5 Killer Chess Tricks to WIN FAST in the King's Gambit

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@benyist1]

Can you say something about an immediate attack by the queen even before the white knight had time to reach f3, the queen immediately attacks H4, What is the answer to that?

[@ebehitv9550]

okay

[@investfoxy]

I am sure my opponent would be also watching this video 🤣🤣

[@seanhein6599]

There are too many openings, variations and theories to remember. Your opponent will forget what he watched.

[@Ulagathamizhanbhuvan]

Yes bro I am watching

[@TechnoPlayz-i7c]

Hehehe 😂​@@Ulagathamizhanbhuvan

[@mahabubislam2489]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@bradallen1762]

Hey GM Smirnov, first I want to thank you for taking the time to make these videos. for some reason I love your teaching methods the best. Matter of fact you helped me win 1st place in my very first tournament I attended last year. anyway, im hoping you see this comment, just wanted to let you know that the stockfish videos, with the AI bot talking im PRETTY SURE is copying and remaking your videos (unless its you on a second channel, which is genius, lol) the one titled "crash everyone with this unique kings gambit opening, preferred by stockfish" is almost word for word the same as your king gambits video. it says the exact same things you do and I noticed it because you mentioned the joked about your opponent trying to capture your queen but they can't and are seeing the little red square showing them they are in fact in check....and that video says the exact same thing......just hoping someone isn't stealing your content. and its not recognizable because its in the "AI Voice". have a wonderful day and again, thanks for all you do sir. EDIT- im 100% positive they stole your video if its not your channel, because they use almost the EXACT WORDING aside of a few words here and there

[@youngd5510]

Igor please do some more videos on games of great players like Fischer, Kasparrov, Tal, Morphy in Openings like the Kings Gambit or Ruy Lopez please 🙏 😀 😉

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thanks for suggestion 🙏

[@ebehitv9550]

cool

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 King's Gambit, Aggressive Chess Opening 00:30 Main Idea for White in the King's Gambit 01:05 1) 2...exf4, King's Gambit Accepted 02:46 2) 2...d6, King's Gambit Declined 05:11 3) 3...g5, King's Gambit Accepted 08:21 4) 3...d6, Fischer Defense in King's Gambit Accepted 10:14 Surprising tactical blow 11:03 5) 3...Nc6, MacLeod Defense in King's Gambit Accepted

[@detlefruchatz7262]

05:15: "Black needs to accept the gambit". Wrong! Black can destroy White with the Falkbeer Counter Gambit! Igor: You did make a video about it, remember? It actually works! The last game, when my opponent tried the Kings Gambit on myself, lasted 7 moves till checkmate. Thanks for that other video, but 2... d5 should definitely be mentioned here as well as an answer to the Kings Gambit. More than 40 years ago, when I was a kid, my opponent found out about it within days of me playing the Kings Gambit myself. We were not in a chess club, there was no internet and we were both totally new in chess. So, I assume, these days, Kings Gambit players will encounter this also very soon - latest, when they want to cross the line from a 3 digit to a 4 digit rating.

[@MillionaireRobot]

I was surprised there was no Falkbeer Counter Gambit shown

[@MillionaireRobot]

but Falkbeer Counter Gambit is not the end of the world for white is it?

[@detlefruchatz7262]

@@MillionaireRobot Probably not, but nasty enough that I stopped playing the Kings Gambit. I heard of others, who also quit playing Kings Gambit for the same reason - the Falkbeer Counter Gambit.

[@goals6588]

This is exactly what I needed for my kings gambit arsenal

[@pawn6]

me: *plays king’s gambit* opponent: *plays sicilian defense* me: *r e s i g n*

[@flaviucalin]

Great lesson, Igor.

[@billebrooks]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. O-O Nd4 6. Bxf7 Kxf7 7. Ng5+ K anywhere 8. Qxg4 Nxc2 Is this not a problem?

[@pflotus]

It's not. In fact, after 7.Ng5+, the king MUST move to e8 in order not to allow a forced mate after 8.Qxg4 Nxc2. After 7... Ke7 8.Qxg4 Nxc2, 9.Qe6 is checkmate. Similarly, after 7... Kf6 8.Qxg4 Nxc2, 9.Qf5+ Ke7 (only legal move) 10.Qe6#. If 7... Kg6 8.Qxg4 Nxc2, the forced mate is slightly longer: 9.Qf5+ Kh5 (if 9... Kh6 10.Nf7#) 10.Nf7+ Kh4 (if 10... Qg5 11.Qxg5#) 11.g3#. On 7... Ke8 8.Qxg4 Nxc2, White has at least 9.fxe5 and 10.Nf7, hitting the rook on h8, though 9.Ne6 (hitting the queen, bishop, c7, and g7) followed by 10.fxe5 might be better.

[@spiked415]

"K anywhere" first the king only has one square that doesn't lead to immediate mate or losing the queen after Nxc2 and that's Ke8. Kg6, f6 and e7 immediately lose after Nxc2. So if Ke8 , Qxg4, Nxc2, the simple fxe5 opening up the rook and if Nxa1?? Rxf8+! Kxf8 Ne6+ wins the queen

[@Chessboon]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@ashleyjones465]

hey so at 2:46, you how a checkmate, but couldn't a pawn or the queen attack the white knight?

