Greek Gift Sacrifice

[@ruslanst.2339]

I literally learned how to play chess by your videos more than decade ago. You are still uploading. Great work! Thank you!

[@kayanims]

I needed this vedio. I see this position all the time

[@halfengineer2231]

I think you got weedeo 😂

[@yuvrajsarathe6421]

Yeah I also stuck when someone plays French defense against me

[@TommEboi]

A legacy vedio?

[@chessematics]

You got a vedio and not a video

[@drali230]

I prefer the missionary position You should really check out videos on it I got my partner in a bit of a twist when I tried it on her Just make sure the vedios you speak og say xxx cos that’s a good sign that it’s an in depth vedio

[@anantchirmade600]

12 years is a lotttt of time to invest on something that isn't popular. Kudos to you. Keep it up 👋👋

[@liamrobinson6063]

Chess is very popular

[@anantchirmade600]

@@liamrobinson6063 Yes, we can say that now. Not quite sure it was the case 8-10 years back.

[@cheersm8396]

@@anantchirmade600 if you sort vids by most popular his second most viewed video was 12 years ago...lmao

[@chesswebsite]

Thanks Anant. Hopefully I can make it another 12 years.

[@numbnuts375]

@@cheersm8396 Yeah the queens gambit video which I'm pretty sure only got million of views because the show queens gambit came out last year starting this spike in people playing chess.

[@arandomguyontheearth...5275]

Kevin you're just speaking so clearly and teaching perfectly with cloud number of vidoes. Hope you will be reaching 1m subscribers soon.

[@buddy3635]

I see requests for this video all the time. I’ve never known how to play it properly, thanks so much Kevin!!

[@chesswebsite]

I always try to make videos for all videos I see a request for. Let me know if you have any you'd like to see.

[@amazingcato5315]

I didn't know this bishop sacrifice had a name. Interesting.

[@chesswebsite]

The more you know, eh?

[@sensejazanki2419]

Isn't the bishop sacrifice called bishop sacriface

[@channel7zip]

@@sensejazanki2419 there are multiple possible bishop sacræfices

[@rikidas5705]

Yeah! I have waited for a long time to see this, thanks kevin!

[@chesswebsite]

Your wish is my command.

[@dudemanaric]

My favorite chess teacher. Love how your thoughts just flow

[@elijahrose7913]

Another well made video sir. It's good to hear your voice again.

[@chesswebsite]

Thanks Elijah. Glad you liked it.

[@elijahrose7913]

@@chesswebsite I'm just happy I can hear your voice again (:

[@arjunsinghverma9173]

Hi Kevin , long time subscriber here. Your content is great and you deserve all the love and support. I really started playing chess last year In lockdown thanks to your videos. You truly are the OG of chess content on KZbin 🖤👑

[@chesswebsite]

Thank you so much for the kind words. I appreciate it.

[@sensejazanki2419]

Wait what if black plays king h 7 stopping queen g 6?

[@chairiyo4654]

For every subscriber to this channel here's a pro tip: watch the videos on 1,5 speed. Ur welcome

[@chesswebsite]

I think I watch all videos and listen to podcasts on 1.5x speed so I agree with you. And for anyone that thinks I talk too fast, they can slow it down as well.

[@Flockofwalruses]

How has the content and the voice not changed all these years

[@chesswebsite]

Time machine

[@kigakiku2011]

Kevin- thanks as always for the content. You mentioned a link to older video outlining when the Greek gift is bad, however all I saw was a general link to your website and not the specific video in question. Likewise from your website I wasn’t able to track it down… can you by chance post the specific link here in the comments or in description?

