Chess Opening Mistakes in the Ruy Lopez [TRAPS Included]

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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares with you the most common chess opening mistakes or blunders in the Ruy Lopez which happens after the first moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5. You will learn how to punish Black's mistakes in both the popular variations, 3...Nf6 which is the Berlin Defense, and 3...a6 which is the classical approach.
You will learn some really cool traps in these variations that give a strong, checkmating attack for White against the Black's king. In fact, in one of the variations the most played moves by Black gives White a success rate of more than 74%, that's huge!
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► Chapters
00:00 Chess Opening Mistakes in Ruy Lopez
00:39 3...Nf6 Berlin Defense
02:03 White's deadly traps for the win
06:07 If Black defends the knight with f6
08:58 Black's correct response
12:00 If Black defends the mating attack
13:23 3...a6 Morphy Defense
15:49 Stats: 74% Win Rate for White
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[@furyronin6328]

15.30 how can you move straight?????

[@JumpNMustang]

Is it possible to make a complete course just on the Qe2 Ruy Lopez? I am looking at taking it seriously, so looking for courses on that, the two knights attack on the French at a level that would be respected, and the side lines, but those two are most important. I was also wondering if you can do individual positional concepts listed in your GM positional understanding course. It has a list of ideas for positional concepts, but there isn't any book or more importantly any video courses on them expanding on the individual subjects. Thanks for any answer.

[@gustavoferraz4956]

@@furyronin6328 A

[@PixelatedDude]

He just taught us everything there is in the Ruy Lopez in just 2 videos

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@joshvir262]

How do I find the 2nd video

[@PixelatedDude]

@@joshvir262 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4LVpaWGq7pmmLM

[@Toku91]

I wanted to like your comment but i have something with 115.. If you know you know 🤭🤪

[@PixelatedDude]

@@Toku91 LOL everyone if u see this dont like my comment

[@human75788]

Sir, you're a great teacher. You dont just simply tell the moves. You also tell the reasons , logics and visions behind them. You're a great GM. Would love to see your rating goes up even more and you compete in big tournaments. Respect.

[@optionalroux4347]

yeah theres another channel that gives all the theory but no explanation which is a trade off

[@davidcovington901]

I appreciate your going over the main lines in Ruy Lopez, and in proving them with the computer's analysis. But, especially, the optimism! Makes chess fun even if I lose, in trying these cool new moves out. Don't worry about anyone commenting that these are not All Possible moves! How silly to expect that.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thank you for your support!

[@thefireofthefox1]

Been looking for a good resource video on the Ruy, thanks

[@tbestialhuntress8237]

I learned so much from this channel. Thank you a lot. I really appreciate!

[@divyanshujain5809]

Thank you 😊 for sharing this with us.

[@genjisuo8016]

Really helpful video. Thanks you.

[@bradburns491]

Ty !!!!! This is the line I like to always play. You have shown me many variations I can go.

[@AzraelVhae]

Thanks for this. I was very obsessed with c3d4 line. I have new variations to play with

[@DerGesellschaftskritiker]

Great intructive video, thank you, Igor! :)

[@solal94]

really great video. Thanks, your english is also very clear and understable.

[@jamesc-l557]

I personally like the animations - it keeps me engaged and I find help me remember key moves more :)

[@aloismeyer2345]

Thank you for your very good explanations with the many surprising moves that I would never have thought of on my own. This also shows how superior these clear videos are to any chess book for openings! Alois Meyer

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thanks!

[@mustangunique3214]

Amazing video! Very good energy! :)

[@sirjules2301]

My opponents just never seem to play the right moves...

[@nychang75]

GREAT TEACHER THANK YOU

[@SiddharthSharma]

Very refreshing!! Thank you so much for your videos!! Lot of fun with learning!!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you like them!

[@sonnypenales7]

Thanks so much for the info

[@rogerodle8750]

I love these videos -- even though they make me feel really dumb knowing I would never have thought of any of these moves on my own.

[@shitholeworld]

Hello Igor. I'm a relative beginner, only been playing online for a year or so, and my rating has been between 950-1050 most of the time. I was just making it up as I go along, trying to learn from my mistakes, and watching what others did. I happened to watch a few of your videos over the weekend, and I watched your free masterclass last night, which I found to be interesting and easy to grasp the main concepts, so I do recommend that video to anyone. I played a few games after watching the video, and was much more attacking in my play, a bit more creative too, I could feel my thought process was different, that I had a strategy of sorts. So, I thank you for the free masterclass, and I am sure that my rating will edge upwards now, but more importantly, I will be enjoying the games more, because (as you say) attacking is always great fun. One other thing, down at this rating level, people don't play that many standard moves, and especially they appear to defend with pawns a lot, which can frustrate my efforts. Best wishes to you, and thanks again. (Oh, please check my own website, with some handy tips for the next decade....2malachi dot com, especially the proclamation).