[@pbtrey8]

Thats why im confused he loses a knight and opens door for queen in one play lol

[@JulieBayawa]

That's why I'm confused too cause how can u checkmate if the black has so may defenses 🤔

[@ObserverBricks]

Thanks GM

[@jamieearl688]

Great lesson!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thanks! 😃

[@richardmanes6393]

Do not use Kings Gambit for White It always loses Black plays P x P White Plays N-KB3 Then Black plays B-K2

[@fortyofforty5257]

I used the King's Gambit to gain a few hundred ratings points, but find it no longer works at my current level. Funny how certain opening tricks and traps work at specific Elo bands. Always entertaining content, of course, by GM Smirnov.

[@muhammadasadhaider6893]

what elo are you at?

[@andrewroff5387]

What elo are you at?

[@raphaelhudson]

Polgar used it all the way to GM as her main weapon on her own account. Spassky used it to defeat Fischer numerous times in world championship matches. Unless you are Magnus Carlsen, you probably just haven't studied the opening well enough

[@MillionaireRobot]

what elo are you at?

[@fortyofforty5257]

@@MillionaireRobot Around 1200

[@jonesdigifarms]

Remember always play someone who doesn't know how to play chess for this to work otherwise it never goes this way.

[@nagendranayak3101]

I love this gambit 🙂

[@D0B0123]

Igor Smirnov is a great name for a chess player

[@roz_rama]

I think Igor took inspiration from my comment to one of his previous vids. Nice work, Quaade trap is real gem.

[@terrymichael5821]

Really love your channel !

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@choosenone75]

Question if your opponent comes out with white E7 and his next move is f4 how would you defend that opening and if he has black it's d7 and c4

[@reginannadi6642]

This are a really tricky moves😂😮

[@prazertv]

Awesome!

[@techpointgaming5211]

Time stamp :- 1:52 Question:- Bro what if black goes pawn to d4 and threatens our knight , instead of grabbing our pawn on e4 ?

[@thebroccoli6076]

I wanna ask too, like usually rating above 500 with move their pawn to d4 in this position

[@felixkennedy4350]

I also wonderd that's why you need to play with someone who doesn't know chess😅😅

[@kevinmoshe3534]

What if he pushes his pawn to d4 instead of taking your pawn on e4? 1:52

[@birajjoshi6987]

Move the knight to d5.😉. If he agains push pawn to c5 . Capture the f4 pawn 👌

[@Fightcommentaryextras]

I just lost to the Fischer variation. Looking for tips right now from your video.

[@levityshyperhighlights3310]

nice video but evertime i play this, the second move from my opponent after he played E5, is bringing his knight on C6. never had one of your situations ^^

[@ElizasO]

Why wouldn’t the bishop take the queen in the check mate ? How is this a good move for white? @2:46

[@davidjackson4698]

He would still be in check by the knight

[@JonhaWiod]

Like your style

[@zipporahkemunto9290]

good i get it now

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

👍

[@vyndktvx3623]

planning to play kings gambit for now on i used queens gambit from 500-800 nice opening

[@ashmigchess]

Thank you

[@DemonEsportz]

Why did you not take queen with the knight black time 8:13

[@wmg5939]

At 8:06, why the black knight didn’t take the Queen????

[@alejandroayalamaldonado2817]

Gracias.!!!

[@bladmorane7613]

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[@Coleman-sk7py]

Nice moves

[@minophilic6577]

4:49 got me 💡

[@unclebob1959]

Beating patzers is my favorite pastime!

[@992ras]

I always like the Fred Liver attack but it’s normally checkmate in 8 moves technically after the 7 move you probably should resign which is 100 percent accuracy

[@toolate6971]

I need to study more often. This is a great video and I always watch before starting my work in the morning.

[@islarun4103]

After look several time the italian stuff at 1000elo i crush !!! Give me the time to look this one..... ❤🎉

[@mannycastel5997]

good tactics

[@tomkinnally9656]

Smothered Checkmate is the single most satisfying move in chess. Maybe checkmate with a pwn is close.

[@lockeofficial279]

I got bored playing just to play so I hunt smothered mates now. Kings gambit/jaenisch/Rousseau gambit. My F file is open 24/7

[@tonybeatbutcher]

It's if you made some videos what to do or avoid with all those traps.

[@jr-db9ox]

Your channel is very interesting and inspiring, but you're dismissing alternative lines so quickly. For example, at 07:08, after 9. ... Nh6 10. d4, Black can attack the knight through 10. ... d6, and take it after White takes on h6. Then the queen can no longer take on f7. Or, at 07:30, after 9. ... Be7 10. Nxf7, Black can give check with the bishop on h4. If the queen takes the bishop, the king can take the knight on f7.

[@fabiol1170]

What about 2. bishop c5?

[@SAM_CAST_GB]

Responding e4 with b6 then attack with bb7, ?

