10 Chess Traps to Win FAST!!

[@cooperrondinelli6576]

Apparently, for the last 30 years, whenever somebody asks my mom to play chess (i.e. my brother and me), she agrees on the condition that if she wins, she never has to play that person again. Then, she busts out the Scholar's Mate and drops the mic. I don't even think she knows for sure how the pieces move, but she doesn't have to, she just knows those four moves lol

[@COBRA-rq1ig]

Lol

[@Dolritto]

You guys can just prepare for scholars mate if your already aware it's coming, but you want to play with her so much that you let her win, right?

[@peeinacan1]

@@Dolritto the idea is that for her first ever game, she's gonna pull a surprise checkmate. If you're aware that its coming, she's probably already beaten you with it, and will never play you again. A true pro gamer move

[@RandomPerson-gf6gd]

I feel like scholars mate should be your first expectation when playing anyone

[@flortrupp]

trick to beat kids

[@OwenL2020]

My son is 6 and recently somehow became obsessed with chess despite never having seen a chess board before. I have never played seriously. I used to casually play against my own dad to get dominated again and again. So when he asked to play, I got a board and found your channel to learn the basics again. Thank you for having all this amazing content! It won't take long for my boy to be better than I am. He's smarter than most kids. But for now time to take these lessons and go humiliate this kid while I can.

[@mrduckface9384]

damn this shit started wholesome and at the end…

[@ComfortKM]

Ahh, passing the pain of loss from generation to generation. It is said that hard times create strong men and there is no exception for the chess board.

[@artemkortsev8279]

@@mrduckface9384 and at the end it became golden

[@chaosssj2356]

I’ve watched a few videos, let me play him. I think i can take a 6 yr old… btw, i play houserules where my opponent can’t play with a queen and 1 bishop of their choice… i think i can take him 😏

[@Blackoutgaming08]

Your number please

[@maedhros9285]

1:47 This works very well in otb chess, it is called the felt trick mate. You look at the downside of your king and ask your opponent if their king also has a piece of felt under it. When they take up theit king to look, you reclaim the touch-move-rule.

[@_v2.0]

This is brilliant, but there's a special place in hell for people like that lol.

[@aoliya107]

@@_v2.0 in Russia these people end up with their nose broken

[@A1ir3za]

Opponent scratches balls:

[@thesnackbandit]

Wow I have no idea if I should be impressed or disgusted.

[@thebishopchess]

Pure genius.

[@eddiethemuffin1944]

The Ponziani is such a good opening,mostly because it's so trappy but even if they don't fall into your traps you still get very good positions

[@Viper56720]

I know right!

[@matthewglenguir7204]

You just convinced me to main the Ponziani

[@Apocalyptic9000]

@@matthewglenguir7204 same

[@s_solus3089]

Ruy lopez is better lol, fewer traps but greater positions

[@xiuqingsun3466]

​@@s_solus3089yeah stockfish actually really hates the ponziani opening lol. Also I personally think the ponziani has very few traps to fall into.

[@adav9440]

5 moves : there is also the petrov smothered check when the black knight goes back to f6 after taking the pawn but that only leads to a queen loss for black.

[@r.m2192]

The petrov is good but above 1200 not many people fall for it

[@ilmamwafiy8496]

@@colegieseking5136 Thanks, it maybe helpful for me

[@colegieseking5136]

@@ilmamwafiy8496 I promise that if you play for these tricks you will get them a ton.

[@dust6995]

Yeah I tend to lose my queen a lot

[@mattonesti6657]

There’s another nasty queen sac line in the stafford that’s an 8 move KO and pops up regularly. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bg5 Nxe4 7. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 8. Ke2 Bg4#

[@Anon_581]

Yeah, the reverse Légal trap. The main trap, iirc, is from the Italian game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nxe5!). Main line goes 6...Nxe5 7.Qxh5 Nxc4 8.Qb5+ c6 9.Qxc4 and White is a pawn up with a better position. In that Stafford line however, Black has nothing after something like 6.h3

[@adentravis]

Yess!!! Such a good trap, I'm surprised he didn't cover it in the video, I've gotten it a handful of times, it catches so many players off guard...

