Chess Openings: Traxler Counter Attack
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 พ.ย. 2010
- The Traxler Counter Attack is a very aggressive defense from black stemming from the two knights defense. Instead of defending the f7 square, black offers to counter attack the weakened square on f2 for white.
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This opening usually ends in wild tactics and rarely ends in a tie.
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Opponent resigned before the game even started when I mentioned the traxler counter attack.
he was a 5 year old!!!
He resigned because he faced Chuck Norris!
@@V8SupersQirreL probably
It was his best move
@@bradspaugh9827 A great one
2:50- king takes bishop
9:30- king f1
15:10- king e2
that final example was insane! How can you think that far ahead, sacking your queen?
Not only sacking your own queen but also letting the opponents queen live in confidence i mean 💥💥💥💯
He went all out
About 13:30 'Queen to f1 is checkmate': it is not because white has a bishop defending that square. Checkmate would be queen to f2.
Was tjonking the same thing. Perhaps he meant to say that, or hypothetically if the c4 Bishop were to move, then yes it would be checkmate, but I think he meant Qe2, because never moved to f1 duding that exchange. Chek it Out! Ciao!!!
13:01 Ne1 Mate
@@franciscosantiago1674 its not a mate
Bishop can take the knight
4:00 i think queen f2 from black is also mate
edit: if white doesn't do anything about it
@@melons6709 they're talking about 13:27
@MasterThief1324 oops, meant F2, I made a note in the video. thanks for pointing this out.
My favourite counter attack.Everytime i see the fried liver coming up I leap for joy
@john tan The Traxler does work better than just playing h6 to stop the knight from attacking.
@@hobodawg9364 Only if you know what you are doing, SF actualy likes white the entire time if you play correctly against the Traxler...
white wins in the traxlor every time and he did not cover that line. after white King f1 denying the bishop.
6. Qe7 7. Nxh8 Now black must move the bishop on f2 or lose it. Nxe5 does not work after white plays Qh5. either way it all winning for white. Traxlor counter does niot work against the fried liver.
great video though, im not hatin. their are many lines
I love fried liver.
I'm currently being Traxlered against a much stronger opponent. It's hilarious to see it happen in real time. I obviously knew he had a plan but at first I was like "wtf?" but then "oh nohoooooo". My entire right side is all fucked up. I figure I have 10 moves left. Still glad I learned something new.
You are watching tutorial videos while playing a live game? That's literally cheating...
@@beri4138 so, its good practice too
@@beri4138 What about if it's correspondence game and he's not doing it to get an edge, just continuing his learning?
@@beri4138 it’s not cheating IFFFFF you already lost the game (like you aren’t trying to win anymore) and just trying to learn more about why you got clapped
@@keroroguns0867 Yeah, but he said "currently", so it was during the game.
what a crazy gambit. thanks for the video!
ur late 1 year dude
How about "The Fried Lolli Traxler Counter Attack"?
Wendy Solganik wtf
Wendy solganik
The friedlever track
Pl0
Too short, add Giouco Piano and two knights into it.
_Everything changed with the Fire Nation Attack..._
@tagginos you can castle as long as the king and rook have not moved, and the king is not in check and does not move through an attacked square. It does not matter if the rook is attacked or moves through an attacked square.
Ahhh, the good old Traxler. I actually managed to replicate the original Traxler game, move by move, during a large blitz tournament. The final move, mate by pawnmove feels sooo good (like mate by castling or kingmove actually). Thanks for doing this video.
When I teach Traxler attack I always teach it from the point of view of the black pieces player. So the students can understand it better.
Please, change the direction of this video, up side down. The black should be at the front, means the low side of the board.
Ty.
The thing that makes these videos enjoyable, Kevin, is your personality. You had me laughing out loud in this video.
Wow! Just saved my life with this play. I'm always lost when Nf2.
Boomtown. Glad I saved your life :)
"He might just resign right there" - LOL, I would :)))
13:29 It's Qf2, f1 is protected by white's light square bishop
He has wrote it in his comment
@@siam580 I don't see it.
