Beat ANY Sicilian Player With This Gambit! [Smith-Morra Gambit]

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@MercForHire]

The thumbnail on this one is especially terrifying, well done!

[@thevaultboy9940]

Bro is devious

[@neonayr]

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[@elrey9648]

​@@neonayr 😂

[@jetstar2078]

I want Igor's channel to blow up because I want to see him be successful, but I also don't want him to blow up because then everyone will have access to all the tools my favorite teacher showed me. What a predicament...

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Ha Ha!

[@Axiomatic75]

Nearly 400k subscribers is pretty big for a chess channel. Igor really deserves it too, he seems like a really great guy and is a fantastic teacher.

[@spart361]

@@Axiomatic75 Igor is the best at teaching chess Gotham is nothing compared to him

[@Axiomatic75]

@@spart361 Apples and oranges. Gotham doesn't have a lot of videos explaining openings, he makes all kinds of chess related videos. Igor is focused on teaching chess. I like Levy, his videos are very entertaining but if you want to get better at Chess Igor is the one to watch.

[@valerioharvey7289]

​@@spart361Gotham teached me some things, but he too focused to explain variations instead of opening's main ideas. Btw chesspage is one of the best

[@V_ChessGuy]

Thank you so much! I have a club match on Wednesday and my opponent plays the Sicilian. I was looking everywhere for something. You are the most useful content creator!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 SECRET Opening Variation Against the Sicilian Defense 00:13 Smith-Morra Gambit: Why this gambit? 01:11 Why the Smith-Morra gambit is very powerful 01:50 Black's antidote against this gambit 02:35 GM Igor Smirnov's SECRET line (very tricky) 05:19 If Black doesn't accept the knight sacrifice 07:15 If Black continues development normally 08:13 Black's other responses to this gambit

[@drdickinson5910]

Great video i love the smith-morra. 7:42 what if they play h6 after bg5 ?

[@HidayahtullahAlluwuki-yv6nc]

2:00 kudac3, Pione6, pion a6, pion b5, gajahb7

[@michaelcavallo2411]

Glad that you are showing Sicilians now! Sicilians come up so frequently in tournaments.

[@mrsingmarbles6869]

ok at 1:33 you explain how you can trap the black queen if they take with the knight but my opponent took with the pawn and now i'm in a position that seems quite loosing with 2 pawns down ? any follow up ?

[@AlexanderGarshag-lf7mj]

You are so underrated. You should have like 10 million subscribers in my opinion😊

[@imsaksham]

actually infinite

[@ryulesmana]

7:42, most favored position to reach here! Thanks Igor 👍

[@drdickinson5910]

How do you follow up after if they play h6 ?

[@ingogoldbeck2886]

Dear igor could you please consider to make a longer , improved Video about the smith morra gambit.

[@phidybee3334]

Ive just come back to this vid for what to do if they don't play pxn & u got me covered all the way, thanks again 💥💥

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad to hear it

[@aboba2761]

What if on 8:03 they take with the knight?

[@jmlinden7]

3:36 why can't black play bishop to d6, blocking the d pawn from advancing?

[@iluvmovies052]

Doesn’t the position at 6:47 on the video fail for White after Black takes the knight at d5? White doesn’t get enough after Qh5+, g6; Nxg6, hxg6; Qxh8, Kf7. Damn, the combinations look so good otherwise.

[@drsubhashchavan2188]

wow! your videos are AMAZING! It's really helpful for me. THANK you !

[@davidholgerson2642]

This is genius! Love this approach. Thanks for the video!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you liked it!

[@resop3]

I usually either play the Chicago Variation defending the gambit or I play 3. ... d5 trying to reach an Alapin variation (although this is not always possible).

[@FlavioBarrosProfessor]

The correct setup is a6, e6 and Nf6. You keep the diagonal open for the Bishop not playing e6 too early, and in the case of Qe2 by White you can PIN the kight with Bb4 (this Impossible with Queen in d1 due to Qb3 attacking b7 and f7 at the same time). If White plays some waiting move like h3 or a3 you can simply play b5 and enter Chicago Variation with Ra7-Rd7 and good luck for White to create an attack. E6 is faaarrrr from be a good line for Black....

[@driescoelmont8498]

there is no correct setup against smith morra

[@driescoelmont8498]

i recommend you watch marc essermans videos on the chicago defense

[@MasterofMayyhem]

big secret

[@guapoglass]

BANNED

[@Alzareon]

IN THE FACE

[@MrSupernova111]

lol

[@sunilchristian3430]

Thank you!

[@sirpsionics]

Instead of 6 ... Nf6. What do you do when they play e6?

[@invictus9976]

Hi Igor, thank you very much for your teachings. I have seen several people using your videos and logo, I wonder whether you have approved them, there was a video in Spanish as well. Again, thank you.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

We have a RCA Spanish channel. Here it is. www.youtube.com/@AcademiaAjedrez We have also noticed some small channels copying our video. If you notice any other channel copying our videos. Please let us know.

[@MUCHESS]

Great Lesson! goodd

[@adriangrunert513]

Very usefull lesson. 👍

[@andrewhawkinson3410]

this is great! playing chess against a co-worker and he played 1... c5. Useful stuff! Beat him with the French Defense last night.