[@chesswebsite]

www.thechesswebsite.com/bishop-sacrifice/

[@cousinx1976]

this is a great lesson

[@MrArsk4]

What about if black king goes forward to h6 or g6? Afert the Bxh7, Kxh7, Ng5+

[@marcusrobinson9639]

If Kh6, Nxf7+ is a discovered double-check by the bishop and knight, forking the king and queen. Black will lose the queen and a pawn for a knight, which is completely losing. If Kg6, the move h4 by white threatens h5. Black can't properly defend both h5 and Qd3+. Why? If h5, the king would be forced onto h6, which loses the defence of the f7 pawn, and just like the first time, Nxf7+ loses the queen. Going back, if after Kg6 and h4, if black plays a random move, Qd3+ by white forces the move f5, otherwise the king will be checkmated on the side of the board. After f5 by black, h5+ still forces the king away from the defence of the f7 square, so the discovered check by bishop still loses the queen Hope my explanation helped a little, but if it's hard to visualize, you can always set up the board and play out the moves

[@ppepojpe8987]

@@marcusrobinson9639 you're a legend, thank you

[@chesswebsite]

@Marcus nailed it.

[@marcusrobinson9639]

@@chesswebsite :') thank you

[@thomasawdffaw123]

awesome, some great new content! keep it up

[@chesswebsite]

Thanks, Thomas.

[@achilles3590]

Hey Kevin, would you analyse that too if the king goes to g6 at 1:40 that is considered black's best response to the sacrifice as far as I have known..

[@umangknight4775]

White's next move would be h4 and h5 on next move. Black's king would be forced to go to h6. Then Nxf7 capturing queen on the next move and opening the way to mate Black's king soon using White's own queen

[@iplgeek]

Then Qd3+ is crushing. Since all of black’s pieces are so holed up there’s no good way to block the check (f5 loses to en passant on f6), and so black’s position completely crumbles.

[@kuyadong6791]

@@iplgeek Qd3+ is not a good move because there is f5. Though en passant capture is playable but after dxf6, there is a simple Kxf6 and then comes Ke7 and black is now safe although his structure is already crumbled but he's not losing yet. The first commentator is correct on his analysis which is h4. Only then Qd3+ is a best move if black goes Kf5.

[@chesswebsite]

h4 with the threat of h5 is definitely the best option for white.

[@raywilliams3530]

This is great; thanks.

[@80budokai]

Kevin, great video. Can black use the light square bishop to prevent the Greek Gift Sacrifice? Enjoy your weekend! 🙏

[@chesswebsite]

At one point in the video are you referring to?

[@mahadyjuwel2214]

Waiting for you Believe me 🥰😍🤩

[@danielv85]

wooo, kevin is back! Yes, buddy :)

[@chesswebsite]

I'm BACK. Let's gooo chess world.

[@ISM00]

I'm 1200 rated player but i never played French defence like this move order that you describe

[@GodOfThunder00X]

who?

[@lanecr3986]

my friend always plays the french against me and i need a counter for it! and today i was just looking through random openings and saw this one, b4 it started i was like if only this was against the french and it was 🤣

[@archittiwari9358]

I had done more than a fifty times in French defense and never knew it's a literal trap. I thought it as a random move

[@yussefvirus]

"No Chess , no bless.." ❤

[@chesswebsite]

Bingo

[@ZackOknight]

why is the gambit name greek ? is th dude who made it was greek ?

[@ArnoZheng]

I believe they call it the greek gift as in reference to the Trojan horse

[@mrchoon2010]

Wow, you're still making content. I haven't watched you for years, haha

[@chesswebsite]

Still going strong, mrchoon. Glad you are still around.

[@kaandre7199]

The stoned ape theory haha

[@mrchoon2010]

@@kaandre7199 Haha. You noticed

[@kaandre7199]

@@mrchoon2010 yh lol, insane shit isn't it

[@mrchoon2010]

@@kaandre7199 depends what you mean

[@AgentSmith911]

You can practice the Greek gift at lichess: lichess.org/practice/intermediate-tactics/greek-gift/s5pLU7Of/uCkLsFs1

[@chesswebsite]

oh nice.

[@kigakiku2011]

this is awesome- thanks!!

[@gallicadlair81]

3:37 Can’t the rook take the knight to save the queen?

[@yussefvirus]

All love bro ❤❤

[@chesswebsite]

Thanks Yousef.

[@demetriusdemarcusbartholom8063]

Regards from Bangladesh.

[@chesswebsite]

I've always wanted to visit Bangladesh.

[@demetriusdemarcusbartholom8063]

We would love to have you here!