[@sailorkumud]

@@colegieseking5136 amazing man so many traps and just one year hats off to you mate

[@johnchessant3012]

In all my years of online chess I got the Albin trap exactly once, against an 1800. It felt so good.

[@Terra157]

he is still better than u

[@tomaszk.6065]

That's the problem with these gambits, they are very well known in the online community. I played into Albin like 15 times already and no-one took the damn bishop :D

[@johnchessant3012]

@@tomaszk.6065 They don't even play e3. They almost always play Nf3 and it's like a +1 advantage for white haha. Still, at my level I'm fond of the Albin, that pawn on d4 makes for some very dynamic games

[@amaryllis0]

@@tomaszk.6065 I play Urosov and Nakhmanson and players aren't so savvy about it, at least at my level

[@Terra157]

@@tomaszk.6065 the problem with those gambits is: u want to win just by knowing some moves, not being better

[@timnauwelaers6876]

As a Ruy Lopez player, I have to say that because of Eric I have learned a lot of variations up to 15 moves in the stafford to not get smashed by it

[@ShanilleRose]

Levy: idk why i said move 7 *a couple minutes later* Levy: alright let’s go to move 8

[@bobbynygaardchrisitansen6874]

I think one of the most important lessons as a beginner is to learn common traps. Not to make them but to avoid falling for them. Also a beginner learns to react to opponents threats instead of just making own moves because if a beginner falls for a trap. It is a lesson learned.

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

After watching first 2 traps it is interesting to see how these traps are for very different levels. The first trap is for 500 players and the second one is for 1200 players. There is no way that a 1200 falls into the first trap and there is no way a 500 player plays logical enough moves so that he falls for the seocond trap.

[@brianiskandar9917]

True

[@_neel_6408]

Yupp

[@Paulski25]

And still... even as a better player you can forget the correct response...

[@aguilafg9519]

I've actually won against an FM with the Englund (I'm 1700). It's true that it was a bullet, but those people don't study "trash openings" and don't expect them so you can catch them because they will blitz the moves without thinking. And there are much more tricks thaan that line in the video, so you can win easily if the oponent doesn't know the opening and plays fast.

[@jackferdinger4180]

Fallen for the smothered mate Caro trap before. Damn near deleted my account

[@brightpowder_cena]

Légal Trap is a classic, can go something like: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 h6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Nxe5 Bxd1 6. Bxf7+ Ke7 7. Nd5#

[@xxFortunadoxx]

According to rumors, Légal would often purposefully grab his knight to take the e5 pawn, then put it back down feigning hesitation as if he just saw that his queen was hanging. The opponent would cite the touch-move rule, at which point he'd take, and they'd take the queen without thinking leading to the trap.

[@rosiefay7283]

@@xxFortunadoxx Often? So Légal didn't just win with it in the stem game against St. Brie, then? Do you have a citation for this?

[@brightpowder_cena]

@@xxFortunadoxx sounds more like something Blackburne would have done

[@xxFortunadoxx]

@@rosiefay7283 I don't. I read it awhile back on a site, but I can't find it anymore. That said, considering he played for many years for wagers at the Cafe de la Régence, and routinely gave piece odds like he did against St. Brie, it's very unlikely this is the first time he played it. He was essentially the first chess hustler. What's much more likely is that since this is the only game we have known from him, which isn't surprising given that it was a casual game played in a Paris cafe in 1750; it just happens to be the stem game for the trap.

[@xxFortunadoxx]

@@brightpowder_cena Blackburne played it several times, and considering he's known for the Schilling Trap which is rather dubious, it's possible he's the one who did it rather than Légal. I just remember reading somewhere that Légal did this.

[@danielcastillo4301]

You need to do a video on some of the theory behind the "Bong Cloud." Can you also explore the "Stoner Sicilian?" Thanks

[@sociologie4507]

I think Levy played the Albin Counter and won in 9 moves in one of his latest Win at Chess vids. It was quite nice. Its visually so nice to see the black on d4 shredding open the middle.

