Crush a Grandmaster With The "Evil" Icelandic Gambit!

[@vishnuvenkatesh7592]

This was one of the first games that made me say "woah" in real life. Apart from the opening, Fiorito developed all his pieces without moving any more pawns and that was brilliant.

[@user-uj2cq6rd8n]

Yeah man.Thats what i always see in grandmaster games of Morphy,Capablanca,and Alekhine. They completely develop their pieces.And their pawns are still lined up.Its amazing how they maneuver their pieces to form an attack without having to move their pawns.

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[@snehjoshi9231]

So I spent the whole day watching your videos. Not even kidding.

[@agadmator]

+Sneh Joshi Save some for tomorrow :D

[@dacooooo]

kai re joshi...kaahi kaam dhanda naahi ka?

[@youssefsabban1069]

I become addicted to this channel

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[@kylebroflovski6382]

Beware of the "agadmator effect": where after watching enough agadmator you start to feel like an unstoppable grandmaster

[@abrahamcampos4471]

You know what could be interesting. Analysing not a high Elo game but rather one game between two unbelievably bad players and dissecting each terrible move

[@legoupil1819]

I think this would be quite boring. Obvious mstakes are obvious, tactical missplays are by definition situational thus not very useful and general missplays mostly concern basic stuff, like developping your pieces and not giving up free tempo. It just depends on how bad we are talking. 1400 could be interesting, but i think any less would make any sense on a chess channel

[@locrianphyrigian3779]

I've seen this in starcraft 2 amd, depending on the personality, it can be completely hilarious, or really boring.

[@locutusdborg126]

That would be me against anyone and maybe I would go down in history.

[@asdfghjkllkjhgfdsa8725]

Yea I don't know about going over beginners games because simple mistakes are easy enough to figure out for yourself once you get used to how exchanges work,, but a lot of these chess channels do analyze games with weaker players. I know john Bartholomew has a whole series on it, going from like 1000 to 2000 but agadmator, for the most part, seems to stick to masters games.

[@patpowers9210]

Well in analyzing my own games against the very mediocre chess engines that routinely defeat me at any but the lowest settings, I'd say that there is very little to be learned from badly played chess games.

[@coolguyj7934]

Ever since I saw this video, I have been an Icelandic gambit player. Now my school chess club is scarde to play 1.e4 against me as I am undefeated in that opening in my club (lichess players killed it tho so not 100% loss free)

[@CDolph296]

Don't players usually just play d4 or something instead of trying to hold the pawn?

[@KongMonkE]

At the club level typically they respond nc3 or c4 and don’t play the main line

[@mentalrectangle]

@@CDolph296 Generally Icelandic players are hoping for the Portuguese Gambit with Bg4 anyway there.

[@Robi2009]

Wow, I think it's the first time I see a game that after 1. e4 d5 2. exd5, Black plays anything else than Qxe5... Thanks for that!

[@sinistril]

I used Qxe5 a lot before starting to use the Icelandic... but looking back, I think to myself, why did I do it? I have no idea. It felt like I was always playing from behind in development and I lost a ton of games that way.

[@jeankevin3260]

weird since 2..Nf6 is the most popular move

[@atlemagnussen7421]

No, 2... Qxd5 is by far the most popular move.

[@Isaac-rr7my]

When y'all say Qxd5 does mean Qxd5?

[@donaldjgumpofficial5754]

@@Isaac-rr7my Queen takes on d5.

[@fahrenheit9831]

I'm a simple argentinian, I hear "Argentina" in a video, I press Like button. Thank you, agadmator for bring some good chess everyday :D

[@marcorc5167]

Vamo Argentina loco!

[@nicolaszan1845]

Vamo Argentina Loco!!!

[@SirDante754]

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[@mtabasi3255]

Top gear ?

[@GS-qe3pt]

Era por abajo

[@sinistril]

Icelandic is starting to become my favourite defense. I can count on being able to play it in 70% of games at my rating (1500) , and can play a pretty standard line. It opens everything up so I can get creative and punish opponents for mistakes and covers up one of my most glaring weaknesses (tight games)

[@srir.5282]

Wow, great to see Argentina getting represented with a beatiful game! Greets Agdamator from Argentina! :D

[@full-moongaming8224]

It was a truly beautiful game, and has provided me a fair amount of research material as well since E4 is the most common opening that I've seen on the white side of the board, and needed to research a solid counter for it to help improve my own game-play. ~Ghost of Full-Moon Gaming~

[@ruchirarandana2008]

That was a brutal game! Thank you so much for your channel. I really love your explanations and how you conduct your videos. Keep it up!

