If he doesn’t promote a knight white can simply capture black’s queen and then black’s king respond and capture white’s queen and then white can capture the promoted queen
@@danieljohnsopardenilla997 There are times when it is better to promote to a rook than a queen. Usually this is done to prevent stalemate with the queen.
if you promote to a queen then he'll grab your d8 queen with his queen and when you capture it back then he can capture your second queen. final result: you gave up a bishop for a knight in an open position and you're down a pawn. that's why you need to promote to a knight so you can give check and be a tempo ahead
glad to hear the videos are getting better and better. That is definitely my goal. I will def put this on the list of videos to make. I'm always trying to put out what people want to see.
+Samson W The white knight would then simply move to f3 to block the threat (no Queen capture) and would take away the pawn's promotion/underpromotion, while at the same time you would no longer be capturing their knight for a pawn. This is why pawn captures knight comes 1st. And the reason that it underpromotes to a knight instead of a Queen is because otherwise white would capture your Queen on d8, giving check and after KxQ, then rook would capture the promoted queen and you would also lose the right to castle. By doing this order you win a knight, keep your Queen in the attack and they can't simply capture your newly created knight the next move otherwise then they would lose Their Queen for a bishop in 2 moves.
I just caught an opponent in the lasker trap, in a 1 minute game, thanks to this video! Queen’s pawn opening > queens gambit > albin counter > lasker trap!!! I may have messed it up at the end though 😅. But I’m still proud of myself haha
Donald Clark I am not good at chess, but opening up the diagonal line to the K is often suicide. I could not find immediate checkmating lines, but I suspect it's not a good move.
Michael Bauers Turns out the move James and Donald suggested is solid and is probably the correct play. I guess white has to take with the B to fall into the trap. There's another Lasker trap video which explains the pawn capture.
It saves white from immediate annihilation, but creates a double isolated pawn. And the bishop is pinned against the queen and the king. Not a pleasant position for white at all.
2:38 - what about white pawn f2 takes black pawn on E3? Doesn't that leave it to anyone's game at that point? Great opening just curious of more alternate variations to the opening.
No. The reasoning for promoting to the Knight is because of tempo (gaining time). It forces White to first deal with the fact that he is in check. If Black promotes to a Queen, then White can play Qxd8-check, Kxd8 Rxg2 and now Bg4-check is not a skewer.
at 4.00 black can check on d4 with queen after that ıf white plays bishop d3 queen can take the pawn on b2 and check again no need for nc6 loosing tempo
Hi, I liked the trap video, but it would really be helpful, if you would give some lines, how to refute 4. E3 b5 if the bishop is not taken. Because you call it a mistake, which means that there has to be a way to refute it, no matter what the follow up of our opponent is.
Idk if you got an answer, but that is the best move for white. Black has a slight advantage due to the doubled pawns, but they have avoided the rest of the trap
@thechesswebsite i think that what he is talking about is 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 what should black play here? trade the bishop for the knight?
4.e3 isn't really a mistake, it just misses a better move, 4.Nf3. This inaccuracy is avoidable if one follows the simple opening axiom of pieces before pawns.
That's a way for white to avoid the trap. However, unless they know about the trap, in which case they wouldn't be in this position in the first place, they would absolutely prefer taking the bishop, thinking they are gaining a massive advantage (which they are obviously not). Of course even if they don't know about the trap, they might notice it anyway. That's a risk you take.
Also, even if white plays that, the position is still quite good for black. White has doubled pawns, which are also isolated. Black is pinning white's bishop. Nc6 easily takes back control of the centre.
computo2000 LMAO. I completely agreed. This a good trap but can be played better. First of all, he should have moved your bishop to G4 and captured his queen, second better option is to make the pawn a queen so you kinda force him to take it with the rook, if he doesn't then he's fucked because you take the rook and have two queen, and he would finish him soon. So he has to capture that queen with the rook, then bishop to G4 and capture his queen, and he win any way, but it looked like he was trying to not win LOL.
@999duhast: Sure, it's a very common move. But it's not a sacrifice. You're not giving up your queen. You're exchanging equal material for a strategic advantage. Not being able to castle has two disadvantages. 1) your king is more exposed; and 2) your rook usually ends up stuck in the corner and is less useful. That's why you always want to castle as soon as you can and connect your rooks in the process.
