I love your videos! I have seen dramatic improvement in my rating since I started studying your openings. Thank you! I'm also having way more fun playing chess.
Thank you all so much for your kind words -- they really inspire me to keep making content! Comment below if you have found your own solution to "The Lichess Challenge" that I just came up with (see 19:07 of this video) -- clicking only on the very most common moves in the Lichess database for your theoretical opponent, can you put them in a lost position? Maybe I will make more "Lichess Challenges" on the channel :) EDIT: done!! ruclips.net/video/fMCr4dlpsLU/видео.html
I know a valid solution! It goes 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Ng5? h6 5.Nxf7?! Kxf7 6.Bc4+ Ke8?? 7.Qh5+ Ke7 8.Qf7+ Kd6 9.Bf4+ Kc5 10.Qd5+ Kb6 11.Qb5#. Yes, 6.Bc4+ has happened 12 497 times and black blundered with 6...Ke8?? in whopping 53% of the games!
@@johnenock7939 good question! this move accounts for 6.4% of games and leads to an equal, yet winnable, position. I beat a GM who played this against me :) ruclips.net/video/R0HqF_v4rAM/видео.html
I am a 1.e4 player, but now whenever I play against the scandinavian I transpose to it and I have destroyed people like this! Although I like this gambit I don't really wanna change my repetoire to 1.d4 but it's super helpful to have something aggressive against the scandinavian!
Love it!! Also possible against the alekhine: e4 Nf6 Nc3, here most people play d5 where you can then play d4! :) They could play 2… e5 but then they probably know the Vienna less well than you do if they started with 1… Nf6 haha
@@GambitMan Yes I can transpose to it from the alekhine but I already have a super fun and aggressive gambit against it (maybe you can make a video about it) 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 (stafford recapture) d6 7.Bg5 is the Matsukevich gambit, and the point is after 7...dxe5 8.Qb3 and the pin on black's e pawn is super helpful. White's gonna play Bc4 Rd1 and DESTROY black. For example the most common move on lichess is 8...Nc6 and it's +8 for white LOL. White plays 9.Rd1 Bd7 10.Bc4 and black still can't play e6 because of our dark squared bishop. So the only way for black to survive is to play 8...Qd7 to get out of the pin but even stockfish the gambit hater says white has an advantage.
I watched the video a year after you posted it, started playing the gambit right away, love it. 12 Qg3, the move that hadnt been played before, i just had on the board, in the meantime 19 others played it too. I always played Jobava London but wasnt great at handling the Bf5 lines. In this gambit with a bishop on g5 instead of F4 the Bf5 line is what you want as white! Thats where the gambit really shines.
Don't know whether anybody has pointed this out but I think at 16:01 Re1+ is a blunder, because the Bd6 does not have to go to e7 but can sit wonderfully on e5. The correct continuation is dc6 instead threatening Nb5 or Ne4.
Sophisticated and insightful. 4 Bg5 has a lot of transpostional plusses, sidestepping some of the better BDG defences. What's so refreshing to discover is a site that does serious work on a gambit instead of cherry picking, 'overlooking' big improvements. There are some loose ends though: 4...e6 5.f3 Bb4, 4...c6 is cunning, and 4... Nbd7 5. f3 c5 (or ...c6). Please keep up this great research work!
Very nice. I like playing queen's pawn openings and this provides some variety, so thanks! Turned this into a homemade chessable course if you ever want to see what it looks like there.
@@GambitMan It seems that I can only share the course with up to 5 Chessable users... must have their username to add. There does not seem to be a course on this gambit, so if you would like some help sometime, I will help you publish it? Would not want to do it myself, as it is your work... Just appreciate the opportunity to learn.
@@speedplayzchess got it -- that's so nice of you! I'd appreciate if you could hold off on publishing/sharing anything on Chessable regarding the VPG. Already a sensitive subject for me after I discovered this morning that my video has largely been stolen here: ruclips.net/video/v31zsnX9qWM/видео.html
@@GambitMan Of course, I only made the course for my own personal use and would never think to do anything without the consent of the original creator. Let me know if you'd ever like to take a look. cheers and appreciate your content!
@gambitman William - at 3:24 in this video you talk about how the engine recommends black to play 7. ...c6 because that sets up black 8. ...e5. You then say "I don't think many people are finding that" and move on from that line... I worked through several iterations of that line and could not find a way for white to refute black's 7. ...c6 followed by black's 8. ...e5. Yes, you're right, not many people find that move, but it appears the way for black to win. Any chance (in your spare time, LOL) that you'd be willing to flush that out more?
