Just for people interested I've played this a ton for a long time and if you are playing 1800+ players you will be in trouble... For sub 1600 it gives great games though.
Yeah, if people are playing things like Pirc's Defense, C5 Sicilian, or even Alekhine, this Gambit (and most) are not even going to work; they wont be able to survive!
AccountWasHacked Now I know this. I am pretty new too chess this year but I have played 2000 games of chess so far and have studied lines like crazy and I am pretty good with the urusov and everytime I play this against really good guys they get me everytime. Do you have any recommendations which I should study?
..Your'e so right Kevin the Bc4 move is so powerful in Gambits, especially if you are prepared to sac it. Since visiting your Channel I now trawl the net for opening tricks and Gambits, i'm only a 1500 so they work most of the time. Great vid....."Keep on rolling them out,"
" Advanced" beginner.Studying openings.Very well presented video on the Urasov.New to chess people (me) really appreciate when more knowledgeable players show us their moves.Videos like this increase good chess playing.I will try the other side with the Nimzoindian next!?!?
00:27 it's theoretically a draw so it's definitely sound. also it's much easier to play compared to kings gambit. edit: btw I suggest you add the main line with Qh4 (the "draw" I was talking about) the computer doesn't like it at first and says white is worse but then it changes it's mind and gives 0.0. however it's still really easy to play for white because there are way too many ways for black to go wrong and allow white to have a devastating attack because in most positions arising from the gambit all white really needs is an extra tempo. and even if black plays all the precise moves white will eventually be able to sac the rook for black's bishop, win a lot of pawns and open up the game which is technically a draw. If i remember correctly there was also another endgame where the only imbalance was that white had a better pawn structure but was missing the light squared bishop while black attained the bishop pair.
lets opponent develop the queen with tempo while avoiding the mate on f7 and it's not even a pawn gain because after Kd8 e takes d6 qc1 b2 square is unprotected and the rook would fall and the knight is pinned.
I do not understand (after seeing this video) why another channel would title this "The Unbeatable Urusov Gambit...." :/ Love your channel, best chess channel I've seen (much better than ichess imo; sometimes they do not seem to know what they are talking about, not that I am good at chess). I enjoy coffee chess with the Great Carlini too. lol
At 2:41, xd6 is a bad move. Bxg5 killing the knight and threatening the queen, leaving a imminent checkmate threat that is unavoidable. Unless if Qd7. THEN, at this rate, xd5 is a devastating move not because pawn structure is destroyed, but because white has the center of the map freely open to add towers into the attack with a castling while black's queen side castling is far from possible (at least 3 moves away) and King's side is being blocked by a bishop that is hard to take away. Prognosis: "and black... resigned" - Mato Jelic. P.S.: Be6 to block the check is a dumb idea for Qb5+ gives the pawn on b7(tested, any attempt to not losing the pawn can receive chaotic responses from white) and capturing the bishop after this pawn was taken would mean sacrificing the Rook, giving white material anyway while destroying black's queen side defense, as now after a bried bishop exchange .
@wooshifgay462 I wrote it 6 years ago. Would have to rewatch and re-analyse. Specially now I am 200 rating points above those days, so even if I had the Analysis written I would fare better re-doing it.
it's interesting to see u promote the idea that white should short castle. It obviously works but some say the general idea is to castle on the queen side and center the rooks. u mentioned "overwhelming" and i think that was what u were referring to. It's almost disgusting if u can get the gambit to play out that way. And it seems to form the idea in your opponents mind that your Paul Morphy brought back to life again. Anyway great vid.thx
Hello. At 1:42 What if black sacrifices his knight with Kxf2 right away?? White has to take with King to f2, to avoid losing Queen or Rook.... Then black plays Queen to h4, checking the white king. After White King moves or g3 is played, Queen can retake the lost material with Qxc4. We are now even in material + with the exeption of white King not being as safe safe as black. PLz explain anyone..am I missing something??
