A Crushing Line to Win FAST in Bishop’s Opening

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[@EasyChess-n8u]

I have my own chess channel but when I see this video I just think "damn, this guy is in a league of his own". So well explained, great speaking speed, so logical even for lower rated players, such a great choice of moves, and even the length of the video is just about spot on.

[@bradspaugh9827]

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[@aljinbilledo4970]

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[@gregoryfray4366]

11:03 bxh7!! if Kh8, black can play Bf5+ and after kg8 black can play RxBe6 followed by Bxe6+. White is forced to block with the rook on f7 in which black can take that with the bishop and be up the exchange. If white plays NxBh7, Black can play BxBe7 forking the queen and rook

[@Lovetheviolins]

Don't you mean white and not black?

[@Ayden-ei2rb]

@@Lovetheviolins obviously

[@gregoryfray4366]

@@Lovetheviolins yeah, my bad

[@harveyschonwald]

White is not up the exchange, but he will have won two pawns in the process.

[@gregoryfray4366]

@@harveyschonwald white has a material advantage after the exchanges so therefore white is "up the exchange"

[@myoyo2]

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[@fvehed]

You are such an amazing teacher. We can literally see your passion for the game through our screens. I'm learning the bishop's opening, and your videos have improved my game significantly, even though I'm a low level player. I hope to master this one opening and learn everything there is to it through theory and practice.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad to have you here, appreciate it!

[@NazifeCeka]

At 10:57 the Move is bishop takes h7, after the knight takes, we take the free bishop and fork the queen and the rook

[@realsamuel2377]

**Answer is Knight on e5 if black takes, rook take back and if black d'ont take it you take d7 with knight and whatever black take back, bishop take f6 if black takes the bishop it's check mate, so black move pawn to h6 then white take bishop on f6 if pawn takes it's checkmate in 2 moves and if not you take the queen and black is still dead soon!**

[@alexjoshuaws]

Kxe5 was my initial reaction, I saw the same line also. However, after kxe5, black can play 0xh6. This is why Bxh7 is the better move, as if black takes with the knight on f6, whites bishop on g5 captures blacks bishop and creates a fork, winning a rook for a bishop.. apposed to sacrafising a bishop for 2 pawns and an undefended king. Also a solid move but I think bxh7 is stronger, as you can follow it up with the kxe5 next

[@alexjoshuaws]

Bxh7 is +1, +3 if black takes.. Kxe5 is -1 to expose the king, but you can simply do this move after Bxh7 and not have to sacrafise your bishop 😊

[@raselju]

Solution of the Puzzle at 11.05: 1. Bxh7+ Nxh7 2. Bx37 and white will win the rook on the next move and get a winning position.

[@farouqbaiti4315]

Bx37?🤨😅

[@spghose2437]

shaving off the central pawns win again...great masterclass..most exciting

[@peacemaker-vw5sz]

LITERALLY BRO MUST BE GIVEN THIS NAME 👉 REMOTE CHESS SAINT ...BLESS ALL PEOPLE OF CHESS

[@PsychoticDuck1]

I immediately knew this was gonna be a great video when I saw the bishops opening in the title!

[@thomasferkinhoff2385]

Great analysis

[@RandomGuyOnYoutube601]

12:56 This is the first time I see that move. I always played Bf4.

[@MIDGETARELOW]

Pls make a video one complete Middlegame

[@hamidrezasepahian7608]

in time 1:00 after 4-d4*f5 Ce4*cf7 if 5-fc4*f7 K*f7 & 6-Df3+ Ke8 7-D*e4 Cc6 or Fc5 & then TF8 the black makes play balance

[@chris_pea_chess]

I love these video's. So I watched it, played out the lines a few time to memorise them. First game as white, 1.e4 e5 2. Bc4 all going good 2.....Qe7 😵‍💫

[@brucewillards37]

That sucks rhey didnt go into the opening. Luckily for you, its a bad move anyway! Qe7 basically gives you the perk of a gambit without being one, since they lose time not developing. Just develop and castle faster and crack open the center!

