You're an incrédible teacher Igor. Thanks a lot, because with yours courses, since 5 month I win many time over 2000 Elo ! Amazing, because I'm 62 years old !
18:31 white queen takes knight d4. The E5 pawn can’t capture because it’s pinned by the rook on the E file. If the queen takes, knight c7 is checkmate.
I just used your training video, it was so great to know what and how to do the moves with the back ground of why. Thank you, may Jesus bless your entire family, Amen
► Chapters 00:00 Crushing the Sicilian Defense as White 00:26 Avoid endless theory with 2.d4 - the gambit 01:54 White's setup in Morra Gambit is almost same 02:32 Why Qe2? The ideas behind the move 04:18 Sacrificing the pawn gives you an open file 06:10 White's lead in development helps 07:05 The evil laugh and tactics! 09:20 Learn the secrets of strong players 09:51 Trap-1 in the Morra Gambit 11:49 Trap-2 victim is 2313 rated 13:10 Trap-3 from Black to White 14:31 Trap-3 How to punish Black as White? 16:55 Trap-3 Sub-variation 18:24 Can you find the winning shot? 18:46 What if Black maintains the Sicilian setup?
At 11:32 I don't understand why black would capture with the knight instead of the pawn? That way, they don't give an equal exchange and their knight ends up guarding F7, stopping the white bishop moving there... Am I missing something obvious?
@@josephsalmonte4995 After he takes with the pawn and you go Bxf7+ and he takes, the queen is defended by the knight on c6... plus I checked on the lichess database and taking with the pawn is BY FAR the most common move...
on 18:35 Qxd5 pawn cant take cuz its pinned by the rook if Qxd5 then Nc7 checkmate. If queen doesnt capture white's queen then you simply take the rook on a8
@@mythicalmilkyway2536 black doesnt have time to block the bishop because the queen is taking the knight and if the black queen doesnt respond then you get the knight for nothing. If in fact the bishop didnt exist then the queen taking the knight wouldnt work.
At 16:30 .... I think knight takes d6 is more powerful as it is also acheck and when king moves... if we move knight and give another check.... then queen is gone by bishop that is standing at f4 that is Bishop f4 × queen b8 Sir pls reply which is more right? Bishop or knight .
Hello Igor, thank you for sharing this wonderful video. I used to play this opening but only had about 50% success. I am 1560 elo so not great. I have a better grasp of it now thank you. I have a question at about 18 minutes 27 secs. at the point where you have played Bg5 for white. Like i said I am only 1560 so I could be wrong. You don't need the Bishop move because you have QxN on d5 anyway. You cant take with the pawn because of the pin, and if you take with the Queen. The you have a family fork as we say in the UK.Nc7+ is forking King, Queen and Rook. Thank again
well it doesn't work because when you fork the king and the queen the king can slide to d8 while getting out of the pin and after you take the queen black is up 2 pawns which is not what you want.
Hi Igor, thanks for the videos. But in case of this one I´m afraid you gameplan only works if black doesn`t castle on move 11, which is obviously the most played move. Nice approach anyway.
At 18:40 firstly I saw 14. Rc1 which is winning but not as good as 14. QxN leading either to checkmate after 14... QxQ Nc7## if black decides he wants the Queen :)) or to an overwhelming position for white.
No, but maybe pawn to d6 would since it'd give the king an escape. That would prevent an immediate checkmate. Qxf7 wouldn't be stopped by moving the g6 pawn.
I ALREADY play smith morra and tried to book up on it, but the DOZENS of paulse, kan, pin etc. formation transpositions made my head hurt so I never even finished my book. I'm hoping this video gives me new insights like the recently learned "play king's gambit style Qb3 behind Bc4 when black plays e5" and have destroyed both of my opponents in THAT LINE. if THIS video does for my smith morra what your *AWESOME* hartlaub/charlick gambit video did for my slav/stonewall woes with an completely understandable system i'm waxing opponents 2:1 with at the 1700 level! if this can improve my smith morra results, there should be some ratings points improvement in it. maybe I'll learn more about the FUNDAMENTALS that trying to memorize 400 lines of theory
what a wonderful gambit.Absolutely loved it sir.will surely try it out in my games.I am Already winning a lot of games after watching your videos on the ICELANDIC & PORTUGESE variation against 1.e4. Thank u again sir u are the best .
