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► Chapters 00:00 Most Successful Chess Opening for White 00:13 The Haxo Gambit, Scotch Gambit Opening 01:15 1) Most played line 4...Bc5 03:14 73% Win Rate for White 05:25 If Black plays 5...Nf6 instead of 5...dxc3 08:22 2) If Black plays 4...h6 10:40 3) If Black plays 4...Nf6 14:19 4) Black's correct response
The most amazing thing about this line is that in the first line, after 8. Qh5+ g6, the second most common move even among 2000+ level players is 9. Qe5+, apparently oblivious to the knight on C6. 24 players in the Lichess database at the 2000 level gave up their queens in this manner, although that is out of 13,781, so fewer than 1 in 500, but it is still a shocking blunder for that level. Even weirder, out of those 24 games, in 12 of the games, black responded with Qe7, in 2 of the games, black responded with Be7, and in 1 game, the move was Kf7.
Hey Igor! I actually noticed something. On 9:50 it's still a good idea to Qh5+ simply because the king has nowhere to go except black squares, so when you do actually take the bishop you check him again and it's your move as opposed to black's move, even though you're in the same "final" position!
Thanks GM Igor for this great video! Loved it and watched the video several times to make sure I understand the main line plus the variations. Again my sincere thanks for teaching us new tricks all the time!
At 5:53 I wouldn't castle cus this variable looks like the giuoco piano game which leads to the greco gambit. I will capture pawn at d4 and the bishop will give a check at c4. I'll then cover with the night to c3 hoping for night to capture at e4. Then I'll castle
10:05 Of course it makes sense to first play Qh5+, because after that the king has to move on a dark square and we can take the bishop with check? Am I missing something?
There are some more variations to this attack. I don't personally play it, though maybe I'll practice it some. I do see it enough to know what needs to get done to hopefully get a relatively even position. Can be dangerous though as one slip up can easily lead to mate.
How to play with and against an opening please reply 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 for example as black I play caro kann against e4 but when I play e4 opponent also sometimes play Caro kann
hi Igor ., im carlfred from philippines 🇵🇭.,I’ve been watching your video a lot and i really enjoy it and learn more moves in chess. do have a video if the black won’t take the d4 from white in haxo gambit?
But Igor... At 6:26 you say that white should just castle, but doesn't that expose the pawn on e4 ? I mean white can just simply take that unprotected pawn, and then follow up with d5 and life is good.. or am I wrong here?
In another video Igor talks about playing E4, then D4 on the next move. Skip the knight F3 on move 2. I like this MUCH more for this exact reason. You get to play the line basically every game. You play E4, most games opponents go E5, then BOOM, take my pawn! And it's not a "bad gambit" this way, you are even from the evaluation but only if your opponent knows some awkward moves. Then you play bishop C4 on move 3. Then you take the knight out depending on what your opponent does. Again, then is much better for most elo ratings because it's more forcing and super fun to play with all the sacrifices.
7:47 Black Queen takes knight, bishop captures queen, pawn takes b2 threatening to capture rook and promote. knight moves to defend promotion. queen in exchange for a minor piece, a pawn and a rook
I play against this a lot(as black) & I don't face any problems now. This line is very easy for me. Also the first position idea of bishop sac is also there in Evans GAMBIT which only you taught me. ❤
Thank you for this. I usually live on the unhealthy diet of fried liver or Italian with Danish gambit as dessert. Now I'll try the fried liver on steroids and how it tastes.
I just played this a few more times and it was great, crazy games but great. Just had to get used to real live games and all the what iffs Like all chess. Thank you for all that you have done for me and the reast of us trying to learn the game of chess. May Jesus bless you always. Amen
Scotch game is super aggro! If you're an e4 player you gotta try it! Another good time is as a short circuit against the Russian game! Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation!
11:38 "And they recapture naturally" Not even a beginner would do that naturally. Giving up a Knight for a pawn? More "Naturally" would be getting their Knight c6 out of the way or even better, Qe7 (check).