How did I never see this brilliancy??? What a beautiful game! Bravo. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
just amazing...
Picked out a random video by you this morning and boy did a great one come up!
Make a million more videos please!!
I love them all. Live games is what I want most.
Man this is my go to. I love this opening so much
"Being down a crap ton" is the actual chess lingo
Really nice opening, I have to try it out.
That game in the end was amazing.
What does black do if white plays 5. Bxf7+ instead of Nxf7?
Black can't castle, white is up a pawn and black can't use
the Traxler counterattack so for me it looks like white has an advantage
oh my, that Trexler game at the end was amazing, unbelivable how good some people are at chess
Brilliant play, and equally brilliant explanation. Thanks for this video!
8:16
"This bissum sure is not going anywhere."
It's like you were trying to say bishop but got lazy and gave up lol
13:04 instead of castle, knight to e2 after white bishop capture e2, black bishop recapture and i cant see a way to prevent mate for black any comment?
after your variation white simply plays h2 making room for king to escape. instead try Be2 and theres no way for white to defend the f1 square. if he takes the bishop, knight recaptures with mate
@@ghostgurl17 then also same h3 way out
In every variation white always has h3 for a flight square.
13:00 after king move to g1 its checkmate in two move. You move your bishop to d2 where your N protect it. If they takes it with their bishop you take back with your N. If they dont, you give them checkmate with your queen on f1.
I really enjoyed the presentation!! very educational and very well presented!!
why is this so unpopular with the Fried Liver / Lolli Attack being played so often?
It's complicated and hard to learn.
At 13:20 why not be2 threading mate? If white takes with his bishop then black takes back with his knight and it's mate
good eye
@Soomanib Kamruzzaman th-cam.com/video/te4yVda5mhI/w-d-xo.html black should not castle but Be2 threatening checkmate on f1 then after BxB the NxB checkmate
@Soomanib Kamruzzaman Which is why I thought that at 12:58 the black queen should move to f4 in stead of f5.
@@miraikuriyama6418 exactly!
Thanks for making these, I watch every one!
Lol u had no likes for 9 hears
I played my first tournament this weekend, and was able to use this not only once, but twice. Both times, it resulted in a clear victory for me. Thank you very much for making this video, Kevin.
11 years later! Do you still play chess? :P
Amazing attack
extremely clever of Traxler
constantly looking for that better move
which leads to mate!
Nice classical chess at it s best.
;Only one thing. 12.50 of the video.. "..black plays Qf5", but a better move exists that leads to forced win, Qf4. White has only 2 moves, if Kg1 then Ne2, forced is Bxe2 and the white queen in a4 drops (that is why it is so important for black to play Qf4 to the start of this variation) and the other option white has (after ..Qf4) is Ke1 that leads to worst things after the simple.. 0-0-0.
You are totally wrong lol
@@merdantekayev812 No, you are wrong, he is correct & brilliant. PS - At 3:45 instead of BQh4 I would have BQf6.
It's nice to see an opening that maybe isn't quite as popular. These not-so-common openings are my favorite to play online because many are unfamiliar with them.
oh my... that Trexler game at the was amazing
If king take f2 black goes check and then king goes e3 what happened
Yeah, that's the best move, not g1
what if white king goes to E3 attacking knight?
Jamil Sailov I am thinking the same... @thechesswebsite
Qh4 then...
than it becomes this 7.Kf3 Qh4 8.Nxh8 d5 9.Be2 Bg4+ 10.Ke3 d4+ or 7.Kf3 d5 8.Ke3 dxc4 9.Kxe4 Kxf7 in all logical vaariants of it white is behind black
sorry the second variation ı have written isnt doable cause if bishop doesnt play e2 loses his queen and even if he plays it he will lose it later
He'll get a hear attack
crazy gambit! wish it could be used more often
great video, very well explained, thanks
damn i play Italian all the time
13:27 Queen to f1 isn't checkmate
Maybe he meant f2
That traxler video was amazing...