[@michaeldehart6726]

one of your best just excellent analysis

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Glad you liked it

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[@AbirBiswas-gd7ht]

Thanks sir. Please upload endgame videos.

[@EinarKvamLundberg]

Do you have any tips for when the opponent play "bad" responses to your opening? I know what to do for the best responses, but when my opponent plays something I know is not one of the top moves, then I don't know what to do. This often leads to some traps, and then I lose.

[@zahranf.a.9864]

i'm not even 2000, but here's a tip : learn the deffinition of bad position, like exposed king, possible tempo winning, or some position that will lead you or your opponent to do some tactics. because that will give you some insight to face some bad position, either from your side or from your opponent's side.

[@cameronmason4452]

@@zahranf.a.9864 useless advice

[@greekgod41]

If I'm black and someone plays the Bishop opening against me, I just resign the game because I always lose. The Bishop's opening literally has to be the scariest thing as black to come across. It doesn't mater how good you are at chess, even Grandmasters can make mistakes and lose

[@josephsalmonte4995]

It's not that hard mate. Just immediately block the Bishop so there's never a sac on f7 & you survive most traps

[@greekgod41]

@josephsalmonte4995 I don't know how to block the Bishop though

[@ethansmusic9898]

If you're really scared of it. 2... Nc6 will often get you back into Italian like positions. Although white can try a Vienna style setup so you should be ready for that as black

[@grizzly-channel]

I always respond to it with 2. .. f5, most of the bishop's opening players that I met were surprised and didn't know how to react to it

[@NathanJohnson-vh4lh]

Caro kann. 👍🏼

[@DougMorris71]

Only if I could remember all this.

[@partygodkevin3003]

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[@josephsalmonte4995]

I love the Bishop's opening. Even players rated 1400/1500 fall into the traps so often ❤

[@DeepFriedLiver]

Bishops opening is no joke. Lots of tricky lines and White always gets a playable position even when black plays well. Only downside is many of the lines cut both ways. Meaning if you mess up you can easily get dunked on.

[@PatMcGuckin-u9s]

What about Qh5?

[@vladimircvetkovic2969]

Puzzle of the day.. we have couple of vining combination, but I vote for white bishop sacrifice on h7 and take black bishop on e7 and with double atack on queen and rook and win the game.. Also pony on e5 is not bad move but I didnt analize them seriously. And sorry about my bad English writing they teach us Russian language in school, lifetime tagedy..

[@realsamuel2377]

**Answer is Knight on e5 if black takes, rook take back and if black d'ont take it you take d7 with knight and whatever black take back, bishop take f6 if black takes the bishop it's check mate, so black move pawn to h6 then white take bishop on f6 if pawn takes it's checkmate in 2 moves and if not you take the queen and black is still dead soon!**

[@vladimircvetkovic2969]

Bishop h7 king h8 bishop g6 check King back on g8, so no.. knight e5 I think too slowly becose black dont must to take with the knight, but rook e1 take the bishop on e6 its almoust free bishop!? Now when i look again if pawn f7xrooke6 now we take pony on e6 with our black bishop black pony take back now our pony comes on g5 black must to defend checkmat so play g6 pony From g7 go on e6 with double atack on queen and the rook........... Or something else this Is forcing knight e5 Is not.. or who knows what else we don't see!?❤🙏❤️

[@realsamuel2377]

@@vladimircvetkovic2969 Atarting with Bishop h7 you win only a pawn, checkmate is still a long wa, take a board and play the moves I suggested and you will see that it's nice!

[@nadirdjeniah2442]

I used this trap for a long time 😢 now everyone will know how to deal with it, i managed to get to 2000 with it tho ahaha Also! There's a very tough move (for me) that i was hoping you'd cover! Which is when black (position at 15:10) plays d6 stopping e5! Thanks for the video

[@davew4304]

Been trying this since I saw the video. They play knight c 6 every time. It’s like every player I get matched against is consulting an opening book or database every game to make sure they don’t lose to a trap

[@brucewillards37]

Well, Nc6 is the hardwired response to Nf3, they probably autopoileted it without realizing theyre countering d5. In this case, you should transpose into the Vienna (Gambit) with Nc3. Not as trappy, but can lead to nice kingside attacks. If you dont know it yet, I suggest learning it first then adding the Bishops opening.