[@guraanshbhagchandani6295]

There is also the Budapest Gambit mate in 8 moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Ngxe5 8. axb4 Nd3#

[@yaminabrar2253]

I am a chess player and I play e4. So shut up lol.

[@choi6718]

@@yaminabrar2253 bruh

[@rosiefay7283]

Yes, that's the Kieninger Trap. (White escapes by 8 BxN/NxN.)

[@joedawson4592]

Wanna say man I started back up chess a few months ago and was rusty but not incompetent. Was climbing up the elo from 400 to 600 in a coupe of month just by do or die learning. Kept get mud 7s and drop back down. So watched a few people’s videos and I felt there was holes in their logic, nothing is exact in chess from one game to the next I know but then came across yours. Man I’ve got up to mud to late 900s now in the past 4 days and am starting to comfortably beat 1100s. You decipher the information well and explain the reasonings instead of just saying what to do which helps you fill in the blanks better when getting off the beaten track. Thank you

[@sbtrywr666]

6:09 I actually had this checkmate in a Tournament, best Moment in my whole time playing chess

[@viksinha5410]

Lmaoooooo how bad was your opponent

[@sbtrywr666]

@@viksinha5410 about 1600

[@viksinha5410]

@@sbtrywr666 You are telling me that a 1600 rated player hung a mate on move 6??

[@sbtrywr666]

@@viksinha5410 yep, this time is was a bit more than just a piece xD

[@odoaiden3525]

@@viksinha5410 lol

[@advikrajaani]

I played against my class teacher, and gave a discovered check to her king. Then I moved a rook diagonal to the king. This blocked the check. She captured the rook and it was mate. I cut her king.

[@strider1015]

You can’t move the rook diagonal

[@advikrajaani]

​@@strider1015 I mean I moved the rook diagonal to the king. RF6 and KE7

[@yareyaredacat9943]

How tf do you cut a king???

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

@@yareyaredacat9943 With a knife. Or better yet, sword.

[@kavinusk]

Chess in ohio

[@rossmurray6849]

Neither the Fried Liver Attack and Traxler Counterattack are "there for the taking". In fact, the reverse is true, and I routinely invite opponents to play the sacrifice lines of both attacks. As White, the key move to beat the Traxler is to take the f7 pawn with your bishop instead of the knight. And as Black, the key move to beat the Fried Liver is Nb4 when they start bringing in more pieces to attack your knight pinned in front of the king on d5. You can protect that with two more pieces: c6 is one, and the other is re-route your knight back via a6 to c7. Neither of these defenses are easy, but as a 1200-ish player, I always manage to come out ahead against opponents who try these sacrifices against me.

[@rosiefay7283]

That's true by definition. If a move had no refutation, it would be a good move, and we wouldn't call it a trap.

[@dil4404]

I feel the same way about the Englund, I've only lost once to it in a biltz game when I was fairly low rated, but in every single rapid game that I've gone against Englund, I was able to figure out the theory even when I was 1200, its very simple and just requires visualizing the opponents 1-move response to your move. Nowadays I play the refutations to the Englund even faster than the people who actually play the thing. I feel like Gotham should treat it as more of a beginner trap for those under 1000 than a beginner to intermediate trap

[@R6447-s5z]

The traxler aint that bad even if they take with bishop cause black still gets so much counter play. Yeah if you gave the position to two engines white would win everytime, humans are trash and just put pressure. Exhibit a: im 1600 rapid and I still manage to blunder my queen.