Read a Grandmaster Repertoire chapter on how to “refute” the BDG. …c6 is the best move to avoid most of these traps but even then it still has a lot of venom. Massively underrated content
This is awesome. I’m a grunfeld player trying to get a handle on system (London, Colle, others) openings. I’d love to see more middlegame plans for the grunfeld.
This is an amazing easy-t0-get unknown trappy line! I'd never heard of Von Popiel gambit. I play 1 Nc3 and I can get into the line two ways: 1 ...d5 2 d4 Nf6 3 e4 or 1 Nc3 Nf6 2 e4 d5 3 d4. I'd like to see more on this gambit.
Thanks so much!! I’m just passionate about what I do and making the best content that I can for free and for everybody, without a paywall. I have a “real job” and so don’t do this for money hahaha. Your enjoyment is all the payment I need :) I really appreciate the support
Just wondering what you do against 3...f5 the netherlands defence the Christopher Scheer book recommends 4.Bf4 which I played a lot but I like to mess around with 4.g4 and thenh4 or g5 depending on what they do. 3...f5 is the second most common response to 3.Nc3 in experience
Hey, I watched your video 3 times now. Very good job. Do you have any trap's if instead of 4. Bg5 Bf5 black plays Nb8-d7? After 5. f3 xf3. I guess you retake with the Knight? Thanks for your help 😃
Thanks so much! :) and yes, you are exactly right - I would recommend playing just like how the white player in the game at 21:23 played. Start watching the vid at about a minute prior though: there shouldn’t be much of a difference in white’s playing between 4… e6 and 4… nbd7 for black. The reason why it doesn’t really matter is because black is very likely setting up the same way and those two moves may very well just transpose quickly into the critical position after both sides castle on moves 8-9. You should know just the key attacking ideas from that position as white demonstrated in that game, as discussed. Also refer to the lichess study below. Let me know if this answers your question! :))) lichess.org/study/FvLbSBZn
Thank you for your help and the quick answer. That was exactly what I meant. I like to play the Jobava London System. The attacking plans if black plays a setup with d6, g6 and Bg7 are quite similar. That's great.
Funny you should ask -- I just finished several days of work meticulously preparing an awesome and hyper-aggressive new discovery that I made in the Budapest Gambit for black!! Next step is to record :)))) stay tuned!!
thanks for the great content. I have a bit of trouble in the lines where the opponent plays h6 before I can get my queen to h4. Should I take the knight on f6 or put the bishop somewhere?
Two questions for you! Have you looked into combining this with the Rasa-Studier gambit vs. the caro-kann transformation? What would you play against a french defense? I've looked into the alapin gambit!
How would you assess the position after 1.d4 d5 2.e4 de: 3. Sc3 Sf6 4.Lg5!? Lf5 5. f3 Sbd7 6. g4 Lg6 7. De2 c6 8. fe: e5! Would you say that White was better here?
A very good question! This is Stockfish's top recommendation for black I believe, and there are only two games (one black played was a cheater, and the other's account is also closed: lichess.org/4p0IISGO and lichess.org/ybDppk6E ) in the Lichess database with this position. White can continue with 9. o-o-o (now zero games in the Lichess database) after which black must be extremely precise. If 9... exd4 then this leads to a totally inhuman engine line with a crazy queen sacrifice (I won't even bother annotating because almost every move deserves an exclamation point!): 10. e5 Qe7! 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Qf2 dxc3 13. Re1 fxg5 14. Rxe7 Bxe7 and the engine prefers black, although like I said this would never be found over the board. The other top engine choice of 9... Bb4! appears to be equally difficult to find. It looks like it just blunders a piece, allowing 10. dxe5 but then 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3?! (exf6 Bxf6 is a better continuation, although white is still down a pawn) Qa5 with an extremely well-placed queen causing a pin along the fifth rank onto white's bishop on g5! Still, after 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bf5 5. f3 Nbd7 6. g4 Bg6 7. Qe2 c6! I would actually recommend 8. o-o-o!? for white instead of 8. fxe4. Now, if black captures 8... exf3 9. Nxf3 and white has excellent compensation like covered in the video. If black plays 8... e6, then white can capture fxe4 without fearing black's e5 strike. Black of course cannot play 8... e5 because dxe5 now wins a piece, with white's g5-bishop and d1-rook each pinning a black knight onto the d8-queen. Otherwise, it is not clear what black should play or how they should develop -- perhaps some queen move. Black should be doing perfectly fine objectively, but I don't think it is so easy to play this color here. White is in no particular rush to resolve this e4-f3 tension actually, and can just play moves like Kb1 and h4 until either fxe4 becomes appealing, or black gives in and captures which allows Nxf3 and the rapid development and threats. I just checked, and there is one game that begins with 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bf5 5. f3 Nbd7 6. g4 Bg6 7. Qe2 c6! 8. o-o-o in the Lichess database: ( lichess.org/ybDppk6E ), and black was actually just a cheater!! Kind of funny and a little bit fitting with the level of precision required by black here :) Those are my thoughts. Hope this helps!! -William
I came up against an unexpected response when I tried playing this today - 4...Bg4. Haven't seen it before, but neither the prospect of trading away the light squared bishop with 5. Be2 or blocking it in with 5. Ne2 seemed appealing. Do you have a recommendation for a good line here?
