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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares the most common chess opening mistake after 1.e4. It occurs in the Three Knights Opening, arising from the moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3.
A staggering 17 million chess players have played 3...Bc5 as Black, making it the most prevalent chess opening mistake in this position. Unfortunately, only 10% of the players, playing with the White pieces, knew the right way to punish this mistake.
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► Chapters
00:00 Most Common Chess Opening Mistake After 1.e4
00:49 5 Big Advantages for White
01:57 Beware of this TRAP!
03:44 Exploiting the dark square weakness
04:35 Black's best response
07:11 Stockfish recommendation for Black
09:51 If Black plays 3...Nf6 instead of 3...Bc5
11:55 Puzzle of the Day
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[@dineshfernando2793]

Rb6 is the correct move because if the bishop moves Qxh2 + , King takes , Rh6 + , Kg1 and Rh1 is a mate in 3#

[@geenethmethmin2487]

Damn. I saw rb6. But missed queen takes

[@huwwiliams8426]

He don't have to move the bishop. The g2 and g1 squares can also be guarded by white moving the pawn on f2 forward to f3.

[@user-jn7gt2rd3y]

@@huwwiliams8426 yeah, but black will up a piece

[@roudradiptamukherjee6852]

Puzzle : Bf3 block the f2 pawn from coming up and leaving the second rank in white queen's watch. There isnt much for white to do here. Next Nf5 theyll have to move their knight or get thrown out anyway which was protecting the g2 square from checkmate.

[@user-kb1gy1bd8t]

bf3 is countered by be2

[@gyrum310]

At first i thought Nf5 right away but Rc2 or Pd5 counters it. I think the move is Rb6 where simply win the bishop, if he tries to protect the bishop you can sac the queen on h2 and mate.

[@robertpaul8542]

Best chess channel fr..... Instructive as always ❤🔥

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@gogoghina3937]

i think that the catalan opening is the only opening that you didnt make any video content about it,, its my main weapon right now and I would love to see some instructional ideas from you about this opening I looke really hadr through your history of this channel and could not find anything I would apreciate it a lot .. high regards

[@mikaeljiskovkristensen7861]

Hey Igor. i play the scandinavian defence, but the last 10 times i got kicked. after i play pawn to E4, they respond with queen to f3 and then i get in trouble. is that a sound opening if yes, how to counter that, and if not, how to punish that.

[@laibw2458]

Rb6 tempo on bishop, after they respond by moving away we sack the queen on h2 and then follow up with rh6+ and checkmate

[@arkzbh]

Doesn't work if instead of moving the bishop, white playes f3. G2 is covered by white queen now, also king have escape square on f2 after rook a1 check (going by the queen sacrifice line)

[@laibw2458]

@@arkzbh well the line isnt forced and after this we can win the bishop so its winning still, the first line is to show what could have happen

[@empire9044]

​@@laibw2458if Qe2 is played then ? Bishop is protected

[@empire9044]

​@@laibw2458Ra1 also possible

[@frankbeerbaum5593]

@@empire9044 But after Qe2 the Queen sacrifice works: Qxh2+ Kxh2 Rh6+ Kg1 Rh1#. But winning a Bishop isn't enough in that situation!

[@wallacejeffery5786]

Fantastic analysis

[@Reza090]

Thanks Igor specially for covering the case where black plays the two knights.

[@oyetonclarke9283]

My approach is different... Nf5, chasing away or trading the white Knight, then Qg2#. I'm sure the Rb6 is faster but I don't think my method is WRONG

[@TheRooksmate]

White plays f3.

[@aaronnewhoff788]

f3 hangs the knight

[@sandipraj100]

I had initially thought this. But white will play Re1.Nxe3 fxe3 and queen defends g2 square

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 Most Common Chess Opening Mistake After 1.e4 00:49 5 Big Advantages for White 01:57 Beware of this TRAP! 03:44 Exploiting the dark square weakness 04:35 Black's best response 07:11 Stockfish recommendation for Black 09:51 If Black plays 3...Nf6 instead of 3...Bc5 11:55 Puzzle of the Day

[@farouqbaiti4315]

9:51 I won against the Neo-Arktainst Variation with Ruy Lopez Attack. I once played Nxe5,my opponent takes back with his Knight.I followed that up with d4,he takes with the Bishop,I took with the Queen he drop back on c6 I trade my Bishop for his Knight then traded Queens with Qxd8+ then played Rd8+. I got in a great position. And what's funny is that I played that before you post this video because it's common in King's Pawn Attack.