[@alekssavic1999]

This game is amazing, I watched it 3 times now. Thank you Agadmator.

[@pchallen9795]

1:36 - perhaps the best Agadmator comment of all time (BACOAT?)... "But of course you don't gambit a pawn to trade Queens".... love it.

[@vyomgupta8630]

Why wasn't pawn to d5 played by white at 2:54?

[@dhyanesh_gopinath2880]

I've been wondering too bro

[@dhyanesh_gopinath2880]

In fact even before you could play that

[@dyaco8464]

Because 10.d5 Ng4

[@vigneshsrinivasan3435]

Even Ng4 still he can grab a minor piece right

[@roloyoung763]

after d5 black has Nb4 threatening a royal fork on the next move with c2 and after white defends against this black moves his bishop

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

My lichess Rating went up about 250 points since I subscribed to this channel a couple months ago so... thank you :)

[@jamesanderson9616]

*I love this channel! It posts amazing games!*

[@AufdemLaufenden777]

Congrats to your brother! Such strong and forword moves I havent seen in a while! No complicated positions! Just crushing!

[@thereadinglemur]

On 2:50, why not d5?

[@belcolt81]

Could be mistaken, but I believe black's Nb4 escapes it with it's upcoming threat on the Queen and Rook.

[@sonNyET]

example continuation after d5: Qc5 and then if pawn takes knight Bc4 is winning becasue if queen takes bishop, Qf2 is mate, no good moves for white. Qc5 and then if pawn takes bishop, Nb5 is crushing, whites best move is to sacrifice a rook by playing Nd2, otherwise black can continue with Nc2 or Nd3 with serious mate threats or white has to sac a queen :)

[@thereadinglemur]

But if Qc5, white could just take the queen with his own. Remember, the white queen is on e3.

[@edsoncezar20]

you get Ng4 anyway... for example, after d5 Ng4 it comes Qe4 Qf6 Qe2 Nd4 Qd2 O-O-O and black is way better

[@vinodparmar-xx4bc]

Edson Cezar if d5 and then Ng4 then simply Bxg4 wins for black..coz Bxg4 Bxg4 Qxe7+ Nxe7...may be equal

[@Sasha1234575]

I play this gambit for a long time (also on Lichess in Blitz). Even if white doesn`t play the structure with the pawns on c4 and d4, you have a good position with black, playing c5 and Nc6 and let Qb6 and Rd8 follow. If white plays his bishop to b5 and captured the knife on c6 than bxc6. Black has always a good development and he will get his pawn back on c2. Greetings from Montenegro.

[@bradjunes3080]

Thanks for sharing this one. Much love from the Oregon Coast (USA)

[@leslieandclash7030]

love this gambit. Im 1500 USCF and have had great results playing it when allowed. e4 d5 exd nc6 puts anyone out of theory (at this level)

[@JohnSmith-oe5kx]

Thanks so much for this very interesting game that illustrates both a very basic principle (the danger of waiting too long to develop pieces), and an advanced principle (that a sacrifice can be made to acquire time rather than position in the technical sense--the time being used to develop an attack elsewhere on the board). White’s first real mistake (playing Ng3 ahead of Be2, as mentioned by Agadmator) was a turning point, but the fatal mistake was not (ever!) having developed the queen’s knight. (As an aside, white passed up a prime opportunity to play Nd2 in response to 7 … Qxb4+, preferring to harry white's Q. While this was not a mistake, it would have prevented the disaster ahead...) By move 12, white's position was still very cramped; Nc3 was clearly the best move, whereas 12. h3 was safely ignored by black and was therefore a loss of tempo that white, already behind in development, could not afford. On move 13, Nc3 was even more clearly the best option; whereas 13. hxg4 was also safely ignored by black and was therefore a second consecutive (and probably fatal) loss of tempo. After 13. … Qb4+, the game was probably lost but Nc3 would STILL have been the best move. Yet Zarnicki stubbornly refused to move his knight from the back rank-generally the worst place for a knight. Three strikes and you’re out. Fiorito's brilliance in this game was in simply staying the course, getting not one but two tempi in exchange for his knight sacrifice on g4, and using them to develop an overwhelming attack down the center.

