► Chapters 00:00 Dangerous opening weapon for White 00:33 Tricky line for blitz games 01:46 3K+ players make this mistake 02:51 The Scotch Gambit 4.Bc4 03:26 Black plays 4...Bb4+ 04:55 Black plays 4...Bc5 05:55 The key intermediate check 07:35 Common attacking idea you should know 08:33 What if Black doesn't play dxc3? 12:34 What if Black counter-attacks? 14:24 Black plays 4...Nf6 16:49 Attacking plan in the middlegame
Thanks for this one Igor. I used to use the Italian Opening in my younger days, but you can get situations where a pawn gets in front of you strong c4 Bishop in some lines. With the Scotch Gambit, you don't have such problems. Thanks for the video on playing against it with black. I didn't realise it was as potent as that. It makes you think twice about Fried liver ideas. Thank you.
Thank you so much sir ... actually i have played chess for 5 years while in junior school and won several championships... now i can aim at becoming a GM at high school
best thing about gm igor smirnov is he teaches variations for all possible moves until endgame sometimes, like which pawn to push in that position. i have faced almost many moves and crushed my opponents using these tactics and traps.
Nice! A lot of amateur stuff (gimmicks) in the first half but I suppose its good to see for beginners. I enjoyed the second half of the video. The Haxo gambit (Bc5) and the Greco Gambit were educational. Thanks!
Sir in 1. e4 e5 2.nf3 nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.bc4 bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2 10.Nxd2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2...What if they do not do castling what if they play Bd7 what do we do???... Thanks Sir....(:
That's why I don't play 1. ...e5 as black in response to e4 because the evil opponent might execute a scholar's checkmate where I'm totally unaware of it lol.
I stopped watching a few moments after noticing this and that all black's moves/continuations are all bad. Tricky gambits in "hope" chess don't really work long-term against decent opponents. Video is useful for maybe for 1400 ELO blitz players who like gambits to beat noobs, or to defend against them
@@mikhailvarkovsky4150 The scotch gambit is a completely sound gambit tho just like the evans, it's just that this video shows only very bad responses by black for some reason
I have a question to minute 4:25: Bb4+ is explained as a mistake but if after the pawn exchange black plays Ba5, which is the most natural move to keep attacking c3, there is not much white can do. The bishop is covered by the knight so no Qd5 trick and white does not seem to have much compensation for the pawn.
You can move the knight up on f3 to G5 instead of sacrificing the bishop. Your bishop on a5 isnt doing much with the white pawn defended by the other knight.
2:59 "It's a good move that you can play against anybody, including Magnus Carlsen if you ever have to face him." As a 1400-ish, it'll probably never happen, but one can dream! Thank you for all of the help and great content!
I have a book on the Scotch Gambit that recommends this line: 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. f3 Ng5 11. Nc3 c6 What do you think? And can you explain how to play the Scotch Gambit as Black?
Hey Igor, im a huge fan! With your help my rating went from 1150 to 1697 so far! I need your help AGAINST the Scotch game. I always play e5 in hopes of playing the Rousseau gambit and sometimes get hit with the scotch game. Can you please make a video? Thanks!!!
A small error in the video 😅@GMIgorSmirnov 4:03 you said checkmate is unstoppable, the engine says it is stoppable after kh6,bxh6,O-O but it is still +2. Just want to point out in case some ppl remove the queen if they are in this line🤣 Btw I had been watching your video and thanks for teaching me
Hello there, this video is 1 year old, however, at 4:10 black has to move before white. And, if black castle, I don't see how i'll check the black in one move ? or two
Blocks bishop, and allows bishop development for Black, to also block your white bishop, bring queen to check goes to a pawn to block, This gives black 1.30 point head start after opening. For positioning
Good day Igor May I please ask you if it is possible to show the moves a bit slower, bacause I am a blind person and struggle a bit to keep up. Please if it is possible and I like your way of play. Greetings Paulie
After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4, the move 4...d5 is a mistake. The pawn on d5 is only defended once but attacked twice. White can continue: 5.exd5, and if 5...Na5 then 6.Qxd4. If 5...Nb4, then just 6.O-O Nxd5 7.Qxd4 (with a huge lead in development for White).