[@rossmurray6849]

@@R6447-s5z The Traxler is bad. Trust me, I'm a 1200 who almost certainly still blunders more than you. The opponent going for the Traxler used to be my favourite opening by opponents. I don't get there anymore after I changed to d4 and Caro-Kann openings. The first thing is to play Bxf7+ after black plays Bc5. DO NOT take f7 with the knight on g5. Take it with the bishop and then (once the king has moved out of check), retreat the bishop all of the way back. Now if they still play Bxf2+, take it with your king. There's no real danger anymore. The queen cannot get out fast enough to trouble you. And they cannot now follow up with Nxe4+ because your knight is still on g5 and protecting the e4 pawn. Whether or not they still play Bxf7+, you have 3 things to secure your position asap. - play d3 to over-protect the e4 pawn, because you'll need to retreat the knight on g5 that currently protects it. - retreat your knight on g5 back to f3, provided you have already played d3 to protect e4. - play h3 prevent them from playing Bg4 which would attack your queen. Note 1. Play h3 *immediately* whenever black advances their d-pawn. You really MUST not allow them to play Bg4. Note 2. If they play an early h6, FORCING you to move the g5-knight before you've protected the e4-pawn with d3, then you (paradoxically) should go back into f7 with the knight, forking their queen and rook, and you take the rook once they have moved their queen. At that point you abandon the knight until you've complete the other priorities above. Try it out against an engine. The worst you'll end up with if they try 4 ... Bc5 is one pawn up, a solid position, and an opponent who has lost castling rights. Leave another reply if you have problems.

[@R6447-s5z]

@@rossmurray6849 what kind of d4 player are you? London, catalan, blackmar diemer, queen's gambit

[@sidhantsrivastava7426]

It's a shame that this wasn't mentioned: 1. e4 e5 2. Ke2 Black resigns

[@radicaljojo8795]

Bongcloud opening

[@Dabi15574]

Lmao

[@caseyrussellwen]

Niiiiiiii😮

[@chriskane482]

Can't wait to try these on my friends at the bar or library.

[@itsmetater]

I accidentally premoved e4 as black for the englund gambit, and ended up winning in 8 moves. It felt amazing

[@shanastroskyphazer8172]

Thanks Gotham I enjoyed reviewing these old lines with you, yes got the Englund mate with the Queen once and yes The Blackburne shilling also landed that a few times with some nice smother among others !! ! Im glad you didnt show the latvian , need a whole video for that one! your not Smyslov you know but you could be a Capa lol. GM Alterman has the best gambit course ! You should make a updated chess glossary. You vocal dexterity around chess terms and themes is up there ! impress me a lot. Thanks. Piece deflection is an interesting topic , could have saved me a couple of games. Engine is master of piece deflection. Me not haha !

[@beckydoesit9331]

I like that Albin where most of the moves are just the pawn walking across the board getting promoted to a knight. Love it.

[@khaluu2000]

Stafford Gambit is a pretty common idea that derives from the fishing pole trap. So everyone else can research that idea too

[@artsenor254]

For lazy people, here's a line that shows it from Ruy Lopez opening : 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 h6 4. Bxc6 (exchange variation) dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 (that one is known as the Alapin gambit), with the idea that 7. hxg4 hxg4 8.Nxe5 is followed by 8... Qh4 with unavoidable mate.

[@mikhailgromov5223]

I recently had exactly same game as that your first game in OTB tournament, fried liver is so satisfying when it all plays out wel

[@ekiM2K]

Thanks for shouting out the Englund Gambit, I'm very prepped in the computer lines after Qxb2 Nc3. Going to be very nice to win some easy games in the coming days 😂

[@SandeepYadav-nb4wr]

Exactly, once you learn the refutation to the Englund, it just farming elo next. Easy wins

[@strategy2128]

In the fried liver after the mainline move Qf3+, if they go Ke8, you go Bxd5 and in this position you would not believe how many 1200s played Nd4 attacking the queen and blundering Qf7#. Just a little tip for you

[@Astruko]

Man I'm glad that I got into chess! I really want to learn these moves. It's just so hard for me to memorize all of this. I can't wait until I get better at this!

[@JustStop19]

I love how Levy mistakingly said «Let's go to the move 7» instead of «7 moves» and made fun of himself for that, only to say «Let's go to the move 8» the very next segment!

[@justicezee5941]

I love a good recap, but it's refreshing to get more instructional content. Could you please think about doing another opening video? Possibly revisiting the Catalan?