@@GambitMan Aha, thanks! I had forgotten that section. Putting the knight on f4 is a good concept! And I suppose if black plays 5...Nc6 instead there's ideas of d5 to throw into the mix.
Hi, it’s the 6th most common move, and so I didn’t have time to get to everything in the video. My notes: 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Nxe4 The position is equal, but black needs to know what they are doing, and few do. Bf5 is the most common move for black here, which is already an error due to Qf3! and white castles long with a very nice advantage. Let’s follow the second-most common move for black then: 6… Be7 7. Nf3 o-o 8. Bc4 bf5 This natural-looking (and most common) move is once again an inaccuracy 9. Ng3 bg6 10. Nh4 bh7 11. Qg4 with attack Black can achieve computer equality with solid play though (for instance, bh7 instead of bg6 above) due to the bishop pair. However, I would certainly prefer white: their game will always be rather easy with simply c3 and the centralization of the rooks. If white trades everything off, the king+pawn endings are actually theoretically winning, due to the fact that white can create a passed pawn on the queenside whereas black cannot create one on the kingside (due to the doubled pawns). Hope this helps! -William
hi! i have done some research and here is my recommendation: 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nxe4! exd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 (5... c5 is a major mistake, as after 6. Bc4 black is already essentially lost with white either bringing a knight to g5 or simply castling and Re1 with Nxc5/Ng5 coming) 6. Bd3!? (6. Bb5 allows white to get the pawn back with a very comfortable game, but this is more in the gambitting style!!) white plays qe2 next (and castles), and it is very very difficult for black to finish their development; white has a lot of fun here if black opts for 4... Qxd4 then white simply again plays Bd3, with Nf3 Qe2 o-o coming and a very pleasant game for white with excellent compensation for the pawn! Hope this helps! :) -William
not my style. I did TERRIBLY with the 3.Nc3 BDG and switched to 3.f3... the gedult BDG because i did so much better with it as I'm a die hard f7 attacker. I don't do good in ANY line that plays knight to c first except the smith morra
Hi, if I understand your inquiry correctly, you wanted to know what to do after 5… h6 (which happens far less than 2% of the time). White has a very easy and pleasant game after simply: 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bf5 5. f3 h6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. fxe4 Bg6 8. a3 Keeping the opposing bishop out of b4. White queen could come to g4 or d2, ideas of h4-h5, Nf3, bishop coming to d3 or c4, long castles and nice rook centralization with a big center. Hope this helps! :)
I try to watch your vids, its great content , but I just cant. I wish you could stop saying um.. it gives no confidence in everything you explain and also I'm so stuck on it, its all I hear. average like 1 um every 10 seconds. Just pause for a second and gather your thoughts. Sorry for the harsh words, I just think you could be a great content creator for chess as I enjoy alot of your ideas and concepts but damn if I'm not stuck on seeing how many times you say umm.. or and umm.. At this point I mute the videos I watch. unless im counting :) Liked and subbed :)
HAHAHAHA NOPE! just played this 95% accurate game against a +100 player, trying to claw back up to 1700+: *1. e4 d5 2. d4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 { D00 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: von Popiel Gambit } Nbd7 5. Qe2 e6 6. O-O-O Be7 7. d5?? exd5* (-2.1) *8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Qxe4 O-O 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Qe3 Ned5 13. Qf3 Bg4 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qd3+ Kg8 16. f3 Be6 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. h4 Rad8 19. Qb5 b6 20. g4 Bd7 21. Qc4 Be6 22. Qb5 Bd7 23. Qa6 Nb4 24. Qc4 Be6 25. Qb5 Nxa2+ 26. Kb1 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. b3 Qd1+ 30. Kb2 Bxb3 31. cxb3?! Qd2+* (-7.5) *32. Ka3 Nc1?!* (32...c5!! -37.3) *33. Ng3 Qd6+??* (33…Qa2+!! 34.Kb4 Qxb3# I considered the check, but was worried about losing initiative and was trying to simplify. Looking at it after the fact, even if I missed the mate, i could x-ray white's queen with the check) *34. Kb2 Qxg3 35. Kxc1 Qxf3 36. Qc6 Qxc6+ { White resigns. } 0-1* (37. Kd2 Qf3 38. Kc1 Ne4 39. g5 Qc3+ 40. Kb1 Nd2+ 41. Ka2 Qxb3+ 42. Ka1 Qb1#) von Popiel didn't win today. i eat other gambiteers up because THEY're playing MY GAME. it's pawn pushers and hypermoderns that get me. that, and the best way to refute a gambit is to accept it
I tried watching this I swear to god I did, but your saying "um" every 2 seconds almost drove me into psychotherapy. I'm sure there's some useful information here but until you break that lamentable habit I'll look elsewhere.
