Destroy Both Sicilian and French with this Tricky Gambit

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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares with you a tricky gambit which works both against Sicilian and French Defense featuring the Wing Gambit, 1.e4 c5 2.b4.
The seemingly weird and unusual move 2.b4 is sure to surprise many of your opponents, but it’s highly effective. Watch the full video lesson to learn the common attacking plans and tactical patterns for White.
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00:00 Single Opening against French and Sicilian
00:12 Wing Gambit against French Defense
02:06 Wing Gambit against Sicilian Defense
03:02 Similar Pawn Structure to French Defense
07:02 How to play this opening without memorizing
11:02 Puzzle of the day
11:45 How to progress in Chess
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[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@dixitmanish16]

Puzzle - 1st Queen👑 -a8 ... After that black will either move the queen or rook... then white 2nd move will be ♞b7 to c5 or d6... Checkmate!👍👍

[@detlefruchatz7262]

You forgot 1... Qd4. Knight moves will not work here. But 2. Re3 will be mate.

[@screwtude2647]

Yes! Thank you Igor!

[@kesetokaiba]

Who else noticed the chess board at the very end incorrectly setup? The white and black pieces are flipped as you can see the files labeled.

[@darkfry237]

My rating went up 400 points in the last month or so because of your lessons, with your knowledge and teaching skills, 2000 is definitely an attainable goal, thanks so much for your time and dedication towards teaching, it's made me a way stronger player 🎉❤

[@ok-yk5ve]

What was your rating and what it is now?

[@sachinss5854]

What was your rating b4 what is it now?

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@ReflectionOcean]

By YouSum Live 00:00:00 Unique opening variation annihilating French and Sicilian Defense. 00:00:15 Winning the game in 10 moves by checkmating with Bishop. 00:01:14 Exploiting opponent's waiting moves to rush into the attack. 00:02:19 Strategic pawn sacrifices leading to a strong center control. 00:02:45 Leveraging pawn structure to hinder opponent's development. 00:03:07 Tactical knight maneuvers disrupting opponent's plans. 00:03:46 Utilizing positional advantages to maintain pressure on opponent. 00:05:16 Creating threats and forcing opponent into defensive positions. 00:06:14 Transitioning from aggressive attacks to strategic endgame advantages. By YouSum Live

[@dancu9271]

A lot of thanks for making and sharing your video!!

[@farouqbaiti4315]

knew it would be the Wing Gambit.😏 It was helpful.👊🏻

[@therealsylvos]

Hi Igor, I love your videos, you are for my money the clearest chess concept communicator on KZbin. If I might make a request, I’d love to see you doing a video of how to evaluate enemy pawn breaks in the early and middle game. When reviewing my own games this is often the most mysterious aspect. Sometimes you’re supposed to reinforce the pawn and maintain your structure, sometimes you wreck your structure and capture the enemy pawn, and sometimes you push your pawn and try to lock the structure. I’d love to hear your approach about how to think about these scenarios

[@ICEDoutDRE]

Good stuff

[@iamtheboxer]

love your videos Igor. I have been a fan for years. If I had the money, I would definitely take your class :)

[@davidlamarca899]

Your lessons are so precious and powerful that everyone can really appreciate. ..The problem is that when you play is everytime another thing..happen other impromptu things that no one is ready....sorry...better if I say I'm not ready about those.. but you of course.👌👏👏anyway thanks for sharing

[@Five100rs]

Good video 👍

[@cesare77]

Very difficult puzzle sir… after 15’ I found Qa8.

[@zainquadri1206]

Still no checkmate in 2

[@GAOMaster]

gg

[@aidrusmusa960]

it is mate in 2. congrat

[@valvennis]

​@@zainquadri1206if black don't move, there is no checkmate in two..

[@valvennis]

A waiting move what a nice move..

[@alexkeenan2025]

My second attempt at the puzzle of the day: 1.Qa8 and either 2. Nd6 or Nc5 is mate depending on where the queen or rook moves. For example 1.Qa8 Rb6 2. Nc5# or 1.Qa8 Qc4 2.Nd6#.

[@StevenPrice]

Cool puzzle Qa8 is great!!

[@t.i.f.f3640]

@5:39 after knight to b5 you can move your king diagonally or move your queen forward once...the attack is defended

[@AsadUllah-xr8ow]

puzzle: 1- pawn to b5 discovered check and black rook or queen blocks 2- white rook to a3 or b3.