The Scotch Gambit is quite dangerous even if black responds correctly. The main move after 5.e5 is of course 5...d5 (5...Ng4 and 5...Ne4 being the alternatives) 6.Bb5 Ne4 (quite interesting is the not so obvious 6...Nd7) 7.Nd4 and i think that black has to play the gambit line 7...Bc5 with good compensation for the sacrificed material. I don't like the positions after 7...Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6. I think they are quite complicated and white gets a good share of attack if he knows what to do. It is an underestimated opening but there are some very strong Gm's who play it like Gawain Jones from Britain. For sure it will scored heavily in amateur level.
Hi Igor what do you recommend against the Sicilian? I find your videos interesting and have aggressive ideas. All the best from Athens, Giorgos ( George)
@@GMIgorSmirnov I wondering at 9:31 after O-0 by black and Bd5, how bad is Nxf2 with the idea of something like dxc3+ and c2? I play the Italian game btw and loved your video on that one. I would love to show you some other great stuff I know white can play to challenge blacks position. Some of your ideas I knew about and some where new to me.
Hello i am 800 level player and i tried this gambit against several opponents but they go for lolli variation of this gambit which is Nxd5 and i don't know the counter to it. Can you please make a video on that variation
At about 4:10 am I missing something? Black isn’t checkmated. After Black uses its night to defend the F pawn and the white bishop takes it, then Black just castles and defends the F pawn with the black rook. Black is down to piece, but it’s not an immediate checkmate. Again, am I missing something?
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► Chapters
00:00 Dangerous opening weapon for White
00:33 Tricky line for blitz games
01:46 3K+ players make this mistake
02:51 The Scotch Gambit 4.Bc4
03:26 Black plays 4...Bb4+
04:55 Black plays 4...Bc5
05:55 The key intermediate check
07:35 Common attacking idea you should know
08:33 What if Black doesn't play dxc3?
12:34 What if Black counter-attacks?
14:24 Black plays 4...Nf6
16:49 Attacking plan in the middlegame
Thanks for this one Igor. I used to use the Italian Opening in my younger days, but you can get situations where a pawn gets in front of you strong c4 Bishop in some lines. With the Scotch Gambit, you don't have such problems. Thanks for the video on playing against it with black. I didn't realise it was as potent as that. It makes you think twice about Fried liver ideas. Thank you.
Thank you so much sir ... actually i have played chess for 5 years while in junior school and won several championships... now i can aim at becoming a GM at high school
Good luck! 🔥
Are you a GM yet mate?
Or yet?
How about now?
Or yet yet ?
I’m learning the scotch gambit and it’s amazing. I’m curious do you have a video for a counterattack as the scotch gambit?
Very instructive and useful in real practical games. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
I've watched so many videos on this gambit and its lines and this is easily the most succinct/helpful. Thank you!
Already my favourite after e4 e5!
This is very good I have to use it thanks man
And I love the way you effectively explain
Thanks for your comment!
best thing about gm igor smirnov is he teaches variations for all possible moves until endgame sometimes, like which pawn to push in that position. i have faced almost many moves and crushed my opponents using these tactics and traps.
6:04 I saw this check with the computer and couldn’t realize the point of it! Thanks for explaining !!!
Nice! A lot of amateur stuff (gimmicks) in the first half but I suppose its good to see for beginners. I enjoyed the second half of the video. The Haxo gambit (Bc5) and the Greco Gambit were educational. Thanks!
Please I want you to cover that Scotch gambit from the black prospective . Thanks a lot .🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹
Brilliant! Thanks so much.
Glad it was helpful!