[@kruksog]

No one watching Levy should play the Catalan. It's a theoretical monster. If theres one thing you should learn from Levy, it's to not play shit like that (Catalan, Spanish, Sicilian) until you're like, 1800. If you're sub 1000 just don't. Seriously, just don't.

[@olivetree7430]

@@kruksog dude this is just stupid. I'm 1100 and my best chances against e4 comes from the sicilian and I play a lot of Englishes and it works . Those "theoretical monsters" are great because no one is used to them . Even if I play worse because the position is hard , my opponent play worse too bcs he does not understand wtf is this position.

[@robw9986]

Quaade Gambit (variation of the King's Gambit) has a fun trap. (You let a pawn take your rook and promote to a queen but it never gets to leave the promotion square) Rosen has a video on it.

[@seanh8546]

After watching this yesterday, I have won 6 in a row, closing in on 500 elo. Thanks!

[@brianspengel4197]

A very similar concept to the Blackburn-Shilling smothered mate can happen in the Fritz Variation.

[@IvanIvanov-wd4mu]

Lol, watching this it turns out that today I played the Fried Liver myself without any idea what this is. I am around 1200, I was thinking that I can get the enemy’s king to f7 and then somehow chase it or eventually win black’s knight.(without a clear plan though) However, I was very hesitant to sacrifice the knight taking on f7, and the computer saw it as a blunder when I checked after the game. Also, I delivered the same checkmate - black’s king moved to g8 and after I took the knight on d5 with my white bishop I am pretty sure the opponent surrendered.

[@raidensingh6113]

damn bro 1200 and you didnt know? im 400. but the fried liver has many faults, like simply moving your knight once will tear apart the whole thing.

[@Grandcapi]

Many years ago I won a game with the Englund exactly as you showed and I delivered the mate with the Queen. It was not bliz or bullet, but a serious game against a good opponent.

[@elikesef2611]

Many years ago I started to play the Englund exactly as above, and I only play slow games, and since I have slaughtered literally HUNDREDS of opponents, with the Englund. Very many mate on move 8. :D

[@Alex-sn4wr]

I pretended to know chess at school and my teacher said she will challenge me. So I'm finding ways to win easily🤣

[@Luarmine]

You lost?

[@watnou346]

​@@Luarmine he is death.

[@nonsens7832]

How does this make sense

[@stefdatboi1481]

What happened

[@datonefunnyguy2200]

What was the outcome

[@gauthierthomas4171]

i just got that knight checkmate with the blackburne-shilling - first try! Thanks Levy

[@Phoenix-nh9kt]

I love these kind of videos. Gives me OG gothamchess video vibes. This is what i subbed for :)

[@jhan944]

I have recently discover your channel, and I can say this is the most enjoyable Chess KZbin Channel I've ever seen

[@memesawesom]

23:58 I would like to make a slight correction: The portuguese gambit is where white plays 3. d4, versus the icelandic gambit which is shown in the video. I didn't know that either, nothing much, but I did get confused.

[@RationalEgoism]

I see the Englund gambit somewhat often. I just brushed up on the 4 Bf4 line because it's a little better than Nc3 which I was playing.

[@jonnelson4986]

I'm sure you get a ton of people saying positive things... but your channel has really reinvigorated my love of chess. Even more than that, it has been the springboard to rekindle a friendship (I am chatting nightly about chess strategy to get better haha). Thank you so much for the amazing content. Also, chat/commenters, thanks for the entertainment. Watching the "guess the elo" or subscriber games have been wildly entertaining. I appreciate that hours of content you have helped create. Now I'm back to watching without commenting!

[@ivanjato4315]

In the Ponziani opening. If black takes back on c6 and white does Nxc6, then black still has a pretty powerful move, Qb6 that would probably be worth analyzing

[@ThunderstrikeX-et8dg]

Shut up

[@jaminaez8996]

Ty man these tips will help me to get better at chess.

[@wasp7969]

you’re not gonna get better with this trash video

[@lawn7271]

@@wasp7969 ratio

[@Lambdaphile]

What's good about this guide is that he didn't cover all the lines in a given trap, instead he mentioned them that there other lines, and if you're curious you can investigate them. I value that.

