Brilliant Trap Against The Scandinavian! 64% Success Rate!

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

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[@MHoefkes]

Was worth full price, but now it's a steal.

[@valaipad6979]

Lol what after king to e7 instead of king e6?

[@kennethgee2004]

and again none of that should be played. it is the theScandinavian Defense: Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit that is played.

[@anton5646]

Eric Rosen showed this a few years ago and I've played it ever since with pretty good success. There is a a big downside tho if they don't blunder their queen then you are just down a pawn with little to none compensation. However I'll still keep playing it because I'd rather be down a pawn than play some regular d4 bc4 stuff against the scandi

[@mrchoon2010]

I'll try it when I see the Skandi... In about 3 months The problem with learning this stuff is trying to find the right position.

[@andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

😆 same thing here...i also play this line since i saw Rosen's "Crush the Scandi" video

[@guillotineenjoyer2496]

The Dunst Gambit (1. e4 d5 2. d3 dxe4 3. Nc3 exd3 4. Bxd3) is very spicy against the scandi and the compensation for the pawn is a lot more real than this trap. I can’t tell you how many easy games I’ve won by picking up queens with discovered check after castling queen side. Ridiculously over powered

[@mrchoon2010]

@@guillotineenjoyer2496 That's awesome. Thanks man

[@DidierPilon]

When you say good success, can you give a rating on that?

[@cameronhendricks5967]

At 3:20, I appreciate you showed why a beginner level move would fail. When I was new to chess and wanted to learn basic opening traps, gms discounted moves right away without me knowing why. While I understood this one, still good for all the newbies, who are the future of chess

[@davecroes3086]

Fun Fact: In his first ever youtube vid, Eric Rosen showed this trap! Wait, now this hidden trap will become well-known... Oh no my trap!

[@pakasokoste]

Thanks for the Info! It's not his first youtube video tho.

[@JrbWheaton]

I learned this one from Eric Rosen. One of my favorite traps

[@andrewx7806]

It should be named after Rosen. "The Rosen Trap".

[@starship1701]

This is what I always play, learned it from Eric Rosen's videos. I've only very very rarely actually gotten to the position where I can take on f7. Much of the time, people actually premove or just move too quickly, and so they play Qa5, then you play b4, and they end up hanging their queen because they weren't expecting their queen to get attacked.

[@pakasokoste]

Lol just that very thing happened to me just now.

[@ClarkPotter]

In bullet, yeah. I mentioned this at club earlier tonight 😊 15% of the time I can just take their queen here, bxa5. Even at the 2000-level.

[@ValliantPoppys]

Thanks nelson. I was recently able to use this to beat my checkmate my opponent in less than 16 moves.

[@williamsmith8640]

8:14 "Black only has the Knight out" The Queen: Am I a joke to you?

[@awszaza3225]

i'm 1300 , i've played the scandanavian since 1000 i think and i have hundreds of games in it and never faced this but i'm excited to use this against people who play it against me what an awesome video nelson thank you

[@Thebiggestgordon]

As a scandi player myself, Cons: everyone now knows this trap against Mt opening Pros: I also know I and can just not fall for it then just play normal chess after.

[@awszaza3225]

@@Thebiggestgordon true , you should always look up the engine lines for an opening you're using (obviously not in games) but you should be prepared for trappy lines and if your opponent is doing weird stuff don't take the bait and ask yourself what do they want, that's what i do

[@Thebiggestgordon]

@@awszaza3225 ah yes but see I’m 900 rated, have no opening prep except for random echoing Gotham quotes and the occasional clickbaity gambit video, and have very little ability to see into the future / work out their plans. I play chess when I’m bored, nothing more, basically.

[@paoloperona5894]

I'm myself a scandinavian player and bishop c4 takes pf7 is a pretty well known trap. Just develop king knight to f6 or if you want to be way save passive push e pawn. Of course there are still tactics around from the distance but if white keeps overpushing his "lead" will find himself in a worst position.

[@pyte687]

4:23 what happens if they don’t take the bishop? Just regular chess from there?

[@ClarkPotter]

Yes. Black has a very terrible game with their king stuck in the center, isolated e-pawn, and no development or any compensation for these factors. His entire game is reduced to attempting to painfully evade humiliation by being lost by move 6. Even if he does survive, he will be saddled with a janky position all game if white plays reasonably. White gets fluid, normal development, semi-open b- and e-files, can still castle, and delicious attacking prospects on black's king who can only slink away around the ruins of their position to try to survive. An intermediate player or better will feel embarrassed if they can't swiftly put black away here as white.

[@GarySlegg]

I got to play this today for the first time, I 'm so grateful you did this video

[@deviongants3724]

I got blind spots in my game watching your videos really help me focus a little bit more thanks for the great video thumbs up keep up the great work

[@anonym5160]

What is with the Tennison Gambit?