Just pulled off that early checkmate from the beginning of the video - thanks so much 🎉🎉🎉
Sir in 1. e4 e5 2.nf3 nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.bc4 bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2 10.Nxd2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2...What if they do not do castling what if they play Bd7 what do we do???... Thanks Sir....(:
I have learned so much watching just a few of your videos. So easy to follow, understand, and remember! Thank you! New sub here.
Great to know. Welcome aboard.
That's why I don't play 1. ...e5 as black in response to e4 because the evil opponent might execute a scholar's checkmate where I'm totally unaware of it lol.
At 4:00, I don't think the queen take F7 mate is unstoppable. The knight to H6 allows castling after the bishop takes.
Nice catch, I guess they would need to go for the bishop being unaware of the danger. Otherwise it won't work. The free piece is nice though!
I stopped watching a few moments after noticing this and that all black's moves/continuations are all bad. Tricky gambits in "hope" chess don't really work long-term against decent opponents. Video is useful for maybe for 1400 ELO blitz players who like gambits to beat noobs, or to defend against them
@@mikhailvarkovsky4150 yea, very disappointing
@@mikhailvarkovsky4150 The scotch gambit is a completely sound gambit tho just like the evans, it's just that this video shows only very bad responses by black for some reason
Thanks for such informative videos on openings . My chess prospective abt the opening moves has totally changed after watching ur videos
Great , thanks Igor 🌹🌹🌹
You're welcome!
Another superb video. Full of useful info and comments. Thanks. Could you do a tutorial on the Closed Sicilian Opening some time ?
Wow great video! I main 1.d4 but this has inspired me to play this opening against an IM tommorrow.
I have a question to minute 4:25: Bb4+ is explained as a mistake but if after the pawn exchange black plays Ba5, which is the most natural move to keep attacking c3, there is not much white can do. The bishop is covered by the knight so no Qd5 trick and white does not seem to have much compensation for the pawn.
You can move the knight up on f3 to G5 instead of sacrificing the bishop.
Your bishop on a5 isnt doing much with the white pawn defended by the other knight.
Perfect thanks teacher
Thank you! 😃
My favorite opening! Thanks for clear explanation
2:59 "It's a good move that you can play against anybody, including Magnus Carlsen if you ever have to face him." As a 1400-ish, it'll probably never happen, but one can dream! Thank you for all of the help and great content!
Glad you liked the content!
P.S. Nothing is impossible! 😉
Magnus plays BanterBlitz on Chess24, anyone can play him, if lucky! I would not enjoy that though, haha.
Thank you GM for the interesting gambit. My son always enjoys watching your videos. Could you please post pirc defence for black ?
please make a lichess study of this 🙂
Can you please make a video for black how to play against the Scotch Gambit>>
I have a book on the Scotch Gambit that recommends this line:
1. e4 e5
2. d4 exd4
3. Nf3 Nc6
4. Bc4 Nf6
5. e5 d5
6. Bb5 Ne4
7. Nxd4 Bd7
8. Bxc6 Bxc6
9. 0-0 Bd7
10. f3 Ng5
11. Nc3 c6
What do you think?
And can you explain how to play the Scotch Gambit as Black?
This is the whole variation where my book claims that Black should be doing fine. Can anyone help me on this one? What do you guys think?
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 exd4
4. Bc4 Nf6
5. e5 d5!
6. Bb5 Ne4
7. Nxd4 Bd7
8. Bxc6 Bxc6!?
9. 0-0 Bd7!?
10. f3 Ng5
11. Nc3 c6
12. f4 Ne6
13. Kh1 Nxd4
14. Qxd4 Bf5
15. Be3 Qd7
16. Rf2 h5
17. b4 Be7
18. b5 h4
19. bxc6 bxc6
20. Na4 h3
21. g3 0-0!
22. Kg1 Rfb8!
Hey Igor, im a huge fan! With your help my rating went from 1150 to 1697 so far!
I need your help AGAINST the Scotch game.
I always play e5 in hopes of playing the Rousseau gambit and sometimes get hit with the scotch game. Can you please make a video?