[@Alexthegamer-t1m3k]

5:12 what about Qxe7R

[@user-mp3fj6xt9w]

For Black, don't be afraid to return the material gained after accepting White's gambit.

[@FlavioBarrosProfessor]

Black doesn't need to give back the pawn.

[@scottrumeter4957]

all of these opponent moves include Bishop B7, which almost all sicilian players I play never play this, can you include some variations where they do in fact start developing the king side pieces?

[@nurulabsar4454]

what anice gambit!!! thank yo sir

[@cankercanison92]

Always felt that Nc6, d6 and a6 is a good setup against the Morra and never really had any problems when using that setup

[@jamesfortune243]

Great content!

[@unclebob1959]

GM Igor doesn't just play, he wins!

[@vidarmors]

Thank you! I'm a Vienna Gambit player and Sicilian always throws me off

[@ib_fame3595]

Yeah great video mate

[@cikonianiggra1415]

Again briliant.

[@afgnshha]

Great video

[@MihawkPff]

bros thumbnail look like he have to fart in his final college exams and the room is dead silent

[@KlaifTheBee]

I meet sometimes this opening, and as sicilian player I've always wondered how to play against it, so I checked how the engine deals with accepting this gambit, and it turns out that, first, it doesn't really have any benefits over any other opening, in fact when you bring knights as black -- you don't have any advantage for white, not only that you may need to undevelop your queen, which slows down your progress, and for black you just don't castle, because your development is slow. Technically you can castle, but only if white isn't playing correctly or blundering pieces.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thank you for watching!

[@MrSupernova111]

Very cool! I learned about that Nd5 sacrifice in an otb game. I was black. Lucky for me, my opponent was only good at memorizing openings. As soon as I took him out of book he missed the winning tactic, fell apart and I won the game. These days I avoid ...e6 in the smith morra and instead play ...d6. But you have to play ...a6 first and its all good. I think in the end white can get the gambited pawn back but its a battle from that point forward.

[@roryharvey2727]

JUST FANTASTIC!!!

[@jakpotkin3597]

What if black plays e6 and Bb4 on 4th and 5th move?

[@bubbageee]

Why not just 8)....d6xe5? The king is displaced, but the queens are off the board and black has an extra pawn.

[@armandosegura4514]

EXCELENTE MASTER

[@MrBabadis]

What if they take with the pawn instead of the knight at :127?

[@qnrrd996]

wouldn't it be ruined if e4 c5 d4 cxd4 c3 dxc3 Nxc3 Nc6 Nf3 e6 and then d6? I see that is what (e6 instead of d6) engines suggest as well. Let m eknow what am I missing here.

[@glaziersgamingchannel]

Maybe this would be a good substitute for danish gambit for now, cause I'm so annoyed, many players doesn't take the b pawn

[@md.selimhossain150]

Good veriyation

[@donalain69]

What if black continues with e5 instead of knight to c6 after your knight captures on c3?

[@coxscorner]

I like to play the Smith Morra after 2. Nf3 and if they are wanting to play a Najdorf or Dragon they will play 2...d6 and then after 3. d4, cd 4. c3!? entering into the Gambit from here.

[@sahilprajapati685]

In this opening how to beat dragon line make a video

[@rowlandsibakwe2039]

Gm Igor❤

[@phidybee3334]

So i play Smith Morra regularly & am going to stick with it absolutely but if and in my humble opinion it's overlooked by GM's not because it's not solid but due to the fact that it's as deep as any other conventional opening only your minus a pawn so if your opponent can force an end game by tactically trading down, well ye I get why GM's don't play it, there are various declining options for black, the most notable is the 1 played by Anand against marc esserman which forces white into an alapins, but baring in mind Anand is rated 500elo higher than esserman, Marc did well to force him to a draw, but to anyone who decides to embark on the Smith Morra journey please don't think this an option to just crack on and discount painstaking analysis just by dodging the ruy Lopez etc, this ain't the e4 version of the London system,,😂so this particular set up is one of many accepted lines for black called the Paulsen variation, the knight sac being referred to by the fabulous narrator of this video was made famous by Marc esserman against loek van Welly in a slightly different set up for black, again esserman was playing someone of a much higher rating and got the w, with the help of stockfish analysis (obviously not in live gameplay) & referencing that particular game I've also managed to scalp much higher rated opponents but am certain I've never gone for it in this particular line so actually can't wait to give it a go, so thanks alot for the share 🤟🤙

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thanks for sharing your experience and insights on the Smith Morra Gambit, and it's great to see your enthusiasm for studying and analyzing this opening.

[@Dblegends12305]

What if they don't take the d4 pawn?

[@neverbrokeagain191]

i love marc esserman

[@danielbrunk9121]

In the Smith Morra i can finally hang all my pieces😊❤

[@DiligentDopamineDude]

thanks, bud

[@edmondhuibonhoa8642]

Au lieu de a6, Fb4 pour clouer Cc3 est mieux. Ensuite Ce7😅

[@TheAmeyaDoc]

why would a knight capture e5 pawn and not the pawn on d6?

