4 Ways to PUNISH Bg5 Pin on Your Knight (Tactically & Strategically)

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🔹 How to PUNISH Bg5 Pin on Your Knight? [Common Opening Mistake] - • How to PUNISH Bg5 Pin ...
In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov will teach you how to deal with the annoying pins on your knights when your opponents play Bg4 or Bg5. This is one of the most common chess opening mistakes that amateurs make. One should know how to deal with or punish this pin.
Very often, chess players feel uncomfortable with this pin and they don't know how to deal with it. As a result, they play passively by putting their bishop behind the knight to unpin it, such as Be2 or Be7, which is the worst reaction to an opponent trying to pin your knight.
There are a lot more aggressive and better ways to deal with this annoying pin. You will learn 4 ways how to punish this Bg5/Bg4 pin on your knight. You will learn how to tactically punish it by checkmating your opponent's king or winning the bishop that pins, and also strategically punishing your opponent by damaging their pawn structures or exploiting their queenside.
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► Chapters
00:00 How to deal with Bg5 pin on your knight?
00:30 Tactically & Strategically punishing the pin
01:04 1.1) Put your bishop to a more active square
01:48 1.2) Ne5 before Bxf7, checkmating the king
02:04 2) Attacking Bg5 pin before you castle
04:30 3.1) Hunting (trapping) the bishop that pins
05:47 3.2) If opponent creates an escape square for the bishop
06:32 4) Exploiting the absence of bishop on the queenside
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I have to say, great discussion of some extremely common situations I have largely been playing wrongly with the passive bishop over the years. Thank you.

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I like this. I need to learn to be more aggressive. On the first example I normally plan pawn to H3 forcing a retreat or take of the knight. Great to add some more tactics to my toolbox. ty.

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Instead of playing Nf6, Black Plays Nc6 after White Plays Bc4. What will be the result?

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[@alexiss.9557]

Thanks for the video, this situation happens frequently during my games. Glad to have a more agressive way to respond to this.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Indeed, it's extremelly common. But now you know how to take advantage of that 💪

[@peterf90]

I seem to get caught by these tactics pretty often. Sometimes I manage to win anyway but I have been on the losing side of them lots of times. Guess that’s just the way it goes when your a 500 ELO.

[@remangelobasadre1430]

im 900 lose to it sometimes as well. especially if its way off the main lines. my main opening for white is queens london. my defense for black is caro kann and kings indian. keep on grinding mate!

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@@remangelobasadre1430 Thanks for the encouragement, I will indeed.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

All I can say this was an eye opener I hate when my knights get pinned by bishops he makes it look so smooth to get out of that

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I'm 1000 happens to me aswell sometimes.

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@@zimmiy2122 I hope to make to 1000 eventually but it’s going to take awhile. I don’t seem to have much talent for this game.

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Great video! Sometimes h3 g4 looks dangerous to me, but you explained very well how I can use this to my advantage

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I love these positional and strategic videos! I can never remember tactical traps, but strategic ideas are really helpful for me.

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► Chapters 00:00 How to deal with Bg5 pin on your knight? 00:30 Tactically & Strategically punishing the pin 01:04 1.1) Put your bishop to a more active square 01:48 1.2) Ne5 before Bxf7, checkmating the king 02:04 2) Attacking Bg5 pin before you castle 04:30 3.1) Hunting (trapping) the bishop that pins 05:47 3.2) If opponent creates an escape square for the bishop 06:32 4) Exploiting the absence of bishop on the queenside 08:50 GM Igor Smirnov's Chess Opening Bundle

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Id just push h pawn to force the bishop away

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Change to Bg4 instead of Bg5

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If I pinned your knight down, it means i want to capture it.

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What great tips! Thank you for sharing!

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this is so extremely common in the 1200 range im hard stuck in. Thanks for this useful tips man!

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Glad to hear it!

[@danielnidan]

At 8.02 you analyse black's response to e4 being either pxp or Bxp. If Nxp then Qxp winning a piece or ++

[@stevenboelke6661]

At low levels the best thing to do is usually ignore it and recapture with the queen if they decide to take. If you allow further attacks against that knight or move the queen away, you'd face issues with this idea though.

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I definitely needed this one

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Really helpfull.. applied it right after the game and won the game pretty easily... it was very clear that what was to be done to gain advantage... there were no doubts whatsoever.. Thanks a lot..😁

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So far, I have been alright in playing Bg4 in Scandinavian. Two succesive wins using Scandi led my rating get to 1500 from 1400 low for the 1st time in a popular chess website.