To fast for the kid. You most have and extra cristal ball under the table. Or someone is giving You the answers. By mic, Are You going to Matchs w/Capablanca? Because your are better then him.
This exactly what I was looking for my repertoire against the scandinavian! Thanks!
I love your videos! I have seen dramatic improvement in my rating since I started studying your openings. Thank you! I'm also having way more fun playing chess.
That’s so awesome to hear! It’s why I do what I do. Keep it going!!! :)
all of black's moves look so natural, but they all run into easy traps. that's so cool
I have been playing blackmar for a long time but people manage to hold on. Thank you, your video is a masterclass!
Thank you all so much for your kind words -- they really inspire me to keep making content!
Comment below if you have found your own solution to "The Lichess Challenge" that I just came up with (see 19:07 of this video) -- clicking only on the very most common moves in the Lichess database for your theoretical opponent, can you put them in a lost position? Maybe I will make more "Lichess Challenges" on the channel :)
EDIT: done!!
ruclips.net/video/fMCr4dlpsLU/видео.html
I know a valid solution! It goes 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Ng5? h6 5.Nxf7?! Kxf7 6.Bc4+ Ke8?? 7.Qh5+ Ke7 8.Qf7+ Kd6 9.Bf4+ Kc5 10.Qd5+ Kb6 11.Qb5#. Yes, 6.Bc4+ has happened 12 497 times and black blundered with 6...Ke8?? in whopping 53% of the games!
After Bg5 can't black just get out of jail with ....h6?
@@johnenock7939 good question! this move accounts for 6.4% of games and leads to an equal, yet winnable, position. I beat a GM who played this against me :)
ruclips.net/video/R0HqF_v4rAM/видео.html
Been a fan of the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit and this might be great to study for me! Thx for the new discovery that you've made!
I am a 1.e4 player, but now whenever I play against the scandinavian I transpose to it and I have destroyed people like this! Although I like this gambit I don't really wanna change my repetoire to 1.d4 but it's super helpful to have something aggressive against the scandinavian!
Love it!! Also possible against the alekhine: e4 Nf6 Nc3, here most people play d5 where you can then play d4! :)
They could play 2… e5 but then they probably know the Vienna less well than you do if they started with 1… Nf6 haha
@@GambitMan Yes I can transpose to it from the alekhine but I already have a super fun and aggressive gambit against it (maybe you can make a video about it) 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 (stafford recapture) d6 7.Bg5 is the Matsukevich gambit, and the point is after 7...dxe5 8.Qb3 and the pin on black's e pawn is super helpful. White's gonna play Bc4 Rd1 and DESTROY black. For example the most common move on lichess is 8...Nc6 and it's +8 for white LOL. White plays 9.Rd1 Bd7 10.Bc4 and black still can't play e6 because of our dark squared bishop. So the only way for black to survive is to play 8...Qd7 to get out of the pin but even stockfish the gambit hater says white has an advantage.
@@itayn6422 Just discovered the Matsukevich Gambit, looks good...I'm checking it out now.
