Matsukevich Gambit - Trap the Queen

The Matsukevich Gambit is a line in the Alekhine Defense where white puts their bishop on g5 and queen on b3 to cause a brutal attack against black. Moves start out:
1. e4 Nf6
2. e5 Nd5
3. c4 Nb6
4. c5 Nd5
5. Nc3 Nxc3
6. dxc3 d6
7. Bg5
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[@AgentSmith911]

There are so many interesting openings and gambits in this beautiful game. Imagine prepping this opening really deep and then your opponent actually plays it 😀

[@usgamechamp2323]

Because you play book was leaked, ha

[@luciddream5055]

Wow, your voice has not changed a bit even after 13 years

[@prythal6221]

13 years?

[@wishiwassleeping8382]

@@prythal6221 Kevin has been doing these videos for over a decade. Sort the videos by date added and on the oldest ones his voice sounds the same lol.

[@marvinsaintnasisr.siarot9756]

Voice doesn't change after puberty

[@littlefamous2.1111]

Never heard about this gambit before ! . Thanks for teach us brother Kevin ❤️

[@chesswebsite]

My pleasure!!

[@bolasdefraile]

I had been playing the Alekhine for 30 years and I never confront this dangerous variation. Now is going to be my ain weapon!

[@rosema7909]

Thank you for posting this

[@chesswebsite]

You're welcome

[@astennash1670]

At 3:13 why can’t you just take their queen because they have to take rook as they are in check

[@chesswebsite]

That's also an option. Computer prefers Qxb7 as it captures material and black still has to deal with all the same threats. White will continue to gain material advantage. I think it's completely fine to just take the queen, though. Both options are clearly winning for white.

[@user-xg8ms2jk2e]

it was very aggressive opening for white and i like that 🔥🔥

[@juanulloa3367]

Great info, and a new approach in opening for me,

[@Jackarius86]

This was great, thanks!

[@chesswebsite]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@quintonbaran]

Thanks Kevin, very interesting and useful analysis. At 12:48, won't they just take our rook on d1 after we move the bishop to h3?

[@chesswebsite]

They can but they don't really improve their position. We recapture with our rook, are still pinning down their knight to the queen and our position is much more active with more threats.

[@Original_tachanka]

Thanks❤️🙏🏻

[@chesswebsite]

You're welcome 😊

[@m136dalie]

Looks like a fun opening

[@F4FIGHT]

great video

[@clevewilson7717]

Nice video sir.

[@emnotixlmao]

I really like this gambit

[@DeadCanard]

Thanks!

[@chesswebsite]

Thank you so much. I greatly appreciate the donation.

[@natalijabatricevic6765]

Great gambit Kevin, i was strugling with the alkine def...

[@chesswebsite]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@kayanims]

Nice

[@chesswebsite]

Thanks

[@alcoholrelated4529]

@10:17 Bd5 ?

[@msakov]

12:28 isn't the white knight stucked ?

[@chesswebsite]

It is but black has a hard time getting out of the situation. If they play h6, we take 1. Nex4 fxe4 2. Bxh6 Kg7 3. Bxg7 and white is much better off.

[@chessnerd1055]

I don't think anyone ever plays dxe5 above like 1400 or 1500 level. Not sure whether it's worth trying for me when I'm 1800+. Still for below 1500 level players I'm sure this gambit would be really effective

[@austinbalon3124]

dxe5 is a very natural move, idk what you’re talking about

[@chesswebsite]

I'm curious what you think would be a more natural play than dxe5. In chess databases that look at higher rated games, dxe5 is the most common move.

[@chessnerd1055]

@@chesswebsite ok ill try it but personally I feel like c6 is probably more common

[@oceancolt]

Kevin kevin kevin. Tisk tisk tisk kevin. Tisk tisk tisk

[@sirilidionilirium4857]

yeah, not sure why I would ever take on e5 instead of just develop my pieces

[@chesswebsite]

I was surprised to see that dxe5 was the most common but it seems like most people want to try and open things up without knowing the risks.

[@Shaivite2000]

Why not 99.9 percent??

[@divyanshujain5809]

Why this is known as gambit? I don't feel anything like gambit in this opening.

[@chesswebsite]

On the 7th move black takes the e-pawn and white does not capture back. They give up the pawn (gambit) in exchange for a rapid development of their queen to b3.

[@jackclauser3203]

c6 not discussed

[@chesswebsite]

at what point? Video was already getting long and tried to cover a lot.

[@Pekara121]

🤓

[@barrycrump6189]

Because it undermines the gambit and he knows it, so didn't want to discuss it.

[@spectralanalysis]

@@barrycrump6189 There is no move that "undermines" the gambit. The Alekhine's defense is so terrible that black has to defend almost perfectly once they accept the gambit. The engine says that after Qb3, Qd7 is the only move which is insane, and every other move loses almost completely (like +2.6, +3.7). Plus, c6 after 9. ... Qf5 10. O-O-O is still losing for black (it's like +1.22) because black is severely underdeveloped and the computer realizes that with some active play by white, the game is pretty much completely lost for black. If you mean c6 after Nf3, then I dunno, you must not know what a gambit is. And even then you either get a symmetrical position where you're up in tempi, or you're just up in tempi and you have a game with a tenuous pawn structure but more activity, that's all. This is a perfectly fine gambit. Like bruh, unless you're 1800+, winning against specific, dubious openings like the Alekhine's defense like this isn't shameful. You're not strong enough to play ANY opening seriously without serious effort and study and how many of you seriously have the time to study 100s of variations for the same opening you play all the time making micro-adjustments everytime, memorizing all the plans instead of just playing for fun because it's just a game. Nobody knows main lines when they're

[@fili24]

Excited to crush some cocky alekhine players

[@Shaivite2000]

Kevin need more practice to play good