I crushed the very first sicilian I met with this. I was two pawns up in the end game and was able to fork a rook and king. A lot ot fun playing this. Cant wait for another sicilian
How did I miss this video? This was a gambit the great Frank Marshall did a lot of analysis on. Thanks for reminding us of this one, Solomon. These old gambits are new again, if people have forgotten or dismissed these possibilities. Thanks.
Thanks Alan! This one I made awhile back, I'm glad you stumbled across it though! Yes, there's a second discovery of many of these old lines, except now they are being aided by computers. Very dangerous, especially against an opponent who hasn't prepared for it!
This is going into my repertoire for black and white because I play the Sicilian. I also study a lot of middlegame and endgame, so I will know what to do after the opening and in the final section
I accidently did this to a sicilian the other day... I was upset when I saw the sicilian on the board, and I figured I need a crazy turn 2 move that could throw off the entire thing. This is the counter to the sicilian
Hey! Great question!! I honestly shouldv'e covered this in the video. So ya, if Qxg2 white has an over +5 advantage. We will continue with Nxd6+ (giving us a piece) and then will look to play Qf3 immediately against Kf8 so that black can't win our rook. If Ke7 instead, theres alot of good moves we can play (including Qf3 with the idea of an intermediate Nxc8+ if black decides to take our queen) but the best move is actually Ba3!! This looks to give us Nxc8+ on the horizon and black is simply lost there even after taking off our rook. Hope this helps!
This is a great beginner opening! It's fun getting those two free moves in the opening! I still play it's close relative The Portsmouth Gambit. Either one is probably really good fun until 2200+.
Hey! Glad you liked it. Unfortunately I am not sure if I have the PGN still as this was made a long time ago. I'm sorry about that! (However, I am potentially gonna make more content on this soon. Trying to figure out what do next after the Hippo is finished riding the wave. But this is on the list because I like this move a lot.)
Great question! So ya against Qxg2 we play Nxd6+.... what we do next depends on where the king goes. If Kf8 we simply play Qf3 and trade down a piece ahead. If Ke7 we have Ba3, and if Kd7 we have d5... there's a ton of theory there but hopefully that sets you in the right direction. Black could play Qxg2 and then Kd7 to win our rook but if you plug this into a computer it is simply winning for white as the king has no protection.
in this video you described the delayed wing gambit as: 1. e4 c5 2. a3 Nc6 3. b4 but is there such a thing as an "open delayed wing gambit" (or "deferred delayed wing gambit"): 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. a3 d6 4. b4 thanks for the clarification!
Wow, I had heard of the delayed wing gambit but not the open delayed wing gambit or deferred delayed wing gambit! Thanks for sharing this! I honestly hadn't thought about the fact that we could just wait a little longer, kind of fascinating!
Hey John! Great question! Against d6, we can go with b4 and then something such as Nc3, Rb1 (key move, defending that pawn on b4, also with potential ideas of playing b5 or taking on c5 and then all of a sudden we have a rook crashing down on b7, but honestly just waiting and keeping the tension is best for awhile in most instances), Nf3, Bb5, 0-0, etc. And white has a nice game!
Good question Panagiotis! In that case, we could play Rg1 and attack the queen. After the queen moves, we play Nxd6+ winning a bishop, followed by Nxf7 and then winning the rook on h8! Hope this helps!
Yessir! We will just continue developing and at some point look to put a rook on b1 to support the pawn on b4 (while also looking at bxc5 ideas opening the file up). Hope this helps!
Have fun with it! I still play this all the time - honestly following 2. ...Nc6 black can fall into trouble fast and fast often so this is my favorite move to play against. 2. ...g6 is harder to deal with but white's position is still very much playable.
when playing against the Sicilian, what are the pros and cons of playing Smith Morra Gambit compared to Wing Gambit? Which gambit is more successful at an intermediate 1500 level? And why?
I would say the Delayed Wing Gambit is much stronger than the Smith-Morra Gambit, in fact I was just talking to one of my students about this. Firstly, Sicilian players know the Smith-Morra, but many don't prepare for 2. a3! I played the Sicilian my whole life and had never heard of it. Second, the Delayed Wing Gambit gives up the a and b pawns, instead of the c and d. I think this is very much in white's favor. Thirdly, there are WAY more opening traps with the Delayed Wing Gambit. It is simply a much more dangerous system. Hope this helps!
@@TheChessGiant thanks Solomon for your concise reasons. I also love to play Levonfish attack with f4 against black Sicilian dragon. But if I start with the delayed Wing Gambit, I no longer can play the levenfish. is that correct? I must choose one or the other?