Wow dude I’m so glad I found your channel! SUPER good video on an opening that I’m just getting into now. Subscribed 👍
I watched the video a year after you posted it, started playing the gambit right away, love it. 12 Qg3, the move that hadnt been played before, i just had on the board, in the meantime 19 others played it too. I always played Jobava London but wasnt great at handling the Bf5 lines. In this gambit with a bishop on g5 instead of F4 the Bf5 line is what you want as white! Thats where the gambit really shines.
Don't know whether anybody has pointed this out but I think at 16:01 Re1+ is a blunder, because the Bd6 does not have to go to e7 but can sit wonderfully on e5. The correct continuation is dc6 instead threatening Nb5 or Ne4.
You are correct, this is reflected in the lichess study…. Thanks so much! :)
I did this gambit and have won every game they played Bf5! Thank you
Sophisticated and insightful. 4 Bg5 has a lot of transpostional plusses, sidestepping some of the better BDG defences. What's so refreshing to discover is a site that does serious work on a gambit instead of cherry picking, 'overlooking' big improvements. There are some loose ends though: 4...e6 5.f3 Bb4, 4...c6 is cunning, and 4... Nbd7 5. f3 c5 (or ...c6). Please keep up this great research work!
I love that opening,,,starting to get better.
My blitz is 2100 and this opening is one of my main weapons. I don’t play it half as good as this video demonstrates and I still get the good results.
Very good video excaktly what i was looking for thx very much
Love this content man
Very good william
Good stuff. Thx! Unless I sacrifice three pawns in the opening, I am just not happy.
Very nice. I like playing queen's pawn openings and this provides some variety, so thanks! Turned this into a homemade chessable course if you ever want to see what it looks like there.
Hi, thanks! Could you link that course here?
@@GambitMan It seems that I can only share the course with up to 5 Chessable users... must have their username to add. There does not seem to be a course on this gambit, so if you would like some help sometime, I will help you publish it? Would not want to do it myself, as it is your work... Just appreciate the opportunity to learn.
@@speedplayzchess got it -- that's so nice of you! I'd appreciate if you could hold off on publishing/sharing anything on Chessable regarding the VPG. Already a sensitive subject for me after I discovered this morning that my video has largely been stolen here:
ruclips.net/video/v31zsnX9qWM/видео.html
@@GambitMan Of course, I only made the course for my own personal use and would never think to do anything without the consent of the original creator. Let me know if you'd ever like to take a look. cheers and appreciate your content!
Pretty cool gambit, also easy to get with high frequency
@gambitman William - at 3:24 in this video you talk about how the engine recommends black to play 7. ...c6 because that sets up black 8. ...e5. You then say "I don't think many people are finding that" and move on from that line... I worked through several iterations of that line and could not find a way for white to refute black's 7. ...c6 followed by black's 8. ...e5. Yes, you're right, not many people find that move, but it appears the way for black to win. Any chance (in your spare time, LOL) that you'd be willing to flush that out more?
Read a Grandmaster Repertoire chapter on how to “refute” the BDG. …c6 is the best move to avoid most of these traps but even then it still has a lot of venom. Massively underrated content
Nice ya, agreed. I think the von Popiel, when played with the repertoire presented in the video, is an improved Blackmar-Diemer.
This is awesome.
I’m a grunfeld player trying to get a handle on system (London, Colle, others) openings.
I’d love to see more middlegame plans for the grunfeld.
I am trying to learn your opening, great job, thank you... May Jesus bless all that you do.
This is an amazing easy-t0-get unknown trappy line! I'd never heard of Von Popiel gambit. I play 1 Nc3 and I can get into the line two ways: 1 ...d5 2 d4 Nf6 3 e4 or 1 Nc3 Nf6 2 e4 d5 3 d4. I'd like to see more on this gambit.
Still havent lost a tournament game yet with this or the london crusher, preciate the in depth videos!
Love your attacking spirit! Man, hook up with Chessable and make your video. I will buy first copy.
Thanks so much!! I’m just passionate about what I do and making the best content that I can for free and for everybody, without a paywall. I have a “real job” and so don’t do this for money hahaha. Your enjoyment is all the payment I need :) I really appreciate the support
VERY nice video. But I wonder what the lines are like after move 3 with F5 (Netherlands variation)
Just wondering what you do against 3...f5 the netherlands defence the Christopher Scheer book recommends 4.Bf4 which I played a lot but I like to mess around with 4.g4 and thenh4 or g5 depending on what they do. 3...f5 is the second most common response to 3.Nc3 in experience
Good stuff !
have you looked into the fritz attack in the BDG or the Gedult gambit?
Can you do an in depth video like this on the vienna??