[@Axiomatic75]

After rook a3/b3, black can still block check with pawn f3

[@jabirrahman4086]

but the point is, you only have 2 move to mate,, you can't avoid that condition,, also the answer is Qa8

[@HectorGutierrez-pz7qb]

Re3 is a double check which wins the game

[@kokainhigh]

@@HectorGutierrez-pz7qb yes but not checkmate as you can now moove the king to e4

[@stevensutton2252]

Hey Igor you should check out Boris Spaskys Kings Indian defense and attack Wing Gambit with B4 lol 1yr ago 😂 lol yes u can do wing gambit with kia kid what's that against jann tinnmans and fischer did in a king's gambit against a gm 18 move mate

[@jabirrahman4086]

Answer to the puzzle - Qa8!! , whatever black plays it'll be checkmate with either Nc5 or Qd5

[@DiscoGoat1]

If Qb5, Nd6. If Qd4, Re3!

[@robertgreen5333]

Correct answer: R c3 # mate. Double check

[@VirginVulture]

It's funny how black would want to play a defense where they would be counter attacking or defending solidly but the B4 pawn sacrifice completely subverts their expectations and forces them to play in a style that they did not wish to. Paired with the fact that they usually would not know the opening theory and ideas to this sacrifice and you've got an almost won game!

[@eekwibble]

I know this puzzle is quite famous now since MC did it on camera, but do people not realise that b5+ Rc4/Qc4/Qc5 (the only legal moves), Re3# also works? It might not be as fancy as the Qa8 move, but it's still an unstoppable double checkmate in 2 moves.

[@iamtheboxer]

It took me under a minute but knowing that it will only take two moves made it much easier. I know I had to get him into check. I can only do that on a couple of instances.

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Bh6 also demands Ag1, thanks for this video.

[@IRONLONGANISA_YT]

hope someday you'll cover anti pirc especially the Czech defense

[@nishusaif6085]

Can you create a crash course on the kings Indian defense for both white and black.

[@ggblee]

puzzle: Qa8 black is in zugzwang king has no legal moves if rook moves and stays on the 6th rank, Nc5# (black queen is pinned and can't take) if rook moves and stays on the c file, Nd6# (black queen is pinned) Queen must guard Nd6# and Nc5#. d5 is the only square that can do that in this position, but it's already there, so it must yield; whichever square it yields, knight goes to that square for mate. (rook is pinned and can't take) I've seen the Carlsen video like a year ago, still took me 10 minutes but i'm surprised i still remember parts of it! zugzwang and pin are the key themes :)

[@garhong9125]

Qd4 can also guard both squares but that loses to Re3.

[@kokainhigh]

Puzzle:Rook c3.opening check from white bishop...only defense pawn moves in front of check so f3...then b5 chackmate...took me like 20 secconds and im only 1200+ elo

[@defortz297]

b5+

[@Axiomatic75]

Puzzle: Rook to a3/b3/c3, black has to block with the pawn and after that rook to h4 is checkmate. Took me over 10 minutes I think.

[@zainquadri1206]

Small problem... There is a piece on h4...

[@Axiomatic75]

@zainquadri1206 Oh damn, I set up the position on a real chessboard but apparently misplaced the king.

[@briankyomuhendo6760]

I was 900 elo on lichess 12 months ago, because of your lessons and lines most especially the Rosseasu gambit and Bishop openings, i rose to 1500 in 4 months, but now I'm stack in 1600 because these players now punish those lines 😅

[@HoratiuMihalache]

The first variation relies on black moving the Bishop to D7...

[@mcpantzlaff]

Holy Crap!! I’ve just tried this for the first time and it worked to perfection! Bishop checkmate! I’ve really struggled against the French so now I have a counter 😊

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Great to hear!

[@RL.777]

This wing gambit was used by Emory Tate it's a great attacking weapon

[@bryanbalucos3474]

Qa8 !!

[@wincoffin7985]

Fun puzzle ... I read someone else's solution; I doubt I could solve in short order. But it's obviously carefully setup as a puzzle. No game would ever result in this position. I mean, look -- white hasn't lost a single piece (only pawns), black has only 2 fighting pieces left and 2 pawns. Essentially impossible.

[@joelokoromi1821]

at g6, your queen is threatened and you have to decide to trade queens or black still has a good position.