[@davew4304]

@@brucewillards37 yeah that’s usually what happens. Good insight man 👍🏻

[@farouqbaiti4315]

7:43 Black tries to cover their King.🤓

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Nice one, the main lesson drawn is to keep your lines open to get the best out of the piece, thanks.

[@babstra55]

the unbeatable urusov gambit! ❤

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@Zamiroh]

I have a question for viewers. How do you all practice these lines? You can't practice against bots as they almost never play the lines you want them to. I don't really want to practice new lines in rated matches. I tried unrated but found the rating difference to be really large (like 400+ above me).

[@sapta1]

I go to lichess study option then i study the most common lines of the opening that i want to study then i play rated games, and since I've studied almost all the common moves it's not that much difficult to win the game.

[@benb9276]

Personally, I just play rated usually blitz. That way if I accidentally blunder in the opening I don’t waste 30mins. I understand not wanting to drop rating but that losing will make you a stronger player.

[@Zamiroh]

@benb9276 yeah I probably should. I use to do that, but now that I am higher in rating I didn't feel like needlessly lowering it. I do know several openings and am quite versed in a few. However, I would like to expand that. It's hard knowing all the different lines. I usually play bullet and blitz.

[@ethansmusic9898]

Blitz and bullet is perfect for testing openings!

[@alexjoshuaws]

You shouldnt be focused on maintaining the same elo while trying to improve. To improve is to lose, to see what to not to do, and what to do next time. You have to make mistakes to realise why a certain move was/is bad, and what you could've done better or differently. Just play and gain skill then focus on climbing once you have the practise to do so. Practising unranked games is like training for an opponent who wont play their best, you might as well just train vs them

[@farouqbaiti4315]

It was helpful to watch.😁😁😁 Nice video.😇😇😇

[@chesslover8829]

Once again, Stockfish saves the day. After 6. Nc3, better for Black is 6...Be7. Now if 7. Qh4, Black plays 7...d5. Then if 8. Bd3, play could continue as follows: 8...Nbd7 9. Bg5 c6 10. Bf5 O-O, and Black holds on to the pawn. And if White plays 7. Bg5, Black responds with 7...h6 and White's attack soon fails, for example, 8. Qh4 d5 9. O-O-O c6 10. Rhe1 Be6 11. Bd3 Nfd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7. Realistically, it's unlikely that Black will find the correct response over the board. And we're told to play 1...e5 as beginners?

[@RolandoVillodres]

1. Bxh7+ Nxh7 2.Bxe7 threat Queen and rook and wins.

[@farouqbaiti4315]

The last traps were about the Italian Game.☝🏻

[@BobbyFischer0000]

Can you make a video on how to fight against the bishops opening?

[@josephsalmonte4995]

He has a couple already mate

[@barryphillips5201]

16:42, Bxh7+. If Kxh7, Bxe7!

[@tominmo8865]

You meant If Nxh7. K can't take because of Q.

[@shazam2128]

@@tominmo8865 Possibly I think they meant the Knight, they just had the incorrect notation.

[@michaelgeib5948]

I try this all the time and the cpu never does any of the counters he says they will do

[@v.n.murthychippada9492]

Beautiful class Bxh7........

[@Zywl]

for the puzzle, bxh7+?

[@lalosalamanka238]

Yeh

[@farouqbaiti4315]

15:20 We van play Nc3 Gambit.😅

[@Wesley38292]

Can you do OLD BENONI OPENING?

[@colinwichman1084]

Everyone seems to know how to play against this at the 1700 level.

[@PatMcGuckin-u9s]

Qa4??

[@vonolemaxle3040]

Nah, I love countering bishops opening. There is something fulfilling neutralizing this deadly opening. Like hounding the bishop early on.