[@ingogoldbeck2886]

Exactly. Nobody would take that pawn with the knight. And i am still looking for a good plan against silician... :(

[@TheAmeyaDoc]

@@ingogoldbeck2886 The gambit is great but the presentation is too good to be true!

[@ingogoldbeck2886]

You are right. Do you have a good plan for the situation where nobody would take the pawn with the knight?

[@TheAmeyaDoc]

@@ingogoldbeck2886 it works well.. If he takes with the pawn just exchange queens and you still pick up extra pawn, plus threatening a fork to king and the rook.. Try it on the board.. It works well, i tried it in many games successfully..

[@TheAmeyaDoc]

My replies have been deleted :(@@ingogoldbeck2886

[@spart361]

What if black pins your knight?

[@Platimuth]

This is the most common response I see in 750-850 The second is bishop to c4

[@lougaru2445]

Knight d5 sacrifice is how black gets banned by the powers that mock

[@jrgenmidtsianjohnsen4241]

Smith Morra is the only thing i play against sicilan at first i didnt even know that it was a gambit and just recaptured with queen😂

[@riceboy2104]

Him in the thumbnail looks like hes about to do more to his opponent than just checkmating…

[@romelliilagus4314]

What if black plays 3...d4

[@Mitrinku]

i have seen this thumbnail before its classic 🤨

[@BO55N355]

I used to play Smith Morra with Qxd4 instead of e3 and I hated it. It just immediately gets so hard for white to figure out what to do and feels like it doesn't do anything to prevent blacks annoying Sicilian ideas. This line is way cooler.

[@thejacksparrow7749]

nice dude, just used your video to live defeat a sicilian 1750 rated guy lmao

[@merimackara]

nice tutorial but nobody plays sicilian in 1200 rating so i get to play it very rarely and i forget the moves. this happened today in a school tournament, i wouldve got his queen with the Bxf7+ deflecting the king but i forgot and just traded queens and lost the game. wont make that mistake again

[@markkasper7281]

I asked the universe for a gambit that starts with e4 d4

[@theexaminer4784]

Don't lie igor Sicilian does not go like this. How do you counter c5 e6?

[@water_is_wet]

bro that thumbnail

[@Juggler707]

banned

[@shpywaffle]

mocked

[@lougaru2445]

Knight d5 in the face

[@spart361]

Beat anyone with the smith mora if they play silly moves...

[@perryglasser]

"secret" right....

[@justanotheryoutubechannel3102]

your optimism for "1 system" is a bit misplaced as a lot of sicilians run away from smith morra screaming forcing the alapin, franco sicilian and other ANNOYING declined lines, but MOST players accept it and it gives white open files in the center which i love soooo much! against ...a6, I've always pushed a4 and rarely if ever see ...b5 after that I've loved smith morra since I started out with it at a 90% win rate as a 1400. my smith morra stats were +350 elo over my actual rating. it isn't so easy these days as a 1700, but I'm super happy that my e5 homework (I NEVER push pawns before pieces if I can) against the fianchetto... where my WORST stats were paid off in my FIRST game with it today! *1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.e5!!!* I tried grand prix, exchange, wing gambit and maybe a couple other lines before clicking with smith morra as my anti-sicilian soul mate. it has better stats than ANYTHING 1600-2000 and is perfect for gambiteers and attackers. I should watch your videos and brush up on my theory to get more wins WOW! I'm familiar with the idea of pushing pawns to d6, but never seem to get the chance. in variations where one CAN push it, often attacks are spo strong, you don't even take the minor piece. I'm going to start training THIS move order. I like attacking. I generally try to play the standard "Qe2/Rfd1/Rac1 formation" I learned as smith morra originally. i really want to get my stats into winning territory as i'm just below = so far at 1700.

[@aposmicha]

I mean saying marc essermans life research "igors idea" is kinda cringe, no?

[@Vegeta-dk5so]

Sicilian players after watching this💔

[@FlavioBarrosProfessor]

Not at ALL! I have my own repertoire on chessable with the exact lines to completely refute the morra. The line he showed as a "solution" for Black is a Very bad line.

[@rodrigorosenfeld]

I've been a Smith-Morra player for a very long time, but I decided to move to another defense. As a result, I do also often know how to deal with Smith-Morra very well

[@andrewhawkinson3410]

ah, wait. he played 2... e6 :S this might be a delayed smith morra gambit

[@Woodkin007]

Black never plays C5

[@jimlang7461]

It's a weak gambit, I love when white tries this against me

[@death8089]

Damn 3 pieces for free still black loses😆😆😆

[@paulhughes5577]

Video is a bit fast for those of us that never trialed the gambit previously.

[@JohnLovesSpain]

change video speed in settings .75 works well

[@olefanaego1580]

OMG

[@BobChess]

I feel that your face is scarier than usual. 😈

[@charleshayden7408]

Regular chess is stupid now. Playing Chess 960 is far smarter. And exclusively chess 960.

[@a-mb3wl]

Who else here after a free win because opponent donated some pawns?

[@Edjones-yf6xk]

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