In the von Popiel, YOU win like a champ, and I lose like a chump.
Hey, I watched your video 3 times now. Very good job. Do you have any trap's if instead of 4. Bg5 Bf5 black plays Nb8-d7? After 5. f3 xf3. I guess you retake with the Knight? Thanks for your help 😃
Thanks so much! :) and yes, you are exactly right - I would recommend playing just like how the white player in the game at 21:23 played. Start watching the vid at about a minute prior though: there shouldn’t be much of a difference in white’s playing between 4… e6 and 4… nbd7 for black. The reason why it doesn’t really matter is because black is very likely setting up the same way and those two moves may very well just transpose quickly into the critical position after both sides castle on moves 8-9. You should know just the key attacking ideas from that position as white demonstrated in that game, as discussed. Also refer to the lichess study below. Let me know if this answers your question! :)))
lichess.org/study/FvLbSBZn
Thank you for your help and the quick answer. That was exactly what I meant. I like to play the Jobava London System. The attacking plans if black plays a setup with d6, g6 and Bg7 are quite similar. That's great.
Hey man love your videos. Could you teach us gambitlovers a halfway sound gambit against d4? I’ve never found one I like
Funny you should ask -- I just finished several days of work meticulously preparing an awesome and hyper-aggressive new discovery that I made in the Budapest Gambit for black!!
Next step is to record :)))) stay tuned!!
@@GambitMan Awesome
It's up!!! :)
ruclips.net/video/dJNeD-lm77g/видео.html
I played this and on move 3 soon as i played bishop g5 they played knight to d7 ... I dont think you covered that on move 3... what do i do?????
Good video
Thank you.
I would like to get the pgn file of this study.
Is it possible ?
Have a nice chess
Hi thanks! You should be able to view all the moves here :)
lichess.org/study/FvLbSBZn
@@GambitMan Thank you.
Have a nice day
What about Qc8 Bc4 Nc6 for black? How should we respond? I played long castle which loses to Bg4 😢
You should cover the gibbins-widenhagen gambit too for 1.nf6
That gambit is extremely underrated
thanks for the great content. I have a bit of trouble in the lines where the opponent plays h6 before I can get my queen to h4. Should I take the knight on f6 or put the bishop somewhere?
Question: what is the most efficient way to study openings and practice against the various responses. Is there software??
You got my respect, i only play gambits too :D
Hi, I’ve been playing this for little while, but I seem to get bishop back and then kinging D7, which as far as I can tell is not covered. Any ideas?
After Bg5 , instead of black responding with..Bf5 defending the e pawn, what are whites options when black plays Bg4, attacking the white Queen?
Excellent!
Next time you meet that GM from your first game you better be ready for 8...c5!
What do you recommend for White after 3...e5 please?
Brand new video on this very question!!! :)
ruclips.net/video/PC8whhQ42eM/видео.html
wow amazing thanks! :D
Two questions for you!
Have you looked into combining this with the Rasa-Studier gambit vs. the caro-kann transformation?
What would you play against a french defense? I've looked into the alapin gambit!
And JUST saw your new recommendation against caro-kann!
Hi there. Why can't black just play ...h6 after Bg5? After Bxf6 what advantage does white have?
This is not a bad idea at all, and a GM tried this against me (but it did not go well for him!!):
ruclips.net/video/R0HqF_v4rAM/видео.html
How would you assess the position after 1.d4 d5 2.e4 de: 3. Sc3 Sf6 4.Lg5!? Lf5 5. f3 Sbd7 6. g4 Lg6 7. De2 c6 8. fe: e5! Would you say that White was better here?
A very good question! This is Stockfish's top recommendation for black I believe, and there are only two games (one black played was a cheater, and the other's account is also closed: lichess.org/4p0IISGO and lichess.org/ybDppk6E ) in the Lichess database with this position.
White can continue with 9. o-o-o (now zero games in the Lichess database) after which black must be extremely precise. If 9... exd4 then this leads to a totally inhuman engine line with a crazy queen sacrifice (I won't even bother annotating because almost every move deserves an exclamation point!): 10. e5 Qe7! 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Qf2 dxc3 13. Re1 fxg5 14. Rxe7 Bxe7 and the engine prefers black, although like I said this would never be found over the board.
The other top engine choice of 9... Bb4! appears to be equally difficult to find. It looks like it just blunders a piece, allowing 10. dxe5 but then 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3?! (exf6 Bxf6 is a better continuation, although white is still down a pawn) Qa5 with an extremely well-placed queen causing a pin along the fifth rank onto white's bishop on g5!