[@finnfly2132]

1:56 what about Kg6? Thats what most people play and I dont really see the win there

[@danedickerson]

Probably just because of Qd4, can result in mate or discovered check I think

[@GaussianEntity]

The immediate h4 followed by h5 will make people squirm lol. Not sure if it's unstoppable but it sure looks like it will give you material advantage if not a straight up checkmate.

[@chesswebsite]

h4 followed by h5.

[@Sayitwolf]

But shouldnt it be a horse to sacrifice? In this video it all starts with a bischop sac

[@chesswebsite]

Yeah I agree with you.

[@Sayitwolf]

@@chesswebsite trojan style ☺️

[@thom_wye]

isn't this the most poetic name ever? )

[@sebastianopaulesu4073]

The name is "Greco's gift" because the first player was Gioacchino Greco in the 17^ century.

[@thom_wye]

@@sebastianopaulesu4073 interesting. I was guessing it was named after the Trojan horse "gift".

[@chesswebsite]

Yes it is

[@sudhakargoutam6875]

U are awesome

[@chesswebsite]

Thanks Sudhakar.

[@jumalegacy9645]

This is good for blitz

[@chesswebsite]

Agreed.

[@starlighthaze]

❤

[@denisdooley1540]

Honestly surprised I haven't gotten burned by this, but now I know.

[@chesswebsite]

haha right?

[@knight.99]

Thanks. Really helpful .

[@moosemanuk]

Great video, thank you

[@Dimitris-q4z]

As a greeek I wanted to see Greek play style so I can follow it too. Thanks for the video

[@Nanoculob]

Nice video man

[@chesswebsite]

Thanks Hornet

[@mauricesmashley1360]

he get a better mic?

[@chesswebsite]

I did indeed. You like?

[@mauricesmashley1360]

@@chesswebsite yes, another brilliancy....

[@usersdkelley]

Thank you Kevin. I needed this.

[@chesswebsite]

You are welcome, Steve.

[@System.Error.]

GG

[@chuckebbs7541]

excellent video

[@chesswebsite]

Thanks Chuck.

[@jacobfrederiksen7864]

nice video, what if the king goes forward though?

[@brimmed]

what if the king just abandons the castle by going g6 after checking with the knight? had that happen once. and then anytime i try a greek gift and analyze my game stockfish calls it a blunder lol. guess my setups are not correct. usually just look to make sure the knight is off the castle, if my bishop isn't at original post i check to make sure the queen can't take my knight when i check. i doubt stockfish is wrong but can't figure out why it's not a good setup for a greek gift

[@22.Tone02]

👍🏽

[@sneakerhead4770]

I think u messed up at 3:40 rook can just take the knight cause u didn’t bring the queen into the position. U forked the queen and king with the knight but the knight isn’t protected. Nvm u did it both ways

[@AntonStruzik]

At 3:30 Qh5 is actually much better than Nxf7, because after that if black plays Bxg5 you take with your bishop, and if he doesn't take with his queen on g5 you threaten mate in 2 with Bg6.

[@rekhasharma-hv1qm]

What if the king moves out to the open after it accepts the greek gift?

[@achilles3590]

Thank you man

[@chesswebsite]

You are welcome.

[@synsuu]

Dude what if king takes boshop but goes to g7 instead of 1 square back now u cant play queen there?

[@maha4life703]

Can you make a video on the marshall attack please?

[@chesswebsite]

Yeah I already have it on my website. www.thechesswebsite.com/marshall-attack/

[@aymenrr4212]

what if the king move to g3 after xH3 ?

[@karyoplasma]

Just fyi if you are playing as black and made the mistake to castle. The best continuation is to accept the bishop sacrifice and then give up your queen to take the knight on g5. You will be far behind, but you can still survive and maybe your opponent blunders their queen and if that happens you are up a piece. As white, if your opponent takes your knight, obviously take the queen and try to simplify to an endgame as you are up a lot of material.

[@sakuragi_hanamichi3263]

Where is the other video?

[@Blinkers2007GameDev]

What if the king takes the bishop then goes forward? But then it's pretty open, right?

[@ZTN_deadline]

What if they do king to g6

[@coalminor]

f6 variation when?