2:55 if Bxg5 then the reason why ... Qxg5 is bad is not because of Qxf7+ "things get very tricky" but much more prosaically because White just plays Qxg5...
I have a question regarding 3:17. Why doesn't he just take the knight and get another queen? then his opponent would choose either take the new queen or keep it and take the bishop, in both cases white will be up a knight and maybe a rook.
Kevin, you need to make a video on this line 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. f4! I find some of the lines of this gambit very aggressive, It's called the Bishop's opening, Berlin, Greco Gambit, If you don't compete against Bishop's opening so much, you should have a look at this.
At 7:50 why wouldn't black take the knight on e4, its undefended. As a lower level player I find the people I play against don't make any of the main line moves so the vids don't always help in my games.
1:50 why not Qd5 check mate or loosing a knight? Did I miss something?2:38 why would u take a pawn not a knight with a bishop, if white takes back it is a mate and if not it is a free knight.
Qd5 wouldn't be checkmate in that position. It's threatening checkmate, but it's easily defended. For your second point, if queen captures that bishop it's no longer checkmate if Qf7. King can simply move to D1. Now you've just let your opponent develop his queen whereas it was at least contained before. It's not losing for white but it's definitely not as good of a position as you could have and you just sacrificed your bishop for a knight and allowed his queen to enter the game.
James Leibee in the first case I know that u can defend against the check mate but then u would loose a knight Isn’t it even better for white? Edit: In second you are right thanks 😉
This is why I play 2...Nc6 in reply to the Bishop's Opening. In my experience, after 2...Nc6, white plays 3.Nf3 over 50% of the time - probably closer to 80%. It then turns into a Two Knights Defense (my preferred line) or a Giuoco Piano. 1.e4 e5, 2.Bc4 Nc6, 3.Nf3 Nf6 (Two Knights) or 1.e4 e5, 2.Bc4 Nc6, 3.Nf3 Bc5 (Giuoco Piano). I checked the masters database on lichess - of the 1,075 games in which White plays 2.Bc4 and black responds with 2...Nc6, 48% of the time white plays 3.Nf3, 30% of the time white plays 3.Nc3 and 20% of the time white plays 3.d3. The other 2% are 3.f4, 3.c3, 3.Qh5 and 3.Qf3. This is master-level play. Again, in my experience, at the amateur/club level, white plays 3.Nf3 much more frequently than the masters do. My guess is this; as white, if a master wants to play a Giuoco Piano or to play against the Two Knights Defense, he is going to play 2.Nf3 and not 2.Bc4. This probably accounts for the lower rate at which masters reply to 2...Nc6 with 3.Nf3. But amateurs almost *always* play 3.Nf3. One thing is for sure, as black, if you play 2...Nc6, you won't have to worry about the Urusov Gambit.
Why not NxC6 at 13:01? If black captures with the B pawn white can fork his rook with check, and it doesn't look great for black if he moves his queen either
...after white plays e5 and black responds with Ng4 the other line that you missed is Bxf7+ if the opponent responds with Kxf7 then Ng5+ happens and white wins back his material with Qxg4 and black loses his right to castle after that white can continue with moves like 0-0 (with the trap if black takes the e5 pawn with a threat to the Q, Qh5+ wins him the N
What is best variation against 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 Nc6 Now what are the good lines for white cause I see this very often and unable to defend my self
At 2’37 why cant we as white take the free knight on g5? Queen cant take back because of the threat of mate. And the all first lines come after the knight is not taken so ...?
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 Why queen back to d3 on move 7? Why not Qh4 with Bg5 and 0-0-0 to follow up with immediate pressure on black's king?
This is most accurate, castling queen side after bg5. Then everything is pinned and all you need to do is find the right sacrifice for mate, especially if they castle. If they don't, it's even easier.
12:59 why not capture the knight on c6 with the knight on the center instead of castlening because he has to defend it or he loses his queen. He can check you but what after?