@ MrWelshy1993: The knight forces him to move his king or take your knight. If he takes your knight, he loses his queen when you move bishop g4. If he moves his king, you continue your attack with queen to h4. On the other hand, if you promote to a queen, he takes your queen with his queen, and you have to re-take with your king. Then he takes your other queen with his rook, and you've lost your momentum.
what does black do if after he has moved his pawn to e5 and white moves his kings knight to c6 (instead of his pawn to e3)...the trap no longer works. is there still an effective move for black??
This is actually a reversed question from Hawkhunter07. What can black do if white pawn takes the black pawn instead of the black bishop ? And at the end of the movie after black moves kc6, and white moves bc5, black bg4. What can white and black from here ? Sorry for not being able to write in a fancy move order. I started playing chess 2 days ago and your vids are super helpful. tyty
Then the trap doesn't work, white will take the pawn on e3 and the game continues. You can go Qh4+ to force white to weaken his kingside tho, and Black will be slightly better.
That's what I meant, D4, not 5. Shouldn't have queried when I was so tired. But my question still stands. Why couldn't C4 white pawn 'en passant' the black pawn when it moved to D4?
Because, you can only en passant the very first turn that piece is moved there, The white pawn was there for one turn, so he couldn't en passant, or at least that's what I can remember.
@h4x7 He goes over this in Albin Counter Gamit video. If he does move the knight from g1 to f3 at 1:30 , this trap will not happen. However, black can still have a good game. Watch his video.
can someone please answer my question quick cause i have a tournament coming up in a few days :) at 4:03, instead of moving the knight, why does black not move Qd4+? this creates so many attacks such as the one on b2 and if the king moves into e1 again, black can Qe3+ then create even more attacks? am i missing something important here?
As with all traps, this one relies on the opponent playing poor moves. You are correct that 6.fxe3 lets White off the hook for some earlier inaccurate play. 6.Bxb4?? is the hook in this trap. If White is even a little bit wary of that advanced pawn, he won't jump at the bait on b4.
@AdrenLife emm.. How about 6. ... Nc6, does that suit u? It keeps on the initiative for Black.. After the exchange by moving 7.Bxb4 Nxb4, 8.Qxb4 c5!, white has to move back the Queen to 9.Qc3 cause taking the pawn will give Black a checkmate to 9. ... Qd2# and after 9.Qc3, the answer for Black is 9. ... Qd4+, good position for Black.. :)
I don't think e3 is a mistake, taking the bishop is a blunder though. Better is taking back the e pawn with the f pawn. I found it hard to find any good moves for black in that posistion cause it is hard to avoid exchanging the bishops and the queens then. And with a pawn down and hardly counter play, it is not a nice position. Note that promotion to queen is lost for black. Cause Qxd8+ before capturing on g1.
@BlackOP, i think bringing out your knight to protect your king and bishop would be a good move. I cant say best, because i am only a 1500 player. This would likely be followed by the bishop eating yours, then you putting the king in check by eating the pawn, and when he moves or eats it, attack with your queen. In a gambit you will lose something, but try and make up for it with his king in a bad position....@rainer: if he eats the other pawn, take his with your queen, and if he checks next mo
Nxf3? There are no knight developed to be taken, but I've reached your words, it is E not A. However you just develop your knight from b8 to c6 adding another defender. And you just continue with knight from g8 to e7 after get your Bishop to c4 defend the pawn. Just normal developing moves.. It is just a matter of time, once he moved his e3 pawn you go for Bishop to b4+ check the king block with the Bishop, take e3.. if they take the Bishop it's probably game over for white. Hope that helped. :)
The trap only works if they go e3 at the start. If the knight comes out first, then Bg4 doesn't win the queen and even if the pawn reaches the second to last rank, there's nothing to capture there so it can't promote
The Lasker Trap is a chess opening trap in the Albin Countergambit, named after Emanuel Lasker, although it was first noted by Serafino Dubois (Hooper & Whyld 1996, p. 219). It is unusual in that it features an underpromotion as early as the seventh move. if you want to learn more about this trap- Watch following video👇🏻 ruclips.net/video/HARbiCLcE2o/видео.html
at 2:30 the white queen can follow the queen's gambit accepted lines, and check the king(poisoned bishop)- Qa4+, a typical response might be Bd7(hopefully not Nc6), then Qxb4 , and so the Lasker lines are completely DESTROYED. The pawn relies on the queen indirectly protecting it because of what the white king has to protect (Example: 2:55). I played this through far enough that white, if he checks the king with the queen, will be just fine. It’s a sharp play, but prudence will prevail.
