► Chapters 00:00 New Stafford Gambit for Black 00:16 Busch-Gass Gambit 02:02 Most common mistake by White 04:36 If White castles immediately 05:41 Someone's gonna comment this 07:42 White's attempt fails
@Remote Chess Academy At 5:55 Pawn H3 may sound like a good counter-attack on Black's Knight but as Eric Rosen explained in his video on the Stafford Gambit, Black can respond with pawn H5 to not only recapture White's pawn on G4 when White takes Black's knight on G4, but it also opens up the H file for your Rook on H1, so black queen to D6 or H4 after your pawn retakes on G4 is forced mate on either G3 (if White does Pawn G3 since the black bishop pins White's pawn on F2) or H2, and White has no way to defend against that. th-cam.com/video/XkB4IVNaZWw/w-d-xo.html
c3 pawn is the tactic to build on blocking bishop for that attack and the Stafford is Refuted. Seems to only work on lower rated players. It's fun but if opponent knows how to defend it you'll lose most of the time.
@@GMIgorSmirnov Not sure Ryan is correct. 7. h3 is not the best move, but is not necessarily a bad move, as pawn to g3 can be later backed up by K-g2. For example (starting with move 7 (after 6. 00, N-g4. variation): 7. h3 h5 8. hxg4 hxg4 9. g3 Qd6 10. Kg2 Bxf2 11. e5 Qh6 12. Rh1 Qxh1+ 13. Qxh1 Rxh1 14. Kxh1 Bxg3 15. d4.... and, despite poor position and pawn deficit, White should be OK.
Dear Igor, what would be the approach if white chooses to play c3 and d4 in stead of Bc5 to block the Bishop? Same question if White should play e5 to prevent the knight going to f6?
Then you need to find the solution to reach the desired position, or adapt your strategy to the current situation. Traps only get sprung if the prey takes the bait.
alot of these positions are transpositions to familiar stafford territory, i think opponents who know the Nc3 h3 refutation wouldn't fall victim to this trap either. imma still try it and tell yall how effective it actually is for me tho
3:18 This initial set up seems pretty easy to defend against: White Bishop from c4 to f7 (check). Black King takes White Bishop. Then white Queen to f3 (check). Black King vacates check and White Rook captures Knight on f2 (balancing out the loss of the Bishop). If the Black Bishop capture the Whites Rook on f2, then you simply capture it with White Queen still going down even and totally wrecking the Blacks attack.
Black doesn't have to accept the bishop sac and can instead play Kd8. The only thing white can do at this point to survive would be Bg5+. After Qxg5 Rxf2 Bxf2 Kxf2 Qf6+ Kg1 Qxf7 Black is up a rook.
I never get the gambit position So I would like to see options when they don't take your knight or even respond anything like that>I tend to see a lot of instant Queen attacks targeting my pawn/Rook and if defend they slide across and take for example the bishop that has nothing guarding it.
The knight variation (of Rosen fame) is far superior.. because in the starting position of the gambit, the e4 pawn is already under attack.. Just played an easy refutation... After Nf6, opponent goes Qf3 before castling! It supports the e4 pawn and keeps the knight rooted. If black attacks the queen with Bb4, queen just moves to f4.
3.03 stupid question, sorry… I am a beginner. Why would white want to castle to this side?? I would rather castle to the Queen‘s side if I played white, because there is less activity by black on this side of the board. What’s wrong with this?
Hey Igor! This is called the Chiodini Gambit. It does have some really cool and similar ideas to a Stafford. Glad you're finally covering this one! This one is pretty interesting.
I love the bishop opening with the black. Just a transposition to Stafford Gambit via a different move order. Wow! And that cattie thing at the end made my moment. Always loved your content. More power and subscribers your way Igor!
What if, if white moved pawn d4? The if game , kicks out B c5 ! The bot always kicks out your moves and this is why we can't find any chess players and can't never get to set up. It's a set up. I still struggle with thinking about what my opponent can do. It's like I don't want to know. Life lessons here!!! When something in my life goes wrong my brain immediately thinks of checkmate!