I have some problems with 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ According to Lichess it happens is only 7%, but I had such a move several times. Could you give some good ideas, GM Smirnov? @Remote Chess Academy , thank you in advance!
Very good haxo gambit thank you to share this Igor it lack to me,some move,now my attack gonna do more great damage.I have a request can you give the trick to obtain the greek gift,i realize three time but it not always easy to do maybe you know some trick to obtain this more easily for example with a particular opening with white and with black also thank you!
I just want to know if your opponent move the King on the same rank and can they castle after check and it move and check again and check and they castle because I know that went the king is move it is not allowed to castle and please let me know as soon as possible,please.
I tried the Haxo gambit, however after d4, my opponent refused to take and went d6.I continued with Bc4 then they countered with Be6 which blocked my main attack. I decided to try fork by pushing to d5. After exchange of knight, pawn, pawn I was left with a knight that was pinning my queen but blundered... so with all that said, I'd love to see a video on various ways black could decline to take your d4 and how to handle it. I do like the idea of this gambit.
I am trying to get this one, it is like a Scotch, and then a little bit of a Evans into a Dutch and then into a Jerome Gambit. I get the idea kinda. I am going to keep trying to get this one in a game.
Please if your oponent play 4... Nf6, play the king of gambits not that fried liver stuff, just keep up with 5.o-o Nxe4 (yes, gambit another pawn) 6.Nc3 dxc3 (yes, gambit a piece) and let your oponent taste the NAKHMANSON GAMBIT!! with 7.Bxe7 Kxe7 8.Qd5 and from this point on you are 2 pieces down and still can not loose. The nakhmanson is like the haxo... but with steroids.
It's both. It's the Scotch Gambit after 4. Bc4 and then it's also the Haxo Gambit if Black responds with 4... Bc5, according to lichess. So, the Haxo Gambit is variation that Black can play within the Scotch Gambit.
I am 1750 on lichess and i used to play the haxo gambit a lot back when i had juts begun. I always had great positions with this gambit. The best part is thst this gambit is so easy to understand, no heavy theory or anything. All the moves for white are almost logical and chances to blunder are low. I learnt it on my own, i never even knew that this gambit existed. It was only when i opened the analysis i realized this is a gambit. I used to play it in a bit of a spahgetti way, mixing up moves but it was always a strong position.
You can't use online win rates for traps because bots play the same scripted trap lines against each other over and over to artificially boost their ratings (and the botmaker then sells the account). Playing trap lines won't trigger the automatic bot detectors because computers don't fall for traps, and nothing stands out unusual in a manual review of the game (other than one side apparently fell for a trap).
Black don't need to protect the pawn with the dark colored bishop as that bishop can give check to the white king. That can bring some disaster to white.
I learned the first 4 moves for white decades ago as the Scotch Gambit. Never heard Haxo Gambit, nor recall seeing this variant. IIRC, 4...Nf6 remains Black's best counter. NOTE: Why did you skip covering 4....Bb4+?
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Bro seriously I m a 1200 i played this when i was a 900 and swear to God it's a atom bomb to those players
► Chapters
00:00 Most Successful Chess Opening for White
00:13 The Haxo Gambit, Scotch Gambit Opening
01:15 1) Most played line 4...Bc5
03:14 73% Win Rate for White
05:25 If Black plays 5...Nf6 instead of 5...dxc3
08:22 2) If Black plays 4...h6
10:40 3) If Black plays 4...Nf6
14:19 4) Black's correct response
One of my favorites gambits. Play it all the time!
Solid opening
Don't forget 13:27 , awkwardly try to move your Queen like a knight. 😅T'was a funny blooper though.
