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A trap I get decently often as White goes 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 d6. 6. Nge2... Essentially you're waiting for them to play Be6 which looks like natural development while targeting the lone c pawn, but when they do you play d4 attacking their dark-squared bishop. If they try to move it you do d5 to fork their knight on c6 and light-squared bishop on e6, but either way you are winning material.
yeah! That Be6 is quite usual, at least at lower levels. The first time i got it was in a blitz and i was afraid of complications, so i went for b3; never again, though.
Hi Stjepan! I am a big fan of your opening series and really appreciate your efforts in putting time in uploading these videos... I started playing chess a couple of months ago, and it's nice to see that you and many other chess youtubers can provide such guidance... Would love to see a Ponziani opening review, other than that, thank you for your videos explaining better than many about the openings🎉🎉❤
There's a rare one (the last bit is rare anyway) in the 2.g3 lines you may encounter in bullet and blitz at fairly low ratings. Down at low ratings this is just black blundering away the game but slightly stronger players dug a little deeper and found out black can complicate things and demand white play a couple precise moves. It starts: 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nc3 Qc6 6. e3 (threat is Bb5 winning the queen) Stronger players may try: Black sacs the queen with Bg4 7. Bb5 Bxf3 Alright now white is winning here if and only if they play 8. Qb3. Snapping the queen immediately is even because black won too much material in the exchange. Qb3 allows Qxb7 forking knight and rook after the exchanges. Now the game is lost for black. 8. Qb3 Bxh1 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. Qxb7. Black can bail out of this a little earlier to reduce the damage but it's still winning for white.
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For easier navigation, you can find the PGN with all the variations imported on www.patreon.com/hangingpawns
Just search for the English or traps in the search bar and all that are available should be listed there.
Hi Stejpan, everyone here!
I really admire your dedication to learn an opening in so much depth.
A trap I get decently often as White goes 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 d6. 6. Nge2... Essentially you're waiting for them to play Be6 which looks like natural development while targeting the lone c pawn, but when they do you play d4 attacking their dark-squared bishop. If they try to move it you do d5 to fork their knight on c6 and light-squared bishop on e6, but either way you are winning material.
yeah! That Be6 is quite usual, at least at lower levels. The first time i got it was in a blitz and i was afraid of complications, so i went for b3; never again, though.
Keep going, bro
Please do not forget symmetrical english and king's english variation
Thank you :) 💙
Hi Stjepan! I am a big fan of your opening series and really appreciate your efforts in putting time in uploading these videos... I started playing chess a couple of months ago, and it's nice to see that you and many other chess youtubers can provide such guidance...
Would love to see a Ponziani opening review, other than that, thank you for your videos explaining better than many about the openings🎉🎉❤
Thank you, I have been watching all your videos and they are quite instructive and informative.
I like how you used a tea kettle to represent English
There's a rare one (the last bit is rare anyway) in the 2.g3 lines you may encounter in bullet and blitz at fairly low ratings. Down at low ratings this is just black blundering away the game but slightly stronger players dug a little deeper and found out black can complicate things and demand white play a couple precise moves. It starts:
1. c4 e5 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nc3 Qc6 6. e3 (threat is Bb5 winning the queen)
Stronger players may try: Black sacs the queen with Bg4 7. Bb5 Bxf3
Alright now white is winning here if and only if they play 8. Qb3. Snapping the queen immediately is even because black won too much material in the exchange. Qb3 allows Qxb7 forking knight and rook after the exchanges. Now the game is lost for black. 8. Qb3 Bxh1 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. Qxb7. Black can bail out of this a little earlier to reduce the damage but it's still winning for white.
Wow I was just thinking if you would make a video on this
Next vienna please stephen🎉🎉❤❤❤
27:56 Nice video ❤
Možes li napraviti rekreaciju svojih ruy lopez videa, poz
Thx. Sir
I didn't know Bradd Pitt was chess GM
You missed a trap in the four knights: 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bd6 7. c5! , winning for white