Three Aggressive Attacking Games by Joseph Henry Blackburne | Chess Classics

Jonathan Schrantz analyzes three of Joseph Henry Blackburne's greatest attacking games showcasing king hunts, amazing chess tactics, and typical mating patterns.
Blackburne was a dominant British chess player from the 19th century who, inspired by Paul Morphy, learned to play blindfold simultaneous exhibitions. Many of these games led to absolutely brilliant finishes.
Game 1 (Jerome Gambit): 0:57
Game 2 (Danish Gambit): 8:55
Game 3 (Evans Gambit): 16:42
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[@TheTinaben]

Jerome gambit lost? But but white had castling priviledge

[@chilogutierrez458]

Racist

[@a.l2536]

Racism is losing its meaning nowadays.

[@bearsaremonkeys]

@@a.l2536 cool opinion, The Racial Divide

[@Hasan...]

John: ..Best move? Me: Of course, Bishop takes at e4 John: I hope you didn't say Bxe4 Me: Definitely not bishop e4 ! Never said anything like that. That would be ridiculous.

[@nishvaze2666]

Agadmator nostalgia

[@jamesknapp64]

Same

[@anuj96sharma]

i saw that mate coming amazing games these show possibility of playing

[@achmaddmitri9090]

That part when he announced mate in 3 , in simul blindfold .. just wow

[@buyastyle]

I can't even see it full screen and pausing the video 😂

[@therbeeo5364]

@@buyastyle lol that's what I thought too

[@sausage4mash]

@@buyastyle i could not see it either and I've got a 2200 lilchess puzzle rating ,using that bishop to block a square is genius level thinking

[@joekerr5418]

This is not what Jerome would have wanted :(

[@cageybee777]

I know what you're alluding to :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGSkpIWkrpiVps0

[@TasosPerteTzortzis]

Thx Jonathan, my 11-young son admires you. I watch you since the Saint Louis lectures. We both learn a lot. All the best!

[@cchairez1947]

Thank you for introducing me to "Joseph Henry Blackburne". I like the 3 games you introduced and his aggressive style! Many thanks!

[@abdazrad3925]

Blackburne is my favorite classical player. Tks for this!

[@seasideman]

Thanks Jonathan, I really enjoyed these 3 games and they are highly instructive for a player like me who struggles to attack. Your enthusiasm for the game shines through in these videos and is very engaging. Thank you.

[@charliep726]

dope comment agreed

[@der_interrobang]

I love it to play like this... okay im often loosing but it is fun...

[@woodenfences]

Perfectly illustrated in the first game: the difference between the player who looks at the pieces and the other one who looks at the squares.

[@timothyzc]

Blackburn was playing the kinds of games im experiencing, when i have the king on the run and dont know how to checkmate Feels bad

[@nishvaze2666]

I thought he would play the blackburne shilling trap

[@jackkeating1663]

You should have a look into the (possibly dubious) Cracow variation of the Italian (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Kf1). Gets out of theory and has so many traps, and even in the best line for black white has equality at the least. d6 and 0-0 lose on the spot and Nxe4 leaves white almost winning- black must play d5 leaving white with many tricky ideas such as 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxc3 11.Qb3 Bxa1 12.Bxf7+ Kf8 13.Ba3+ Ne7 and the brilliant 14. Ke2!!!

[@LeventK]

I played those in my brain and... holy s**t

[@jackkeating1663]

@@LeventK It's very tricky and has no clear refutation if 9...Bxc3 instead, white can continue 10.bxc3 0-0 11.Ng5! h6 12.h4! and the fishing pole works out too. Highly recommend looking at the lines with an engine, it takes even stockfish a while to find the best lines.

[@JonathanSchrantz]

This is a fascinating variation! I'll take a deeper look. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@LeventK]

@@JonathanSchrantz and here a new gambit existed

[@LeventK]

Jack Keating if you are creator of this thank you you invented an opening

[@trustdnb]

"Not to be outdone in generosity" 😂😂😂

[@LaughOutLaugh-e4t]

I'm always learning new openings on this channel Thank you 👏👍

[@hemantbhanushali1992]

Beautiful games. I will study. Amazing.

[@anuj96sharma]

these video blow my mind O_O thx for such amazing video and games

[@saratkumar2009]

Superb video... great work for chess people

[@shampooshampoo8378]

always nice to watch vampirechicken.. blackburne beats gambits by giving more materials

[@bustarogers9990]

WOW what beautiful games!!!.

[@gbravy]

I like that in the 3rd game, the e pawn is the first and last piece to move.

[@charliep726]

this was dope bro

[@acamoravac]

Complete madness on the board

[@austino99]

these mates were insane! ty for uploading : D!

[@roop-a-loop]

hey Jonathan, longime viewer, love the vids I was watching your series on the Leningrad Dutch, and it looks like there are only the first two lectures up, and the third is missing. Is it gone forever?