[@JoelJoel321]

I like the Halosar trap, a variation on the Blackmar Diemer gambit. I've won with that multiple times. A brutal Queen sac mate.

[@Falcon_crest10]

My dad: moves a piece to a different place Me: I'm done I quit I quit

[@BobbyBoJanglles]

I fell for the Caro Kann checkmate because I didn't watch this video :(

[@LivingHuman_Nathaniel]

Bobby gets ignored by Levy 😮

[@LivingHuman_Nathaniel]

Hello btw ur chess raps are great

[@mattsaunders5033]

i love porzani opening and stafford gambit because i like attacking chess. thanks for the traps,

[@blastmanutz7798]

My problem with these traps is that once I learn these patterns I then start playing like shit. Every move I do I do it in anticipation of a player blundering and then they mostly just destroy me. So I try to use these traps more as a guide on how to pin or exploit in certain positions, play normal chess and maybe exploit some of these later in game, if the opportunity arises. My average ELO has raised considerably after doing this. But, I may as well be completely wrong about this, after all I'm only about 1500ELO (not fide).

[@alfiealfie35]

1500 elo's great

[@blastmanutz7798]

@@alfiealfie35 hey thanks! It's something :) I am extremely envious of the 2000+ players though, they play such beautiful chess whereas in 1500 zone, much of the game is still complete chaos and there is rarely a truly "artistic" position on the board, if you catch my meaning. :)

[@tahaubaid8826]

@@blastmanutz7798 I'm reaching 1100 i wanna play against u a friendly match bro though I know I am to lose i just want to😂 would you?

[@Dolritto]

1500 is really good, you 100% should not feel bad about yourself, dear King. It's a common pattern than once the chess players learn more interesting tactics we kinda abandon the simple, but working ways, cause we want to progress and use new interesting sistems, it's perfectly normal, you just have to play simple sistem from time to time, even if you felt bored with them working ok-ish for previous dozen games.

[@marianonavarro5380]

Hey yo! I was wondering why haven't you done the grand prix recaps? I truly enjoyed the one's you've done for the first one.

[@seancluogh8196]

Who else watched this just to relive chess trauma?

[@trollermcgeetv]

At 9:33, Qa4+ is also decent as you fork the king and knight.

[@jochemdegraaf244]

This man's videos are just as good drunk as they are sober. Love you man, keep up the good work

[@xelaolapid4763]

I, personally, think the best way to checkmate in few moves is to use a Browning M2 Machine Gun to check the opponent, and eventually finish it off using a M16 5.56 mm Rifle/ M4 Carbine to deliver a stunning checkmate.

[@F2PMatione]

ponziani and englund are the ones that seems to me as the best and which can happen really often, thanks for the video which is like advertisement to study and watch it more closely

[@antifreeze655]

Long ago in the times of ancient chess there lived a king named I don’t care.He had three children gadmator the brave ,Levi the loser and erosen the handsome.They had to go on a dangerous quest to stop Benjamin the golden from attacking their kingdom.The three brothers crossed high mountains and burning deserts to reach there.But only one was allowed to enter the evil lair.the brothers chose Levi because they felt he was under appreciated.Levi challenged Benjamin the golden but lost only to 1.f3

[@nathanlortz3928]

This is some fine gold

[@kitetm7596]

These puns are killing me

[@DanielRicardo42]

There's also an 8 move win with the Stafford, which is my favorite - they try to pin your knight with 6.Bg5, at which point you play 6..Nxe4, ignoring the pin and sacrificing your queen, but deliver mate with Bxf2+ and Bg4# Full move order: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bg5 Nxe4 7. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 8. Ke2 Bg4#

[@rosiefay7283]

That's a great trap -- it's like Légal's mate but with Black mating -- but the Stafford trap is 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nxe5 Nc6?! 4 Nxc6 dxc6 5 e5? (d3) Ne4?! (Nd5/Nd7/Ng8) 6 d3?? (Nc3/d4/Qe2) Bc5! 7 Be3 (d4? Bxd4!) Bxe3 8 fxe3 Qh4+ 9 g3 Nxg3 10 hxg3 (Rg1 Ne4+ 11 Rg3 (Ke2?? Qf2#) Qxh2 {-9}) QxRh1! {-5}.