This was another money printer very popular in NYC Street chess, along with the ol' fishing pole. Key for white is seeing the price of pawn is weakness on black squares. C3 was my usual way of declining a toxic offer, bouncing the money back to me.
You can really tell what openings are being shown on youtube at the time. Everyone has been trying to play this against me recently. I'm not complaining as I have better results with white in this opening than the stafford ! More dubious opening videos please it's great for my rating !
Sadly, it makes the game both better with more competent openings, and boring if you literally watch TH-cam and know their playbook. Imagine the look on their face when you preemptively move the rook pawn up to block the knight, then proceed to mobilize pieces to castle Queen side instead
Near the end of the video where White attempts to check Black's king, it is better to preserve the c5-g1 diagonal. You mentioned 11.Qg8+ Ke7 12.Qg7+ Rf7+ White would reply d4. The game would continue 13...Rxg7 14.dxc5 ...Black's attack diminishes. I would suggest that after 11.Qg8+ Rf8+ 12.Kh1 Rxg8 13.Bxg8 Qg3!! and White threatens mate.
Thank you for this amazing video! After the Stafford knight gambit is accepted, I know there are lines if white then plays d3, e5, Nc3, f3, or Bc4. But if white plays Bd3 is there a line? Thanks!
My white would play D4. Not d3. Blocking the bishop & protecting the pawn with the Queen. Then I can't discover check & it's gg. Also my white would never jump their knight into mine to take. They would defend it in the center.
Dear Igor, thanx again for this great video ! One feedback issue at 7:48 after Qh8+ you played Ke2? Much better looks to me just simply putting the rook in front of the withe Queen by Rf8+ ?
Dude, you'd be surprised how few people take the pawn on e5 with the N. I've been trying this for over 20 games now and maybe had two opponents who took.
Shhhhhhhh🤫 Don't try to be serious on this channel. The whole opening-"winners" are bad if u know how to play against cause they are just cheapos. Sorry, unworthy for a GM. This is not serious chess!
Based on how most of my games have progressed I'm anticipating most of my opponents trying to attack black's bishop on c5...that would pretty much end this gambit right?
@@paulvandervelden4087 Thanks, it would help if I actually had natural chess talent but I don't. I think I understand a few things more but I still have little to no "vision" in terms of understanding how to attack long term when nothing seems to be available on the board. I definitely don't see how to defend long term against anyone who knows how to attack. I try to remember general practices but it's not like I understand why I'm doing it which is why I say I don't have natural chess playing talent.
When you don't give the best moves for white il looks fine but Bc4 is a big mistake Nc3 and h6 is enough to be better for white ,looks the video of hikaru.. There rs for me no difference between the stafford and the busch -gass gambit
You did not analyze deeply what happen if black captured the knight e5 then forking the knight and bishop of black pieces by playing d4 pawn of the white pieces..
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Yes, its a free pawn, nevertheless you better learn the non-acceptance-lines, because from my experience on lichess maybe 1 out of 10 will realy take it.
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► Chapters
00:00 New Stafford Gambit for Black
00:16 Busch-Gass Gambit
02:02 Most common mistake by White
04:36 If White castles immediately
05:41 Someone's gonna comment this
07:42 White's attempt fails
Love your cat in the back ground. Also really cool gambit work really well.
@Remote Chess Academy At 5:55 Pawn H3 may sound like a good counter-attack on Black's Knight but as Eric Rosen explained in his video on the Stafford Gambit, Black can respond with pawn H5 to not only recapture White's pawn on G4 when White takes Black's knight on G4, but it also opens up the H file for your Rook on H1, so black queen to D6 or H4 after your pawn retakes on G4 is forced mate on either G3 (if White does Pawn G3 since the black bishop pins White's pawn on F2) or H2, and White has no way to defend against that. th-cam.com/video/XkB4IVNaZWw/w-d-xo.html
Great explanation! Thanks, Ryan.