[@technowey]

Thank you for another great chess video. That game is great!

[@sanfords]

What a slaughter! Havn't seen a GM get that owned in a long time.

[@bourniplus]

I had to go back at 3:26 to see when black sacrificed its knight, what a move! Sacrificing a piece without having a forced mate in the next few moves takes some balls.

[@bek1445]

I was watching a Kasparov game but when Agadmator uploads, you must watch his videos first.

[@nicolaszan1845]

Not one, but TWO Argentinian chess players in an Agadmator video? I'm surprised it's not my birthday!!! :D

[@The0Profanity]

I used to play the Icelandic Gambit regularly at the competitive level, and I would win almost all of my games. But once I hit a certain rating, my opponents typically had the refutation memorised and it became hard for me to progress with it. Being discouraged, I dropped it for a few years. But now I'm currently trying to read more up on it and I play to employ it again in the near future along with Scandinavian 3 ... Qd6

[@lazr9672]

Can u do a series of game of the 1992 match Bobby Fischer against spassky cuz there's no complete series on KZbin of the match

[@andreasstocker8301]

I really love the modern Scandinavien Defence.just because it prevents the guico piano game

[@vikramsrinivasan8176]

2:45 pawn to d5 would have forked the knight and bishop. Why that move not considered?

[@antba]

I think bc knight can go to b4 threatening a fork on c2

[@warrendsmith6832]

At 2:38 why not d5? Has black got some attack that is worth sacrificing a piece?

[@nicolotoscano8311]

Yes, Nb4 threatening a fork... if pawn captures the bishops, white loses the rook

[@ozzyflores9931]

White loses queen after the following 1.d5 Nb4 2.dxe6 Nc2+ 3.Ke2 Nxe3 Even though white is not forced to capture the bishop, this idea would be biting white in the ass.

[@warrendsmith6832]

Thanks, But 1.d5 Nb4 2.Qe2 Bg4 3.QxQ KxQ 4.Na3 and if white can keep it together has a pawn-up endgame?

[@kedduff1814]

Warren D Smith the position you reached black has 3 active pieces white only has 1. Black is down a pawn but his forces are marching in while whites men are asleep at home. I'm guessing if you put the position I to a computer black will be up +1 or +2

[@stormxploit3675]

At 2:39, d5 is not an idea to fork?

[@mozisi]

If you play d5 to fork the knight and bishop, the knight can move to b4 threatening a royal fork at c2. So to prevent that you have to play Na3 or something instead of capturing the bishop. After you do that, the bishop can move to a safe square like d7 or something. and now you've only let the knight enter your half with no compensation and the a3 knight is overloaded. The d5 fork doesn't work in any case and white is better off by playing a better move than that like trying to castle quickly.

[@JohnSmith-oe5kx]

White is under too much pressure at that point for it to matter. If 12. d5, black presses the attack with Qc5; if 13. dxe6, Rhe8! If 13. dxc6, Bxc4! Best response is 13. Nc3, but black continues just as he did in the actual game with 13. … Rhe8, increasing the pressure even further.

[@MrMegawac]

Thanks for sharing! This has been my favourite opening as black for a long time as it gives quite entertaining positions

[@giancarlodisalvo1784]

At 3:12 why doesn’t white play d5 attacking both knight and bishop?

[@Scy]

I've played the Icelandic Gambit for some time, without knowing that was what it was called. I never liked Qxd5, as it leads to a more or less forced and boring continuation. Nf6 causes white to have to think, and in a lot of common cases leads to a slight positional advantage for black. It's playable for both sides, but white is most likely not properly prepared for it, especially in blitz. And the bonus is, that if white is prepared to give back the pawn (ie. doesn't play c4), and just continue developing, you don't have to recapture it right away. You can even let white reinforce it with Nc3 and/or Bc4 and change their mind about trying to keep it, and you still have a lot of dangerous play. That pawn will actually be more of a headache for white than a help if they choose to hang on to it after you refuse to take it.