The most amazing thing about this line is that in the first line, after 8. Qh5+ g6, the second most common move even among 2000+ level players is 9. Qe5+, apparently oblivious to the knight on C6. 24 players in the Lichess database at the 2000 level gave up their queens in this manner, although that is out of 13,781, so fewer than 1 in 500, but it is still a shocking blunder for that level. Even weirder, out of those 24 games, in 12 of the games, black responded with Qe7, in 2 of the games, black responded with Be7, and in 1 game, the move was Kf7.
I watch most of your videos and I actually won our chess competition!! Thank you GM Igor Smirnov
Congrats!
I mostly play this gambit, but the moves in chapter 3 never came to my mind. Awesome, thank you Igor!
Dude, your videos are amazing. Especially for a casual player like me. Thanks.
Glad to hear!
Great traps and you explained them extremely well.
Thank you!!!!
Great video..thanks
I hit 1100 elo today
Keep growing ❤️
Well done bro
sitting at 800
Nice! Keep going!
Stuck at 700 for a month now.I win and then lose.This continues
Such good stuff thank you. Here and in many bishops openings variations finding king not taking on gambit
Great! Thank you. I appreciate all of the variations you showed.
Чудовий гамбіт! Дякую за детальний огляд!
Hey Igor! I actually noticed something. On 9:50 it's still a good idea to Qh5+ simply because the king has nowhere to go except black squares, so when you do actually take the bishop you check him again and it's your move as opposed to black's move, even though you're in the same "final" position!
He said to win tempo....
ur the goat you upload with insane consistency
Nice video like always 🙌
Thanks GM Igor for this great video! Loved it and watched the video several times to make sure I understand the main line plus the variations. Again my sincere thanks for teaching us new tricks all the time!
Glad it was helpful!
"fried liver on steroids" lmao. Lovely stuff.
This channel is gold
At 5:53 I wouldn't castle cus this variable looks like the giuoco piano game which leads to the greco gambit. I will capture pawn at d4 and the bishop will give a check at c4. I'll then cover with the night to c3 hoping for night to capture at e4. Then I'll castle
"Instead of going for this d5 Nd5 thing they gotta go for Ne5" 14:45
No, they don't
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Qe7+
Great & instructive lesson as always GM Igor love your energy and passion for teaching
Glad you enjoyed it!
10:05 Of course it makes sense to first play Qh5+, because after that the king has to move on a dark square and we can take the bishop with check? Am I missing something?
There are some more variations to this attack. I don't personally play it, though maybe I'll practice it some. I do see it enough to know what needs to get done to hopefully get a relatively even position. Can be dangerous though as one slip up can easily lead to mate.
How to play with and against an opening please reply 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 for example as black I play caro kann against e4 but when I play e4 opponent also sometimes play Caro kann
😂
I recommend the fantasy variation of the karo. Gothemchess made a video on it
Very nice, Igor!
hi Igor ., im carlfred from philippines 🇵🇭.,I’ve been watching your video a lot and i really enjoy it and learn more moves in chess. do have a video if the black won’t take the d4 from white in haxo gambit?
Awesome content! I love this. Thanks for the insightful, logical approach to the explanation!
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Great explanation Igor thank you :) Whats the name of the gambit?
A 12:48 black can just push the pawn to f6? Then what do we do?
Thank you I finally reached 1200 Elo all cause of your content
But Igor... At 6:26 you say that white should just castle, but doesn't that expose the pawn on e4 ? I mean white can just simply take that unprotected pawn, and then follow up with d5 and life is good.. or am I wrong here?
Could you advise what happens on black D5 pawn move after the bishop moves C4 and pawn to c3?
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Enjoy!
At 10:33 black can move the knight to e4. What do you do then???????
Qd5 attks the knight then again and mate in 1, so probably that i guess
You are so under rated af
Black played pawn f6 and I lost the game, I actually tried this thing about 10 times and players never responded like it shows in this video
That’s why you shouldn’t learn these cheesy gambits. You’re better served learning something like the London system and mastering that.
In another video Igor talks about playing E4, then D4 on the next move. Skip the knight F3 on move 2.