Hey Bren, good question! Against this I would probably play Nf3 and Bd2, with Nb5/Nc4/d5 ideas always in the air. The queen does slow things down for a bit, but it's soon gonna have to run to c7 or d8 where it's still pretty exposed to potential attacks. Hope this helps!
Ya, the Wing Gambit is also good. More straightforward in what we want to achieve but less traps. I would honestly say they're both very safe. I don't think one is safer than the other. The advantage of the Delayed is more trappy lines and the advantage of the regular Wing Gambit is that 2. ...g6 loses it's fire. Hope this helps!
Thanks for awesome video ! For the line after e6, there is also an agressive line which after Bxb4 plays Bb2, Nf6, e5 kicking away the night, Nd5 and then c4 kicking away the night once more. If Night goes to e7 then simply Qg4 to attack g7 and attacking plans with h4,5,6 If Night goes to c7 or b6 there is this very nice rook a3! If Bxa3,Bxa3, our bishop is very strong not allowing castle, we have ideas with Qg4 and even Bd6 blocking completely black development. And if black are too scared to take the rook, then we put it on g3 with hugh attacking chances on the kingside. What do you think about this variation?
Yes, I am very familiar with this line! I saw GM Simon teach it once in his "Spicy Gambits" series. It's a ton of fun, however I've stopped playing this because against Qg4, we have Ng6, and after h4, black can play h5 kicking our queen to g3... and I personally haven't had a ton of success with this line in tournament play. But honestly if black plays anything else I love white's game, and I should've included it in the video. That Ra3 line is awesome
So dangerous!! And so many Sicilian Defense players don't know about it... I played the Sicilian for YEARS and I had never heard of a3 or seen it (I don't think). I definetely had zero clue on how dangerous it was if I did see it, and I again I'm not sure I did! My favorite move to play against is Nc6
Thank Niccolo! Ya so basically by playing a3 we allow black to play Nc6 or e6, which in turn, would mean that either of those minor pieces would take it, losing a tempo when we attack those pieces and go for the advantage in development
Same here! I was introduced to this originally by the GingerGM on chess.com and it is brilliant, especially against lines like 2. ...Nc6 and 2. ...e6. I've had winning positions against 2200+ tournament players within the first few minutes in blitz time controls especially against that Nc6 line where we eventually go with Na3. Welcome to the few and the proud haha
I crushed the very first sicilian I met with this. I was two pawns up in the end game and was able to fork a rook and king. A lot ot fun playing this. Cant wait for another sicilian
How did I miss this video? This was a gambit the great Frank Marshall did a lot of analysis on. Thanks for reminding us of this one, Solomon. These old gambits are new again, if people have forgotten or dismissed these possibilities. Thanks.
Thanks Alan! This one I made awhile back, I'm glad you stumbled across it though! Yes, there's a second discovery of many of these old lines, except now they are being aided by computers. Very dangerous, especially against an opponent who hasn't prepared for it!
Absolutely superb. Thank you so much. This is one of the best videos I've seen on this incredible opening.
Thanks Philip! Glad to help!
Excellent video! This is the exact level of detail I was looking for. Very clear and concise. Adding this to my repertoire. Thank you
I wrote out every line, replayed all of them, and watched a few games where it was played. Now I feel big brain. Nice video, thanks!
Ayy big brain is what we want! Glad you enjoyed it.
This is going into my repertoire for black and white because I play the Sicilian. I also study a lot of middlegame and endgame, so I will know what to do after the opening and in the final section
Finally a fun way to play against the sicilian. Gonna try this out. Thanks!
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Let me know how it goes!
I can't wait to try this gambit... thank you.
No problem Claude! Let me know how it goes!
ALWAYS REAL GREAT TRUE STUFF !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you brotha!!! Much appreciated man, glad you enjoyed it. I may make a course on this opening soon. It's just so good.
Great video, thank you!
I didn't knew it! But it looks very clever, at least in blitz games! Thanks for these good videos!
Thanks you! 🤙🏽
Great Video!
Glad you liked it! The Delayed Wing Gambit is one of my favorites!
I accidently did this to a sicilian the other day... I was upset when I saw the sicilian on the board, and I figured I need a crazy turn 2 move that could throw off the entire thing. This is the counter to the sicilian
That's crazy you came up with it! It's crazy but has a ton of dangerous lines and variations!
Excellent vid
Thank you! I appreciate that. Let me know if there are any other chess openings you would want to see on the channel!
Lovely
Thank you so much
Thank you!
Thank you very much 🙏 dude 👍👍
No problem Davido!
@@TheChessGiant who's gonna be the Next Chess Champion you think ? Magnus or Wesley ?? TQ 🙏
5:57
What if qxg2, trapping the rook in the corner, and kind of force a queen trade with qf3?