[@SavageJunky]

Noob question: At 5:52 why not white play queen G5? (escape from rook and protecting king) ?

[@GammaReed]

Rd1 check, Kh2 Bxh1, you lost a rook for nothing

[@fedess3647]

2:18 after black plays nc6 why cant white push pawn to d5 to hit both the knight and the bishop? Am i Missing something? Im relatively new to chess btw

[@igipop14]

Could someone tell me please at 2:20 how come you wouldn't play pawn to D5 attacking both the bishop and knight?

[@steve_etzel]

I once won an online blitz game with the Icelandic gambit and my opponent accused me of cheating after I crushed him. Best compliment ever.

[@cronaldinho]

Hehehe

[@batmite6857]

At 2:18 please tell me why didnt he move the pawn forward to check the knight and the bishop?

[@JohnSmith-oe5kx]

If 10. d5 black plays Ng4 anyway, ignoring the pawn fork because white's Q is attacked. Best reply is 11. Qg3, but leaving the e file permits the B to escape after 11. ... Bxd5+. Keeping the Q on the e file prevents this, but is much worse: 11. Qe4 weakens f2, inviting 11. ... Qf6, which also attacks b2 (and pins it to the R on a1). 11. Qe2 invites Nd4, harrying the white Q to e4 anyway.

[@sindridah7203]

As a beginner I really want to know why white didn't play d5 at 2:18? forking knight&bishop

[@raunakbhansali6512]

In 5:07 why not black bishop(g4) to white knight(f3)?

[@WantedReward93]

In 2:26 why not d4 forking the knight and the bishop?

[@adamdoig7979]

Love your channel. I'm a noob whose been playing for 4 months and I play this but never knew what it was called.

[@Harbz]

I have watched this 20+ times, if you find another icelandic gambit game i'd love to see it!

[@cronaldinho]

Harbz i play it.....and have good results

[@Harbz]

cool...? What's your point

[@cronaldinho]

Harbz i say it is cool opening....i play it all time

[@Harbz]

so do I, which is why I said i've watched this 20+ times and would love to see another high level game if he could find it... your response to my comment makes no sense

[@cronaldinho]

Harbz i sugessted this game.....

[@michaelbryanlaodvm4344]

your videos are simple yet entertains my brain. . . =)

[@hamzadamouh6120]

In my opinion it's the greatest chess youtube channel

[@DoctorX149]

After this video, I went and played the Icelandic gambit (got black pieces twice in a row)! Lost the first one because of some silly blunders. CRUSHED him in the second game as he completely accepted the gambit and every move was a developing one. TOTALLY worth the pawn!

[@jturtle8305]

This might be the best game I’ve seen so far

[@christianroydcarlcastillo1858]

Why not d5 after nc6? Answer plizzz

[@JohnSmith-oe5kx]

White is under too much pressure at that point for it to matter. If 12. d5, black presses the attack with Qc5; if 13. dxe6, Rhe8! If 13. dxc6, Bxc4! Best response is 13. Nc3, but black continues just as he did in the actual game with 13. … Rhe8, increasing the pressure even further.

[@zarifshoeb]

2:32 why not pawn d5 forking the knight and the bishop??

[@erikmuench8023]

Are there any gambit lines after , instead of 3. C4, 3.Bc4?

[@pawerozpedowski6858]

In 2:25 why GM Zarnicki didn't play d5 pawn?

[@Jan_ne]

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[@verycurlyo]

I see what you mean, but ones a birthmark and ones more of a mole

[@fishbrehth]

won a game in the icelandic gambit today, very sharp opening

[@princeprajesh]

At 2:20 why didnt white plays d5 to win a piece?

[@waelofwallstreet]

I'm wondering the same thing

[@camerondavis6607]

Nb4?

[@Bell2trac]

The Icelandic Gambit does have a sting, GM Gregory Kaidanov showed me some of the most tricky lines.

[@dameshbillava9152]

Could you please share that info?

[@KancerKowboy]

@@dameshbillava9152 Miodrag has the best attacking lines on the web. He has tons of videos. He shows all the lines in the Icelandic although I can't remember the exact title but it is thorough. He goes through lines pretty quick so you need to have an analysis board open or pause a ton if you really want to study these. No one is even close to the level of content he has on attacking lines. kzbin.info

[@NikolaB93]

Hello, I love your videos! Could you make video about aggressive openings for black? For example Latvian gambit, Budapest gambit, etc.