the funniest part of this trap is promoting to a knight
Overlord Ghs I was first heard about this trap after reading about examples where it makes sense to promote pawns to something besides a queen.
best choices is a queen, or a knight, because a queen can move like a rook and a bishop, except the knight
If he doesn’t promote a knight white can simply capture black’s queen and then black’s king respond and capture white’s queen and then white can capture the promoted queen
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@@danieljohnsopardenilla997 There are times when it is better to promote to a rook than a queen. Usually this is done to prevent stalemate with the queen.
if you promote to a queen then he'll grab your d8 queen with his queen and when you capture it back then he can capture your second queen. final result: you gave up a bishop for a knight in an open position and you're down a pawn. that's why you need to promote to a knight so you can give check and be a tempo ahead
promote too a knight lol
Holy shit this trap is beautiful
+Hetzerogeneous emanuel lasker was a beautiful man
Damn right.
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@@dinoflame9696 looooooool
glad to hear the videos are getting better and better. That is definitely my goal. I will def put this on the list of videos to make. I'm always trying to put out what people want to see.
I pulled this off once. It was sweet! My opponent didn't share at all in my pleasure.
Haha! I bet not.
Played it against a low level computer and won :D Best part was I didn't know the name of the trap and only played what I thought were natural moves.
😡😡😤😠
pure pawnage...
I'll have to try this one day.
...One single pawn can be the hero of the game.
that's awesome. Always glad to hear when traps work cause it's soo much fun.
At 3:10 why cant the bishop immediately come and check the king to win the queen? Why do we have to promote the knight?
+Samson W The white knight would then simply move to f3 to block the threat (no Queen capture) and would take away the pawn's promotion/underpromotion, while at the same time you would no longer be capturing their knight for a pawn. This is why pawn captures knight comes 1st. And the reason that it underpromotes to a knight instead of a Queen is because otherwise white would capture your Queen on d8, giving check and after KxQ, then rook would capture the promoted queen and you would also lose the right to castle. By doing this order you win a knight, keep your Queen in the attack and they can't simply capture your newly created knight the next move otherwise then they would lose Their Queen for a bishop in 2 moves.
Chris Smith thank you; good explanation
I just caught an opponent in the lasker trap, in a 1 minute game, thanks to this video! Queen’s pawn opening > queens gambit > albin counter > lasker trap!!! I may have messed it up at the end though 😅. But I’m still proud of myself haha
This is def. a great one to keep in your arsenal ... thechesswebsite and jrobi are by far THE best chess channels on RUclips
2:38 Why can't the pawn on F2 take the pawn on E3?
I wondered that too JB.
Donald Clark I am not good at chess, but opening up the diagonal line to the K is often suicide. I could not find immediate checkmating lines, but I suspect it's not a good move.
Michael Bauers Turns out the move James and Donald suggested is solid and is probably the correct play. I guess white has to take with the B to fall into the trap. There's another Lasker trap video which explains the pawn capture.
it's the best move in the position but black still has the advantage
It saves white from immediate annihilation, but creates a double isolated pawn. And the bishop is pinned against the queen and the king. Not a pleasant position for white at all.
Used this trap so many times just luv it, ur opponent straight away resigns,cheers!
thanks for the great feedback.
very nice game. I see white have so much trouble against the albin counter gambit. Soo many times the white king is just running around the board.
Definitely everybody should know that trap, even if not playing this moves sequence.
gotcha, i'll make sure i go over how to avoid in future videos. thanks for feedback.
1:35 Ng1 to f3 would be a more common move, even for a beginner.
In fact, it's the best move and the main line. Sometimes you just have to play chess
how does white respond to N to f3?
