2 moves, when ever you move a piece, you are probably opening up the board for your opponent also.
Be as careful with spotting that, before you attack.
This is a game of infinite possibilities. Be careful it does not attack you, and keep you out of the rest of life and its reality, (Bobby Fischer for only one example).
I’m a beginner (Elo in 400’s) and have been trying to learn variations of the Scandanavian Defense. My opponent played 2.f3 and already I wasn’t sure what to do. Should I take his e4 pawn or do something else? I can’t seem to find how to play against 2.f3 in any video (unless I missed it). I ended up going 2…Nf6. All in all my opponent (who was even lower rated than I was) was crushing me until, for some unknown reason, he abandoned the game.
Wow, amazing move❤
So you have a video that punishes 1. e4 and 1. d4
so what should I play then
im 800 and want to use these traps but nobody accepts the original pawn.
I agree. No one is also going to move their pawn behind the other pawn instead of attacking the horse
Having the same problem. They never take it
at 18:04 I genuinely was like "what's wrong with Qg4"
Wow ❤
Very good But what if white doesn’t take the pawn?
I love playing against Scandinavian. Its easy Also if u take that pawn (which is good move)
What about after Knight to b4, white just plays a3? There is no good knight move after that and the engine shows a clear advantage for white!
Can you give a crash course of the french?
10:45 : Amazing
I want to join your class 😢😢😢😢😢
ICBM gambit: 🗿🗿🗿 tennison gambit:🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿
My question do I need to remember all those tactics??
Or should be reactive or action reaction
So, how do we refute the Scandinavian ?
You don't have to accept the pawn. Maybe you could test their knowledge of other lines.
@@oliver4534 but there are other videos of Igor showing that not accepting the pawn gives an advantage to black because they still can attack
@iriharyrandriakotonirina514 It's true that it gives black options. That doesn't always mean they can figure out what to do with them.
I've found it a little awkward to capture the pawn if they just push it instead of capturing. I hadn't seen any videos talking about what to do if they declined the pawn. I'll look up that one.
1:19 they actually play a3, any good comeback to that?
Wow
Nice video. I've been playing the Qxd5/Qa5 Scandi for a couple of years but have been reviewing the Nf6 modern variation, hoping to add it to my arsenal. Just haven't played it yet. Any thoughts on how to meet the 3. Bb5+ line?
Thank you for watching! 💛
Unfortunately my opponents now play 2. e5. Can you please advise on how to play that. Thanks
Garry Kasparov used to play Scandinavian, but later switched to Nájdorf Sicilian.😮
I am waiting for your new video I want to meet you to learn practically I have already joined your telegram community well
Can anyone name the software Igor is using? I'd like to try it.
I enjoy your videos for the entertainment value. I'm not capable of memorizing all of these interesting variations.
What’s my defense of after I played Nf6 white played Bg4+?
I need this but for d1 😔
what about an in between move like b6 it makes us losing?? (4:41)
Message to Igor's editor - Let us look at the final positions for a second before dissolving away!
On 6:44 what if opponent plays knight to defend
Nice❤
My issue with these videos is my opponents never play those lines
He advised an en passant