The story behind this one also reminds me of Santasiere's Folly (1. Nf3 d5 2. b4!?) which is an opening apparently inspired by a touch move violation forcing poor Santasiere to play b4 when he wanted to play c4. He ended up really liking the opening and even wrote a book about it!
If anyone looking at 11:00 thinks Nd5 solves the dilemma by blocking the back rank Queen mate and guarding the c7 pawn, like I did for a moment, consider what happens after White takes the c7 pawn anyway.
I play the french and thought id look at the bishop f8 lines and there is a double queen trap line. This ends up with a weird material imbalance of three pieces and two rooks vs four pieces and two pawns. I reccommend anyone reading this to take a look.
I honestly haven't been streaming as much in January but you can sometimes catch me live Mondays-Thursday around 4:30pm Central Time. Hope to see there someday!
After 8. Qe3, 8...c5 looks fairly promising for black. I doubt too many Winawer players would be scared by that position. Much earlier, black can sidestep the entire thing with 4...Ne7, which will often go back to a main line (if white ever pushes e5) and the alternative lines do not look particularly dangerous as black can answer a3 with Ba5 and any queen forays with O-O and a break in the centre.
Consider 8. Nd5 Bxd2+! Black gains a tempo to get the bishop out of the 3-way fork. Something (King or f3 Knight) has to recapture the d2 Bishop or the White King still has to move out of check. After White makes any legal move, Black plays Qd8 and the Queen gets out of the fork in such a way that she also defends c7. Moving 8. Nd5 is strong...but 8. Bb5 is even stronger. (Note: I thought Nd5 was the answer, too. A 3-way fork is hard to ignore and hard to beat.)
@@almscurium yup, write off an entire opening with 'it's boring'. I'm sure you're not missing any details or crucial ideas in your writing off of this huge opening.
@@ourtube1128 people usually have the exchange variation in mind when saying the French. Which in that scenario and only in this scenario is objectively correct in calling it "boring" as draw rates are astronomical in this line
My go-to response to a french player is 2.b3 and boy do they usually fail - just because they were so busy memorizing the french mainlines for the past 2 decades, that they just have never seen that before.... ~~~What cannon rushers are to Starcraft, French opening players are to chess~~~
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@@JonathanSchrantz Haha thx for the content. I was a 1200-1500ish player in the 80s and early 90s, and found chess books daunting. Since Queen’s Gambit (haha), I’ve been finding the chess content on RUclips amazing - but yours is the best! 🤣 Thx! ☺️
Something like 1... Bd2 2. Nd2 Qb2 3. Rd1 Qc2 4. Qg7 Ed 5. Qh8 Kf8. If you decide to keep the tension playing anything instead of 4. Qg7, we just go Nd7 threatening to take on d5
hey Jonathan,what does a person need to do to have a gambit named after him? i am ~1500chess/2000lichess scrub and on my level Schrantz is a pretty big name. we love gambits because opponents blunder is the main weapon here. but there is no Schrantz gambit and this is very sad.
Research it to the extent where you are able to continuously utilize it in high level tournaments with a certain amount of success. Most of the gambits are easily refutable/avoidable with just a little prep and some time on the clock, so chances of that happening are rather slim. Everything more or less viable has already been been named. As far as I am concerned there are no variations named even after the current top-20 players.
He says he beat them in 8 moves, not 9. The moves were: 1. e4 e6. 2. d4 d5. 3. Nc3 Bb4. 4. Bd2 dxe4. 5. Qg4 Qxd4. 6. Nf3 Qf6. 7. Qxe4 Nc6. 8. Bb5 resigns. Watch from time stamp 6:30 to see the final position, and Jonathan's explanation as to why his opponent resigned.
I love content on the french defense, for it's the only opening I have ever properly prepared. However, at this moment this video has exactly 666 likes and 6 dislikes, so I'll click like another time to avoid the ruining of numeric coincidences.
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lol, i remember looking through the french defense variations and finding this, like 5 months ago. got a few laughs in GothamChess' server
The story behind this one also reminds me of Santasiere's Folly (1. Nf3 d5 2. b4!?) which is an opening apparently inspired by a touch move violation forcing poor Santasiere to play b4 when he wanted to play c4. He ended up really liking the opening and even wrote a book about it!
Great, something to add to my repertoire!
Fingerslip Variation: Exists. Is there a Facepalm (opening/defense/variation)? If not, seems like good territory for you to establish.
If anyone looking at 11:00 thinks Nd5 solves the dilemma by blocking the back rank Queen mate and guarding the c7 pawn, like I did for a moment, consider what happens after White takes the c7 pawn anyway.
I play the french and thought id look at the bishop f8 lines and there is a double queen trap line. This ends up with a weird material imbalance of three pieces and two rooks vs four pieces and two pawns. I reccommend anyone reading this to take a look.
I played this by mistake once when I intended to play e5 before Bd2
Very clever. Looking forward to more insights and ideas!! Thanks
Finally subbed to you, don't know why I did before. So fun to see such aggressive chess concepts in conjunction to such great wholesome content
I really want to catch you stream but never get you live do you have regular times or something?
I honestly haven't been streaming as much in January but you can sometimes catch me live Mondays-Thursday around 4:30pm Central Time. Hope to see there someday!
Excellent analysis...
Nice, thank you 😃
After 8. Qe3, 8...c5 looks fairly promising for black. I doubt too many Winawer players would be scared by that position. Much earlier, black can sidestep the entire thing with 4...Ne7, which will often go back to a main line (if white ever pushes e5) and the alternative lines do not look particularly dangerous as black can answer a3 with Ba5 and any queen forays with O-O and a break in the centre.