[@tawhv]

One variation: 1... Rb6 2. f4 Rxa6 3. d5 h5 Black need one force more to crack the pawns and avoids a checkmate thread on the 8th line 4. Ra1 Rg6 5. Rxa7 h4 6. Qf2 hxg3 7. hxg3 Rxg3+ 8. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 9. Kh1 Qh3+ 1 0. Kg1 Qxe3+ 11. Rf2 Qxa7 …

[@danielgomessilva8966]

Hello. Would you do a miniSeries (playlist) on how to put 2 players (kids and adults) to train the finish game? (Or whatever you think is a good to train). My 8yo son learned with me the moves and we do play together. I have this idea of teaching my son the EndGames, like one has a king, the other has a king and a rook, or two rooks, or a queen against whatever (always have the king. The idea is to finish off aka end games). I asked ChatGPT and Bard what would be a fun training method like I describe. They gave me some good but other where very dumb answer. What you think? It can also work for trying solo. But we need to know what works I started to play in September 2023 and i think chess will stay for all my life. Just started fresh, 78% Win ratio in the last 90 days, crawling slowly from 259 Elo to 580 Elo..........

[@onuorahpromise7004]

Thank you GM Igor. For the puzzle, I'd consider ...black goes bf3...if white doesn't blunder it by moving away his knight on e3, then my next plan would be to attack that knight by combinations of pushing the blacks f-file pawn and e-file knight. I may find my win here as black. Cheers

[@tawhv]

White will play Be2.

[@sandipraj100]

I would be playing Bf3 so that king cannot escape and white cannot nring support on h file. Bf3 followed by Rb6 and then Rh6 ttrying to mate white on h2 Added. I tried this on board. Bf3 will not work as black can play Be2 trying to exchange bishop. So Rb6 is the only move that works as white has to give up the bishop to prevent the mate.

[@newyorkslim2001]

excellent as always

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you think so!

[@danbujor4256]

At 4:01 also possible is 7.Bh6, with the double threat 8.Qf8# and 8.Qxf6 Nxf6 Bg7 ... If 7...Qxh6 Qxh8 wins the exchange...

[@arkzbh]

My first thought was knight f5, but white playes f3, blocking black bishop and protecting g2 by his queen, then what? Rb6 seems better, either you loose a bishop or get checkmated after rh6. After rb6, i cant see anything better than f3 again for white to stop mate on g2, but now the rook simply takes the bishop on a6. Up material. Is this the correct line or there is another line where there is an unstoppable checkmate?

[@user-ej7sr3ow8b]

Just checked with stockfish, you are correct!

[@arkzbh]

@@user-ej7sr3ow8b in this position there is no checkmate as per stockfish? Wow.. 🤯

[@arkzbh]

@@user-ej7sr3ow8b I'm going to somehow post this line on my t shirt and tell my friends that Finally I am A super GM 🤣

[@georgekosinski8957]

1...Nf5 doesn't really threaten anything (After 2...Nxe3, 3.fxe3, White's queen is protecting the g2-square) so it gives White a free tempo to play, for example, 2.Rfe1 followed by Bf1, securing his king and - regardless of who does or doesn't have a subsequent endgame advantage - taking the wind out of Black's mating attack. However, after 1...Nf5, 2.f3 is an outright blunder, losing the e3-knight for nothing.

[@user-ej7sr3ow8b]

@@arkzbh yes, f3 will block the bishop and defend g2 with the queen, there's no way to stop this

[@AlexanderWeixelbaumer]

Bxf7 is a bad move for black, but mostly better than any alternative AND you prevent your opponent already from castling, which is a bonus too

[@huwwiliams8426]

As g2 is the natural mating position; which is guarded by the white knight on e3. The g2 square can also be guarded by white moving the pawn on f2 forward to f3. So black bf3 seems the best move as a black bishop on f3 can not be easily challenged by white. White can not guard against both of blacks threats to bring the back knight on e7 to either d5 of f5 to challenge whites knight on e3. Once the white knight falls black's queen gets checkmate on g2.

[@dragosantrach6283]

Not correct. Black does not have to move the N. If white takes it fxe6 will open 7th rank defense. You may win but it would be a long game. Rook lift to b6 with a tempo wins on the spot. N is on e3. Sorry.

[@huwwiliams8426]

@@dragosantrach6283 Yep, see that now. Cheers.

[@mikeroll9868]

I didn’t see bf3 whisks seems correct. I did see kf5 double attacking the white knight. Leading to queen checkmate.

[@hsmiranda]

Nice,

[@georgekosinski8957]

After 1...Rb6, White will have to give up material to avoid a mate on h2 or g2.

[@tawhv]

He has to move f2-f4 and give up the bishop on a6.

[@rouslanbugorskiy230]

Well, waiting for a mistake of your opponent actually works, but its not real chess. I believe, that even with a weak opponent, you should play as it is a strong opponent. It lets you to develop, although of course it will require more moves than the play deserves.

[@ZDTF]

I feel big brain for already knowing that opening trap without any outside knowledge

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@blueelephant4971]

8:14 a lot of opponents play this system against me but they pretty much always go 8...d6 instead of 8...O-O. Now 9 Bg5 h6 10 Bh4 g5! 11 f4?? no longer works because of 11...BXc3!. I've mostly been toying with 9 Ne2 there.

[@JesterP3netrate]

knight f5 is the correct move right?

[@Kira28720]

No, actually it's Rook to b6 and if black moves the bishop anywhere or defends it in any way checkmate is unstoppable because we sacrifice our queen by Qxh2 and after the white king takes back, rook to h6 check king to g1, and then rook to h1 is checkmate with the help of the bishop. If they try to stop the checkmate, we win the bishop on a6 for free.