It's a fishing pole tactic. White is lost after hxg4 hxg4
c3 pawn is the tactic to build on blocking bishop for that attack and the Stafford is Refuted. Seems to only work on lower rated players. It's fun but if opponent knows how to defend it you'll lose most of the time.
@@Primitive_Code and after g3 ?
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Not sure Ryan is correct. 7. h3 is not the best move, but is not necessarily a bad move, as pawn to g3 can be later backed up by K-g2. For example (starting with move 7 (after 6. 00, N-g4. variation):
7. h3 h5
8. hxg4 hxg4
9. g3 Qd6
10. Kg2 Bxf2
11. e5 Qh6
12. Rh1 Qxh1+
13. Qxh1 Rxh1
14. Kxh1 Bxg3
15. d4.... and, despite poor position and pawn deficit, White should be OK.
I'm curious at 7:52, why not push the rook back to back rank with discovered check to take white queen next move?
Just when I thought I knew most of the traps in these situations you totally blow me away! Another great instructional!
Dear Igor, what would be the approach if white chooses to play c3 and d4 in stead of Bc5 to block the Bishop? Same question if White should play e5 to prevent the knight going to f6?
Then you need to find the solution to reach the desired position, or adapt your strategy to the current situation. Traps only get sprung if the prey takes the bait.
Excellent gambit explanation.
A beautiful cat too.
Thanks for the video.
Wish you a wonderful day.
alot of these positions are transpositions to familiar stafford territory, i think opponents who know the Nc3 h3 refutation wouldn't fall victim to this trap either. imma still try it and tell yall how effective it actually is for me tho
Any wins yet?
How's it going?
3:18 This initial set up seems pretty easy to defend against: White Bishop from c4 to f7 (check). Black King takes White Bishop. Then white Queen to f3 (check). Black King vacates check and White Rook captures Knight on f2 (balancing out the loss of the Bishop). If the Black Bishop capture the Whites Rook on f2, then you simply capture it with White Queen still going down even and totally wrecking the Blacks attack.
Only Problem is Black plays Rf8 and white is lost... Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qf3+ Ke8 Rxf2 Rf8 0-1
Black doesn't have to accept the bishop sac and can instead play Kd8. The only thing white can do at this point to survive would be Bg5+. After Qxg5 Rxf2 Bxf2 Kxf2 Qf6+ Kg1 Qxf7 Black is up a rook.
I never get the gambit position So I would like to see options when they don't take your knight or even respond anything like that>I tend to see a lot of instant Queen attacks targeting my pawn/Rook and if defend they slide across and take for example the bishop that has nothing guarding it.
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The knight variation (of Rosen fame) is far superior.. because in the starting position of the gambit, the e4 pawn is already under attack..
Just played an easy refutation... After Nf6, opponent goes Qf3 before castling! It supports the e4 pawn and keeps the knight rooted. If black attacks the queen with Bb4, queen just moves to f4.
Yes and nobody moves 2...Nxe5 here. But after 2.Nf6 they do.
3.03 stupid question, sorry… I am a beginner. Why would white want to castle to this side?? I would rather castle to the Queen‘s side if I played white, because there is less activity by black on this side of the board. What’s wrong with this?
Cuz you need to guard f2
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Thanks for your great explanation and a wonderful gambit. I love ❤️ your beautiful cat looks pretty 🤩
Hey Igor! This is called the Chiodini Gambit. It does have some really cool and similar ideas to a Stafford. Glad you're finally covering this one! This one is pretty interesting.
Hi you said if 6 h3 the plan didn't work, but what if 6...Nxf2? I saw 7 Rxf2 Bxf2+ 8 Kxf2 Qd4+ or alternative 7 Qf3 Qd4
This video was ok from the start to 2:15. Then it got extra good from 8:25 and to the end.
Which piece was the MVP?
7:53 if Qg8+ then Rf8+ instead of Ke7
At 7:53, couldn't you block the queen check a move earlier with Rc8+?
Then take the queen, Rxb8.
I believe black still has the same attacks.
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Thanks for watching!