13:48 after black takes on b3 with his pawn, I would go f7 with my bishop causing check. If black takes on f7, I would check again with queen on b3 and then taking bishop on b4. This way king is prevented from castling and material will be equal.
What if after the bishop sacrifice f7 pawn pushes to e6 his pawn on d7 takes your queen can easily take theirs with out losing yours. Or his king can take the pawn on e6 and be more out in the open.
My very first move as black to stop the ursov gambit would be move the knight on kings side to in front of the rooks pawn king side for protection against the weakest square in the game
Great to have you back Kevin :)
Yay Kevin's back. Please post more, I speak for everyone in that these are the best videos out there.
Start making videos like these again! They're fantastic! Good to see you back
"Fantastic = no" but yeah, entertaining maybe!
Just for people interested I've played this a ton for a long time and if you are playing 1800+ players you will be in trouble... For sub 1600 it gives great games though.
Yeah, if people are playing things like Pirc's Defense, C5 Sicilian, or even Alekhine, this Gambit (and most) are not even going to work; they wont be able to survive!
AccountWasHacked Now I know this. I am pretty new too chess this year but I have played 2000 games of chess so far and have studied lines like crazy and I am pretty good with the urusov and everytime I play this against really good guys they get me everytime. Do you have any recommendations which I should study?
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If you wanna play a gambit play something like Kings or Queens gambit. Or I’ve found Blackmar Gambit to be nice as well
@@NoCokeOnlyIce Blackmer Diemer is good because if your opponent accepts it they are already bad
Morten Lins blackmer diemer is so situational i do not recommend
Why did you make a video on this, now my secret is revealed
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..Your'e so right Kevin the Bc4 move is so powerful in Gambits, especially if you are prepared to sac it. Since visiting your Channel I now trawl the net for opening tricks and Gambits, i'm only a 1500 so they work most of the time. Great vid....."Keep on rolling them out,"
The Unbeatable Urusov gambit
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I like this short, easy to understand way of explaining.
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Thx for making me understand another great gambit line
" Advanced" beginner.Studying openings.Very well presented video on the Urasov.New to chess people (me) really appreciate when more knowledgeable players show us their moves.Videos like this increase good chess playing.I will try the other side with the Nimzoindian next!?!?
legends has it The urosov Gambit is unbeatable
00:27 it's theoretically a draw so it's definitely sound. also it's much easier to play compared to kings gambit.
edit: btw I suggest you add the main line with Qh4 (the "draw" I was talking about) the computer doesn't like it at first and says white is worse but then it changes it's mind and gives 0.0. however it's still really easy to play for white because there are way too many ways for black to go wrong and allow white to have a devastating attack because in most positions arising from the gambit all white really needs is an extra tempo. and even if black plays all the precise moves white will eventually be able to sac the rook for black's bishop, win a lot of pawns and open up the game which is technically a draw. If i remember correctly there was also another endgame where the only imbalance was that white had a better pawn structure but was missing the light squared bishop while black attained the bishop pair.
2:38 why not Bishop takes knight on g5?
that's what I was thinking too
lets opponent develop the queen with tempo while avoiding the mate on f7 and it's not even a pawn gain because after Kd8 e takes d6 qc1 b2 square is unprotected and the rook would fall and the knight is pinned.
Yeah i was wondering the same thing
illegal move
Plzdontattack How?
the position at 0:33 is C24 Ponziani Gambit not the urosov as far as I know/ Urusov is 3.nf3 not d4
I do not understand (after seeing this video) why another channel would title this "The Unbeatable Urusov Gambit...." :/
Love your channel, best chess channel I've seen (much better than ichess imo; sometimes they do not seem to know what they are talking about, not that I am good at chess). I enjoy coffee chess with the Great Carlini too. lol
well... any gambit is unbeatable if you memorise enough lines for it...
11:31 "And the knight's forced to moo.."