2:38 - what about white pawn f2 takes black pawn on E3? Doesn't that leave it to anyone's game at that point? Great opening just curious of more alternate variations to the opening.
Qh4+ g3, Qe4 and white looses material.
No. The reasoning for promoting to the Knight is because of tempo (gaining time). It forces White to first deal with the fact that he is in check. If Black promotes to a Queen, then White can play Qxd8-check, Kxd8 Rxg2 and now Bg4-check is not a skewer.
at 4.00 black can check on d4 with queen after that ıf white plays bishop d3 queen can take the pawn on b2 and check again no need for nc6 loosing tempo
Ty 7 years ago person
2:30 what if the white pon on f2 eats the black pon on E3??
This is the trap which really worked for me 4 times in the last 7 seven games with little variations
Hi, I liked the trap video, but it would really be helpful, if you would give some lines, how to refute 4. E3 b5 if the bishop is not taken. Because you call it a mistake, which means that there has to be a way to refute it, no matter what the follow up of our opponent is.
As white I love using the Queen's Gambit, nice to see a good way to defend as black, I know what to look out for now. Thanks for the video's, love em.
2:39, what happen if White fxe3? Then Black Bishop capture White Bishop?
3:15 - wouldn't it be better for black to move 7. ... Bg4+?
It seems to be better than underpromoting the pawn to knight and gets the queen?
Ankit Bajaj lol white has a knight to defend it
instead of the the bishop to d2 can't white bring knight to d2 then what would the black do ??? at 2:15
move order please
Great trap, no doubt!!! Thanks for the video, the only thing I'm not too crazy about is the intro music.
I like the intro music.
Idk if you got an answer, but that is the best move for white. Black has a slight advantage due to the doubled pawns, but they have avoided the rest of the trap
@thechesswebsite
I'm sure he meant at 2:13, the opponent moves his knight to d2.
Then we would continue as if he blocked it with the bishop, no?
this one is good video explained very well in a short time pls. come out more with such type of video
2:35 what if he didnt capture bishop and he capture pawn to e3?
Thanx I love your traps!!!
@thechesswebsite i think that what he is talking about is 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3
what should black play here? trade the bishop for the knight?
Thank you Kevin for all your videos
@2:45 into the video, what if white takes the e3 with the pawn first adn then take the bishop on b4 later? What seem that this would break the trap.
4.e3 isn't really a mistake, it just misses a better move, 4.Nf3. This inaccuracy is avoidable if one follows the simple opening axiom of pieces before pawns.
what if knight moves to F3 in response to the advancing pawn?
I'm slightly confused, at 2:40, why wouldn't white just take the black e pawn with his f pawn?
2:33. Pawn on f2 can take pawn on e3. You failed to mention that
That's a way for white to avoid the trap. However, unless they know about the trap, in which case they wouldn't be in this position in the first place, they would absolutely prefer taking the bishop, thinking they are gaining a massive advantage (which they are obviously not).
Of course even if they don't know about the trap, they might notice it anyway. That's a risk you take.
Also, even if white plays that, the position is still quite good for black. White has doubled pawns, which are also isolated. Black is pinning white's bishop. Nc6 easily takes back control of the centre.
what does white do if black responds to the advancing pawn with knight to f3?
I haven't used this trap before, but it looks like it can be devastating for your opponent. Especially with the early pawn confusion for white.
it´s great fun learning from you Kevin!
Why not fxe3 with the kingside pawn? Doesn't Black's attack fall apart?
i was hoping the comments for a chess video would be better than the rest of youtube...their not. great vid!
what is white does fxe3 before capturing the bishop?
1:35 what if they move nxf3?
knight can't take anything on f3, so the notation is just Nf3... for anyone that's on this video in 2020!
@@Digitalhealthhacker thank you. I am
3:10 why not bishop g4 securing the queen capture?
Because black now has three horses as a result of this continuation
Black has to take the white knight first, otherwise white can block the check with their knight. Just hope you read this after all those months...