Hey! Great question!! I honestly shouldv'e covered this in the video. So ya, if Qxg2 white has an over +5 advantage. We will continue with Nxd6+ (giving us a piece) and then will look to play Qf3 immediately against Kf8 so that black can't win our rook. If Ke7 instead, theres alot of good moves we can play (including Qf3 with the idea of an intermediate Nxc8+ if black decides to take our queen) but the best move is actually Ba3!! This looks to give us Nxc8+ on the horizon and black is simply lost there even after taking off our rook. Hope this helps!
@@TheChessGiant Ohh yeaa...didn't think that way...thanks!
After capturing the centre:
2:42 - d6: white pushes with d5 to gain space and develop
3:36 - d5: white takes and plays Nd3
7:34 - e6: same idea
Thanks for sharing these timestamps!!
@@TheChessGiant I reference this video a lot and your explanations have been really helpful. Thanks!
@@lawrencechan2693 Ayy thanks brotha - let me know what else I can do to help!
Interesting analysis...
Thanks! Let me know if there's any other openings you'd want to see covered on this channel!
This is a great beginner opening! It's fun getting those two free moves in the opening! I still play it's close relative The Portsmouth Gambit. Either one is probably really good fun until 2200+.
Great stuff nicely done.
Thank you!
Hey, i really liked this video and want to study this opening, could you please provide the pgn for what you showed?
Hey! Glad you liked it. Unfortunately I am not sure if I have the PGN still as this was made a long time ago. I'm sorry about that! (However, I am potentially gonna make more content on this soon. Trying to figure out what do next after the Hippo is finished riding the wave. But this is on the list because I like this move a lot.)
4:03 - after a6, even if Nb5, it looks like black can still reach an even position with Qd8
at 5:47 after white goes Bc4, what if black responds with Qxg2 ? isn't black winning a rook ? or am i missing something.. ?
Great question! So ya against Qxg2 we play Nxd6+.... what we do next depends on where the king goes. If Kf8 we simply play Qf3 and trade down a piece ahead. If Ke7 we have Ba3, and if Kd7 we have d5... there's a ton of theory there but hopefully that sets you in the right direction. Black could play Qxg2 and then Kd7 to win our rook but if you plug this into a computer it is simply winning for white as the king has no protection.
@@TheChessGiant thank you very much sir
Outstanding.
Thanks! Ya I love this variation against the Sicilian Defense especially because most aren’t prepared for it.
in this video you described the delayed wing gambit as:
1. e4 c5
2. a3 Nc6
3. b4
but is there such a thing as an "open delayed wing gambit" (or "deferred delayed wing gambit"):
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. a3 d6
4. b4
thanks for the clarification!
Wow, I had heard of the delayed wing gambit but not the open delayed wing gambit or deferred delayed wing gambit! Thanks for sharing this! I honestly hadn't thought about the fact that we could just wait a little longer, kind of fascinating!
Excellent!
Thanks! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
at 1:35 you said that both 2. Nc6 and 2. e6 accept the gambit, and 2. d5 and 2. Nf6 and 2. g6 do not accept the gambit
but what about 2. d6 ?
thanks!
Hey John! Great question! Against d6, we can go with b4 and then something such as Nc3, Rb1 (key move, defending that pawn on b4, also with potential ideas of playing b5 or taking on c5 and then all of a sudden we have a rook crashing down on b7, but honestly just waiting and keeping the tension is best for awhile in most instances), Nf3, Bb5, 0-0, etc. And white has a nice game!
What’s the benefit of the delayed versus the regular wing gambit?
At the last variation if black play instead of h5 Kf6 ? Who is better
Can you send me a timestamp? Thanks!
I am now gonna play it in olompiad thnx to you
Thanks! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Can you upload video in lower resolution
144p, i have net issue
Good video
Thank you my guy! Always feel free to send in any chess related questions or opening videos you’d want to see on the channel!
@6.05 What if Qxg2 ?
Good question Panagiotis! In that case, we could play Rg1 and attack the queen. After the queen moves, we play Nxd6+ winning a bishop, followed by Nxf7 and then winning the rook on h8! Hope this helps!
What if black plays d6 on move 2? Is the gambit dead and just transposes into a typical Sicilian game?
Yessir! We will just continue developing and at some point look to put a rook on b1 to support the pawn on b4 (while also looking at bxc5 ideas opening the file up). Hope this helps!
You have everything im looking for to throw off my opponent from the main line :) Didn't say i was going to win,but lol i'll have a go...