At 2:41, xd6 is a bad move. Bxg5 killing the knight and threatening the queen, leaving a imminent checkmate threat that is unavoidable. Unless if Qd7. THEN, at this rate, xd5 is a devastating move not because pawn structure is destroyed, but because white has the center of the map freely open to add towers into the attack with a castling while black's queen side castling is far from possible (at least 3 moves away) and King's side is being blocked by a bishop that is hard to take away.
Prognosis: "and black... resigned" - Mato Jelic.
P.S.: Be6 to block the check is a dumb idea for Qb5+ gives the pawn on b7(tested, any attempt to not losing the pawn can receive chaotic responses from white) and capturing the bishop after this pawn was taken would mean sacrificing the Rook, giving white material anyway while destroying black's queen side defense, as now after a bried bishop exchange .
@wooshifgay462 I wrote it 6 years ago. Would have to rewatch and re-analyse. Specially now I am 200 rating points above those days, so even if I had the Analysis written I would fare better re-doing it.
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it's interesting to see u promote the idea that white should short castle. It obviously works but some say the general idea is to castle on the queen side and center the rooks. u mentioned "overwhelming" and i think that was what u were referring to. It's almost disgusting if u can get the gambit to play out that way. And it seems to form the idea in your opponents mind that your Paul Morphy brought back to life again. Anyway great vid.thx
can someone explain why its check mate at 2:28 cant the king take the queen? excuse my lack of knowledge i don't play all too often
The bishop is protecting the queen and its illegal to move king to squares that are checked
woo ur back please upload more consistently kevin :)
Great tutorial, watching here from Philippines,
Thanks Kevin from chess heaven.
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Hello.
At 1:42
What if black sacrifices his knight with Kxf2 right away?? White has to take with King to f2, to avoid losing Queen or Rook....
Then black plays Queen to h4, checking the white king. After White King moves or g3 is played, Queen can retake the lost material with Qxc4. We are now even in material + with the exeption of white King not being as safe safe as black.
PLz explain anyone..am I missing something??
yBazo82 After Qh4 white plays g3 and black must move the queen, then white will defend the pawn and have a good position... Hope that clears it up 👍🏻
G3... i remembered my days in the military
2:35 Why not play bxg5? It seems the only response is be6. bxd8. bxd5. bxd5. Kxd8. And white is up a piece. Am I missing something?
2:55 if Bxg5 then the reason why ... Qxg5 is bad is not because of Qxf7+ "things get very tricky" but much more prosaically because White just plays Qxg5...
I have a question regarding 3:17. Why doesn't he just take the knight and get another queen? then his opponent would choose either take the new queen or keep it and take the bishop, in both cases white will be up a knight and maybe a rook.
Because black can just check the king with his queen and take the new queen after
Kevin, you need to make a video on this line
1. e4 e5
2. Bc4 Nf6
3. f4!
I find some of the lines of this gambit very aggressive, It's called the Bishop's opening, Berlin, Greco Gambit, If you don't compete against Bishop's opening so much, you should have a look at this.
at 1:47, is Qd5 better than bf7?
At the minute 17:26 after kingF1 what about knight takes G3 with check? Can someone help me here with the most accurate moves
I'm going to have to revisit this vid even though I already feel smarter
At 7:50 why wouldn't black take the knight on e4, its undefended. As a lower level player I find the people I play against don't make any of the main line moves so the vids don't always help in my games.
It’s blacks knight, so it’s illegal
Base Ten Blocks I probably got the time wrong, I have no idea what I was trying to say...
make more videos on this opening with other lines
thanks, mr. pon.
12:49 why not Kxc6? If black retakes with the pawn then Bxc6 gains the rook for a bishop.
ttiole Good play
1:50 why not Qd5 check mate or loosing a knight? Did I miss something?2:38 why would u take a pawn not a knight with a bishop, if white takes back it is a mate and if not it is a free knight.
Qd5 wouldn't be checkmate in that position. It's threatening checkmate, but it's easily defended.
For your second point, if queen captures that bishop it's no longer checkmate if Qf7. King can simply move to D1. Now you've just let your opponent develop his queen whereas it was at least contained before. It's not losing for white but it's definitely not as good of a position as you could have and you just sacrificed your bishop for a knight and allowed his queen to enter the game.