Still, after 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bf5 5. f3 Nbd7 6. g4 Bg6 7. Qe2 c6! I would actually recommend 8. o-o-o!? for white instead of 8. fxe4. Now, if black captures 8... exf3 9. Nxf3 and white has excellent compensation like covered in the video. If black plays 8... e6, then white can capture fxe4 without fearing black's e5 strike. Black of course cannot play 8... e5 because dxe5 now wins a piece, with white's g5-bishop and d1-rook each pinning a black knight onto the d8-queen. Otherwise, it is not clear what black should play or how they should develop -- perhaps some queen move. Black should be doing perfectly fine objectively, but I don't think it is so easy to play this color here. White is in no particular rush to resolve this e4-f3 tension actually, and can just play moves like Kb1 and h4 until either fxe4 becomes appealing, or black gives in and captures which allows Nxf3 and the rapid development and threats.
I just checked, and there is one game that begins with 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bf5 5. f3 Nbd7 6. g4 Bg6 7. Qe2 c6! 8. o-o-o in the Lichess database: ( lichess.org/ybDppk6E ), and black was actually just a cheater!! Kind of funny and a little bit fitting with the level of precision required by black here :)
Those are my thoughts. Hope this helps!!
-William
Will, I tried the von popiel, and won in 17 moves, the pins are crippling
Awesome! :) share ur games with us in the discord
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now it could work very well, because not many people know this gambit.
Also it’s made by an underrated content creator so it’s not going to be as mainstream like the Stafford or the Knight Sac in England Gambit
@@treasonouspigeonpeckers957 i dont get it why he is underrated. Maybe because he made only a few video's?
@@interbudelblag That and he has been uploading inconsistently. But if he uploaded more consistently, he will get some breakthrough with the algorithm
How would assess the position after 1.d4 d5 2.e4 c6 ?
Thank you for this excellent video
Yup, good question, Black can indeed transpose to a Caro Kann like this if they want. Working on a fun gambit to show you all against it!! :)
Excellent!, thanks.
"Popiel" is a Polish Mythical king who was a tyrant and was eaten by mice. Kind of a weird name for a gambit from a Polish perspective 😂
King g6 in that first attack Davies white , why did u miss that?
1. e4 d5 2. d4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 { D00 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: von Popiel Gambit } c6 5. d5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 cxd5 7. c4 d4 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qc2 Qg6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bxe5 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 Bg4+ 14. f3 exf3+ 15. Nxf3 Qxc2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
Are you sure this isnt the Ron Popeil gambit? The set it and forget it guy? Because thats how I read it 😅
21:40 How e4 players can use it against the Scandi.
I came up against an unexpected response when I tried playing this today - 4...Bg4. Haven't seen it before, but neither the prospect of trading away the light squared bishop with 5. Be2 or blocking it in with 5. Ne2 seemed appealing. Do you have a recommendation for a good line here?
Hi yes! Check out the 19:55 mark of this very video :)
ruclips.net/video/ncH5j995LIs/видео.html
@@GambitMan Aha, thanks! I had forgotten that section. Putting the knight on f4 is a good concept! And I suppose if black plays 5...Nc6 instead there's ideas of d5 to throw into the mix.
what about bishop c2
Im an E4 player but ill play this against the Scandinavian defense
You didn't show h6 after Bg5. What happens, what to play?
Hi, it’s the 6th most common move, and so I didn’t have time to get to everything in the video. My notes:
1. d4 d5
2. e4 dxe4
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bg5 h6
5. Bxf6 exf6
6. Nxe4
The position is equal, but black needs to know what they are doing, and few do. Bf5 is the most common move for black here, which is already an error due to Qf3! and white castles long with a very nice advantage. Let’s follow the second-most common move for black then:
6… Be7
7. Nf3 o-o
8. Bc4 bf5
This natural-looking (and most common) move is once again an inaccuracy
9. Ng3 bg6
10. Nh4 bh7
11. Qg4 with attack
Black can achieve computer equality with solid play though (for instance, bh7 instead of bg6 above) due to the bishop pair. However, I would certainly prefer white: their game will always be rather easy with simply c3 and the centralization of the rooks. If white trades everything off, the king+pawn endings are actually theoretically winning, due to the fact that white can create a passed pawn on the queenside whereas black cannot create one on the kingside (due to the doubled pawns).
Hope this helps!