[@spencergraham-thille9896]

Is there a name for a bishop sacrifice on h6?

[@chottomatte7310]

What about black's Pf6?

[@nahilzerouali8365]

What about king g5

[@lukereynolds2139]

What happens if Kg6??

[@leahpateric5691]

What happens if queen sacs for the knight? A bishop + knight for queen + pawn is not exactly a good deal but it's better than losing right away

[@ignDart]

thats the best option for black in a lot of scenarios, so you just end up with a material advantage

[@deafrock1580]

very nice, unfortunately, I keep on forgetting the gambits and tricks

[@chesswebsite]

All good. Practice makes perfect.

[@jbusadam1625]

I don’t see the link you promised that shows when you should not sacrifice the bishop here.

[@chesswebsite]

It's at the end of the video. The last 10 seconds.

[@dillinger4839]

Ellhnaras

[@gester4890]

2:10 Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't it better to play Nf6 attacking the queen?

[@chiruvolusourya3567]

Pawn takes knight

[@elijahrose7913]

Hello Kevin (:

[@chesswebsite]

Hello Elija Rose

[@bhaveshsinghpawar]

Hello, I have a question. I just started playing chess and watched a lot of tutorials to improve my game. I follow all the rules and principles taught in tutorials but my opponent often goes against all of them and this makes very confuse what to do as I had no idea about it and neither such condition was ever mentioned in any tutorial. Please help what should I do?

[@thesmashfloydian]

Just follow principles and develop normally. At beginner level (I’m a beginner too), principles are a lot more important than theory or memorizing specific move orders

[@bhaveshsinghpawar]

@@thesmashfloydian thank you very much

[@bhaveshsinghpawar]

@HiddenBush what are engine lines?

[@bhaveshsinghpawar]

@HiddenBush hmm, ok, thanks a lot for your help

[@chesswebsite]

There are a lot of opening principles that you should always focus on. When you get confused you should always focus on the fundamentals. Happy to explain more if you want to email me.

[@sirnawaz]

How exactly "things are lost for Black" at 4:32? On the contrary, it seems Black is in a better situation now.

[@buddy3635]

I think just because their king is so exposed. If an aggressive player was playing white, they could go all in and probably win. But if they’re a passive player in whites position, I see how they could lose to black

[@timmilowic871]

Black is down a full rook

[@sirnawaz]

@@timmilowic871 OK. So by "things are lost" meant that rook is lost, not the entire game! If so, I agree.

[@marcusrobinson9639]

@@sirnawaz against any reasonably strong Player, being down a full piece, especially while your king is so exposed, is completely losing.

[@sirnawaz]

@@marcusrobinson9639 I agree.

[@genius5567ismereal]

what program do you guys use to make this video. I mean the chess platform

[@chesswebsite]

I use Rybka Aquarium.

[@genius5567ismereal]

@@chesswebsite ok thanks. Love you guys from Vietnam

[@kintin6478]

i'd still put my queen to h5 if bishop not taken, you could still checkmate

[@nickgood3998]

Last

[@aatishkant7287]

My opponent played nf6 but luckily i have already castled and my rook was f open file and i won the match😁

[@Smile-zi5gl]

Iam no. 50 in like

[@kingofkingschessworld7931]

First viewer

[@chesswebsite]

Booyah. You did it.

[@giuseppecolella8698]

"Greco" gift, not Greek. Gioacchino Greco was italian player.

[@BradleyCoopertest]

ετσι νικησα εναν παππου να ξερεις.. ελεγε οτι ειχε παιξει με τον κασπαροφ

[@straightpinq4917]

who’s here from blacklist

[@ChessJourneyman]

Covers the Greek gift, doesn't cover Kg6 🤣🤣🤣

[@salumtummundi9462]

Yeah and hes so slow....

[@chesswebsite]

Kg6 then go h4 followed by h5.

[@gdaaps]

Greek should be Greco, instead, from the name of the italian inventor

[@TechSupportDave]

Just came from one of your videos from 2010 and WOW hearing your microphone quality improve so much is so satisfying. But that quiet buzz is still there :((

[@starlighthaze]

❤