[@tonydodds1671]

I fell for that trap last night:move for move! First time in 28 Qa5 games that someone played b4. I'll have to try it as white. Excellent presentation.

[@kaythia-s9h]

This one is so clever! I think I'll switch from playing the Tennison Gambit against the Scandinavian to this.

[@cookiegirl1097]

You mean the ICBM gambit?

[@ctr9k]

This is my go to against the scandi, I have over 200 games using the Leonhardt gambit. Never knew about Nb5, thanks!

[@ajarnray4115]

Nice traps I have played the Rb1 variation, but now I have some more options. Thanks for the upload.

[@Chaos_God_of_Fate]

This is a pretty awesome strategy! Nice video

[@TreyjonjiFTW]

Just got it for the first time, thanks a lot!

[@Middieno22]

fantastic, plz make more traps with common lines, these are the best.

[@brasileirosim5961]

I tried the Scandi with …Qd8 for a while, but it is easy to make blunders in this defence, so I am playing the French now. Nelson, do you know the game Supi vs Carlsen? Carlsen played the Scandi and lost after a Knight and Queen sac. Supi is one of the strongest Brazilian players.

[@infernalflamezz7480]

After Nb5 my opponents often go Qe4+ what do I do? Can i even punish here?

[@ElectricBurgers]

Good learning. Interesting

[@sujitbhattacharyya3705]

noted and added to repertoire.❤❤

[@Iksvomid]

Nelson, no man has taught people to love traps as much as You have! Thank You!

[@hugoaguilar3740]

Really enjoy your videos!! Is there a chess app you recommend to start playing? I don’t anybody to play with?

[@tachyonhummingbird1107]

Very nice trap there. I'll definitely try this one day!

[@aaronstephen3058]

Problem with the Leonhardt is that people also play 3… Qd8 and 3… Qd6, and then you have to play normally against the Scandi.

[@jrviade85]

great video! and a nice trap, I’ll try to use it as well thank you for this video!! 😌

[@Qoko88]

Good explanation and I understand the significance of traps, especially in early chess development, but in this case you should really warn potential White players for 5....Qe4+ or the simple 6....Nf6 or Nc6. The latter is the best move and simply doesn't give White too much for the gambit. Apparently there's some shenanigans with 7.a4 a6 but that's about it. It looks flashy but it's strategic base is limited.

[@yarakharam5343]

cant you turn this into a danish if they go for those moves?

[@gregotis8940]

Just tried this for the first time and won easily! Thanks!

[@dahmane9999]

i've tried it for the first time the day after i saw the video, it perfectly worked and i passed 1600 for the first time, thanks a lot

[@catchmeifyoucan2192]

Very nice Video , happy new year everyone

[@JagmaChess]

I won many blitz games after playing b4 against the scanadian

[@davidwithington140]

I use this every time I play against the scandinavian. Just as often after taking the pawn they drop their queen back to c5 instead of a5 to defend the c pawn

[@pointlessmike]

then d4 comes with more tempo and you might even get your bishop to f4 to pressure c7 more. It's a strictly worse way to defend imo

[@netspirit79]

Thanks Nelson! Unrelated: do you have an opinion on the Pirc defense? is it unsound? have you tried it? is it worth messing around with?

[@Hakeem9495]

i used this a few times and it worked

[@isaachaze1]

when i tried this, black just moved his queen to e4 putting me in check and i blocked with my bishop. it all worked out fine in the end, but still didn't get to try most of this. i play at a beginner level

[@z0uLess]

so what is the best response for black to the b3 pawn?

[@trevorweinbrecht7142]

Thank you for giving me the tools to make the scandy less boring

[@leonhardk5596]

This is called the Leonhardt Gambit and I play that because its similar to my name lmao. But also in Bullet sometimes u get a free queen on move 3

[@SgtCellFish]

most people play 5. Qe4+, so be prepared.

[@timginnett7608]

Ah… the patzer attack?

[@SgtCellFish]

@@timginnett7608 not at all

[@god0fgames100]

Yeah but that's just plain bad so who's actually scared of it?

[@jonniriepponen6248]

Perfect just what i need

[@horarp]

I like playing Scandinavian as black, and I would play 5. Qe4 check. What happens after that?

[@petermari8299]

One of the first time I played as Black, after Nc3 I retreated with my Queen to c6, and after Bb5 I was..not too happy. In fact I was so pissed that after losing the Queen I didn`t resign but won the game with full rage :D

[@ryanamburgy2791]

Most impressive

[@241hnd]

At 2:58 what would happen if black Qe4?