@tagginos Its a valid question! The rule is that when a king goes to castle, he cannot pass through check. Since the knight is not attacking either f8 or g8, the king is allowed to castle.
5:35 "White knight over here on h1 is very passive?"
16:14 what if kc3
Then Ne4 #
Whoops not Checkmate. But after the king takes c4, Bishop a6, and white is done for.
this is fantastic, thank you!
I 've been using this opening for white and never knew this counter attack. I also didn't realize black could castle with the knight on F7...mind blown
5:32 Of course his white night (mangina) is passive ;)
mangina? wtf?
@@mychannel594 Because it's a white knight.
EVERY GAME FEATURING BLACK SHOULD SHOW THE BOARD FROM BLACK PLAYER'S PERSPECTIVE - SWITCH IT AROUND!!!
First, no need for all caps. Second, who are you to give orders? If you understand the basics of the game of chess, you will be able to understand the concepts from either perspective. You don't like it, make your own video.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH DIRK. THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN ANOTHER CASE OF WHITE PRIVILEGE.
STOP RACISM IN CHESS.
First tell him not to use all caps then tell him that people shouldn't tell each other what to do. Yea, makes sense. No contradiction there.
Secondly, your logic is fallacious. Knowing the basics of chess doesn't mean it won't be easier to follow with the right board orientation. It will be easier for someone to follow whether they are beginner or advanced with the right orientation.
Lastly, although people seem to be forgetting it these days there is this thing called 'free speech'. The price for criticizing is not making a video. You get to criticize without doing that. If you don't like it then instead of being an internet asshole why don't go to Syria or some other dictatorship where free speech is not allowed.
Locutus D'Borg is correct. He's reminding us that in "computerese" all caps is a form of screaming. I don't think Dirk was trying to scream, but coupled with the exclamation mark, the use of the word "should" as if this is a moral obligation, and the use of a command mode of language, the comment does seem a bit overbearing. I think D'Borg is justified in simply reminding us of internet etiquette.
Thank you, The IMN Idea Lab. That is precisely what I meant.
Tried playing this through a couple of times with chess engines and white always seems to end the game with 3 or 4 queens so as long as you know the lines you probably wouldn't give up immediately after plays bishop C5.
@sengaltapisempoi he definitely can castle. your rook can be attacked. It is your king that can't be attacked or move through an attacked square.
Why do you keep saying "getting the pieces involved into the game", it's "getting the pieces involved in the game"
I think it is a way of emphasizing that the involvement is active. It is a natural example of the way all languages contain degrees of redundancy which in fact serve a purpose. Otherwise we would be Grammar Robots!
quagapp He is Canadian and that is one of their idioms. I'm into dialects (*_*)
You have no right to criticize someone for doing something that you are much worse at. You fault him for two redundant letters when your whole use of the phrase "in the game" was redundant. What else would the pieces be involved in, the war in Syria? Idiot.
Oh mY :) ...Stahp he's dead
Its like all we do is regurgitate old openings, chess players are more like libraries or computers now. Not even using our own intelligence to do something new. Intellectual chess *sigh*
Basically all openings that can be played been played. However a lot of the middle and end game is still mostly out of book.
+Ether You're nowhere near good enough at chess to be even remotely close to the play level where memorizing openings matters that much.
Very nice attack
the giorno's piano two knights sicilian dragon traxler counter attack variation is my personal favorite
what if after kings gets bishop, and then he gets checked by knight, he moves to e3???/
The lines which are playable in his view are in his article which I sent in my last post. If you read the article you can see the lines.
14:29 what if took with the support of the bishop attacks the queen? The queen will die isn't it?
I realized, this only works if earlier when you play d5, he captures with the bishop instead of the pawn. This is based on an online game I've played before,
18:44 How about Rb8+ Nb7 Rxb7+ and after Ka5 comes Rb5# and after Ka3 comes Ra7+ Ba4 and Rxa4#
after checking the king by e4 horse and if the king will go to g1 trying to defend it, what if the g2 pawn block the queen after putting the queen to h4?
thank you , good information
What if white responds with Bxf7+ after Bc5. then the pawn on e5 will be defended and Nf4+ would be followed by Qxf4 so the sacrifice on f2 from the traxler would have no follow up.