I like this MUCH more for this exact reason. You get to play the line basically every game. You play E4, most games opponents go E5, then BOOM, take my pawn! And it's not a "bad gambit" this way, you are even from the evaluation but only if your opponent knows some awkward moves.
Then you play bishop C4 on move 3. Then you take the knight out depending on what your opponent does.
Again, then is much better for most elo ratings because it's more forcing and super fun to play with all the sacrifices.
dude i won a game just in the sequence u explained , great video man
This is also a very common motif and tactic in the evans gambit, if they retreat the bishop to c5
7:47 Black Queen takes knight, bishop captures queen, pawn takes b2 threatening to capture rook and promote. knight moves to defend promotion. queen in exchange for a minor piece, a pawn and a rook
I play against this a lot(as black) & I don't face any problems now. This line is very easy for me. Also the first position idea of bishop sac is also there in Evans GAMBIT which only you taught me. ❤
How do you defend against it?
@@absurdism101 you tell me the move,where you find problem. I will answer
I'm literally a beginner 1000 elo. Love your channel. This video is awesome, will be using this.
I havent regretted your course, Igor!
Thanks!
lovely gambit, great video!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
love this channel fast and straight to the point.
Thank you for this. I usually live on the unhealthy diet of fried liver or Italian with Danish gambit as dessert. Now I'll try the fried liver on steroids and how it tastes.
Really amazing Gambit, but I'm looking for a similar effective opening or Gambit for black. Thank you GM❤
I played this gambit while watching the video, and while it didn't get exactly a Haxo, it was close enough I got a nice fork early😊
I just played this a few more times and it was great, crazy games but great. Just had to get used to real live games and all the what iffs
Like all chess. Thank you for all that you have done for me and the reast of us trying to learn the game of chess.
May Jesus bless you always. Amen
@ 12:58, why not ...,Be6?
Can you do other variations? Like if they dont take the gambit what to play / some other lines?
Scotch game is super aggro! If you're an e4 player you gotta try it! Another good time is as a short circuit against the Russian game! Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation!
11:38 "And they recapture naturally" Not even a beginner would do that naturally. Giving up a Knight for a pawn? More "Naturally" would be getting their Knight c6 out of the way or even better, Qe7 (check).
I play Danish Gambit and it often transposes into this. I never thought of mixing up the orders. This looks fun too!
I have some problems with 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ According to Lichess it happens is only 7%, but I had such a move several times. Could you give some good ideas, GM Smirnov? @Remote Chess Academy , thank you in advance!
I love crazy brilliant game,
Classic Igor Smirnoff
Very good haxo gambit thank you to share this Igor it lack to me,some move,now my attack gonna do more great damage.I have a request can you give the trick to obtain the greek gift,i realize three time but it not always easy to do maybe you know some trick to obtain this more easily for example with a particular opening with white and with black also thank you!
Just won my first rapid game against 1500+ opponent with this idea....thank you!
I just want to know if your opponent move the King on the same rank and can they castle after check and it move and check again and check and they castle because I know that went the king is move it is not allowed to castle and please let me know as soon as possible,please.
Igor is the 🐐
Thank you
I tried the Haxo gambit, however after d4, my opponent refused to take and went d6.I continued with Bc4 then they countered with Be6 which blocked my main attack. I decided to try fork by pushing to d5. After exchange of knight, pawn, pawn I was left with a knight that was pinning my queen but blundered... so with all that said, I'd love to see a video on various ways black could decline to take your d4 and how to handle it. I do like the idea of this gambit.
You sir got scammed by a Stockfish😅 so many cheaters today i swear
@@Haze_FPS Probably. That's why I would rather play OTB rather than a faceless name on the computer.
@@mrnelgin im not that good of a chess player, but my logic always tells me if he found best move or not, and after the match its 89 96 pct accuracy
Just marvellous.
I am trying to get this one, it is like a Scotch, and then a little bit of a Evans into a
Dutch and then into a Jerome Gambit. I get the idea kinda. I am going to keep trying to get this one in a game.
this is amazing. Дякую!