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computo2000 LMAO. I completely agreed. This a good trap but can be played better. First of all, he should have moved your bishop to G4 and captured his queen, second better option is to make the pawn a queen so you kinda force him to take it with the rook, if he doesn't then he's fucked because you take the rook and have two queen, and he would finish him soon. So he has to capture that queen with the rook, then bishop to G4 and capture his queen, and he win any way, but it looked like he was trying to not win LOL.
SoyGuapoYRico, sorry, but you are wrong about ALL of that. Read the many other comments about why what you say does not work.
After D4 pawn move wouldnt you just do G1-F3
+true pain The trap only works if white chooses to play e4. That Nf3 probably would be a better move
@999duhast: Sure, it's a very common move. But it's not a sacrifice. You're not giving up your queen. You're exchanging equal material for a strategic advantage. Not being able to castle has two disadvantages. 1) your king is more exposed; and 2) your rook usually ends up stuck in the corner and is less useful. That's why you always want to castle as soon as you can and connect your rooks in the process.
that's awesome to hear. this is why i do it. thanks.
And what if he has already moved his knight?
at 2:35, what if white's pawn on f2 simply captures blacks pawn on e3?
@ MrWelshy1993: The knight forces him to move his king or take your knight. If he takes your knight, he loses his queen when you move bishop g4. If he moves his king, you continue your attack with queen to h4. On the other hand, if you promote to a queen, he takes your queen with his queen, and you have to re-take with your king. Then he takes your other queen with his rook, and you've lost your momentum.
What if Nf3 is played instead of e3?
Now we can deploy our submarine to an advantageous position.
"But he's going to be mistakenly wrong"... as opposed to mistaken, or just wrong... great grasp of oral English, Kevin.
@kablamo223
I would guess the continuation could be
Queen to h4+, white pawn g3 then queen to e4 attack rook.
very nice dude...I used this once or twice till now and it was sucessful. My favourite trap. Good video btw.
Another one that is straight forward outstanding! Thanks.
pawn camptures e5 is a main line? Isnt e3 better?
what does black do if after he has moved his pawn to e5 and white moves his kings knight to c6 (instead of his pawn to e3)...the trap no longer works. is there still an effective move for black??
What if from white intend of 5. Bd7 they make 5. Nd7?
This is actually a reversed question from Hawkhunter07. What can black do if white pawn takes the black pawn instead of the black bishop ? And at the end of the movie after black moves kc6, and white moves bc5, black bg4. What can white and black from here ? Sorry for not being able to write in a fancy move order.
I started playing chess 2 days ago and your vids are super helpful. tyty
3:33 why can't the king move to f2?
very suspicious.
also white queen takes black queen.
@669881 line 7 is wrong Nxb4 can recapture due to open check. Best move would be exf2
Thanks! I'm new to this opening. Trying to play exclusively gambit.
I LOVE aggressive chess.
what if they use the knight instead of bishop to block the check?
Then the trap doesn't work, white will take the pawn on e3 and the game continues. You can go Qh4+ to force white to weaken his kingside tho, and Black will be slightly better.
after pawn f2 check, and black king moves cant i just move bishop to g4 check right away winning the queen?
What if they take back with the f pawn?
I'm confused, which is my normal state of mind. Why can't the white pawn on C4 take the black pawn 'en passant' on D5?
because you can only en passent on d4
That's what I meant, D4, not 5. Shouldn't have queried when I was so tired. But my question still stands. Why couldn't C4 white pawn 'en passant' the black pawn when it moved to D4?
oldfartatplay1320 do you mean why couldn't the black pawn en passant the white c4 pawn? because the other way around doesn't make sense
Neither do I. Let's forget the whole thing. The medication makes me confused. ;/
Because, you can only en passant the very first turn that piece is moved there, The white pawn was there for one turn, so he couldn't en passant, or at least that's what I can remember.
@h4x7 He goes over this in Albin Counter Gamit video. If he does move the knight from g1 to f3 at 1:30 , this trap will not happen. However, black can still have a good game. Watch his video.
What would you do after if you skewered the queen?
can someone please answer my question quick cause i have a tournament coming up in a few days :) at 4:03, instead of moving the knight, why does black not move Qd4+? this creates so many attacks such as the one on b2 and if the king moves into e1 again, black can Qe3+ then create even more attacks? am i missing something important here?
