Best Chess Opening For White [For Under-1600 ELO Players]

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@stevensutton2252]

Real GrandMasters❤ don't need ♜ rooks" where we are going we don't need any roads"( Doc) back to the future 2

[@farouqbaiti4315]

It's helpful.

[@ImPedofinderGeneral]

Thank you for the great video Igor! But what if black move knight to e5 at 7:52 ? You cant grab it via rook-its pinned and you lose a chance to grab the queen if you taking that knight. UPD I missed the fact that its doublecheck and this move is impossible

[@silentsekar8165]

Can I contact you sir

[@CrescentRollCarl]

This is the opening I've been playing as white for the last couple of years. Great exciting games, and works well at my level (around 1400 rapid).

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 Best Chess Opening For Beginners (For White) 00:12 Scotch Gambit 01:10 1) If Black plays 4...Bc5 (Haxo Gambit) 02:22 2) If Black plays 4...Nf6 (Dubois Réti Defense) 03:21 3) If Black plays 4...Bb4+ (London Defense) 05:55 Can you find the winning move? 07:25 Best Checkmate Ever?

[@farouqbaiti4315]

I saw the Corner Checkmate (Nxh8) in a animation called Forceman Chess.

[@infernity5536]

Thats probably one of the opening videos I enjoyed the most so far, gotta try it out

[@ashithashetty175]

0:34 - is anyone wondering where is the rook ? 😁

[@Vagabond_Etranger]

You DON'T need that rook, if you're whoever this famous person is.😆

[@Anto_chess]

It’s like asking why Magnus would play against a 1000 rated player without his queen

[@stevensutton2252]

Real world champions don't need rook !HE SAC THE ROOOOOOOK BEFORE THE GAME

[@elishane1252]

​@@Anto_chesstoday I reached 1000 and i was so happy, and u made it sound like I'm still a trash 😂(though I am really but at least celebrate me for a day 😂)

[@Anto_chess]

@@elishane1252 That’s great ! Keep it up 👍 I’m 1400 and I still feel like a trash sometimes, it’s a normal thing 😂 I guess we're all trash compared to a GM

[@RamKumar-gy9nb]

You are just brilliant and bring the best opening preparations for matches. Thank you very much and God bless you. However I applied for a position but never got any response.

[@mitternachtsplausch9559]

I always play the Italian Game and have improved a lot since

[@lamole329]

splendid video. refreshing to see some older chess games

[@bennymilk6252]

Isn't it possible for white at 2:46 to play Ng5 threatening the f7 fork and making a discovered attack on the knight?

[@TheSuperhoden]

When you explain it every opening is the best opening lol

[@-device--057-2]

You cant really do it any other way, i guess calling them great works but i dont know

[@AlokDriven]

😂😂

[@joeoleary9010]

*best* chess channel on KZbin!

[@starseed855]

Thanks for all the work you do Igor! I would be very happy if you could also make a video for people above 1600 elo

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thanks! Noted.

[@marknieuweboer8099]

To be considered is the move order 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 allowing to counter the Petroff Nf6 with 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 d5 5.exd6 Nxd6 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Qd2. Critical is 3...Bb4+.

[@-AxisA-]

At 4:26 What if the opponent instead of moving the knight on f6 some where, they move with their other knight from c6 to a5 counterattacking your unprotected bishop?

[@IGiveUpTryingToChangeNames]

6:04 Rxe5# and Black can't do anything about it so why lengthen the game with Bxf7?

[@matthewmalek2434]

This is the best opening for White. It’s basically unbeatable if they fall into the trap

[@mrnelgin]

Unfortunately most 1600 ELO players are going to play with a rook which makes it a target that Morphy didn't have to worry about. g6 followed by Bg2 puts a lot of pressure on the a1 rook.

[@BrilliantDegen]

If you know what you’re doing you’d be fine

[@MonsieurGambit]

Against the dubois reti defense i also like to play the nakhmanson gambit, i have beaten various 2000 fide elo players in blitz with it.

[@healthy_masculinity_is_win]

Hey Igor!. I am wondering, would there have been any options that black could have done to actually turn around the game, in any point in whites opening.? that would be a fun thing and something I would have expected to see in the end. keep up the good work!