[@georgekosinski8957]

@@Kira28720 It's not true that the mate is unstoppable, but White will have to give up material to prevent it.

[@Kira28720]

@@georgekosinski8957 A little bit of miscalculation by me, if they save their bishop on a6 we don't play rook to h6 instead we sac the queen by taking the pawn on h2, and then the checkmate is unstoppable.

[@GeorgeNikolis125]

I started the video 7 seconds after its publication

[@sakib8599]

Wow

[@TheBlueboyRuhan]

9:25 - THE ROOOOOOOK

[@Kira28720]

No, Daaaa Roooooooook

[@simonbuxton5419]

But black wouldn't take back, sacrificing the pawn on E5 hoping white will play knight takes knight - which is white's best move. This is a transposition to the Stamford Gambit

[@Siddanagouda-jc9sk]

Move knight to d5 thn trade knight thn move the queen to g2 checkmate

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

The center fork trick works so well at 1500. They think im trading the knight for a pawn and then BOOM 😅

[@johncroden6380]

Played this BUT my 4th move Nxe5. 4…..Bxf2

[@waseemullahmalik8602]

Black Knight E2 to F5 in order to remove white knight E3

[@bozydarelf3110]

I have the impression that for some time now there have been the same films over and over again only under different names.

[@falls2shine712]

I don't get why a player would do knight takes knight after your knight takes that center pawn. If I am forced to play that position as black, as soon as you take that pawn, i'm going to do bishop takes your kings bishop pawn to check your king. you then must move your king to the second rank which prevents castling. From there, I'm going to start launching pieces at your king as fast as possible, saccing my knights in the process. Really I would not do that opening for black though. I prefer something similar to the kings gambit as black, to get rid of some pawns and allow the rook into the game fast. in order to more effectively chase down that king before white has time to develop. I know... it's probably not that strong even at mid level. But I think better than what black is doing here and way more fun! XD I don't disagree with your theory at all. I just really dislike that opening for black.

[@user-xk5lf9vf8e]

nf5 will lead to a mate or winning a piece

[@user-lw7ts3uw7t]

Puzzle:Rb6 Be4,Qxh2+ KxQh2,Rh6 Kg1,Rh1#

[@invaderzim1964]

Looking at this, it would seem that moving Be4 leads to mate and therefore a blunder. Instead of Be4, what would be the line if white went pf3? Qxh2+ cannot be played next because then white Qxh2 takes blacks queen.

[@twentyrothmans7308]

The Bishop on a6 is hanging, so harass it: ... Rb6 White cannot protect h2 from the Queen, and then ... Rh6++ Though I guess White could sacrifice the Bishop with Rfd1, grab the open b file, and last a few more moves.

[@HJRC_]

It'd be great if you don't make opening content, but rather middlegame or endgame. Most people just stick with a comfortable opening like queen's gambit or ruy lopez. Unless you're a grandmaster, these intricacies are less important. Your analysis content and tips were amazing, and they were the reason I subbed to this channel. Would appreciate it if you made more of it.

[@Sweet_Jelly39]

I want opening content too tho', How about both?

[@bob1234881]

Ge does sell a middle game course. 😀

[@user-lw7ts3uw7t]

If you buy his course they are all there

[@charlesmarshall1309]

That’s ridiculous. This isn’t intricate at all.

[@kumarkinghabbo4125]

Agreed with his point too

[@MaartenSpoek]

Only 15 million play Bc5. The most common move is Kf6.

[@davidhead7725]

Bf6 white's done !

[@vioreldumitrache3880]

removing the defender? Knight f5?

[@arkzbh]

My first thought as well, but white playes f3, blocking black bishop and protecting g2 by his queen, then what?

[@bballervg]

After f3, then Nxe3 wins free knight

[@arkzbh]

@@bballervg I was looking for checkmating lines, I was able to find a couple of material winning lines (may be I'm wrong there also though 🤪) but after knight f5, white takes on f5 and checkmate on g2, this idea doesn't work I meant after f3.

[@geenethmethmin2487]

​@@arkzbhrb6 is the answer. After the bishop moves you sac the queen at h2 followed by rh6+ and rh1#

[@arkzbh]

@@geenethmethmin2487 bishop doesn't have to move. F3 is still there.. I guess there is no immediate check mate, but the bishop is lost

[@mrflocky6711]

a

[@nishusaif6085]

Center Fork Trick.

[@cosminiliescu8012]

😮

[@sad2rc]

It's not necessarily a mistake. You basically don't take it with your bishop but retract it to d6 then dxe5, Bxe5 position is equal.

[@AbijeethAshok]

first

[@laddug929]

First

[@deadsamurai001]

Horse to d5, whatever kill the horse, Quinn to g2?

[@bernardm2528]

White Knxe5. I play Knd4 for winning game.

[@georgekosinski8957]

After 1...Rb6, White will have to give up material to avoid a mate on h1, h2, or g2.

[@mrflocky6711]

a

[@dineshfernando2793]

first