[@neoetude]

A few days ago, I used the trap in this video at Lichess and I won! Really helpful! Thank you for this great video! :D

[@kobe51]

Thanks , Igor!

[@bondanization]

Thanks a lot GM. IGOR SMIRNOV 👍 for interesting lessons

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you liked it!

[@gerardabitbol5680]

very useful; thank you

[@ciolamorta]

Props to this channel.

[@walterbrownstone8017]

Fantastic!

[@ramilparedes9930]

Very helpful

[@chesskertz]

I'm a Chess player from the Philippines. Ruy Lopez is my first opening I learned and used to play during my highschool days 💖

[@elishaviviennecolasito4849]

Out of topic, but I love the way your cat is just there.

[@govindharajm5533]

Thank you sir

[@sumantakumardutta986]

This video really helped. 👍 Please make such a 2-video series for the Scandinavian Defense as well 🙏

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thank you, I'll consider it! Meanwhile, you may check out my other videos about the Scandinavian: kzbin.infosearch?query=scandinavian

[@jaspalrawat2136]

You are really a great chess teacher. I learned alot from just watching your vedios. I appreciate your hard work for students from all over the world.

[@bggines_1260]

Very nice video coach Igor!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thank you very much!

[@akmd114379]

really good as i always end up taking the knight when i play the ruy. i like doubling up pawns then attacking them later

[@Tartarin269]

Thank you Igor,could you make a Video about the sicilian ? What thé plan for black,ans so?

[@robertfoster7457]

Excellent

[@joeldick6871]

You covered the Morphy Defense and the Berlin Defense, but I just as often encounter the Steinitz Defense or the Delayed Steinitz Defense.

[@johngilbertsambajon]

This is why I love playing chess there are many tricks and you can be creative in many ways

[@FloatingNomad]

I like your videos so much. Your tactics are sooo brutal

[@vivekkshirsagar4267]

Very nice and detailed video. Thank you.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad it was helpful!

[@p7sc7l26]

Very interesting videos in the last time

[@anandhakumarcdesai]

good teaching,🙏🤝👌

[@mohammadhajibeigy2476]

Thank you it was an excellent video

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad it was helpful!

[@luisrodrigueziii7316]

Love the video friend, quick question. Why not Qe2 at 4:25?

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 Chess Opening Mistakes in Ruy Lopez 00:39 3...Nf6 Berlin Defense 02:03 White's deadly traps for the win 06:07 If Black defends the knight with f6 08:58 Black's correct response 12:00 If Black defends the mating attack 13:23 3...a6 Morphy Defense 15:49 Stats: 74% Win Rate for White

[@JohSmith]

thanks for the time stamps, very helpful

[@gamingsnake3881]

@@JohSmith you are the reason why shampoos have instructions

[@ProGamer-li1zm]

@@gamingsnake3881 dont really get the joke here lol?

[@gamingsnake3881]

@@ProGamer-li1zm was just playing xd

[@josephsalmonte4995]

That Knight + Rook mate was naughty! 👍

[@chilakashalemraju3668]

Outstanding. Thank you

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you liked it!

[@kevinstrand4596]

Awesome video!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@tim9497]

You're style is hilarious. And great.

[@sonipolakian4256]

Nice video 👍

[@MavaprGosu]

Could you please make more detailed videos on kings gambit variations. Your previous kings gambit videos doesn’t cover many potential moves from black

[@flaviucalin]

Great lessons. Greetings from Romania.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thanks! 😃

[@vaibhavpratapsingh9364]

Very upstandind moves

[@damonjalali8669]

Amazing share

[@rqw0880]

This was a great video Gotham has some competition.

[@jesussumaylo1588]

It's good to learn ideas,attacking plans

[@aaudain1]

Interesting 👍

[@allantoo5148]

i've rewatched this like 20 times since it was uploaded until it just sticks

[@gotayimbara1185]

Best chess teacher i ever seen💖🔥

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

🔥

[@hakku19]

If this is not the best tutorial video, then I don't know what is! Thank you!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Wow, thanks!

[@r.f.catempire3482]

Hi Igor. Vey helpful video. Applied it when playing. Most of my opponents - after black retreats with knight to f6 and I play Sxe5 - play Be7. Can you show in a video how to beat this?

[@majanielsen2480]

Yeah this is where i’m getting hung up as well

[@hariyantosaputra9090]

Nice 👍

[@stevenluo7834]

How about the drawing line or the ruy with bc5 instead of be7 ( I think it’s called the moller)( I think I saw a knight checkmate with it once)

[@littleprinceraen5385]

the cat sleeping is so cute

[@akrombakirov]

I like this debut

[@lukastux3024]

Absolutely fantastic variation to take black out of book and comfort zone!