Thanks!!!
Great stuff! Congrats. We will make a note of your suggestion.
Ekscellen video,gm Igor Smirnov.
A small error in the video 😅@GMIgorSmirnov
4:03 you said checkmate is unstoppable, the engine says it is stoppable after kh6,bxh6,O-O but it is still +2.
Just want to point out in case some ppl remove the queen if they are in this line🤣
Btw I had been watching your video and thanks for teaching me
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Hey Igor. It the scotch gambit with E4 E5 Nf3 Nc6 Pd4 What will we do if the opponent plays Pd6???
Best teacher on RUclips 😊
My unknown opponent 1600 ranked defeated me repeatedly by scotch gambit, now following your anti gambit I have come to know how to play. Thanks
At 4:25, what about bishop A5 ? Seems like everything is better for black
What if black doesn't takes the pawn at the start?
Please make videos on scotch game defence for black
Thanks for the suggestion. We will make a note of it.
Dear igor, thanks for your content. Could you please make a howto AGAINST scotch opening. There is nothing good out there. Best regards
Hi Igor...at 4 05 the mate is nt unstoppable...after K h6,B x h6, 0-0 the black rest in game...
Superb✨
Thank you!
after Bxh6 in the Be7 retreat line , doesn’t castle get rid of mate?
Yes but free knight tho
This is now my favorite opening to use as white.
This is great. Is it possible to get a video on how best to defend against it???
Thanks for the suggestion. We have made a note of it.
thanks for upload my friend
Best teacher in the RUclips chess game
Interesting! What's the best move, when blacks play pawn d5 (early move), to block white Bishop on c4
Hello there, this video is 1 year old, however, at 4:10 black has to move before white. And, if black castle, I don't see how i'll check the black in one move ? or two
Same thoughts here 🤔
How does Vienna Gambit compare in effectiveness with the Scotch Gambit? Which is easier to play, with less theory? And which is more aggressive?
The d5 move which gives black a 47/53 or sum chance, is simple counter for any 300 elo
Blocks bishop, and allows bishop development for Black, to also block your white bishop, bring queen to check goes to a pawn to block,
This gives black 1.30 point head start after opening. For positioning
Love it thi
Wonderful opening, I will give it a trail.
Black QF6 and everything fall apart:D
Nice video
4:03
can't we just castle???
What if in the bb4 chapter if white protects the checkmate with a rook?
i like your vids mate, dropped a like and sub. only thing id like to see in the vids would be you showing us the theory in a game
Good day Igor
May I please ask you if it is possible to show the moves a bit slower, bacause I am a blind person and struggle a bit to keep up. Please if it is possible and I like your way of play.
Greetings Paulie
Thanks for the your input, Paulie. We will make a note about it in future videos.
Great..
In 9:43, what if Black Queen captures the pawn in d6 instead?
What if after Bc4 you get a response D5? That looks like a good counter.
After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4, the move 4...d5 is a mistake. The pawn on d5 is only defended once but attacked twice. White can continue: 5.exd5, and if 5...Na5 then 6.Qxd4. If 5...Nb4, then just 6.O-O Nxd5 7.Qxd4 (with a huge lead in development for White).
what about 4. knight g5, h6, 5. knight f7, king f7:, 6. bischoph c4+, king g6 and after h7???
i just murdured someone with this... if they bring out their queen to f6 on move 4, push the pawn to attck the queen. trust me you will win every time
At 17:14 you can simply play f4 right away 😀
His point there is that by moving f3 first then f4 you gain a tempo by kicking the knight around
I had this played against me today and thanks to this vid I played the correct Kg6 and went on to win thanks to the extra piece 😂
Das heißt das Schachspiel hat sich damit wiederlegt. Mit dem Springerzug auf Springer g5 gewinnt weiß immer!
What about Lucchini gambit ? , if you please explain it .🌹🌹
What if in last variation ,opponent takes knight to e7 instead of f6 what lines you recommend?