Ive been playing the danish gambit and a gambit variation in the Scandinavian defense ( also the Smith morra) and in all of these accepting the gambit walks right in to my plan, however I do have things prepared for if they don't accept
The move after black moves b6 is 1. Qxd5 Qxd5 2. Nc7+ forking the king queen and rook. That's great but that b6 move? Black should have played h6 or possibly f6 but I like h6 better. Then the exchange would be even.
Yeah, this whole video is a very convenient variation for white. Lots of videos in this channel follow the same pattern. I play in the 2200-2400 range on lichess. Cheap traps are much harder to execute at this level because most players at this level already know them.
at 18:55 black is not obliged to play Bb7, yet can opt for 7...Nc6, let us say white castles, then we have Nge7, and they have nothing to play for except e5, to which we reply Ng6 they play e5 or no plan and long term advatange belongs to black
I am not a GM (chess24 rating around 2200) but I did not lose a single game when I have played against Smith Mora gambit for 25 years (usually against e4, I am playing Sicilian or Caro kann), so for me, this is bad opening for white!
gambits rely on the other guy making mistakes. Stockfish will castle before making any attacks as black. Then Stockfish will just grind white to a draw or win by trading off trying take advantage of its pawn advatange.
Ken Smith who routinely played this gambit did quite well against average players then lost consistently against the best grandmasters who accepted the gambit and won with the extra pawn.
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You're an incrédible teacher Igor. Thanks a lot, because with yours courses, since 5 month I win many time over 2000 Elo !
Amazing, because I'm 62 years old !
Great to hear! Thanks for sharing.
18:31 white queen takes knight d4. The E5 pawn can’t capture because it’s pinned by the rook on the E file. If the queen takes, knight c7 is checkmate.
I noticed it because it "captures" the Queen and never actually realized that this fork is also a checkmate.
@@Xeverous Same. I thought it was a family fork.
Same even I thought
I just used your training video, it was so great to know what and how to do the moves with the back ground of why. Thank you, may Jesus bless your entire family, Amen
Wonderful!
► Chapters
00:00 Crushing the Sicilian Defense as White
00:26 Avoid endless theory with 2.d4 - the gambit
01:54 White's setup in Morra Gambit is almost same
02:32 Why Qe2? The ideas behind the move
04:18 Sacrificing the pawn gives you an open file
06:10 White's lead in development helps
07:05 The evil laugh and tactics!
09:20 Learn the secrets of strong players
09:51 Trap-1 in the Morra Gambit
11:49 Trap-2 victim is 2313 rated
13:10 Trap-3 from Black to White
14:31 Trap-3 How to punish Black as White?
16:55 Trap-3 Sub-variation
18:24 Can you find the winning shot?
18:46 What if Black maintains the Sicilian setup?
This is amazing! I've been playing this gambit for some months, but now I really understand what I'm doing. Thank you!!
At 11:32 I don't understand why black would capture with the knight instead of the pawn? That way, they don't give an equal exchange and their knight ends up guarding F7, stopping the white bishop moving there... Am I missing something obvious?
It's because of the bishop taking f7 tactic. You lose the queen either way 👍
@@josephsalmonte4995 After he takes with the pawn and you go Bxf7+ and he takes, the queen is defended by the knight on c6... plus I checked on the lichess database and taking with the pawn is BY FAR the most common move...
on 18:35 Qxd5 pawn cant take cuz its pinned by the rook if Qxd5 then Nc7 checkmate. If queen doesnt capture white's queen then you simply take the rook on a8
Thank you for your videos, my game is improving and your videos have definitely helped.
Keep it going! :)
The solution: Qxd5 wins a knight for free, the pawn cannot take because of the pin by Re1, and if Qxd5 takes back, Nc7# finishes the game.
I found it and then came down to answer, thanks for already doing it for me.
It was so obvious I couldn't find it. Lol
Its actually mate if the black queen takes the Knight and great work
If the bishop didn’t exist or he blocked it off, would Kd8 defend after the black queen takes the white queen?
@@mythicalmilkyway2536 black doesnt have time to block the bishop because the queen is taking the knight and if the black queen doesnt respond then you get the knight for nothing. If in fact the bishop didnt exist then the queen taking the knight wouldnt work.
Thanks for this video it gave me a lot of ideas about combatting the Sicilian.
At 16:30 .... I think knight takes d6 is more powerful as it is also acheck and when king moves... if we move knight and give another check.... then queen is gone by bishop that is standing at f4 that is
Bishop f4 × queen b8
Sir pls reply which is more right? Bishop or knight .
