Bishop's Opening Meets Reversed Stafford Gambit

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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares with you his favourite chess opening as White. It is the Bishop's Opening which happens after the first moves 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4. The bishop is active along the c4-f7 diagonal, taking aim at the Black's king.
This opening will surprise a lot of your opponents and drag them into an unfamiliar territory right in the second move. It is also a very solid chess opening and you don't risk anything.
Watch the full video lesson as GM Smirnov shares the Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit, which looks like the Reversed Stafford Gambit. You will learn the common attacking ideas and some beautiful traps.
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► Chapters
00:00 Introduction to the Bishop's Opening in Chess
00:48 Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit (Reversed Stafford Gambit)
01:33 3/4 moves by Black are LOSING
02:11 1) 5...Nc6 by Black
03:53 Tactical Quiz: Puzzle of the day
04:12 2) 5...d5 by Black
05:52 3) 5...f6 by Black
07:49 Black's correct response
10:51 Beautiful tactics for the win!
11:40 Black's only way to survive
12:35 4) If Black doesn't take 3...Nxe4
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[@stevensutton2252]

Lol I've been asking 4 this video

[@friederermel116]

Puzzle: ne6+, ke7, bg5, pinning the queen.

[@KumarBendrake]

Wow. That's insanity!

[@cronoscraiss330]

Haha, absolutely :D

[@castled71049]

Upon 7. Bxf7+, Black can reply 7... Ke7. White is still winning here, but the Ne6 maneuver is no longer possible.

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

“If someone tries all these moves, he could be a friend of Hans Niemann” LMAOOOOOOOOO

[@Micropopper]

That sneaky joke about Hans was perfect😂

[@cameronmiller6240]

Hans is more butthurt than usual now.

[@benlinsk3847]

Guys, stop before he sues you for $100 million

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Oh no, My Reverse Stafford!

[@raselju]

Another great video lesson Igor! The winning continuation for white around 4.00, to my opinion, is - 1. Ne6+ -- Kd7 2. Bg5, which will end up winning the queen for two minor pieces. The king deadly exposed and it should be enough to win the game later.

[@josephsalmonte4995]

As a reckless soul myself I look forward to going for all-out attack 👍

[@nazirkazi2531]

Thank you GM Igor! Of all the openings , I too like the Bishop's opening the best.

[@celing0624]

Hi Igor I appreciate your very informative videos, kindly discuss if black moves knight C6 instead of knight F6... Thank you very much.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

🙏

[@herymademamajapahit-demak-9459]

Thanks for the lesson..👍👍.

[@anthonyjoevalen1]

Thanks Teacher you the best one!👍

[@ingogoldbeck2886]

Great content igor! Thank you so much!! Could you please show us some cool lines of the kloosterboer gambit!?

[@AbirBiswas-gd7ht]

Sir ur video helped me a lot. So sir please upload basic endgame videos. Such as queen vs rook checkmate, Rook enddings, Rook vs other minor piece checkmate, Queen vs other minor piece checkmate, Advance pawn endgame. Actually i tell you because, i understand Your videos better than others. Lots of love from Bangladesh ❤️🇧🇩

[@PotatoChess-we7rj]

4:00 Ne6+ black plays Ke7 then Bg5 pinning the queen to the king

[@donkringtv5167]

@1:00 stockfist 3200 played Nd6, instead capturing the Knight from c3

[@smithyq6335]

This looks like an incredible amount of fun. Unfortunately, after 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3, Black can play 3...Nc6 and reach a normal Italian Two Knights, so we get "tricked" into playing the mainline anyway.

[@Micropopper]

Even so...now you can play the fried liver Ng5! which at least gains a pawn (in Na5 line) or play an exciting king hunt game if they go Ke6 to expose their king (in Nxd5 line)

[@redmardamsma7917]

Even worse, black can play 4…Nc6 after 4. Nc3 which transposes to a bad line of the Italian for white

[@0199128]

Me watching igors video on repeat for an hour then going into a game to try it out and i start with black for 10 games in a row and forget everything i learned

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 Introduction to the Bishop's Opening in Chess 00:48 Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit (Reversed Stafford Gambit) 01:33 3/4 moves by Black are LOSING 02:11 1) 5...Nc6 by Black 03:53 Tactical Quiz: Puzzle of the day 04:12 2) 5...d5 by Black 05:52 3) 5...f6 by Black 07:49 Black's correct response 10:51 Beautiful tactics for the win! 11:40 Black's only way to survive 12:35 4) If Black doesn't take 3...Nxe4

[@user-wo1gh1mx2y]

Hey Igor. Great content. But was wondering you didn't cover blacks pawn move d6 once the Stafford gambit for white realised...

