@@ChessBootCamp I think it is something like 1.7 as opposed to 2.2, not much, just Bxf7 is the best move in chess. No castling after that irrevocable damage.
A very instructive video. I like how you showed the same ideas appearing in different openings. I saved this to my video library under "chess openings".
The best continuation for Black at 14:24 is not ...Bg6, but ...Bxc2 wins a pawn. If White responds with Qxc2, then Black goes ...Qxd4, wins another pawn, while forking White's King and Knight on e5.
What an exhilarating gambit ! I included immediately VHG in my repertoire to fight against Caro Kann players. Thank you so much, Ben, for your help and all those videos !
As a Caro player, the Von Hennig is definitely annoying as you usually want to swap your lightsquared bishop off asap and then put your pawns on light squares and play a solid, relatively closed position. Usually that involves pinning the knight with Bg4 but of course this is a blunder vs the VH as white can "oh no my queen" and play Ne5 anyway. Also you been working out fella? Looking chesty 💪
One of my favourite patterns the oh no my queen trap except I play it in a QGA line You seem to enjoy these tricky trappy lines so one of my favourite is against the Marshall defence which offers a lot of fun games as white for example 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Bd3 sets the trap where d4 looks undefended so 5 ... Qxd4 loses the queen with 6.Bb5+ . Often I find players focusing on the d4 pawn as a point of weakness throwing pieces at it only to forget they cannot recapture at the end with the queen because of the same tactic. Then should that trick not work out with the king attempting to castle all it takes is throwing in a Nf3 move and pushing e5 kicking the defensive black knight on Nf6 then that d3 bishop is nicely placed for a crushing Greek gift sacrifice on h7.
Added to the repertoire. Thank you!
Nice one.
Very cool! Thanks for the lesson!
Glad you liked it!
Very nice 👍. I don't do well against the Caro-Kann so this looks very very fun!
Happy to help mate.
Nice one Ben, you know my feelings with regard to bxf7 check rather than Ne5. enough said. keep up the good work.
Well, quite, although Ne5 is very risky for black too, even if he doesn't blunder mate in one.
@@ChessBootCamp I think it is something like 1.7 as opposed to 2.2, not much, just Bxf7 is the best move in chess. No castling after that irrevocable damage.
Would be interesting to see some vHG games where Black defends well & doesn't plonk his B on g4 like a Euro-muppet! 😸
Yeah, I'm sure I'll have to up my game if I keep playing it.
A very instructive video. I like how you showed the same ideas appearing in different openings. I saved this to my video library under "chess openings".
Glad it was helpful! Thanks man.
The best continuation for Black at 14:24 is not ...Bg6, but ...Bxc2 wins a pawn. If White responds with Qxc2, then Black goes ...Qxd4, wins another pawn, while forking White's King and Knight on e5.
What an exhilarating gambit ! I included immediately VHG in my repertoire to fight against Caro Kann players. Thank you so much, Ben, for your help and all those videos !
You're very welcome! Good luck!
You can play this with 1.d4, only if you are Blackmar Diemer player too against semi slav and transpose this.
Yes, true.
As a Caro player, the Von Hennig is definitely annoying as you usually want to swap your lightsquared bishop off asap and then put your pawns on light squares and play a solid, relatively closed position. Usually that involves pinning the knight with Bg4 but of course this is a blunder vs the VH as white can "oh no my queen" and play Ne5 anyway.
Also you been working out fella? Looking chesty 💪
Always glad to hear from players who hate playing against my repertoire, refreshing.
I don't work out, just heavy built (mesomorph).
One of my favourite patterns the oh no my queen trap except I play it in a QGA line
You seem to enjoy these tricky trappy lines so one of my favourite is against the Marshall defence which offers a lot of fun games as white for example 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Bd3 sets the trap where d4 looks undefended so 5 ... Qxd4 loses the queen with 6.Bb5+ . Often I find players focusing on the d4 pawn as a point of weakness throwing pieces at it only to forget they cannot recapture at the end with the queen because of the same tactic.
Then should that trick not work out with the king attempting to castle all it takes is throwing in a Nf3 move and pushing e5 kicking the defensive black knight on Nf6 then that d3 bishop is nicely placed for a crushing Greek gift sacrifice on h7.
That is a sexy trap too, thanks for sharing!