Have fun with it! I still play this all the time - honestly following 2. ...Nc6 black can fall into trouble fast and fast often so this is my favorite move to play against. 2. ...g6 is harder to deal with but white's position is still very much playable.
what do i do if my opponent
plays d6 after 1.e4 2.c5 3.a3 ??
6:25, what if black plays bishop to h2 threatening checkmate? white is going to lose the rook at least
Almost! We can actually play Ng3 and then the bishop is now being attacked by our pawn and we are still attacking the knight so we will win a piece
@@TheChessGiant thanks for the explanation!
when playing against the Sicilian, what are the pros and cons of playing Smith Morra Gambit compared to Wing Gambit? Which gambit is more successful at an intermediate 1500 level? And why?
I would say the Delayed Wing Gambit is much stronger than the Smith-Morra Gambit, in fact I was just talking to one of my students about this.
Firstly, Sicilian players know the Smith-Morra, but many don't prepare for 2. a3! I played the Sicilian my whole life and had never heard of it.
Second, the Delayed Wing Gambit gives up the a and b pawns, instead of the c and d. I think this is very much in white's favor.
Thirdly, there are WAY more opening traps with the Delayed Wing Gambit. It is simply a much more dangerous system.
Hope this helps!
@@TheChessGiant thanks Solomon for your concise reasons. I also love to play Levonfish attack with f4 against black Sicilian dragon. But if I start with the delayed Wing Gambit, I no longer can play the levenfish. is that correct? I must choose one or the other?
What about Qa5 after 1. e4 c5 2. a3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4 4. axb4 Nxb4 5. d4 Nc6 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Na3 Qa5 (this move). How would you continue attacking after Qa5?
Hey Bren, good question! Against this I would probably play Nf3 and Bd2, with Nb5/Nc4/d5 ideas always in the air. The queen does slow things down for a bit, but it's soon gonna have to run to c7 or d8 where it's still pretty exposed to potential attacks. Hope this helps!
what if black plays 2...d6?
Some recommend the regular Wing Gambit. In your opinion is the Delayed Wing Gambit "safer"?
Ya, the Wing Gambit is also good. More straightforward in what we want to achieve but less traps. I would honestly say they're both very safe. I don't think one is safer than the other. The advantage of the Delayed is more trappy lines and the advantage of the regular Wing Gambit is that 2. ...g6 loses it's fire. Hope this helps!
@@TheChessGiant Thanks! I think I'll have to give these a whirl. Just hate the Sicilian. :)
Thanks for awesome video ! For the line after e6, there is also an agressive line which after Bxb4 plays Bb2, Nf6, e5 kicking away the night, Nd5 and then c4 kicking away the night once more.
If Night goes to e7 then simply Qg4 to attack g7 and attacking plans with h4,5,6
If Night goes to c7 or b6 there is this very nice rook a3! If Bxa3,Bxa3, our bishop is very strong not allowing castle, we have ideas with Qg4 and even Bd6 blocking completely black development.
And if black are too scared to take the rook, then we put it on g3 with hugh attacking chances on the kingside.
What do you think about this variation?
Yes, I am very familiar with this line! I saw GM Simon teach it once in his "Spicy Gambits" series. It's a ton of fun, however I've stopped playing this because against Qg4, we have Ng6, and after h4, black can play h5 kicking our queen to g3... and I personally haven't had a ton of success with this line in tournament play. But honestly if black plays anything else I love white's game, and I should've included it in the video. That Ra3 line is awesome
A3 Sicilian is the best counter. I crushed my opponent so quickly with this
So dangerous!! And so many Sicilian Defense players don't know about it... I played the Sicilian for YEARS and I had never heard of a3 or seen it (I don't think). I definetely had zero clue on how dangerous it was if I did see it, and I again I'm not sure I did! My favorite move to play against is Nc6
Is better than do immediately b4?
By the way, good video
Thank Niccolo! Ya so basically by playing a3 we allow black to play Nc6 or e6, which in turn, would mean that either of those minor pieces would take it, losing a tempo when we attack those pieces and go for the advantage in development
A sicilian version of the Evans Gambit!
This is my secret weapon against the sicilian hehe. This variation is not that popular but very deadly ngl. I hope not many people find this xD
Same here! I was introduced to this originally by the GingerGM on chess.com and it is brilliant, especially against lines like 2. ...Nc6 and 2. ...e6. I've had winning positions against 2200+ tournament players within the first few minutes in blitz time controls especially against that Nc6 line where we eventually go with Na3. Welcome to the few and the proud haha
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I learned this and now i crush sicilian players
Nice Dishank! Very strong chess gambit for white! My favorite move to play against with it is 2. ... Nc6.
Instructive video but his voice is very boring😢