Nakamura PUNISHED Firouzja's Scholar's Mate Trick

Learn 3 Ways To Improve Your Chess Results
FREE Masterclass ► chess-teacher.com/masterclass
Take Your Chess Skills To The Next Level With High-Quality Courses
Learn here ► online.chess-teacher.com/
💰💲 Join the RCA Affiliate Program, promote our courses, and get 50% commission - chess-teacher.com/partnership/
♛ Find this game between Alireza Firouzja and Hikaru Nakamura in this blog-post - chess-teacher.com/firouzja-vs...
🔹The Most Brutal Way to PUNISH Scholar's Mate Trick - • The Most Brutal Way to...
🔹 Brutally PUNISH Scholar's Mate & Early Queen Attacks - • Brutally PUNISH Schola...
🔹 Brutally PUNISH Early Queen Attacks by Black - • Brutally PUNISH Early ...
In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov analyzes the game where Alireza Firouzja tried the Scholar's Mate trick (or the early queen attack) against Hikaru Nakamura and got brutally punished.
The game started with the moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5, and after Nakamura defended the e5-pawn with 2...Nc6, Firouzja played 3.Bc4, aiming to deliver the Scholar's Mate Qxf7# on the next move.
While one would think that only complete beginners would try this dirty opening trick (Fool's Mate), the reality is completely different. In fact, the average rating of players who try this trick is 1400!
Therefore, you should definitely know how to punish this Scholar's Mate trick early in the opening! Watch this video lesson and see how Nakamura brutally punished Firouzja for attempting this opening trick.
▬▬▬▬▬▬
► Chapters
00:00 Early Queen Attack by Firouzja Against Nakamura
00:15 Even top GMs try Scholar's Mate!
01:00 Punish your opponent's dirty opening trick
02:10 Tug of war between Firouzja & Nakamura
04:07 Black is completely dominating
05:45 Alireza Firouzja's desperate fight
📗 Free chess courses - chess-teacher.com/rca-freebies/
#IgorNation #Checkmate #ChessTricks #HikaruNakamura #AlirezaFirouzja #AlirezaFiroujza #Nakamura

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

💡 Register to GM Igor Smirnov's FREE Masterclass "The Best Way to Improve at Chess INSTANTLY" - chess-teacher.com/masterclass 💲 Join the RCA Affiliate Program, promote our courses, and get 50% commission - chess-teacher.com/partnership/

[@HAL-vu8ef]

My self advice for chess: 1. If lose two games in a row don’t play anymore until tomorrow. 2. Don’t drink more than one beer while playing. 3. Play at the hour of the day when you win the most. I always seem to lose in the A.M but win before dinner. 4. Always ask myself if my queen is safe on every move. 5. I use a stylus to move pieces on tablet because sometimes my fingers are clumsy and make a wrong move. 6. Put down the stylus between moves so I don’t rush and make a stupid mistake. 7. Don’t suddenly change my opening style without playing many times against the computer first to get used to it. 8. Play one game against the computer first to get focused -then online. 9. Don’t start a Rapid game knowing you need to go to the toilet. 10. Find the board and piece colour and style that is easy on the eye but does not camouflage pieces. Don’t have dark wood pieces on very dark wooden textured squares or off white pieces on off white squares that make them difficult to notice when you are concentrating on a different part of the board.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Wow cool list.

[@zerotwoisreal]

number 9 is actually great advice thx

[@rustic_dweller]

i like the first advice a lot because I have a tendency to just keep playing and if I keep losing it gets me down lol

[@teajayao7262]

second one is legit. I always lose if I drink even 1 can of beer.

[@BobChess]

Firozja forgot who is his opponent 💀

[@arujsharma1993]

He might have know that he is nakamura tbh

[@alexnewbold9513]

*Who was his opponent*

[@andinenobais]

Bobby Fischer's pre-eminent student

[@j.murugan1117]

​@@alexnewbold9513 hk

[@youtubeaddict487]

@@alexnewbold9513shut up

[@DebVaani]

There was a game of Hikaru vs Jeffrey Xiong where Hikaru played Bong cloud and won. In that game Hikaru got lucky after having ridiculously bad position against Jeffrey. From that day on any stupid move I face be it wayward queen attack, bong cloud, the fred, polish orangutan etc, I opt for positional long play against my opponent, coz it was what Jeffrey did against the bong by Hikaru, and to my surprise or lack of it none of the game go that far, mostly my opponent become anxious or something but they blunder not getting the position they want. Helped me win lot of games

[@alexanderglockner86]

Secrets of Opening Surprises volume 7, published in 2007 by New In Chess, contains an article on 1 e4 e5 2 Qh5 titled “Not Going for Scholar’s Mate” recommending 5 Ne2 after both 4…Nf6 and 4…f5!? The author? Hikaru Nakamura Wondering if Firouzja thought he had an improvement on Hikaru’s text, but Hikaru improved first with 6…Na5

[@marcinsocha1500]

My Dad was usally starting with scholar mate setup. As a kid I was trying to defend, always loosing (He never gave me any head start) , but one day, when I was about 10, he lost three games in a row (also starting with a scholar playing black). We played few more games with different opening, but I started to win to often for him, and we stopped playing with each other.