What if they defend E5 pond with D6?
Been seeing this a lot, surprised it's not covered
Please if your oponent play 4... Nf6, play the king of gambits not that fried liver stuff, just keep up with 5.o-o Nxe4 (yes, gambit another pawn) 6.Nc3 dxc3 (yes, gambit a piece) and let your oponent taste the NAKHMANSON GAMBIT!! with 7.Bxe7 Kxe7 8.Qd5 and from this point on you are 2 pieces down and still can not loose.
The nakhmanson is like the haxo... but with steroids.
how to attack on e4 and then c6?
15:20 yeah, my 1800 rated opponent will blunder it for sure 😂
Great video tho.
I play this a lot and sometimes get qe7 after I play bc4. What do I do then?
How about 4... Bb4+ ? (that's what stockfish suggested)
Very good
What if they play D5 to block the bishop targeting F7 square?
Isn't this just the Scotch Gambit? What's the difference between the Haxo Gambit and the Scotch Gambit?
Looks identical but I’ve picked up a couple of ideas that I hadn’t explored
It's both. It's the Scotch Gambit after 4. Bc4 and then it's also the Haxo Gambit if Black responds with 4... Bc5, according to lichess. So, the Haxo Gambit is variation that Black can play within the Scotch Gambit.
At what rating does this work?
I am 1750 on lichess and i used to play the haxo gambit a lot back when i had juts begun.
I always had great positions with this gambit. The best part is thst this gambit is so easy to understand, no heavy theory or anything. All the moves for white are almost logical and chances to blunder are low.
I learnt it on my own, i never even knew that this gambit existed. It was only when i opened the analysis i realized this is a gambit.
I used to play it in a bit of a spahgetti way, mixing up moves but it was always a strong position.
What if they dont take?
You can't use online win rates for traps because bots play the same scripted trap lines against each other over and over to artificially boost their ratings (and the botmaker then sells the account). Playing trap lines won't trigger the automatic bot detectors because computers don't fall for traps, and nothing stands out unusual in a manual review of the game (other than one side apparently fell for a trap).
Black don't need to protect the pawn with the dark colored bishop as that bishop can give check to the white king. That can bring some disaster to white.
What if they play queen to F6 after you develop the light bishop
Yeah Evans Gambit
What if they play queen f6 after my queenc3🤔
I find myself watching "Remote Chess Academy" every day now, so it must be good.... :)
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You didn't cover if they move the queen first. That's what the computer keeps doing 😞🤣
Same with me😂
Sir please cover a video about scotch game by black pieces.
What if they move night and target the rook
I learned the first 4 moves for white decades ago as the Scotch Gambit. Never heard Haxo Gambit, nor recall seeing this variant. IIRC, 4...Nf6 remains Black's best counter. NOTE: Why did you skip covering 4....Bb4+?
Remenicent of the Evans gambit.
Remember one of the basic rules of chess - always look for checks. If black remembers this rule, he will move 3.Bb4+ and this will ruin this gambit.
What if Black play russian
So the Fried Liver on Steroid from the Haxo is like a Lolli Attack, but the move orders prevent Black from playing the Polerio Defense.
Sus
Tried this on ELO 900 for 2 days now - no one falls for it. Not even close to 50% win rate. It’s actually not even happening.
It wont happen unless its Blitz or bullet, people on Rapid 10mins have enough time to think
My open ❤
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No opponents are taking pxc3. I've had some wins with this gambit but opponents are never doing as you predict.
The first time i tried this I hung my horse on move 4 and proceeded to lose because i messed up move order lmao.
I played this for years.
They don't take the pawn, they move the black square juicer and put me in check, and have to resign, losing many games like this
Only e4e5 but e4e6 not this game. Or 1.e4e5 2.Nf3Nc3 3.d4d6🎉🎉🎉
Is this effective in 2000+ elo?
Nope!