Alekhine's Defense Opening Traps

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@fabz1509]

You won't believe it right before a 3 min daily tourney on lichess, I only had time to learn the first trap and it worked so well. Time learn the rest. Thanks

[@WhyNotDogie]

bruh who is actually playing this defense

[@abayamo1019]

Could you make a video showing traps and the how to play Alekhine with black? 🙏🏼

[@ahmedsaloojee7423]

My name is Ahmed I like the manner you teach us chess Very professionally done

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thanks!

[@craighopper]

Great video and very well explained, thank you!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thank you!

[@zanti4132]

At 7:37, your comment seems to imply Black is getting out of trouble. However,, doesn't Qa4+ simply win the knight?

[@suryanideb7678]

yes same question.

[@zanti4132]

@@suryanideb7678 He mentions this exact queen check at 6:33. Either he has short term memory issues or he is trying to make a point about not assuming automatic recaptures, in this case bxc3. If it's the latter situation, his commentary definitely lacks clarity.

[@chilakashalemraju3668]

Excellent sir. Thank you

[@aaronbarlow4376]

I won a cool blitz game using your first trap! 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. Bg5 dxc5 8. Qb3 b6 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Bc4 f6 11. Bf7# 1-0

[@manuelph168]

i like playing gambits and traps, now i know what to do when my opponents choose then alekhine's. . i hope you make again other opening traps in french, caro-kann, scandinavian, etc. thanks.

[@robertmcqueen5122]

Very nice traps. I get in trouble on this opening as white

[@princesyx]

Can Simone explain me why black does not play pF6 to block bishop in first scenario ???

[@MarsHilding]

13:11 Instead of 2Nd5 my opponent plays 2Ne4. I’ve replied with d4 and as I’m checking Black’s possibilities I would say that 3.. d6 leads to a lot of pressure on the Night. 3..f6 could even lead to losing the Rook. Are we talking trap number 7 here? 😮

[@krtc4102]

looks like a fun opening

[@Educpurposes79]

bobby why won't you join us?

[@Educpurposes79]

bobby why wont you join us?

[@johnp845]

Amazing! Thank you for all you are doing for the chess community! These are 6 traps for white to do when black does Alekhine's defense. Other than the Alekhine gambit, are there any traps for black to do in Alekhine's defense?

[@tjonghasen2685]

Not for prof like bobby fisher do ..

[@tjonghasen2685]

See bobby play akekhin ..carlsen play alekhin ...

[@godelneumann3932]

It's not a gambit at all. You're not giving any single pawn for free. It's just an unorthodox and sound defense as long as you know how to play it. Another example of an "odd" (not a gambit) and sound defense would be the dutch.

[@mikejay9838]

@@godelneumann3932 Apparently OP is indicating that there is a known response called the "Alekhine Gambit"?

[@ALF8892]

I'm looking for a trap I found before after 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.a4 d6 5.a5

[@zeebest1004]

3:33. What if …Kk1 after Bf7+?

[@zachrie1294]

dang i played Alekhine's defence without knowing and my opponent resigned ☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@davidmasse2829]

Isn’t there a trap along the a file somehow for white? I’ve fallen into the trap with the bishop sacrifice and the one where the white knight goes back after the line with d5 played.

[@balakrishnaraovinnakota2527]

Very good analysis Very Very useful information excellent for tournament players

[@baymau4419]

Thanks

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Welcome

[@baymau4419]

@@GMIgorSmirnov I want to start the fight against E4

[@pnksmigge5324]

I've played about 10000 bullet games using alekhines defense, I don't think I'ver ever taken either e or c pawn with my d pawn in the opening :D that's insane, giving up castling for no reason at the minimum.

[@machlual2297]

Like that opening guys

[@scrubfive9239]

What's the move if they kick the bishop out? That's usually what beginner players do.

[@dallinhilton3189]

I watched this cuz I wanted to start playing this as black... now I don’t think I will 😅

[@evisceratemtg6141]

Now you know what to look for on the defense.

[@zanti4132]

There's no reason to throw out the baby with the bath water. All the traps shown here can be avoided if you do your homework. Learn the main lines, and this opening should work out fine for you.

[@MarkTheeuwes]

all of these lines can be avoided if you know them. Moves like h6 can prevent a lot of the aggressive bishop lines for example

[@GMBethHarmon]

A lot of these traps rely on black very poorly, making multiple mistakes. For example, just to take the first trap... a) Why is black playing Nxc3 (0:43), when they could push either pawn to support the knight on d5 instead? b) d5 is better than d6 (0:52), since it attacks a piece of the centre that white has left behind AND it means white can only take the d-pawn en-passant on the next move only. c) Nd7 is a simply a dreadful blunder (2:12). You shouldn't have made the mistakes that led to this position in the first place, but even then Qd7 is significantly better than Nd7, with the intention of going to Qf5, protecting f7 and threatening white's bishop on g5. In summary: virtually all respectable openings have traps if the other side doesn't play correctly. The point of learning about them using videos like this is so that you don't fall into them, or to punish players who play the opening badly.

[@diegocastillotwo]

you can learn to defend these, but honestly just play a version of scandi

[@robertmcqueen5122]

I kept losing all my blitz games as white. After watching your traps I have lost any more

[@aaronbarlow4376]

7:53 if they take the pawn they lose the knight to Qa4

[@laszlokorosi9012]

Just one minute before mentioned Qa4, then seems to have forgotten about it :)

[@2009Neelam]

what happen if e6 love you

[@aaronbarlow4376]

I must say most beginners will kick the bishop as soon as it moves to g5

[@AmmarPW]

I accidentally used Alekhine defense and won 😅

[@PatronVlogs]

Like it game

[@thanos0106]

As an Intermediate I am not moving my night 4 times and wasting my time

[@richardkeller4892]

At end play Queen check then take his rook. You will lose 2 pawns.

[@alban2804]

An guy smashed me with alekheines defense so i need to return the favour

[@tjonghasen2685]

Not so easy .like you move ...the best move black you not mrntion

[@mikejay9838]

Thank for teaching us how to kill our opponent in a nice way! ;)

[@swatichatterjee8544]

Third

[@isaac._.6992]

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