Nice...
Thanks
My suggestion for the best opening against 1...e5 is 1 Nf3.
If instead of Be7 black plays Bc5 white cannot play Nd2 because of BxNd4. What do you recommend? I left a 👍
11:06 what if King goes to H8?
3:30 it gets stopped by castling though😢
The Scotch Gambit is quite dangerous even if black responds correctly. The main move after 5.e5 is of course 5...d5 (5...Ng4 and 5...Ne4 being the alternatives) 6.Bb5 Ne4 (quite interesting is the not so obvious 6...Nd7) 7.Nd4 and i think that black has to play the gambit line 7...Bc5 with good compensation for the sacrificed material. I don't like the positions after 7...Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6. I think they are quite complicated and white gets a good share of attack if he knows what to do. It is an underestimated opening but there are some very strong Gm's who play it like Gawain Jones from Britain. For sure it will scored heavily in amateur level.
tbh scotch gambit is not good at all for black,
black side dont have chance to attack
@SPINE BONG ???
Hi Igor what do you recommend against the Sicilian? I find your videos interesting and have aggressive ideas.
All the best from Athens,
Giorgos ( George)
Hi George, Here is an aggressive gambit variation against the sicilian.
ruclips.net/video/tQWLQpFl2GU/видео.html
id also recommend looking into the alapin
What if instead of h6, black plays f6 ?
Interesting 🥰
🤗
4:07 you said the attack is unstoppable but can’t black just castle?
Can't tell how many games I have won in bullets with this opening
Great content as usual
Much appreciated
@@GMIgorSmirnov I wondering at 9:31 after O-0 by black and Bd5, how bad is Nxf2 with the idea of something like dxc3+ and c2?
I play the Italian game btw and loved your video on that one. I would love to show you some other great stuff I know white can play to challenge blacks position. Some of your ideas I knew about and some where new to me.
triple attack e7 by moving white knight to d-5 (nevermind queen takes LOL!)
4:12 what if black o-o
Great video, but: is mate really unstoppable at 4:05? What about pawn to d8? Maybe I am missing something...
It’s not unstoppable white can castle after the knight is taken
4:10 Black can just castle
Yes and he has to. The 0-0-0 looks a lot safer, but is impossible. After 0-0, black's in a bit of a spot.
But he has already lost the knight. White may even go for Bxg7 if Black castles.
@ 4:13 the game is not over. Just castle and the game goes on. Am I missing something?
this opening actually crushes everyone below 1000 elo I'm winning every game in 9 moves
What if at 0:54 black plays f6 with the pawn
Great instruction as always. But nobody EVER takes the D4 pawn...
What level you are playing at? It happens all the time with me
@@aniket1008 Only a measly 900 to 1000. Depending what day of the week it is. Lol
If they don't take, it's good for White. Just pin the knight on c6 threatening to win the e-pawn and they're already under a lot of pressure.
Hello i am 800 level player and i tried this gambit against several opponents but they go for lolli variation of this gambit which is Nxd5 and i don't know the counter to it. Can you please make a video on that variation
Does anyone know where are the databases he uses to see other games' opening?
It's on Lichess
4:01 this isn't checkmate as the king can castle.
I have been playing the Caro kann against E4 for years in tournaments with success or Scandinavian system!!
weak.
'Even Magnus Carlsen, if you happen to face him'...almost certainly not 🤣😂
At 7:32 you can actually take the queen by moving the bishop to c7. 👀
does f6 work too?
@@scotchperson yeah
But Black Queen can still covers the King 😅
What if black declined to takes the gambit pawn.
At about 4:10 am I missing something? Black isn’t checkmated. After Black uses its night to defend the F pawn and the white bishop takes it, then Black just castles and defends the F pawn with the black rook. Black is down to piece, but it’s not an immediate checkmate. Again, am I missing something?
Yea that's what I was thinking too, did u ever find out what we're missing?
Try the same video at 5:15pm