Very good overview of attacking ideas for the Smith-Morra. Hopefully, this will help me gain a little Elo in the intermediate level.
1:54 kuda c6. Pione6 .piond6. Kudaf6.
10:00 kuda c6. Piond6. Kudaf6(kalah)
11:58pion e5 (tidak makan pionc3). Dxc3 . Kudac6.(gajah putih g4 /gajah hitam e7 kalah)).
13:19 Pione6. Kudac6. Kudaf6.
18:50 pion a6, pion e3 pion b5, gajah b7, kudaf6
Gm igor smirnov really loves chess, the way he helps all of us study openings is just beautiful
Thx alot Igor great tutorial I feel lot better prepared now for these lines
Thank you, Egor, I was awaiting for this video, thank you so much
Welcome!
11:33 what if he takes with pawn?
Hello Igor, thank you for sharing this wonderful video. I used to play this opening but only had about 50% success. I am 1560 elo so not great. I have a better grasp of it now thank you. I have a question at about 18 minutes 27 secs. at the point where you have played Bg5 for white. Like i said I am only 1560 so I could be wrong. You don't need the Bishop move because you have QxN on d5 anyway. You cant take with the pawn because of the pin, and if you take with the Queen. The you have a family fork as we say in the UK.Nc7+ is forking King, Queen and Rook. Thank again
well it doesn't work because when you fork the king and the queen the king can slide to d8 while getting out of the pin and after you take the queen black is up 2 pawns which is not what you want.
I need to play a game with you
@@AbhiSharma-gm4tk I am retired now from over the board or on line. I am playing more bridge. Thanks anyway.
18:32 is it Qxd5 Qxd5 Nc7#?
really appreciating your efforts
You are great teacher ❤️
Thank you! 😃
Hi Igor, thanks for the videos. But in case of this one I´m afraid you gameplan only works if black doesn`t castle on move 11, which is obviously the most played move. Nice approach anyway.
Thanks
Welcome
QxD5 right?? Blacks pawn is pinned and queen cant move or your knight delivers mate? Free knight?
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At 18:40 firstly I saw 14. Rc1 which is winning but not as good as 14. QxN leading either to checkmate after 14... QxQ Nc7## if black decides he wants the Queen :)) or to an overwhelming position for white.
That continuation: 1. Rc1 Qb4 2. Qxd5... followed by beautiful checkmate 3. Nc7#
Really very helpful 👍🙏🙏
Glad to hear that
This is the best video I found on this gambit. Thank you.
Wow, thanks!
At 13:00 right after Qg5, wouldn't pawn to g6 prevent the checkmate?
No, but maybe pawn to d6 would since it'd give the king an escape. That would prevent an immediate checkmate. Qxf7 wouldn't be stopped by moving the g6 pawn.
Great to have a response to the Sicilian.
@18:25 The winning shot:
Qxd5 Qxd5
Nc7#
Unless I'm wrong of course
13:05😲how to stop it
I ALREADY play smith morra and tried to book up on it, but the DOZENS of paulse, kan, pin etc. formation transpositions made my head hurt so I never even finished my book. I'm hoping this video gives me new insights like the recently learned "play king's gambit style Qb3 behind Bc4 when black plays e5" and have destroyed both of my opponents in THAT LINE. if THIS video does for my smith morra what your *AWESOME* hartlaub/charlick gambit video did for my slav/stonewall woes with an completely understandable system i'm waxing opponents 2:1 with at the 1700 level! if this can improve my smith morra results, there should be some ratings points improvement in it. maybe I'll learn more about the FUNDAMENTALS that trying to memorize 400 lines of theory
Amazing. Thank you
itd be nice if when you analyze games in your videos you include the players names for pgn download purposes
Clear analyses...
Thanks...
Briliant. What about your books?
Very useful to handle Sicilian defence.
What about 3.... Nf6 attempting to transpose into the Alapin?
you just use your pawns to push the knight away
i have learned your lesson, pawn sacrifice openning.
Very helpful
Bishop(g5) -------------
Rook(e5) ---------------
Knight(c7) queen(c7x)
Rook(d5x) pawn(d5x)
Queen(e1) bishop(e7)
Queen(e7x) CHECKMATE!!
Qxd5 Qxd5, Nc7+ with a nice fork
It's not just a fork check it's checkmate
Nc7++
Very good video Igor. Some players are playing 4 .. e6 and 5 ..Bb4 pinning the knight instead of 4 ..Nc6. How to play against them?