[@futer1]

What about 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 d5 Didn't cover this line

[@OyemeLife]

I tried to play with a computer bot and it never makes that kind of blinders.

[@ethansmusic9898]

Of course a bot won't blunder. To blunder is human

[@alexjoshuaws]

The bots will either play so bad that they give you free wins, or play with accuracy higher than human average and never blunder. You're better off practising vs real people and not caring if you lose while you learn

[@OyemeLife]

@@alexjoshuaws I'm not confident playing against real people. Just wanna practice before playing..

[@alexjoshuaws]

@@OyemeLife real people are worse than bots you're better off just playing to learn rather than playingto win, which is what's causing you your anxiety / loss of confidence. Worst case is you lose 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@AfshinAJ]

thank you for your great work

[@sangeethatarini5626]

Thanks sir because of you I became 2754 in fide rating

[@farouqbaiti4315]

2:13 It's Checkmate.😂

[@mryunuss7075]

king can take the bishop on f7

[@farouqbaiti4315]

My bad.😅

[@marknieuweboer8099]

3...Bb4+. No Nakhmanson Gambit after 3...Nc6 4.O-O Nxe4 ?!

[@seanshay6573]

lets play some

[@alexjoshuaws]

My initial thoughts were to move Kxe6 to take away the defender of the knight on f6, however Bxh7 seems is the better move

[@BennyKleykens]

Just play Nc6, you're playing Black after all!

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[@MyChessWorld]

Great video! Thanks ❤

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[@phutiramagoshi883]

It’s easier commentating on arm chair that getting in on the action 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@KlowdStr1fe]

Nobody ever plays the moves you say they will

[@josephsalmonte4995]

They do above 500 elo 🤣

[@KlowdStr1fe]

Hilarious, what an original joke that I've never heard before..... I'm only a 1000 but I just don't see any of these lines.

[@rajatg614]

😂

[@trutty]

There's billions of chess openings you can't expect him to address them all

[@amritgm3578]

They do bro they do

[@PatMcGuckin-u9s]

Qa5 destroys your line

[@jonahemmanuel813]

I just trashed some poor dude with this gambit😂. I was feeling like a genius all through. He played Nxe4 😂

[@ACDCBOWSKI]

This never works, their knight takes your pawn, you take their pawn with tour pawn, their knight takes your pawn on f2, so tou have to take it with your king to save your queen or rook, their queen gives check, you can only block with a pawn, they take your bishop, then after that no matter what you do, they can grab your centre pawn or even h1 rook. BEST move after knight takes e4 is Be3

[@JnnkYT]

Don’t capture with your king, play qf3 instead, if they take your rook, it’s mate in 1, if they defend the mate threat on f7 you can take the knight.

[@vladimircvetkovic2969]

Do you please can make the video of the traps in English opening, when you play like white.. Thank you in advance.❤

[@TheRocking789]

Puzzle- I think Nf*e5 Nd*e5 Re5 Then over

[@vladimircvetkovic2969]

Puzzle must be forced.. black do not must to take pony on e5

[@TheRocking789]

If they don't you take their night on the next move

[@alexjoshuaws]

Nxe5 is wrong because opponent plays 0xh6 and stops your mate threat. Bxh7 wins a rook for a bishop if black moves knight away. Nxe5 is -1 whereas bxh7 is +1 / +3 if black falls for the trap

[@alexjoshuaws]

​​@@TheRocking789you take their knight and they take your bishop, its equal trade but favourable for black as it stops your mate threat, as well as bishop slightly better than knight

[@mannequinplayer]

amazing!!!

[@jorglueke8458]

Nc6 is better

[@ZDTF]

Bashap

[@geiri10]

this is without a doubt the worst advice I have ever gotten for my chess improvement. No one has ever contributed so much to me losing my elo....blocking your channel mate

[@mohansameera5210]

Bxh7😂

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[@Namadadi_iddi]

I played this and my opponent moved Bd6

[@warriorchessacademy]

bxh7 Nxh7 Bxe7®®

[@mannycastel5997]

bxh7 check ,nxh7 +bxe7