[@armingradascevic4358]

@agadmator I am Bosnian :) Sta ima Buraz??? Because of your videos my chess has gotten better haha. To put it into context I went from 600 on chess.com to 900. Keep it up! Pozdrav :)

[@vibhavagrawal9639]

At 3:08 why didn't white play d5

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

6:23 What if white played Queen e1 in this position? I think this could turn the game into a draw at least, at best it could give white an opportunity to develop the knight and the rook. Am I missing something?

[@mozisi]

White can play Rd1 and if you don't want to lose immediately you can play Nc3 because if you capture the rook then the black queen recaptures on d1 and it would be difficult to develop the knight and rook. But then again you end up with a rook and a knight against a queen which is losing too.

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

White can't play Rd1 because the knight is in the way.

[@bleach4038]

The knight on b1 isn't defending d1

[@sidharthrajagopalan6348]

at 2:17 why didnt white play pawn to d5? what am i missing?

[@MrMacmua]

You’ll have to work for a meal lol 😂

[@punitdodhiya8584]

Please do more videos on scandinavian nf6 line please i enjoyed and learn a lot from this keep crusing

[@aditya9388]

Why not at 2:56 d5 was played bh the white?

[@jandeflores]

Could you show the winning side at the bottom? -- It would help us learn how to play like a winner. Always looking from the winning side perspective.

[@esflores5249]

3:08 why no d5 here?

[@secondsandthings]

Black queen goes to C5, if you take the knight, black bishop takes pawn C4 and does a nasty pin on the queen. If you take the bishop, rook H8 to E8 locks that pawn in, then eventually black knight do D4 leads to some strong options for black

[@esflores5249]

secondsandthings Thanks. I missed Qc5 thinking about Nb4 with Nd3 options after dxe6 what leads to not really clear position. Damn, this gambit is so nice but not for beginners.

[@ronclass1782]

Fork the knight and the bishop with d5??

[@robinj4813]

Someone pls tell me why not pawn to d5 immediately? at 02:16

[@zennoqelly8469]

Thanks agadmator for bring new idea againts e4 play...i always try to find a good or strong respon for e4 pawn n that is..icelandic gambit..

[@rohanurs2914]

Why not W queen capture rook instead of resigning? Wouldnt it leave black with only 1 power? Which avoids check mate

[@GowthamChakkravarthyNS]

after black's o-o-o move, why doesn't white play d5 instead of h3? is there something i am missing?

[@mozisi]

If you play d5 to fork the knight and bishop, the knight can move to b4 threatening a royal fork at c2. So to prevent that you have to play Na3 or something instead of capturing the bishop. After you do that, the bishop can move to a safe square like d7 or something. and now you've only let the knight enter your half with no compensation and the a3 knight is overloaded. The d5 fork doesn't work in any case and white is better off by playing a better move than that like trying to castle quickly.

[@bleach4038]

Nb4 threatening a fork

[@LionMetalMusic-videochannel]

4:22 better idea is taking knight on f3 with bishop

[@full-moongaming8224]

#agadmator I was wondering if you have any videos that show a solid counter to the opening D4 as well.

[@asterisk6715]

2:39 why e5 didnt work?

[@athanasioschatzidimitriadi8765]

I think its because of knight d4! The knight wants to give check from c2 and win the queen, but its immune cause if Q takes knight at d4, Bxe5+ seems winning for black

[@AM-sp6je]

@2:17, why not play d5 to fork 2 pieces?

[@JohnSmith-oe5kx]

White is under too much pressure at that point for it to matter. If 12. d5, black presses the attack with Qc5; if 13. dxe6, Rhe8! If 13. dxc6, Bxc4! Best response is 13. Nc3, but black continues just as he did in the actual game with 13. … Rhe8, increasing the pressure even further.

[@aquilkhan651]

Yes that pon to d5 was good forking a night and bishop

[@santaaboy]

Yes how does that not change the game

[@barathprabakar5244]

3:06 why white didn't played d5 ?