-William
Do you have sth spicey against the Lemberger Countergambit? 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 e5 …
hi! i have done some research and here is my recommendation:
1. d4 d5
2. e4 dxe4
3. Nc3 e5
4. Nxe4! exd4
5. Nf3 Nc6 (5... c5 is a major mistake, as after 6. Bc4 black is already essentially lost with white either bringing a knight to g5 or simply castling and Re1 with Nxc5/Ng5 coming)
6. Bd3!? (6. Bb5 allows white to get the pawn back with a very comfortable game, but this is more in the gambitting style!!) white plays qe2 next (and castles), and it is very very difficult for black to finish their development; white has a lot of fun here
if black opts for 4... Qxd4 then white simply again plays Bd3, with Nf3 Qe2 o-o coming and a very pleasant game for white with excellent compensation for the pawn!
Hope this helps! :)
-William
New video on this very question!! :)
ruclips.net/video/PC8whhQ42eM/видео.html
4...Nc6 equalizes for black wish he touched on that
Beat an FM with this :)
Can’t castle through check
not my style. I did TERRIBLY with the 3.Nc3 BDG and switched to 3.f3... the gedult BDG because i did so much better with it as I'm a die hard f7 attacker. I don't do good in ANY line that plays knight to c first except the smith morra
6:55 the 4th ugh im over waiting for happens when they play h6 to kick the knight.. i dont believe you ever show it
Hi, if I understand your inquiry correctly, you wanted to know what to do after 5… h6 (which happens far less than 2% of the time). White has a very easy and pleasant game after simply:
1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bf5 5. f3 h6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. fxe4 Bg6 8. a3
Keeping the opposing bishop out of b4. White queen could come to g4 or d2, ideas of h4-h5, Nf3, bishop coming to d3 or c4, long castles and nice rook centralization with a big center. Hope this helps! :)
Ahh that's why low elo playing like this 😂
I try to watch your vids, its great content , but I just cant. I wish you could stop saying um.. it gives no confidence in everything you explain and also I'm so stuck on it, its all I hear. average like 1 um every 10 seconds. Just pause for a second and gather your thoughts. Sorry for the harsh words, I just think you could be a great content creator for chess as I enjoy alot of your ideas and concepts but damn if I'm not stuck on seeing how many times you say umm.. or and umm.. At this point I mute the videos I watch. unless im counting :) Liked and subbed :)
also that being said your doing better than i could do. im still counting the um and the and ums :) keep up the hard work cuzzo
HAHAHAHA NOPE! just played this 95% accurate game against a +100 player, trying to claw back up to 1700+:
*1. e4 d5 2. d4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 { D00 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: von Popiel Gambit } Nbd7 5. Qe2 e6 6. O-O-O Be7 7. d5?? exd5* (-2.1) *8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Qxe4 O-O 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Qe3 Ned5 13. Qf3 Bg4 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qd3+ Kg8 16. f3 Be6 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. h4 Rad8 19. Qb5 b6 20. g4 Bd7 21. Qc4 Be6 22. Qb5 Bd7 23. Qa6 Nb4 24. Qc4 Be6 25. Qb5 Nxa2+ 26. Kb1 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. b3 Qd1+ 30. Kb2 Bxb3 31. cxb3?! Qd2+* (-7.5) *32. Ka3 Nc1?!* (32...c5!! -37.3) *33. Ng3 Qd6+??* (33…Qa2+!! 34.Kb4 Qxb3# I considered the check, but was worried about losing initiative and was trying to simplify. Looking at it after the fact, even if I missed the mate, i could x-ray white's queen with the check) *34. Kb2 Qxg3 35. Kxc1 Qxf3 36. Qc6 Qxc6+ { White resigns. } 0-1*
(37. Kd2 Qf3 38. Kc1 Ne4 39. g5 Qc3+ 40. Kb1 Nd2+ 41. Ka2 Qxb3+ 42. Ka1 Qb1#)
von Popiel didn't win today. i eat other gambiteers up because THEY're playing MY GAME. it's pawn pushers and hypermoderns that get me. that, and the best way to refute a gambit is to accept it
Haha
I tried watching this I swear to god I did, but your saying "um" every 2 seconds almost drove me into psychotherapy. I'm sure there's some useful information here but until you break that lamentable habit I'll look elsewhere.
To fast for the kid. You most have and extra cristal ball under the table. Or someone is giving You the answers. By mic, Are You going to Matchs w/Capablanca? Because your are better then him.