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Helpful!

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VERY useful.

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Very helpful

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Thanks a lot. I always suffered with this. Now I can play without fear.

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Usually they just take horsey

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[@GMIgorSmirnov]

A bishop is a bit stronger than a knight. Such an exchange favors you, you'll obtain the positional advantage, and you don't have to worry about the pin anymore.

[@sarat8124]

Yes because that knight is actually very dangerous at the beginning of the game as it can fork both queen and rook at the right position And new players don't know how to deal with it so they choose to trade Pretty dumb

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@@sarat8124 A knight cant pin...?

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The last part works great with London system

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Oh, I couldn't need this video more. Thanks! Looking forward to punishing those annoying pins!

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Glad to help!

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Great video. At 7:00 what if they move the knight out instead of the pawn so the queen protects the rook

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Thanks for the great ideas! I have been playing this wrong getting frustrated for too long.

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Ne5 exposing your queen! I’m definitely going to try it. Thanks!

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Maybe it’s because I’m not part of the target audience, but the moves that he suggests are obvious moves or at least common ideas that I already know. The supporting lines also depend too heavily on the opponent making a mistake. I think he should talk more about more general ideas which helps you in a maneuvering game that can be explained through the moves, rather than giving lines that can be avoided.

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Perhaps you're a more advanced level player. I usually show the most common variations on beginner-intermediate level which applies to the majority of players.

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most times people with low elo take the knight just to mess up youre pawn structure and to capture knights becose they are the most hard to deal with if you are low elo.

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He omits some obvious defenses for several of this positions

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Igor - thank you for the great videos - quick question, what happens at 3:33 mark if white pawn goes from H2 to H3 instead of H4? - please let me know your thoughts - Thank you once again.

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You missed the part where bishops just take your knight

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[@KevinB65]

1:09 Or alternatively black plays e6 after Bc4 and the position is even and both sides play on. These are nice tactics that might catch 1200s and the occasional 1400 who isn’t paying attention, so I think that it’s key to know your opponent and their relative skill level, and while simple tactics like these are helpful to know, they generally don’t see actual play at more competitive levels.

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Instead of playing Nf6, Black Plays Nc6 after White Plays Bc4. What will be the result?

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My opponent or myself use this tactic a lot so this is very informative

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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Great video! Thank you. Your lessons look very appealing. I find I spend more time on defense than I do on offense- is this typical of novice players? At a high level like yourself, do you feel your victories are more offense or defense? I have much more fun when being aggressive, but I win more often when being defensive, unless playing a less skilled player. Is primarily playing defense a sign of a bad player? I sadly feel it might be. Lastly, is pattern chess boring to you? I find I play dumb openings sometimes just to break their patterns- which yields a more interesting game for me, but usually also leads to less victories. Have you ever chosen odd positions for fun over patterns for success? Perhaps at your level it's more about success than fun. Is success the only thing that brings satisfaction at your level since you've likely seen it all before?

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I accidentally understood that pushing the pawns before castling is actually a great idea.

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0:40 in. So I tend to Rook Pawn to H2 here. Because if he takes my Knight I have the option of G Pawn capture or Queen Capture, and having the Queen open to 2 Diags can be something you don't want to face early. So if he pins the Knight, by all means... let's trade. Especially since, generally, late game Bishops carry more value... so if I can trade 3 Points for 3.25 Points... as long as I'm good without Knights, that's advantage me. So now that my two options are given, which are probably horrible since I'm in that 800-900 ELO Range... let's see what this smart man has to teach me. :D

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1:48 oh no, my queen!

[@d3rossi]

Great lesson, great help. I need an explanation tho, on 3:31 (Attacking Bg5 pin before you castle) you only explain a pawn H4 response for white; but not pawn H3 to counter attack the forking Bishop. how would one proceed?

[@MRCY223]

I always just push a pawn to force the bishop to take a piece or go away fast, and people never seem to do one or the other. I feel more willing to trade a knight for a bishop so it works with me

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Second one is right and simple and supere

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Thank you! 😃

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Igor, do you have something on the London?

[@SaneStrength]

Is it still a mistake if the B on g5 is just used to exchange with the knight it is pinning, creating a double pawn?

[@clivethereddevil3178]

after ...g5 a good attempt to mcx it up is Nxg5 hxg5 then Bxg5 and the knight pin can be annoying,as well as the king being stuck in the centre. Black is forced to play ...Be6 then white plays h4.

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Grear video

[@benjimenlockwood]

Looks good on your board. I played 20 games and didn’t get this response once lol