[@Neon.edixts]

i have a doubt why didnt the bishop from f8 didnt move to e7 at the first trap with the queen

[@breezebeats7812]

Then he'd take your rook and knight and have another check if bishop is empty

[@tehjargonz0r]

you can't, its pinned to the king by the queen so you can't move it

[@v071_d]

thanks gotham, i was able to checkmate with no mistakes, no blunders, and no missed wins on move 4

[@avikashyap8415]

0:01 start please

[@Stringz1996]

Eric Rosen has a lot of good videos on the ponziani aswell for anyone looking for more lines/ traps in that

[@TheMarc477]

Are you not covering Grand Prix?

[@DJYMPATJAS]

The stafford gambit is mental 😭

[@sami6911]

That Fried Liver trap was one of my favourite openings to play in blitz, of course you had to tell everyone about it 😂

[@utoherozv]

I think understanding the fried liver's principles is a very a good start for beginners. Multiple attackers on a square, the power of the night, defending when you don't feel comfortable. There are a lot of options, but in my journey so far it's been quite helpful.

[@alpha-niner-101]

thank you levy i lost 27 points in the first 4 games , truly amazing

[@francescopagano4081]

Thats rude

[@samuelking1624]

my favourite move against the stafford gambit is 4.Nc3, the halloween gambit. You sacrifice a night for a pawn to restrict the movement of your oponent's knights

[@chessycontent]

Ho

[@hasittoprani5376]

Hi Gotham thank you for your informative videos. I had watched your video on Fried liver and Traxler, and applied it in my games and won many times.

[@Dixoncider1973]

Dude ypu are fuckin good, i bet you just toy with other people that think their good, my game is poker, and im quite good, but im learning chess, and your vids are helpin a brotha out. Mad props.

[@burntmyballsonahotpocket9093]

He’s an international master. Elite fr

[@saharshsingh4314]

Im not even joking, on lichess I got the same variation checkmate Gotham showed in the video. Thank you so much!

[@weet._candy]

I really hope I can win, there's a chess competition-

[@Corrupt_W]

what happened ?

[@weet._candy]

I lost-

[@Corrupt_W]

@@weet._candy RIP

[@twicecrumbs.]

@@weet._candy ouch that'd hurt

[@weet._candy]

Eh, I don't mind losing, as long as I had fun while playing -w-

[@idan654321]

tbh considering u recommend in your course the Vienna i thought u might show the trap of taking the gambit which goes like this (so u know what i mean and for people to look it up) 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.e5 Qe7 5.Qe2 Ng8 6.Nf3 d6 7.Nd5 Qd8 8.Nxc7 Qxc7 9.exd6+ and u win the queen no matter what he does

[@mercymuzyamba9252]

Woooooow!! He's a good chess teacher, I'm sure he knows how to play himself

[@heliobroski2243]

words spoken by a person who has never touched a chessboard. those moves he plays against himself are the most logical ones and the most common ones

[@quaffiea]

@@heliobroski2243 yeah but tbf this is rly assuming you're playing against a beginner or intermediate player

[@farhanlabib3886]

Levy, do a cover on lucchini and Alexandra gambit. Those are seriously underrated against Italian games!

[@solomonlane6423]

this video is chess

[@whoop_di_scoop1105]

this statement is a valid chess statement

[@rituparna666]

So?😂😂😂

[@margarinoslav]

Splendid observation.

[@BenIThink]

Indeed.

[@Adithe_king]

Nooooo it's Fortnite OF COURSE IT IS CHESS THAT IS PART OF WHAT GOTHAM MAKES

[@javkhlanaltansukh4963]

I would appreciate if you re record your misspoken parts. You are being too lazy to just keep recording afterwards

[@ksms92jsu]

PIN OF SHAME AND UNCANNYES

[@danibarack552]

This is fair criticism tho, maybe a bit rude for calling him lazy but still

[@widepeepoflo]

🤨

[@zxmn5149]

I mean thats a valid point.