[@billt4418]

Good stuff!

[@mikes1984]

what if thy play knight c6 instead of pawn to c6 at the beginning of the trap?

[@random9-548]

Im guilty in charge! I remember playing a blitz tournament OTB and someone played this trap against me, I had never seen before so I went for logical normal moves, I didnt like to play Na6 so I thought, ok I play Qa5 and it's gonna be a normal Scandi a pawn up, and after Bc4 I followed with a quick c6 because how on earth I could see any danger in the position with only a bishop out there, well... you know what came next, I had to resign in a few moves. Very cheesy trap.

[@kevinmorford5032]

At about 4:30 of the video, you start covering the variations when the trip the trap by taking the white bishop with the king. You point out that even the better move (moving the king to d8) is bad for black. But you do not really give recommended following moves for white after d8. What do you recommend?

[@seifeddinehentous5563]

Just retreat the knight to C3 and play normal chess from there, there isn't an obvious way to follow it up or something, but it's a winning position so you shouldn't have any problem so develop normally, castle and you should be Fine.

[@vigneshanand7009]

@@seifeddinehentous5563 it's not winning at all, it's probably like +1 with accurate play (if you play Nc3), the point is just you get a comfortable/better position with white so you shouldn't be afraid of Kd8. Nd4 is probably better than Nc3 tho because it forces slow development from black and more control over the center for white.

[@seifeddinehentous5563]

@@vigneshanand7009 Nd4 is probably a mistake and definitely not forcing your opponent to develop slowly, he could play e5 or c5 and develop with tempo or just develop his Bishop or knights, or even better He could play queen e5 check attacking your knight forcing you to play knight e2 or u'd lose it, he's gonna develop quickly while your knight is blocking your queen.

[@vigneshanand7009]

@@seifeddinehentous5563 e5 or c5, I just play Nb3 with a clear advantage for white, but yes Qe5+ would win on the spot for black. Ok, so given Nc3 is then the best move for white, this is still not winning at all by any means. My main point is just that the guy in the video is trying to promote the idea of winning the queen. This might mislea d people of lower elo into playing this opening thinking they can win a queen if their opponent messes up, but if they don't then they have no clue how to create sufficient compensation for being a pawn down. You have to be confident that you can play this position with sufficient compensation in all variations, otherwise it'd be ludicrous to play this opening merely hoping for your opponent to blunder their queen.

[@seifeddinehentous5563]

@@vigneshanand7009 I understand what your saying but it's still clearly winning, you're not a pawn down, both of you lost 2 pawns, his e pawn is extremly weak as it can't be defended with any pawn, his king is weak AND can't castle , and on top of that you have a nice bishop, the b file can easily be used by bringing your rooks there and dangerously lining up on the opponent's queen side.

[@4d_chesser]

at 5:06: after you got the queen, should you move Qc3 to threaten to take the rook or is there a better line for white?

[@iPyroNigma]

It's black's turn to move, so you might not get the cnace to threaten to take the rook. Also, if you go Qc3 then black plays Bg7, helping him gain tempo by counterattacking your queen (and that bishop move was the best move for black according to stockfish). Either finish your development, or you can rook lift with Rb1 - Rb3 and then finish your development (knight out then castle).

[@chefmonsur]

Why do you sacrifice the B pawn? Why can't you go NB5 straight away?

[@carokus]

First of all, I'm scared of how now chess is also part of the data your phone collects about you, today I played Scandi for the first time, I'm not a new player, just didn't like the concept, and got hit by this, opened KZbin and got this video, and second thing, just so you all know, even if you defended like it was shown at the end, you still can apply a lot of pressure on same ideas(this is how I lost a queen), especially good in fast formats

[@kaidoChess]

This was so lit

[@thecakeredux]

I play the scandinavian and just following along I fell into this trap.

[@idan654321]

Ive learned this trap from an old eric rosen vid, however stockfish really doesnt like Nb5

[@adityamathur443]

thank you man for this video, I JUST DESTROYED my opponent with this trap.

[@sami6911]

I hope this doesn’t get too many views 😂 been using this trap for a long time and don’t want people to find out about it

[@thepay2]

am a beginner and tried to do this against my opponents but exactly 0% played the moves.. first very few of them actually moved the queen to A5.. most moved to the e-file... 😂

[@MagnetManReviews]

It's a bad line objectively but when it comes to blitz definitely playable

[@prplt]

I tried this today for the first time and opponent blundered the king and rook fork right away 😂

[@omerahmed7883]

Thanks after some try maybe 2-3 i won a blitz game against someone 200+ higher rated player . Admittedly I forgot to sacrifice the bishop I moved the queen early

[@Z.L.K.]