[@PotatoChess-we7rj]

Qa8 I solved it in one second!!!! totally not the 17th time I have seen this puzzle🤣🤣 and totally didnt use Stockfish the first time seeing it😂😂

[@henockpeterhp]

1st puzzle solution.....Rc3 is mate

[@biplabtribedy8070]

just moving the pawn to b5 is a checkmate

[@FloydHumpherys]

The link is broken but I just deleted the /cour at the end and signed up anyway

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thanks for noticing it. We fixed it.

[@garhong9125]

Puzzle (not sure if I missed anything): Knight takes rook. If Queen takes Knight, Queen recapture is checkmate. If any other move, Rook to e3 is checkmate.

[@Blink-fu4kd]

Since Knight takes rook opens up the diagonal, Queen can d8 check, making it not mate in 2

[@jabirrahman4086]

it's Qa8

[@AbdiiAdow]

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[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@dota2savvy365]

Qa8

[@gabrielfernandezmendiguchi5768]

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[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@ewankungbakitano5711]

that's a crazy name king burger variation hahaha

[@Siderite]

more like a kingbab

[@mcwolfbeast]

I think the puzzle is b5+, then black has to block with either Q or R, doesn't matter either way next move is Re3# double check and no squares to move to. funny double discovered check. Took me about 2.5 minutes

[@2DaNub]

I thought this was it too, but it does not force mate in 2, bc black can block with rook and if white goes Re3++, black can go King to d4.

[@pauliso270]

As a french player please play this

[@DeeDee-fi4kq]

LOL That is a tricky mate in 2. Took me a couple of frustrating minutes calculating circles around a ton of forcing variations leading to mates in 3 before finally coming to my senses and realizing that 2. Re3++# just HAD to be key , and that would only work if d4 was unavailable to the black King. Once that idea was established 1. Nf5 jumps right out as the solution but is busted because of Qd8+! Yeah it's 1.Qa8!!

[@gregoryfray4366]

its Qa8

[@gregoryfray4366]

@@2DaNub Black is in zugzwang. both the queen and rook can't defend against Nc6+ mate and Nc5+mate

[@2DaNub]

​​@@gregoryfray4366thanks Gregory, I miscalculated at first, and didn't see the pins created by Qa8. Great puzzle!

[@davidmasse2829]

It’s interesting but most won’t take those wing pawns

[@calihd595]

Got it in 5 secs but sadly i knew the answer. 😅

[@jamesmiles1456]

Did you mean Burger King Variation?

[@davidbatchelder85]

there are to many options to do it in two moves. Can do it in three easy. Have not found the two moves. Been working on it for two hrs. Trying to find the two. I will keep at it. You can take the queen and win easy by eliminating pieces. I will keep at it. I want to so much get better. So I guess I will still climb the hill of pain.

[@nikitharaddella3885]

b5,Qc4,Rh3#

[@milindvikhe2984]

Gukesh won Candidate world chess championship

[@user-ep5zp8zc6g]

Gukesh 🎉 the next world champion

[@shaihanghani2711]

Really? 😮

[@roqsteady5290]

He didn’t once play the Wing Gambit, though!

[@user-ku2km6oe5d]

And?

[@Shahin-st4pd]

Who asked?

[@Rares-ConstantinMihaila]

Wing gambit against Sicilian it's dubious. Not a great choice

[@zainquadri1206]

I can see checkmate in 5, checkmate in 4, checkmate in 3 BUT THERE IS NO CHECKMATE IN 2...

[@jabirrahman4086]

Qa8

[@2DaNub]

It's a tough puzzle, but mate in 2 is definitely there.

[@FrankBeerbaum]

Nc5+ forces Rxc5 or Qxc5. If Rxc5 bxc5+ Qd4 Re3# (if Qc4 instead of Qd4 then Qxc4#). If Qxc5 it's directly mate: bxc5#

[@2DaNub]

None of that is mate in 2....

[@yrot30]

I see Borat.

[@henrik6151]

Puzzle: rook to e3, white go king to d4, white go pawn to b5. Took about 30-60 seconds.

[@zainquadri1206]

What happens after pawn b5 rook blocks Rc4? Try again, I give you 30 more seconds...

[@jodylaloo2216]

​@@zainquadri1206I also wanted to ask that

[@Axiomatic75]

That's not it

[@henrik6151]

@@zainquadri1206 Ah, I knew it was to good to be true that I could solve something faster than Magnus. I have been staring at this problem for a few minutes now. No solution in sight. Did you solve it?

[@henrik6151]

@@zainquadri1206 Ok, now maybe I got it. Rook f4. King has to take it, then rook f5.