[@willwitters8587]

Just found your channel the other day and haven't fully explored yet. Would enjoy seeing a video on Tal if you haven't done one already. I love aggressive play!

[@Greg763]

thanks Jonathan !

[@brodieboy255]

No Blackburne Shilling Gambit? Guess you'll have to do a part 2 :)

[@MelbourneChessCoach]

What a great video! :) I'm really loving your consistency and video quality :) Do you have any off beat gambit lines, or counters to the caro-kann that an experienced caro-kann player wouldn't know? (It doesn't need to be that sound btw)

[@johnvuillemot4805]

E4 c6 d4 d5 f3?!

[@farshadmh3350]

as usual useful :) ty Master

[@manmoon7396]

Good one! Keep it up, hoping for more.... Emil Joseph diemer games please.

[@cardi223]

Great Video

[@slowslav6653]

best game of all time Aronian - Anand 2013 Tata Steel Masters

[@shami4236]

Chess is truly an art 👌

[@captainzork6109]

Any Paul Morphy vs Blackburne games??

[@LuukSwinkels]

You do not only need to study the gambit itself. You also need to study Jerome himself to know Jerome would have wanted it to be played.

[@patrckhh20]

Very cool mates.

[@lesterlesoine9225]

I am enjoying your KZbin channel

[@LeventK]

I thought i commented this we have same autopp lol

[@ibrahimjaleel5900]

Mama Mia What an attack. Jaw dropping. Thanks for sharing

[@snookslayer4559]

"...and we have... the Evans Gambit!" Schrantz's face lights up. : ) Blackburne's tactical mind is probably among the best ever and to do it into his 70's is incredible. If he had incorporated more positional theory into his game (like Steinitz at the time) he probably would've dominated at the top level and be much more famous today. Alas Blackburne was a true romantic. Drink whiskey while sacrificing everything!

[@KF1]

That was excellent.

[@reneschiller7086]

Any chance you could look at some traxler counter gambit lines? I know it can be refuted but than again those games are just amazing :-)!

[@gokselkabaroglu2946]

Thanks 👍 👍 👍 👍

[@herbertcharlesbrown1949]

1:33 why didn't he play the Blackbourne Shilling Gambit? (3. Nd5)

[@cheesecake5360]

MAROCZY AND PILLSBURY NEXT CHESS CLASSICS SIRRR JONATHAN

[@malacor17]

I want to support your channel but I closed this video last night on my tablet when I saw how many ad breaks there were in a 23 minute video. I'm watching it now on a desktop with ad-block. I highly recommend lowering the amount of ads per video, I wouldn't go over 1 per 10 minutes. It does affect viewership.

[@salovamrani2084]

NN is a latin abbreviation (nomen nescio) that means "I don't know the name"

[@VivekGawande1]

He looks like Eric's (from chessbrah) ancestor

[@siavashsepantman]

where is that in depth analysis of the great LATVIAN GAMBIT ?

[@LeventK]

Fun fact: If you play these sacrifices, you will lose.

[@nishvaze2666]

Lol

[@mustafaozgurokuyucu6576]

@Puppet lol

[@noone-qu5ec]

The last game was pretty decent.

[@faisalamanullah8585]

Hippo gambit please

[@avvvqvvv99]

very cool, first time i'm seeing romantic chess other than morphy

[@anuj96sharma]

how to analyse such type games manual engine do not understand alpha zero understand but all do not have them so how analyse by yourself ??

[@Denilson24]

Qg6 not better instead of the bishop move? 7:45

[@matjazmazi8405]

How about GM Albin Planinc ?...

[@3th0s]

is that an accelerated jerome?

[@janmachacek4866]

7:40 couldn't he go Qg3?

[@hugodrieu955]

I saw it to

[@MaRiaNaliasRaMsEs]

Mate in 2, not mate in 4.. When it comes to checkmate, you want to do it in the shortest way. Qxh3 was brilliant!

[@Sebastian-qd8jq]

The problem with Qg3 is Qxh2+, checking the king and guarding against the possible mate on the h-file.

[@ericvos620]

the end of you tube.. i had 10 commercials in 30 seconds..

[@buyastyle]

adblock extension and voilá

[@ProgresistTaliban]

05:20 What if Bd7; and, after QxR, now Bh3 ?

[@KF1]

Not much

[@DWeirich76]

Saw "aggressive attacks' and had to tune in.

[@Fiststicks]

One of my favorite players of the romantic/morphy era! Go Blackburn!

[@Mekmassimochannel]

No blackburne shilling trap covered? Bruh

[@stanislavyanchy4131]

To my disappoint, no newer comparatively to Ben Finegold`s essay of 2018...

[@robertsanders7060]

Insane amounts of ads when I play this video....

[@edmis90]

Every time he says _"Blackburn"_ I always hear: kzbin.info/www/bejne/naTPcnpohKqCZ8Um04s

[@MrBennyC178]

The Jerome didnt lose, this is a fake video