James Leibee in the first case I know that u can defend against the check mate but then u would loose a knight
Isn’t it even better for white?
Edit: In second you are right thanks 😉
This is why I play 2...Nc6 in reply to the Bishop's Opening. In my experience, after 2...Nc6, white plays 3.Nf3 over 50% of the time - probably closer to 80%. It then turns into a Two Knights Defense (my preferred line) or a Giuoco Piano. 1.e4 e5, 2.Bc4 Nc6, 3.Nf3 Nf6 (Two Knights) or 1.e4 e5, 2.Bc4 Nc6, 3.Nf3 Bc5 (Giuoco Piano).
I checked the masters database on lichess - of the 1,075 games in which White plays 2.Bc4 and black responds with 2...Nc6, 48% of the time white plays 3.Nf3, 30% of the time white plays 3.Nc3 and 20% of the time white plays 3.d3. The other 2% are 3.f4, 3.c3, 3.Qh5 and 3.Qf3. This is master-level play. Again, in my experience, at the amateur/club level, white plays 3.Nf3 much more frequently than the masters do. My guess is this; as white, if a master wants to play a Giuoco Piano or to play against the Two Knights Defense, he is going to play 2.Nf3 and not 2.Bc4. This probably accounts for the lower rate at which masters reply to 2...Nc6 with 3.Nf3. But amateurs almost *always* play 3.Nf3.
One thing is for sure, as black, if you play 2...Nc6, you won't have to worry about the Urusov Gambit.
Why not NxC6 at 13:01? If black captures with the B pawn white can fork his rook with check, and it doesn't look great for black if he moves his queen either
2:37 why not kill knight placed at g5 square using bisgop at c1??? The black's queen is targetted and we can attack the pawn at f7 square
At 5:07 I will never bring out the queen as black.I will castle kingside.Why would you do that as black?? 🤔
Cause otherwise you would lose the knight, The Queen is there to protect it
Real question, why would you play this if you can play the nakhmanson gambit.
This analysis is good I like the way is. Go on .....
what if the black moves his knight at 8:00 to f2 then white wont have a chance to castle too ??
sorry at 7:00
Wanted to make video on this, but it cant be explained any better than you did :)
12:44 why not nxc6 threatening queen winning material if pawn takes bishop takes forking king and rook winning material?
Austin Gautier nxf2 YASS fried liver
...after white plays e5 and black responds with Ng4 the other line that you missed is Bxf7+ if the opponent responds with Kxf7 then Ng5+ happens and white wins back his material with Qxg4 and black loses his right to castle after that white can continue with moves like 0-0 (with the trap if black takes the e5 pawn with a threat to the Q, Qh5+ wins him the N
Thanks for the great tutorial!
i rmbr playing this openin where i was 17 without this knowledge lol 10 yrs ago
black queen one7 and problem is on white side?
What is best variation against 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 Nc6
Now what are the good lines for white cause I see this very often and unable to defend my self
Maybe I’ll give this a try. I usually play the scotch gambit, this should be a nice addition to the repertoire
finally you're active again Kevin
The strength of white's attack is to castle queenside in this gambit. Why was this not even covered?
At 2’37 why cant we as white take the free knight on g5? Queen cant take back because of the threat of mate. And the all first lines come after the knight is not taken so ...?
7;20 what should i do if king not taking the bishop?
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 Why queen back to d3 on move 7? Why not Qh4 with Bg5 and 0-0-0 to follow up with immediate pressure on black's king?
This is most accurate, castling queen side after bg5. Then everything is pinned and all you need to do is find the right sacrifice for mate, especially if they castle. If they don't, it's even easier.
At 2:55, if QxB, then you wouldn't move Qxf7+ as that would only equalize. Instead, you'd get a free queen (with 8. QxQ). :)
Thank you! I needed this!