[@justmedino1267]

Wow I’m so early

[@SimonBruijn]

first move Knight F5. next R E3! double checkmate

[@2DaNub]

After Nf5, black can go Qd8+, so that is not mate in 2.

[@cutl00senc]

Puzzle solved…Rxf4 check…king must take rook…Rf5 mate

[@2DaNub]

Sorry, but that doesn't solve the puzzle.... K does not have to take rook after rxf4+ and king can move to d3

[@sanfordbaslee2282]

Puzzle: Rxf4+, kxf4, ng6+

[@jabirrahman4086]

there is a rook staring at your knight,, it's actually Qa8

[@sanfordbaslee2282]

Oops. The move then would be nd5 then

[@paulsampson7918]

The king is not forced to take the rook and can move to d3. I missed this when trying to solve it 'in my head' without moving pieces.

[@farouqbaiti4315]

1. Qa1 Rc1/Qd4/Etc 2. Re3#. It took me 45 seconds to solve it.😎👌🏻

[@yosua0]

What if Rc3 creating space for Kd4 on the next move when you double check with Rook and Bishop?

[@farouqbaiti4315]

I was close. :/ But no problem because I half solved it. :D

[@polytropos1.1]

I guess the puzzle solution is Nc5+. Black must take the knight with rook or queen. In either case, taking it with the pawn is discovered checkmate, as b5 is controlled by a white knight.

[@2DaNub]

Not checkmate in 2, bc black can take knight with rook, then after pawn takes with discovered check, black can block with queen, so no checkmate in 2 with Nc5+

[@alexkeenan2025]

Puzzle of the day: 1. Ba7 and then 2. Re3 mate is unstoppable.

[@zainquadri1206]

1.Ba7 Rb6 problem... No mate in two...

[@jabirrahman4086]

what if d4, it'll be a stalemate

[@polytropos1.1]

What if black plays Rc5?

[@alexkeenan2025]

Yes, I overlooked the rook defences. The correct move is 1. Qa8 and it is mate on d6 or c5 with the knight depending on what black plays I.e 1.Qa8 Qc4 2.Nd6# or 1.Qa8 Rb6 2. Nc5#.

[@2DaNub]

​​@@alexkeenan2025I did the same and it took me a while to see Qa8. What a great puzzle!

[@garahan4298]

Pawn b5 than castle C3 or anywhere on that line.. Edit: yok öle olmuyormuş. Castle g3 than g4. :)

[@Oddys1983]

The puzzle with mate in 2 is cool, but in real life I'd rather play Re3+, Ra3+, and b5#. All forcing moves with discovered checks, slower, probably less fancy, but simpler to find quickly)

[@TheRocking789]

Puzzle I think Rf4 Kf4, forced, othe wise queen is gone, Rf5 mate

[@2DaNub]

Kf4 is not forced after Rf4+, bc king can move to d3...

[@sethulakshmanan7602]

Puzzle : b7 knight need to move c5 is beautiful check mate . I solved in below 1 minute

[@2DaNub]

Sorry, but you didn't solve the puzzle, bc after Nc5+, black can take with rook, then after pawn takes with discovered check, black can block with queen, so no checkmate in 2.

[@thedj2506]

First comment 😂

[@realsamuel2377]

Puzzle solve: rook takes pawn f4 king takes rook, then the other rook f5 checkmate! Ok, then this should be the way: rook e3 doublecheck king d4 then rook c3 checkmate!

[@2DaNub]

Sorry, but after Rf4+, black does not have to take rook and can go d3.

[@realsamuel2377]

​@@2DaNub Ok, then this should be the way: rook e3 doublecheck king d4 then rook c3 checkmate!

[@lawrenceda8877]

pzzle = Nf5, no matter what black plays, then Re3,

[@2DaNub]

Doesn't work, bc if nf5, then black Q can check on d8, therefore no checkmate in 2...

[@2DaNub]

Sorry, but after Nf5, u missed that black can go Qd8+

[@narendrapandey8332]

Ba7

[@jamesderoc6717]

Pa5 black plays then Rc3

[@DesmondWaite]

1. Nf5, Black plays whatever, then 2. Re3 - Double check!

[@2DaNub]

Doesn't work, bc if nf5, then black Q can check on d8, therefore no checkmate in 2...

[@2DaNub]

After Nf5, black can go Qd8+, so that is not mate in 2....

[@DesmondWaite]

@@2DaNub Thanks, I saw it too late.