[@mattwood1977]

That animation for kicking the knight at 1:47 cracked me up so much

[@Raamayan1]

This is badass

[@davidlamarca899]

The anastasia check mate is brilliant😈😈👏

[@aydinj3894]

Honestly, they way you explained got me from 500 to 800 in 2 weeks. I mean, I improvise if I see a blunder. Thank you! Any good videos for black?

[@FastCodeDeveloper]

11:41 if black plays bishop h4 then how are you delivering a checkmate? Eventually you will still end up in a winning position cause you get a queen and a bishop for a rook after all the trades are done right? Is there something I can't see?

[@cris9370]

At 0:24 how do you continue if black moves knight to D4?

[@Robot_Skull]

5:05 He sacrifices.... THE QUEEN!!!!!!

[@emme6907]

I won't remember a thing but damn I had so much fun watching this

[@lukastux3024]

4:08 after Re1 back, the engine does not think White is still winning (+1.2 instead of +4.0 with d4)

[@jan4802]

I don't know english very well, but your videos are really good and helpfull for me. Pozdrawiam 😊

[@johnwise4563]

thank u grandmaster igor my eyes can believe what i am seeing. chess is not for the timid that for show.

[@valin4120]

What to do when they develop the king side knight on their first move attacking your center pawn before you can get into a castled position?

[@noernoerfamily1928]

Super traps

[@dangnguyenho9665]

Yeah, Ruy Lopez is kinda tricky and that's why it's my favorite opening, even against high level bots. Just a mistake from black can easily get destroyed pawn's structure and it leads to advantages to white

[@rpriyer]

@4.31 Can anyone please explain.... How can he castle when bishop is there.

[@Nill757]

If black can force the Ruy Lopez b6 bishop back w a7 and b7 pawn advances to b3 diagonal, can the game then be considered the Italian game, and then black can use, say, the Rousseau Gambit defense p-f5?

[@kevintanjung742]

why on berlin defense, black defend with bishop e2? what if black defended with e2, our rook cannot take the knight e5, and it seems to be more optimal, how do we deal with that?

[@MelatiN3]

I like this trap..

[@yooneunhyesarang9245]

Thank you, Grandmaster Igor. Now, I will crush my opponents with Ruy Lopez, along with other methods that I still don't remember, as you don't suggest remembering. What to do, we are all mere mortals, not a GM.

[@josefbake9492]

Very well explained. I try to follow them but my opponent wants to eat everything whatever it finds in the way.😬

[@richardtremblay2523]

I’m new to chess but at min 11:42 looks like move 13 you say it’s checkmate no matter what black player does. what if black moves bishop to h4. I can only get a draw to occur. Thx love your videos.

[@kowskizury]

Yeah I guess you're right but then you take with rook and the black queen has to take back. Then white takes the queen and its no longer checkmate but you're up a queen

[@christianbelzer]

I think I just hit the 10.000 like - wtf! Well deserved and thanks for the lessons!

[@praenidd]

I don't know what rating this is for but I have never encountered the variation of moves with knights in this video.

[@xxwallzxx4509]

Not risking the defense of the King. As it will leave openings. There is a simple way to say it this way. There are times to be aggressive and a time for defensive actions that even goes into retreats as you cannot afford it or it will lead into a bad situation in which things are more exposed.

[@mathsmadeeasy9056]

What's the name of that app

[@uremomisepic]

hey wouldn't it be better to play rook e7 @6:00 having checkmate threats but even with good play from your opponents you'll just hunt the king out into the open than fianchetto your bishop and develop the rook to e1 and you got a killer attack before black can do anything. example: after king g8 - rook e7 - rook f7 - rook f7 - king f7 - queen h7 - king e6 - knight f4 - king e6 - queen d3 -king e7. In this position the knight is hanging, the king is vulnerable giving you enough time to develop the bishop and rook to active squares en make another killer attack.

[@TheRomanianWolf]

It could work... but it's hard to calculate.

[@wrathofgrothendieck]

Igor Smirnov da god

[@oneleafawayfromautumn7326]

if you want to lose your games, listen to this guy!!

[@KT-wu5ox]

What if he doesn’t take the knight after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6 Nxe5 but instead plays Be7? Do we take the knight on c6 with bishop or knight?

[@onyiaawogu7360]

13:40 what do you do if white takes the knight on c6

[@keaton718]

At 4:07 why wouldn't you go queen to e1, because they'd block with their bishop eventually freeing their king?

[@grayfox1422]

Why no coverage of the taking of the knight at c6 by bishop, thus leaving black with singke file pawns which is a long term disadvantage for black regardless of how different opinions exist with regard to the value of bishop vs knight?

[@TawhidAnam]

AFTER BH6+ BG7 PLEASE EXPLAIN

[@TawhidAnam]

I SEE IT RREALLY AMAZING THANKS

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

@@TawhidAnam I'm glad you figured it out!