[@konradoxx2048]

What if black replay with strong D7-D5 ,D7-D6 actually looks weak for black

[@maverickeugene3621]

Faulkner Counter Gambit is what my ops play against my king gambit

[@ha9199]

12:35 why doesn’t black just take the pawn …Qxd5? The white knight is pinned.

[@dean6967]

You can take queen with your queen

[@ha9199]

@@dean6967 Thanks, can't believe I overlooked that!

[@shyamakumari8982]

I was checkmate. Black move bishop D6 in 2nd move

[@gunnervas6117]

What if instead of the night going to C6 he moves the pawn to D5, what to do then?

[@gunnervas6117]

3:14

[@Vasudeva108.]

What if second move they make it check with the queen

[@mrses1987]

The only problem with these videos is we never get enough

[@greenmoxy]

Kings gambit is the most dangerous chess open for both players. I love it because Paul Morphy loved it 😂

[@pratyushplayer0840]

What about that hanging pawn on c2

[@pratisthadhakal4808]

There are 40K views and he says your opponent won't know about it 😂😂😂

[@kishanchandbhargava1102]

Feel good Chees trap.. 😇

[@Archi00007]

Keep sharing how to play chess like a pro👍

[@stephennjuru396]

if i could like this video more than once

[@peterbago4574]

Do you also find that it works many times when you suggest moves to your opponent? Like there is a trap if he moves b6. And I am like b6, b6, come on dude, it is a nice move, move to b6, b6 come on... And then he moves b6 and loses. Why does this work? :)

[@Qatarworldcupupdates]

interesting 😀😀@GMIgorSmirnov

[@Calibrex_Gaming]

If I played chess, I would certainly try this

[@MillionaireRobot]

So you just watch opening strategy videos for a game you don't play?

[@Calibrex_Gaming]

@@MillionaireRobot I watch chess in general for fun

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Time to start playing then 😊

[@mushfiquealam6895]

I hope this can get me 1800 rapid and finally free me from being a 1700 rapid forever

[@ManishBhandari5]

watched the video let's now play a game with king gambit

[@Niramla-df6he]

But first time opponent played QR5check Tell me variation

[@ranaumair2026]

kings gambit expires actually its batter to play queens gambit which is valid to till now

[@SidMadhusudan]

This Analysis is great overall but WRONG at 4.05 min....One CANNOT play Q * g4 (the Bishop) as that will result in Black playing N*C2 ...leading to the loss of Whites Rook !! IGOR and also VIEWERS, do you agree ??

[@zheli6014]

HoW TO DO IT

[@surensenat4024]

What happens when 2….Qh4?

[@sheinemiemanangkil8522]

Today is my chess game so I hope me watching this can win me🎉😊

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

All the best 👍

[@thesurya3067]

❤❤❤❤ wow nice minded people

[@gernotg8480]

Dear Igor. IS your cat okay?

[@jonathanjohnson8656]

If black castles, is a different strategy called for? I played some as a kid but have not in decades, so im playing on my phone to try to develop some skills for me to play the game.

[@RjMcplayer]

You are my idol😊😊help me!

[@aayushghishing8949]

haha but bro in 4.15 what if black Nd4*C2 in while capturing bishop with queen

[@yahushaking4367]

what if the queen is moved and gives you check instead of taking the gambit

[@racimchehrit7991]

لعبة الملوك ♟️♟️♟️♟️♟️

[@rovelyngumarang9941]

Umm sorry moving the f pawn will be a mistake or an inaccuracy

[@AnblikePRO]

But what if the pawn eats the knight?

[@arshtube8414]

What if opponent decides to check with queen and not take the pawm

[@peterreid9769]

D6 kills it dead every time.

[@jyothimanne4567]

But what if queen into bishop after queen into knight and rook gives check, king moves back, and then you take the bishop and Knight into c2

[@Fakharbaloch-iu7gm]

I am sure my opponent watched this video staring time he same move in video but the my opponent changed moves not same video 😂😂

[@anubhavgupta5941]

It works once in hundred

[@AleksiIvanov-kz5yb]

Bishop to e7 ?

[@JohnjuliusEdil]

What if black queen eat white queen... queen to queen

[@thebroccoli6076]

05:10 Then our opponent can play Nc2 and we will lose a rook…

[@micheemwimbu7083]

It not a check mate because black queen will take or night queen will take bad move

[@davinci69]

D5?

[@NOCRAFTPUNK]

U don't use kings gambit against that

[@zipporahkemunto9290]

i sub to your channnel

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thank you for tuning in👍

[@edlawrence5059]

These gimmicks seldom work in practice.

[@ockertwessels649]

In my experience- never treat a KG (white) player with respect. They fear counter attacks; they hate to defend. On Lichess anonymous, many of them simply quit and run away when faced with the Falkbeer Counter Gambit. And if you play the Cunningham defense, only the (relatively) strongest ones survive for more than 28 moves. I am not a very strong player, and my opponents are usually also not too strong. Otherwise, things might have been different.

[@BomaedDonaa]

Who is in let us play game

[@marlougamboa455]

Mm

[@irenio2554]

watching this to beat my crush😂

[@tvlog3607]

Generally speaking…

[@cfriskme]

This guy sounds like Yoda

[@lubuogurri8648]

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