I learned this one the hard way

[@cangizer352]

Can someone explain why can't the black play 5... Qc5 ? Something like ..Qc5 Ba3 Qb6 maybe?

[@yeahthisismyname5016]

Because after D4 Qc6 or Qb6 white can go Bf4 and get’s a lot of development and the c7 pawn is very weak

[@sirmonke8946]

why was this recommended to me I haven't even played chess in at least 3 months

[@bernardthefourth]

Ah I finally got someone to move the king to A5. The took the pawn, and moved back to A5 after the knight move. Then after the bishop to C4 they played pawn to G6. Dammit.

[@BenRook]

Interesting. Way too many traps to follow with e4 openings...why I prefer c4, nf3, or d4 as my opener.

[@masterdayyaan8282]

Hey that’s my strategy for chess

[@StygianStyle]

I've tried this a few times, and people always play Nf6, so I never do it.

[@williamsquires3070]

You weren’t playing fins0905 were you? I know he plays the Scandinavian a lot. 🙃

[@jamesanderson6481]

Hey Nelson. Chess beginner here. I follow most you tubers and all their content is great. I think your short videos on certain lines like this are great but what I think would be awesome if you were to do short graphics of the lines at the end of the video (time stamped) where each moves of the line plays out maybe with 1-3 second intervals between each move. That way we can get a good understanding in the beginning but then get a pure visualisation of the lines at the end 👌 If you were to do that structure on all traps and certain lines/openings I am sure your subscription rate would explode.

[@007blond]

Just played a game and tried to use this...tragically after b4 my opponent premoved e5 😅

[@evgenymukhin]

It’s really nice.

[@godfreyofbouillon966]

That's... beautiful... 👌

[@emmettnelson7260]

this is just the sideways version of the ICBM gambit.

[@stillmattwest]

I don't see many Scandi players actually go to a5 these days.

[@TheLeopard2A6]

Where is that clip with Qxg2? 😅🤣

[@basantrajsoyXD6681]

Holy shit, this is amazing 0.0

[@marcribashernando7334]

What if Queen c5? Do you just harass the queen with your Bishop?

[@thebatsbury8053]

3:04 what happens if Qc5?

[@furryfriendfamily7550]

ba3

[@asphalt8481]

Qc5 was best move

[@AmanRaj-lx3jf]

Why the king wont be able to take that bishop? I dont understand

[@Qoko88]

Watch the video in full?

[@SgtCellFish]

great, I can't use this anymore :(

[@MrGamGamer]

I just tried this, messed up and lost all of muh pieces.

[@glowingspacecow8980]

I saw this on tiktok

[@its_jeonsa]

4:29 why cant we take the bishop

[@Qoko88]

...did you even watch the video in full? That's what this is about.

[@jamesonparker3463]

Nobody plays the Scandinavian anymore

[@sayafkhan748]

I liked it

[@Kavemancast]

just play e6 before he saccs his bishop

[@ottolehikoinen6193]

This is a nasty one to avoid. Scandi would be much nicer to play if not for this.

[@gd.producoes]

🙅🏻‍♂️🔥

[@jonniriepponen6248]

And i'm first comment like and wiev

[@floridaman6982]

Idk the stars really have to align for some of these “traps”

[@god0fgames100]

I've played this before and pulled off the trap but it's much better to learn actual lines against the Scandi here. It's already an unsound opening for black and white can gain a solid advantage thru much safer lines than trying for this cheap trap

[@Christoph5782]

I play a much more simplified version of this trap where after Qa5 I go straight for Nb5. Down in the 1200s, that is almost always met with either c6 or d5/d6. With c6, Qh5 typically wins the queen as they will likely cap the Knight, which you can recapture with the bishop with check. From there the Queen is lost. I’ve also seen players attack my Queen, which is meaningless as Nd6+ gives a tempo and wins the queen Really as long as they don’t find a6 or defend the h5 square, Qh5 will win either the Queen or the rook, at least at the 1200 level

[@donaldjgumpofficial5754]

That's the point of traps. Playing the best move means you avoid traps.

[@reyhananiz5099]

This is the trap Eric explained in one of his oldest videos, that's why no one knows about it.

[@god0fgames100]

His very first. He's mentioned or referenced it in numerous other videos too actually so plenty of people know it. It's just not a sound answer to the Scandi, if the opponent doesn't fall for it you're just playing down a pawn.

[@poppepope5504]

Copy 👌

[@viksinha5410]

Who even plays Scandinavian as black? I have never lost a Scandinavian game when playing white

[@marchausmann9648]

Let's go Brandon!

[@god0fgames100]

Trump lost.

[@Christoph5782]

Checo is faster than you, can you confirm you understand that message?

[@holden3808]

Yall love your little dogwhistles huh?