I played this against myself and instead of bothering to trade Knights from e5, I went to sacrifice knight to f7 and black went down really fast.
2:53, what if white does not castle and bishop goes to e3? seems stafford neutralised after this...
I love the bishop opening with the black. Just a transposition to Stafford Gambit via a different move order. Wow! And that cattie thing at the end made my moment. Always loved your content. More power and subscribers your way Igor!
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What if, if white moved pawn d4? The if game , kicks out B c5 ! The bot always kicks out your moves and this is why we can't find any chess players and can't never get to set up. It's a set up. I still struggle with thinking about what my opponent can do. It's like I don't want to know. Life lessons here!!! When something in my life goes wrong my brain immediately thinks of checkmate!
A simple c2-c3 on white's 5th move refutes this gambit with ease, and gives white a significant advantage.
Thx for the video! Are you waiting for you cat to take position to shoot a video?)
2:12 Scotty beams up the cat.
I can't keep from wondering if your cat is stronger than me. What's it's ELO? Is it usually defeated by the kibble gambit??
It meows its paw-n to d4 😂
Thanks for that very excellent lesson! That is a beautiful kitty.
Great video again, thank you Igor ! And what is the name if that sweet cat of you ? Adorable cat !
At 3:17 can the pawn just move to block the bishop?
This was another money printer very popular in NYC Street chess, along with the ol' fishing pole. Key for white is seeing the price of pawn is weakness on black squares. C3 was my usual way of declining a toxic offer, bouncing the money back to me.
You can really tell what openings are being shown on youtube at the time. Everyone has been trying to play this against me recently. I'm not complaining as I have better results with white in this opening than the stafford ! More dubious opening videos please it's great for my rating !
Sadly, it makes the game both better with more competent openings, and boring if you literally watch TH-cam and know their playbook.
Imagine the look on their face when you preemptively move the rook pawn up to block the knight, then proceed to mobilize pieces to castle Queen side instead
7. h3 kicks the knight away. The whole thing doesn't work!
push h5 offering the knight for an open file for the rook. Later, queen can join the party :D
Nxf2 though?
nxf2 gg gn white loses
As is the usual case with these videos
8:54
Great Video, quite helpful, Thank you. at 6:08, what if White plays g3, instead of bringing the queen forward?
Maybe you can bring your Queen forward instead to g6?
On 3:44 mate in 2 moves with 1. ...Nf2 ++ 2. Kg1 Qh1#
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What happens if after he takes the pawn he refuses to the knight exchange and moves back the knight?
i love the way i am laughing at the end of most of your videos. when the checkmate is so surprising.
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Near the end of the video where White attempts to check Black's king, it is better to preserve the c5-g1 diagonal. You mentioned 11.Qg8+ Ke7 12.Qg7+ Rf7+ White would reply d4. The game would continue 13...Rxg7 14.dxc5 ...Black's attack diminishes. I would suggest that after 11.Qg8+ Rf8+ 12.Kh1 Rxg8 13.Bxg8 Qg3!! and White threatens mate.
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what to do if white moves pawn to h3 instead of castle before black moves night to g4?
2:47 What happens if they just attack the knight by playing e5
1:55 And also Eric Rosen is a thing so everyone is prepared for it
Thank you for this amazing video!
After the Stafford knight gambit is accepted, I know there are lines if white then plays d3, e5, Nc3, f3, or Bc4.
But if white plays Bd3 is there a line? Thanks!
how about if the horse will move to e3 defend the pawn and not the bishop on e4 then how can u proceed to attck the king....
My white would play D4. Not d3. Blocking the bishop & protecting the pawn with the Queen. Then I can't discover check & it's gg.
Also my white would never jump their knight into mine to take. They would defend it in the center.
This is a gd what if. What if he just moves back his horse? And takes the free +1 pawn. I feel like that would be a gd one to cover? Thx
I assume the h3 refutation is the fishing pole h5?
Dear Igor, thanx again for this great video ! One feedback issue at 7:48 after Qh8+ you played Ke2? Much better looks to me just simply putting the rook in front of the withe Queen by Rf8+ ?