[@Cassandra_Steel]

Not wrong

[@andrewmays3988]

This was your absolutely best chess video! You are a chess genius!!😇

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[@styromite5667]

Hey Levy, I've been enjoying your content ever since the Queen's Gambit launched on Netflix. The main roadblock that is preventing me from playing more chess is that I get severe anxiety whenever I want to start a random game of chess. Playing against people I know is no problem and when I get invited it's not that bad, but whenever I want to start a random game of chess I just completely freeze. I've been able to play 5 random games in about a year (1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses) and that's it. I'd love to be able to overcome this fear, so if you have any advice on how to start or if you're familiar with this problem, I'd love to hear it!

[@phishhammer9733]

as someone who struggled with this in the past, not just with chess, I'll tell you what worked for me. You might find this advice frustrating or unhelpful, but it is what it is. Just play dude. Make a chess com acct or a lichess account, and just click the play button. You'll lose games, you'll win some games, it will be fun. Remind yourself you're doing this for fun, not for an exam, or for a job interview. There are no terrible consequences for losing, and the more you play the more fun you have and the less stressful it is to start a game. The same advice applies to being paralyzed by fear/anxiety when it comes to anything you're trying to pursue in life...you've just gotta do the thing. The feeling of anxiety from worrying about doing it is way worse than actually doing it. The more you prove that to yourself by taking the plunge, the easier it will get.

[@kalistadrake5226]

I've actually played the Blackburn- Shilling gambit a few times against people. When it doesn't work it's not that bad; you can still win with good play. But when it does work you feel like an unstoppable wrecking machine!!

[@fractalinfect3454]

Also, a great trap I've used many times in the Queen's Gambit Accepted: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Qf3! This wins either a rook, knight, or bishop for free with an easy win to follow.

[@TheFlagMaster.]

3.e3 is a rubbish move though, can't black just equalise immediately with 3...e5?

[@mos2903]

@@TheFlagMaster. Yeah the best move is Nf3 to stop e5

[@fractalinfect3454]

@@TheFlagMaster. lol. e3 has been played at top level, but it’s a weak move.

[@blakefauskee2596]

Are you going to make grand prix recaps again? Big fan of the last ones

[@Ligatmarping]

Great vid! I play the blackburn-shilling, with some studying of the lines if they dont fall for it, you are perfectly ok at the 1900 online level.

[@mymainchannel3253]

This is perfect timing because I’m doing chess class tomorrow. Thanks Gotham

[@unitech5321]

Great video as always levi . Back to grand prix recaps froms today?😉🙃

[@richardwilloughby4007]

GC, you have renewed my interest in chess. After my third stroke, I now learn best by the way you teach. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! The Mathematics Teacher

[@rambhap6318]

OMG your videos are sooo helpful thank you

[@einfachiggi]

12:15 i like the "black Knight Gambit" as counter most (from your other videos) :P

[@weavle96]

Englund has been very annoying against my London system until I learned that I can transpose it into a Danish gambit and that realization was amazing lol.

[@codinggerbil1465]

At the ponziani, making a new queen, if they block with the bishop then you take the rook and when the queen takes the new queen, white moves their first queen and take the bishop and mate black.

[@montazirabidy7658]

dude you doing amazing videos.. i recently started playing and your videos have helped me a lot! best of luck with everything that you want to achieve :D

[@11EdYi11DrQwartz]

THANKS SOOO MUCH !! This video helped me soo much from lose lose win lose to win win draw lose win. (And also I've met people playing the first tactic)

[@jamesfinch9642]

im not going to lie, gotham is my favourite chess teacher. find myself slowly dwindling everyone out and just watching gotham. big up levy

[@peterweltweit]

I remember my first Albin win...great feeling!

[@fartingoat4011]

I started playing a week ago and I'm at 400 elo, and when I got hit with the wayward queen for the first time I was genuinely shook.