6:46 the whistle signifies a blunder, fyi.
3:51 Bb5 is the strongest move here
Bro Igor's moves are better than the engines as it leads to a bunch of traps... stop looking at the engine and listen to his GOAT teachings
What if they leave the pawn at d4?
Solution to the quiz: 1.Qxd5 winning a piece: 1..Qxd5 2.Nc7+
If white plays d4, can black still play f5? Is that still sicilian defense?
im starting to love this opening.
Thanks mate! You unlocked the beast in me
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As for qstn on 18, you take horse with queen and checc mate
This is great opening and to me very compicated unfortunatly
That's why the pirc best defense
Q:d5 Q:d5
Nc7+
Wow took me forever to find the queen “sack”. What a satisfying mate
what a wonderful gambit.Absolutely loved it sir.will surely try it out in my games.I am Already winning a lot of games after watching your videos on the ICELANDIC & PORTUGESE variation against 1.e4. Thank u again sir u are the best .
excellent traps
Congratulations on your victories!
@@GMIgorSmirnov thank u
2:11 *"You can play Bc4 or Nf3"* i've gotten MUCH better results with Nf3 myself
Most gambits are refuted by accepting them. This is the exception. Black should neither take the pawn nor advance his own.
Ive been playing the danish gambit and a gambit variation in the Scandinavian defense ( also the Smith morra) and in all of these accepting the gambit walks right in to my plan, however I do have things prepared for if they don't accept
The move after black moves b6 is 1. Qxd5 Qxd5 2. Nc7+ forking the king queen and rook. That's great but that b6 move? Black should have played h6 or possibly f6 but I like h6 better. Then the exchange would be even.
tis video is so useful
All this stuff is very fun, but what if black in the third move goes for an alapin transposition with 3...d5 or 3...Nf6?
Noob
Yeah, this whole video is a very convenient variation for white. Lots of videos in this channel follow the same pattern. I play in the 2200-2400 range on lichess. Cheap traps are much harder to execute at this level because most players at this level already know them.
Qd1xKd5 is the answer of your challenge at 18:41 minutes
at 18:55 black is not obliged to play Bb7, yet can opt for 7...Nc6, let us say white castles, then we have Nge7, and they have nothing to play for except e5, to which we reply Ng6 they play e5 or no plan and long term advatange belongs to black
Against this gambit it is possible to play e6 and turn the game into a different variation
Qd5 and Nc7
Q-D5 Queen sacrifice.
Helt nytt sätt att spela schack på
total attack är min melodi
I've been stuck at 1100 for 50 yrs. All my friends are equivalent. Why would I want to get better and ruin my fun winning and loosing equally?
lol
I know a black african guy with 600 Elo, who always plays this gambit and loses. I domt like it. Makes me amgory!
Pawn A3 followed by Rook to c1 and the queen is trapped or black has to give up the knight
Did you ever notice that Igor is exactly called like the leader of Transnistria?
I am not a GM (chess24 rating around 2200) but I did not lose a single game when I have played against Smith Mora gambit for 25 years (usually against e4, I am playing Sicilian or Caro kann), so for me, this is bad opening for white!
Too many "IF ONLY's" here. I often open with the DRAGON and I could see a few moves you stated dependent on blunders; interesting!
Mein gott. A gambit with ICBM ? That's fantastic
Queen x Knight! must be recaptured by black's Queen. then Knight C7 fork.
That will checkamte the King..
Qd5 takiing the night ..
I never know where to put my Queen when playing against the Morra
gambits rely on the other guy making mistakes. Stockfish will castle before making any attacks as black. Then Stockfish will just grind white to a draw or win by trading off trying take advantage of its pawn advatange.
Rook c1 of course
this man's accent is thicker than my soul
Black doesn't hang for long they castle fast 😢
nice 🤓 | dear god | tks | 😮 dear | love it | 😪 |
i like
QxN.
I am not crashed by this because I am a kings Indian player
18.24 Qxd5 ; QxQ
Nc7
Qxd5!
Qd5
Why not Spanish translate?
qd5 qd5 nc7#
Uses he and I interchangeably for white pieces lol
Early support again!
Thank you!
Q x N!
Nice opening
Ken Smith who routinely played this gambit did quite well against average players then lost consistently against the best grandmasters who accepted the gambit and won with the extra pawn.
Qxd5
qXD5
What accent is this? He sounds like those tan dudes on family guy