At 2:50, why can't black play Be6 instead?... That would attack the queen and defend the pawn on f7 preventing the mate.
Queen takes Knight making black down a piece. If black takes light square bishop, white queen recaptures black's light square bishop
how to do castling in chess if i play in my mobile?
5:47 why cannot we put queen in d1?
Yes exactly my thought we can but the king can escape via G2,but it definitely does messes up white
1:48 why doesn't queen do d5 threatening mate in 1 or a take on e4
Can you make a video where the black answers with queen to e7 after white bishop c4?
At 11:03 why not move the white night to g5??
13:51 why not bxf7 kxh7 Qb3+ ke8 Qxb4?
At 2:32 why don't you take the horse on G5 with your bishop?
*2:50
just a beginner here. what if he did black d5 whats the next plan ?
Jimwell Kenneth Bacual same
It’s a hypothetical line if he plays this then you play that not what if he plays queens pawn then it’s a different game
12:59 why not capture the knight on c6 with the knight on the center instead of castlening because he has to defend it or he loses his queen. He can check you but what after?
Nxf2 trade queens
Nice video
Isn’t urusov gambit e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 Bc4?
2:43 why doesn't white capture the knight with the dark square bishop?
Edward Gallenberg oh
12:25 why not exd6?
Because “It’s not worth losing the bishop in this spot.”
Also if you end up taking on g7 the pawn gets very hard to protect and you will most likely end up losing the pawn.
@@kallmekrow822 Well you wouldn't lose the bishop if you play exd6
@@SweGoat didnt think i needed to explain this but the pawn would take the bishop after you take the knight.
@@kallmekrow822 Didn't think I needed to explain this but A) there's no knight on d6 B) there's no pawn to caputre your bishop after exd6
i keep getting my quuen taken early on so i had to know wtf was i being played
I have a lot of people play knight f3 after e4 e5 and then when I play knight to f6 they play bishop to c4, how do I defend against this?
Play nc6 after e4 e5 nf3 you can play the Italian
0:00-8:17 is if knight takes. 8:17-17:26 is if pawn takes
I like the Bishops game!
After pawn moves to d4 for black is queen to e7 a good idea?
new player here, At 2:45 , why not go Bishop G5 and take the knight while while threatening Queen with that move as well
2:40 why not just take the knight with the bishop?
13:48 after black takes on b3 with his pawn, I would go f7 with my bishop causing check. If black takes on f7, I would check again with queen on b3 and then taking bishop on b4. This way king is prevented from castling and material will be equal.
3:06 you can take pawn at f7 for checkmate.
But it was black's move and the white needed to neet it's pawn first
Umm...1:16 can't you move your queen to f3 and threaten checkmate and attack the horse..??
13:24 Doubled pawns also make files for rooks. This can make your queenside weaker.
seems like it can go bad a lot of ways this opening and not enough compensation
Exactly. High risk low reward and honesty not that tricky.
12:52 What if Nxc6?
How if after Bc4 Qh4?
What is he declines the gambit?
Is the Fischer series over?
What about if the opponent plays Sicilian defence against bishop c4
Is it possible to reach those positions from the center game? What are the main differences?
kevin ur awesome buddy!!
What if the king does not take the bishop when you sack? You don't have these discovered attacks.
Micajah Schweikert if the king moves then simply retreat the bishop, be up a pawn and castle right...
why cant black move pawn c4 as an opening?
What if after the bishop sacrifice f7 pawn pushes to e6 his pawn on d7 takes your queen can easily take theirs with out losing yours. Or his king can take the pawn on e6 and be more out in the open.
How do you threaten CM on F7
0:30 what if knight to c6?
d5 Na5 Bd3 white has a nice advantage
When black plays Bc5 if you castle it looks like you are just giving away a knight
What if after White plays Nf3, black plays Bc5
I play this all the time!!!
My very first move as black to stop the ursov gambit would be move the knight on kings side to in front of the rooks pawn king side for protection against the weakest square in the game