I still use this trap to this day
the first moves are (W)d4, (B)d5, (W)c4, (B)e5, (W)xe5, (B)d4
but then what do you do if (W) plays Nf3 instead of e3?
Cry because your trap didn't work.
the problem I'm having is that after my d4 pawn takes their e3 pawn, they will just recapture my pawn with their f2 pawn. anyone able to help?
thanks for the input, ill keep that in mind
As with all traps, this one relies on the opponent playing poor moves. You are correct that 6.fxe3 lets White off the hook for some earlier inaccurate play. 6.Bxb4?? is the hook in this trap. If White is even a little bit wary of that advanced pawn, he won't jump at the bait on b4.
I literally burst out laughing when I heard the Glee music at the beginning. Haha very nice I can appreciate that on a chess video
Clear Explanations! Very Good and Awesome Trap!!!
Brilliant video. Watched it like three times :D
What's the intro song?
What is the best way to continue after 6. fxe ?
what if the c4 pawn eats the d5 pawn at 1:08?
@2:14 what if white does nb2 instead of bc2
@2:33 what if white doesn't take bxb4 instead pawn xe3
@AdrenLife emm.. How about 6. ... Nc6, does that suit u? It keeps on the initiative for Black.. After the exchange by moving 7.Bxb4 Nxb4, 8.Qxb4 c5!, white has to move back the Queen to 9.Qc3 cause taking the pawn will give Black a checkmate to 9. ... Qd2# and after 9.Qc3, the answer for Black is 9. ... Qd4+, good position for Black.. :)
I just played this today after watching. It was... beautiful.
I don't think e3 is a mistake, taking the bishop is a blunder though. Better is taking back the e pawn with the f pawn. I found it hard to find any good moves for black in that posistion cause it is hard to avoid exchanging the bishops and the queens then. And with a pawn down and hardly counter play, it is not a nice position.
Note that promotion to queen is lost for black. Cause Qxd8+ before capturing on g1.
@BlackOP, i think bringing out your knight to protect your king and bishop would be a good move. I cant say best, because i am only a 1500 player. This would likely be followed by the bishop eating yours, then you putting the king in check by eating the pawn, and when he moves or eats it, attack with your queen. In a gambit you will lose something, but try and make up for it with his king in a bad position....@rainer: if he eats the other pawn, take his with your queen, and if he checks next mo
why not at 2:40 take the black pawn at e3 with the white pawn at f2 ??!!??
This is really offensive play I love it haha
Nxf3? There are no knight developed to be taken, but I've reached your words, it is E not A. However you just develop your knight from b8 to c6 adding another defender. And you just continue with knight from g8 to e7 after get your Bishop to c4 defend the pawn. Just normal developing moves.. It is just a matter of time, once he moved his e3 pawn you go for Bishop to b4+ check the king block with the Bishop, take e3.. if they take the Bishop it's probably game over for white. Hope that helped. :)
@thechesswebite Again, what if f2xe3? I've seen this more than not!
if white moves out the knight to f3 before he moves , I won't be able to take it with the pawn to e3. How does the knight's move affect the trap?
The trap only works if they go e3 at the start. If the knight comes out first, then Bg4 doesn't win the queen and even if the pawn reaches the second to last rank, there's nothing to capture there so it can't promote
The Lasker Trap is a chess opening trap in the Albin Countergambit, named after Emanuel Lasker, although it was first noted by Serafino Dubois (Hooper & Whyld 1996, p. 219). It is unusual in that it features an underpromotion as early as the seventh move.
if you want to learn more about this trap- Watch following video👇🏻
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at 2:30 the white queen can follow the queen's gambit accepted lines, and check the king(poisoned bishop)- Qa4+, a typical response might be Bd7(hopefully not Nc6), then Qxb4 , and so the Lasker lines are completely DESTROYED. The pawn relies on the queen indirectly protecting it because of what the white king has to protect (Example: 2:55). I played this through far enough that white, if he checks the king with the queen, will be just fine. It’s a sharp play, but prudence will prevail.
thanks!but what if 3.cxd5?
After black pawn on d4 captures white pawn on e3 white can move queen to a4, check and then captures the black bishop on b4.
Still getting some people with this one! Love the underpromotion