[@ohyeahohyeah1071]

Nc6 is what I personally play against the Bishop's opening, because most of my opponents follow that up by moving their queen out

[@alanfrost75]

A friend of Hans Niemann ... I literally spat my drink out lol

[@Catspostytshorts]

Deadly opening can’t wait to play this in blitz

[@user-ec1pl4nu2e]

Master i want to ask, To become a strong player, do we have to memorize a lot of opening moves? and whether we have to memorize every step after that until the endgame?

[@user-ti4di1uh2d]

13:00 black doesn’t need to protect f7 here. Black can play Nc6. This is my main move (although I played it from a different move order) which is absolutely hated by stockfish but if you ever played Traxler before you’ll know white can die in a dozen different ways. Even more so in this variation where black don’t have the e pawn. Bxf7 which is relatively harmless in Traxler still leads to a lot of traps in this variation. Although I don’t recommend playing this if you’re playing 10 minutes game above 1900 elo.

[@joshuaikechukwu781]

Igor. You are a good chess tutor. Biafrachessprodigy of Lichess of 1000 rating is now 1500 and Beat 2000 Rated players. Thanks for your videos.

[@Jowen811]

I am a beginner trying to improve my game, and this is probably a rookie move both on mine and blacks part, but after moving bishop to c4 what is the best response if black moves pawn to b5 or d5. I know only a rookie would probably move that piece. Just wondering still.

[@bertrc2569]

Since this bishops opening is also the scholars checkmate opening the response has to be nc6, surely. According to his previous videos anyway ?

[@jimsullins9162]

At 4:05 you can still win the queen with the knight check, cause then B-g5

[@rosarioblasetti6935]

Why do not sacrify the Knight before the castle at min 7:05 ? Thanks

[@reddevilkev]

Where is the video when Black plays Nc6 ?! Can’t find it

[@satya360_Challa]

What are the moves after 12:26

[@javiersaturno9689]

what to play if instead of 6...d6, black plays 6...kc6?

[@jaquinlaner9128]

Friend of Hans Neiman💀

[@nexonofc]

💀

[@user-ti4di1uh2d]

I promise I thought about those move on my own. Not sure if I’ll actually play it in game tho. d5 does look natural but the bishop move would definitely not be played in a blitz game. I probably won’t have much time left after reaching here and just took the bishop.

[@_v2.0]

massive shade thrown lmao 😂

[@Chessforlife64]

1. Ne6+ Ke7 2. Bg5 Pinning the Queen.

[@Potbelly76]

Ne6+ ke7 bg5!

[@gollumchess]

BTW, I & engine both never liked Stafford Gambit and was about to skip this video But I think this line will win a loads of game to me online. No one is going to play chess like that & find so many weird correct moves 😂

[@nichtdu5051]

At 10:51 why would they move the rook when after you take the white queen is hanging?

[@NevarKanzaki]

He shows it because it is incorrect, then shows a proper defense after. It isn't that unnatural a move since if they don't see Bc4, to them black is simply winning the knight.

[@wazsam2723]

"Not quite my tempo"

[@Fishy_17]

I’d much rather play the Urusov gambit. It’s a lot more difficult to refute and just as aggressive.

[@dougchart]

tactical puzzle : Bishop to D6 leaving Knight to F7 possiblr follow up

[@gollumchess]

friend of Hans Niemann 😂😂😂😂. This coming from a GM is hilarious 😂😂😂

[@Young_as_Lenin]

it looks like best opening ever

[@Fishy_17]

Not the best. In the f6 line, there’s Nc6 instead of d6, and after f4 black has f5 and a really nice position.

[@Nill757]

Sorry how does nc6 change the qh5 threat? If after f4, black p- f5, then nxp, pxn, q-h5 chk, again, mate coming.

[@Fishy_17]

@@Nill757 If Nxf5, then d5 is a zwischenzug and black is winning a piece.

[@mlandallkayanatinto3171]

Lawsuit on the way.😂😂😂

[@ingogoldbeck2886]

The main advantage of the bishops opening is the flexibility. I just discovered 😊

[@davidthornton5327]

Friends of Hans Nieman 🤣

[@nayonchess6210]

❤❤❤

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

❤

[@JailerLB]

and if someone plays all these moves against you, he must be a friend of Hans Niemann lmao

[@dragonore2009]

I realize the video is doing a reverse stafford gambit, but before that, wouldn't black just contest the center right away with d5? Y'know e4, e5, Bf4, d5

[@Paul_2023.]

Some reckless souls 😂😂😂

[@mlandallkayanatinto3171]

Law sui

[@plokenv]

This is called the urusov gambit lol

[@mrnelgin]

This is all great if only I didn't forget it all by the time I have written this comment lol.

[@dougchart]

Sorry Bishi=op to E7

[@govtaxserf7941]

I fail to see the difference between the bishop's opening and the italian game, you are basically just choosing to develop the same in a different variation....

[@Lordspylotr]

first

[@starxignite498]

Black lives matter😢

[@Benjamin-chan]

Not in chess 😂

[@yerlibilgin2]

Hans Niemann :)