@thechesswebsite On that note I never realized you could protect your rook like that.
Whenever I've tried this in a match, white has NEVER done bishop to c4. It's always been queen to e2, which then is a block for my bishop to attack from c5. If I move the knight instead to get ready to attack their queen on e2, then their knight on f3 (which they have not developed any further) will take mine first. So in other words, I've never been able to build tempo using Traxler the way this video shows.
Anybody have any advice for when white leaves their knight on f3 and instead develops queen to e2 to defend the king?
@Mondrae205 of course. thanks for pointing that out. can't believe i missed that. :)
You rock Kevin.
Thanks much! You just made my game more fun, and maybe even more successful.
One line not mentioned here for white is, that after black brings the bishop to c5, that white can simply castle kingside putting his rook on f1 defending f2 and once again forcing black to deal with the possibility of knight to f7.
The example game was so amazing...
Guys what do you do if king goes to e3 after the knight check pressuring the kinght
Well very cool and all but yet again my opponent plays a diffrent move that isnt explained and than i have no clue what to do. what do i do aftee he defends with rook to f3 instead of either the pawn or the queen.
13:32 if Qf1+ can't white retake with Bxf1? Then after white plays Be2 h3?
That was amazing! Loved it :)
i recently played a brilliant guy, also from Czech Republic (as was Karel Traxler) but after black knight initially went to e4 check, he didn't move his white king backwards but forwards to e3 to attack the knight! I was stumped, is there a response? A bit late now though!
What does one do, if white castles as soon as he has developed his pieces?
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Nf6
4. Ng5 Bc5
5. Nf7 Bf2+
6. Kxf2 Ne4
7. Kf1 Qh4 mate menace
You suggest 8. Qf3 but what if White plays pawn g3 or Queen e1 ? is it better ?
What happens if, after not capturing with the Knight at the beginning, the opponent plays Qe2?
Great video
Thank you for the video!!! :) Took notes 3 pages long lol
I really like the fact that white was checkmated with all of his pieces (excluding couple of pawns) on the board!
Hi there! How about Ke3? I've been into this king's move and couldn't counter attack properly. Any Ideas? Thanks!
5:22 kingside castling would result in checkmate! Black plays nh6, revealed double checking the king; king has to move in to h8, and qxf8 is mate.
@tagginos you can't castle if the king is being attacked, will be attacked in the castled position, or if the king is attacked in motion (aka the square wich he passes through)
im trying to find out in some of my recorded games if the defense/opening has a name, how can i identify what they are called? then i go to the video that should apply to the match i played.
Awesome video.
good vid keep up the good work.. i dont even play chess that much but i love watching your videos
What is the continuation if white attacks the knight after bishop check, knight check ? (King E3)
@xlzyfox black would not be able to take because the king would also be in check by the bishop on c4. Its a double check so black cannot block or capture, only move. black would be forced to move and would only have one space to move to.
How do you proceed in the begining if bishop takes f7 instead of the night?
Hi Kevin, can you bring some light as to how do we go about the Traxler, if instead of the white knight taking the weak f7 pawn, the bishop comes in and gives a check, what do we do then? Move the king away and do the same on the opposite side? Thanks. @ thechesswebsite
please tell me what should be done if king moves on F 3
What do you do if your oppent moves pawn to f8 instead of knight to f8?
what if they take f7 with the bishop instead of the knight? what do you play?
@MrMuggyMuggy If white plays Bxf7+, black is prepared to play Ke7, and use the f-file for a king attack. This is one of white's best options. Played correctly, white can keep a small advantage
How is everything your favourite opening or defence
What if my first move is to move pawn from b2 to b4 to defend it from the bishop to c5
11:34 why can't black play b5 defended by the knight and forking the Queen and Bishop?
What he Will not take the pawn instead he moved the pawn in front OF his Queen what shoud u do next?