[@michaelmendillo4614]

I think early on , a Queenside Castle would have been better for White,,,, about 2:30. I dont think things could have gone any worse ! Lol !!!! Wow,, TY Agamator,,, 😁💕♕♔

[@saratkumar2009]

@2:26, d5 wins white a piece, right?

[@adityakulkarni3540]

After kg4, why not white can play pd4 to d5?

[@EdmarcioGuedes86]

Wow. And I so love your comments in the beginning and in the end of tlof your videos.

[@nicolasflamel3489]

why d5 isn't an idea to fork @ 3:04?

[@JohnSmith-oe5kx]

If 10. d5 black plays Ng4 anyway, ignoring the pawn fork because white's Q is attacked. Best reply is 11. Qg3, but leaving the e file permits the B to escape after 11. ... Bxd5+. Keeping the Q on the e file prevents this, but is much worse: 11. Qe4 weakens f2, inviting 11. ... Qf6, which also attacks b2 (and pins it to the R on a1). 11. Qe2 invites Nd4, harrying the white Q to e4 anyway.

[@getmilked6216]

im a massive fan of the icelandic. it is the spirit of the scandi through and through

[@julianepstein6334]

Cool to see a game held and played by ppl of my country :)

[@yameteonii-chan7113]

Why not push the pawn on d5 in 2:19 ?

[@Tristen501]

That was awesome to watch!

[@Bergmann69]

How much time dimo they have for their games?

[@TheProo99]

Hey #agadamator! i was wondering if you ever run engines on the game you present, or you do all the analysis on your own?

[@blahblahblahblah2837]

Gergely Tóth I was thinking earlier that he probably does, to assist his analysis. It is great analysis either way

[@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356]

This is the most ferocious tsunami of attack I have ever seen. Wooow!

[@masterbeernuts9344]

Estate of Meredith look at some Shirov games

[@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356]

Thanks for the suggestions. He is incredible with all the pins, attacks and complications.

[@ralphinoful]

I play the icelandic gambit all the time. You didn't mention a key part of the gambit. At around 2:40 black plays Knight c6. A natural move would be pawn d5, forking the knight and bishop, but you never explained why that move doesn't work. I think it's a very key point to the gambit, and I trap people with it all the time.

[@Haroon4Cesc]

Ralph Strocchia Maybe because it forces the exchange of Queens if bxd5. OR the knight could just move to b4 and threaten forking the King, Queen and a Rook(Nc2).

[@richardcharlesworth6069]

Against e4 I always use the Scandinavian, Portuguese or Icelandic. However this game is brilliant and shown me some things I should try for.

[@medexamtoolscom]

At 2:20 instead of knight to F3, why not D4 to D5?

[@dem0n0x]

2:17 why cant black push d5 in this position?

[@PhilipHart]

White doesn't play 10. d5 because of ...Nb4 with moves like Ng4/Qf6/o-o-o/Nd3 coming. It's not any worse than 10. Nf3 though.

[@bajiraosingham9495]

This was Brutal.. Black was pretty much forcing most of the moves or at least making White react to his moves. I gotta learn some lines in this opening cuz Attacking is kinda my style.

[@artishcollection]

Sir when knight f6 played why not white play d5 to capture a piece

[@786sami786]

That was interesting. I'm a noob at chess but I always watch your videos. It's interesting that black only moved 2 pawns throughout the game.

[@TheMrshadab1]

2:22 why not d5 isntd of Kf3.. Doesn't it win a piece .. Explain anyone

[@JohnSmith-oe5kx]

White is under too much pressure at that point for it to matter. If 12. d5, black presses the attack with Qc5; if 13. dxe6, Rhe8! If 13. dxc6, Bxc4! Best response is 13. Nc3, but black continues just as he did in the actual game with 13. … Rhe8, increasing the pressure even further.

[@faragomar1448]

In 5:51 after Bf3... What if white plays Qg5.. ?!

[@aaronwalderslade]

I win almost every game where black responds with d5. Usually I win by chasing the Queen around the board while developing. And often I trap the Queen in the corner in exchange for a rook and another minor piece. If you look into those lines there are some great ways to trap the black Queen in the corner.

[@anidea8012]

3:03 why black didn't play bxc4 instead of castling

[@fidelcastro4649]

Bxc4, Qxe7+, Nxe4, Bxc4. You're going to lose your bishop.