Jonathan, can you cover the Qe8 line in the lenningrad dutch?
Another good video, Jonathan. More, please!
Thank You! :)
Instead of bishop to b5, what about Nd5 forking the bishop and the queen. And if he moves his queen that knight can hop to c7 winning the rook
Consider 8. Nd5 Bxd2+! Black gains a tempo to get the bishop out of the 3-way fork. Something (King or f3 Knight) has to recapture the d2 Bishop or the White King still has to move out of check. After White makes any legal move, Black plays Qd8 and the Queen gets out of the fork in such a way that she also defends c7. Moving 8. Nd5 is strong...but 8. Bb5 is even stronger. (Note: I thought Nd5 was the answer, too. A 3-way fork is hard to ignore and hard to beat.)
doesnt work because bishop captures bishop with check
A lot of bots are playing the French these days even we saw a French defense In Tata Steel tournaments
I play mostly French defense and what is bad about the French?
@@luciusaemiliuspaullusmaced2371 it’s boring
@@almscurium I enjoy the opening
@@almscurium yup, write off an entire opening with 'it's boring'.
I'm sure you're not missing any details or crucial ideas in your writing off of this huge opening.
@@ourtube1128 people usually have the exchange variation in mind when saying the French. Which in that scenario and only in this scenario is objectively correct in calling it "boring" as draw rates are astronomical in this line
Nice analysis of a fun variation. Just a quick suggestion on the word "intermezzo": the ending is like "pizza" (pit-zah). Keep up the great work!
Why taking the pawn at e4 and not the long rochade? If black take the night at f3 then Bishop g5 attacking the Queen and threatening mate on d8?
You took the pawn, what about o-o-o setting up a trap; exf3 Bg5 and black has to sac the queen for 2 pieces
My go-to response to a french player is 2.b3 and boy do they usually fail - just because they were so busy memorizing the french mainlines for the past 2 decades, that they just have never seen that before....
~~~What cannon rushers are to Starcraft, French opening players are to chess~~~
Great player Flor
Please continue the blue print french defense serie for black!!
Ah the Loseawer. Lots of ways to win against such defense.
My 2yo and 4yo girls were disappointed that no zombies appeared in this video - they like to jump around and make silly faces when the zombies appear. Maybe next time? 🤣
I knew something was missing from this video. I should have realized there were no zombies. Thanks for watching!
@@JonathanSchrantz Haha thx for the content. I was a 1200-1500ish player in the 80s and early 90s, and found chess books daunting. Since Queen’s Gambit (haha), I’ve been finding the chess content on RUclips amazing - but yours is the best! 🤣 Thx! ☺️
I like how lichess actually calls it "French Defense: Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation"
I played the fingerslip variation. Had no idea it had a name while playing it. Came here after analyzing my game
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Hey Jonathan. I see something crazy: @ min 4:59 you don't take the pawn, but hop your knight to d5, threatening the Queen.... how about that?!? :))
Something like 1... Bd2 2. Nd2 Qb2 3. Rd1 Qc2 4. Qg7 Ed 5. Qh8 Kf8. If you decide to keep the tension playing anything instead of 4. Qg7, we just go Nd7 threatening to take on d5
Awsm vid👍👍 there is a really interesting gambit against the french with b3 bb2 it is called something like papa tilcut gambit....have a look at it
Why not Ne7 after Bb5?
i like this guy
At 6:30 instead of Bb5, wouldn't Bg5 just trap Black's queen? Even ...Bxc3+ shouldn't help because king could sidestep. Queen still trapped.
Either Qg6 or Qf5, is not trapped
@@ginoginoh right, these two are just an exchange. Missed it.
hey Jonathan,what does a person need to do to have a gambit named after him?
i am ~1500chess/2000lichess scrub and on my level Schrantz is a pretty big name. we love gambits because opponents blunder is the main weapon here.
but there is no Schrantz gambit and this is very sad.
Research it to the extent where you are able to continuously utilize it in high level tournaments with a certain amount of success. Most of the gambits are easily refutable/avoidable with just a little prep and some time on the clock, so chances of that happening are rather slim. Everything more or less viable has already been been named. As far as I am concerned there are no variations named even after the current top-20 players.
@@GeneticallyEngineeredCatgirls jobava?
Magnus is busy playing PS5!
So everyone now can crushed him with every fingerslip variation!
Goodluck!
Questio for the masses.. doesn't knight to D5 stop most of the threats at 11:04???
Someone please help
Looks like after Nd5 you just capture on Nc7+ anyway and Black can't recapture because of the threat of Qd8
What were the moves where you beat the person in 9 moves?
He says he beat them in 8 moves, not 9. The moves were: 1. e4 e6. 2. d4 d5. 3. Nc3 Bb4. 4. Bd2 dxe4. 5. Qg4 Qxd4. 6. Nf3 Qf6. 7. Qxe4 Nc6. 8. Bb5 resigns. Watch from time stamp 6:30 to see the final position, and Jonathan's explanation as to why his opponent resigned.
Lol i played against you this variation with g6 i had mate in 6
Why not 4 Bd2 Bxc3 5 Bxc3 dxe4. ?
Sorry, but I am committed to the Orthoschnapp's gambit against the French :D
I dont undestend why this guy dont have Gm titule or im or something
*Anna Rudolph would like to know your location*
Great video if you are interesting about this oppenning, I will suscribe now !
Really learning how to clickbait
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I love content on the french defense, for it's the only opening I have ever properly prepared. However, at this moment this video has exactly 666 likes and 6 dislikes, so I'll click like another time to avoid the ruining of numeric coincidences.