If you do it like that it's still winning but slightly worse because you lose the rook after capturing the queen
Accidently noticed this sort of Bishop's opening for Black. It is fresh and effective. Rousseau Gambit for the win anyway!
Dude, you'd be surprised how few people take the pawn on e5 with the N. I've been trying this for over 20 games now and maybe had two opponents who took.
If 5 moves Qp3 what should be the next move of black?
5. C3 followed by qe2 d4 long castle is simply winning.
Shhhhhhhh🤫 Don't try to be serious on this channel. The whole opening-"winners" are bad if u know how to play against cause they are just cheapos.
Sorry, unworthy for a GM. This is not serious chess!
Regarding your statement @ 1:10, the IRS has just ruled that the white knight taking the pawn is not a tax-free exchange.
Thanks a lot man very interesting genius play
Glad you enjoyed it!
Unfortunately no information on the best move for white to counter attack. I wish they were all included in the same video.
3:48 no, it is Nf2 with double check, king moves, Qh1#
Isn't black just down a clean pawn if white does not take the knight and goes back?
What about when white plays Be3 blocking the black bishop?
White could play E7 × and check. The black king have to capture knight and then queen on F5 check ,and white gain a black bishop
So what do you when your opponent plays h3 to kick the knight?
I'm having trouble, white always moves his pawn instead and I watched the rest of the video and just wanted to say I like your cat 🐈😺 💕
Based on how most of my games have progressed I'm anticipating most of my opponents trying to attack black's bishop on c5...that would pretty much end this gambit right?
and....no answer from Igor...so it probably would, i for one, don't see proceeding with it
@@paulvandervelden4087 Thanks, it would help if I actually had natural chess talent but I don't. I think I understand a few things more but I still have little to no "vision" in terms of understanding how to attack long term when nothing seems to be available on the board. I definitely don't see how to defend long term against anyone who knows how to attack.
I try to remember general practices but it's not like I understand why I'm doing it which is why I say I don't have natural chess playing talent.
After black plays dxc6, white plays c3 and puts a stop to any further shenanigans.
I bet the cat knows all these openings you are teaching us🤣🤣😏
What happens if White pushes the Pawn in question.. up one attacking the Knight? 🤔
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What if their refuse to take your knight what's the next move ?
Hi Igor do some thing on the gambits in the scotch.
thank you went from 1167 to 1162😏😏
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Really amazing. Thank you
Glad you liked it!
Beautiful and useful video. I´ve 50% ratio in people accepting the gambit. Most of the response i bishop c4
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That’s a handsome cat.
When you don't give the best moves for white il looks fine but Bc4 is a big mistake Nc3 and h6 is enough to be better for white ,looks the video of hikaru.. There rs for me no difference between the stafford and the busch -gass gambit
The whole thing doesn’t wok because h3 kicks the knight away!?
Good movers, good analytical skills
Super! My first time to beat a worthy opponent! Good stuff.
damn, i love that cat, and always observe it in most of the videos
You did not analyze deeply what happen if black captured the knight e5 then forking the knight and bishop of black pieces by playing d4 pawn of the white pieces..
what an amazing cat
I always play d4/d5 in such conditions depending on if i am whit or black
You are the ' Peter Pan' of the entire chess universe and I bet your cat's name is 'Captain Hook'. THANK YOU for your always delightful and informative chess lessons !!😇
h3 doesn't work cuz Nxf2 then Rxf2 then Bxf2 then Kxf2 then Qd4+ and you win the bishop
Well done Igor !
Nice video sir and your cat is so nice and adorable.
What if (Qe2 instead of d3?
😂I love how you take the time to explain these moves to us mortals,
4:56
After... Tf7+, white can move the pawn to d4
i saw that mouse slip almost lost it
Very good analisis 👍
LOVE the cat!
cat visualized the gambit and slept
Yes, its a free pawn, nevertheless you better learn the non-acceptance-lines, because from my experience on lichess maybe 1 out of 10 will realy take it.