[@kurtc6372]

Thanks!!! Definitely easier at this level for me. I can work with this. 🙏🏼☯️

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

🙏🏼

[@jopazna2021]

Igor, I really like your page, I follow it actively. Most often, I go to the playlist and watch the parts that interest me. I have one positive criticism, it seems to me that you paid little attention to the endings on the channel, any beginner (below 1500 elo) has to face this perhaps the most important part of the game, because all this bunch of openings and tactics are for nothing if you don't know how to win the winning game. Of course, the openings are also an important part of the game, but to begin with the player shouldnt "satiate" himself with too many openings (there are a few to know,mostly Open Game,gambits), the endings are more important. My Elo exploded when I committed to this part of the game. Many players even with 2000 elo have big problems in elemental endings. Pracite endgame every day for raise Elo.

[@makygamingph742]

I love your videos, can you make birds opening and froms gambit?

[@jk190]

Which game is that last one? I saw it once before but I couldn't remember who his opponent was

[@John-g6x1h]

I never really thought about it before but if you do Rook odds, you can't Castle on that side.

[@THECHESS1]

I am going to a rating tournament.and I was not able to decide what to play as white .thank you so much❤🎉

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

❤

[@farouqbaiti4315]

It was wild and cool.😜😎

[@drip8836]

No one noticed white doesn't have 1 rook in the beginning 💀

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Last combination is really worth retaining, thanks.

[@freddiemercury2075]

Morphy's games are work of art. Probably my favourite artist.

[@scshel]

Why wouldn’t black counter with Queens pawn D5 to pressure your white bishop C4?

[@TheLifeOfTexan]

then you move the bishop to pin the knight to their king

[@prplt]

4:26 "there are no good squares for the knight to go" well actually not Nh5 is stockfish approved 😂 (in my study I have that as a counter if I ever face this variation)

[@TeeGar]

Sadly I'm always in the other 34%

[@BankerBiceps]

What if black plays Qe7 instead of Bb4 or Bb5

[@Lord_A417]

0:49 what if they play d7-d5?

[@pigo-picoldo]

Bruh free pawn

[@therealzonkgd]

free pawn lmao

[@kusum-nh9ou]

Sir what would happen if he moves moves the pawn to d5

[@darrenchanwm]

Would like to know as well. I faced d5 the past 3 times while playing the Scotch and didn't really progress properly.

[@sheyanswain6141]

What doez White do after 7 .. Bishop e7?

[@mugabe8042]

Thank you broo ❤❤

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

😊

[@krishanubhattacharya6940]

0:24 / 8:30 wheres the A1 ROOK

[@ashoksafaya5397]

I could see bishop sacrifice and then queen check to recover the piece.

[@alexmatei22222]

5:20😂😂😂

[@statixsc3013]

I love I many of your videos you say take this take this and then win the game....... but then I lose the game.

[@Money-Fast-Plan-a]

*"Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable."* __Theodore N. Vail

[@anthonydyke8273]

I have never won with this opening , every one I have played knows it .

[@matthewmalek2434]

I win allll the time with it. You have to known all their counters.

[@akhileshthandra5487]

nice

[@Ggamer_catlover]

Where is the rock at the beginning of the video

[@Ggamer_catlover]

Nvm

[@honhon-qy4wi]

Bro did the entire video without his rook

[@THECHESS1]

He sacrificed the rook*

[@edisonblackmore9]

You forgot a rook

[@crucifiedthief]

Even though this has been my opening for years, I hate seeing it from the black side.

[@gktalks9672]

Where is the 2nd rook of white

[@quackduckquack]

Sold it

[@vinhnguyenquang7179]

where rook a1 ?

[@NguyễnLêKhánhHà-k4h]

*Chấp quân Please use Google Translate this is Vietnamese😅

[@raselju]

I am 1870. Probably this video will not be very applicable to me.

[@Tripplej_]

What happened to your sec rook?

[@eliasafheilbroun4191]

there apothition that it amate in 3

[@kavitasakhare7118]

Wait where is a1 rook gone ?

[@BeasttBoy]

As good as not there.

[@TimothyZhou0]

The best chess opening for white is to sac the rook on a1 on move 0.... LOL

[@LoganathanChandran-lz8de]

Where is the rook?

[@chriszhang1660]

Chess good. Igor good. Ukraine good.

[@javedpervez3237]

Bro playing scotch in rook odds

[@RAMS_Builders]

Where is the rook

[@mohiddin_pasha]

❤

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

❤

[@chryslercartography9024]

Sup guys?

[@vishalkhandelwal01]

DA ROOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Randomeditzboss]

First comment

[@godwishnyambuya9737]

First to watch

[@MariaDabrowska-i2u]

where da f*ck is white's a rook?!

[@LeilaCeric]

no rook💀

[@nikovelasquez7580]

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