[@mza3544]

L

[@kunjupulla]

Duh

[@riosway2364]

gosh your father has a lot to learn...

[@bookedroomer]

Same thing with my brother he kept beating me over and over using fried liver and one day I figured out how to defend without any online or engine and after that I just made solid moves and kept beating him game after game and he stopped playing me

[@Xplora213]

That’s a disappointing story. Father should grow some balls and develop some defence.

[@prasadareddy5617]

"Nakamura finally decides to correct the mistakes of his youth" had me rolling 🤣🤣

[@LukeandJaci]

Thank you for your videos! I recently began playing online and have been surprised how many opponents try scholars mate! Your videos helped me punish several, but some better players still got the best of me😂 Thank you again!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Nice!

[@SportGuyDMV]

I love when people play that opening. Someone got me with it the first time. But its simple move the queen to e7 after you opponent moves the bishop and queen attack then i just chase the queen for as long as they can so they can't develop

[@kacy6014]

I might’ve missed it but you should mention the game type. I’m guessing it was bullet based on the opening and white’s blunder at the end.

[@kazitaufiqiqbal1194]

Anytime someone plays the early queen attack against me, I mark the game as a win

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

That's great to hear! The early queen attack can catch opponents off guard, and if you have a strategy to counter it effectively, it can give you a significant advantage. It's always satisfying to punish early queen attacks.

[@isakdahl7875]

Try it against Alireza lol

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 Early Queen Attack by Firouzja Against Nakamura 00:15 Even top GMs try Scholar's Mate! 01:00 Punish your opponent's dirty opening trick 02:10 Tug of war between Firouzja & Nakamura 04:07 Black is completely dominating 05:45 Alireza Firouzja's desperate fight

[@georgeritmeester4736]

Great lesson! Thanks

[@alexcantelou2469]

Lovely breakdown of the game and the possibilities. Much appreciated! :)

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thank you.

[@wildman1978101]

I learned this opening from you and use it to great effect!!!

[@irinapotoropina4322]

Игорь, спасибо за интересные видео. Можно узнать, где Вы находитесь?

[@VigneshDhakshinamoorthy]

Unbelievable chess and great commentary, showing possible inaccuracy moves before revealing the actual move. It’s almost like these GMs are stockfishes with a depth of 5-7 while beginners have a depth of 1-2. ❤

[@davidlamarca899]

Another great video as always💪👏👏

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad to hear it!

[@socasack]

Great video!

[@williamclayton3164]

A nice demonstration of pawn power

[@jean-yvesPrax]

Hello, thanks for this. Could you treat the case you (black) started on a sicilian defense, i.e. first pawn in c6, and white developing Queen and Bishop as shown, because it seems more tricky for blacks.TY in advance

[@blokin5039]

Nice variation from Nakamura I'll add to my chess knowledge.

[@tominmo8865]

Now that Igor has published this, Alireza wont dare try it against anyone ever again.

[@Dagoldenshizzle]

Does anybody know when this game was from / what the time format was?

[@mayday7675]

I love the Wayward Queen attack, since even 2000's fall dead in it (not with scholars mate, but the attack), and I've NEVER faced f5 there. I'll be careful playing that in the future.

[@Retahhd]

wayward queen is terrible

[@kunjupulla]

The engine gives black a solid -1 point advantage the moment white plays the wayward attack.

[@somewhere6]

A very good chance this was a short format game if not blitz.

[@AnkitSingh-mv8nh]

I'm a big fan of your videos.

[@billebrooks]

6. Qd5 Qf6 prevents 7. Na3?? and forces 7. Bb3 or Bd3 or Qe4.

[@francogaray3273]

"White is desperately trying to hold on"...Well any of his desperate attempts would snatch the game from me haha. My weakness as a 1500 player is that if you didn't fall after my 6 precise moves, then I'm gonna blunder :v

[@francogaray3273]

But that was a very fun game to watch.

[@zawlwin8823]

Qg3 instead of Qd5 seems complicated and you have to know a few lines here as they're not easy to find over the board.

[@dannygjk]

F's mistake was using it vs N who has studied this line to death.

[@karelzowitsky]

Watched this, felt motivated, and proceeded to get absolutely demolished 😂 It was fun though

[@iankemp1131]

Looks like a blitz game as White consistently overlooks simple replies. f4 was clearly bad after the obvious e4. At the end, he is in a bit of a tangle, resignable against Nakamura though premature at club level. Qe2 loses a Knight after c4 Nbc3 b5 with the N on a4 trapped. Nbc3 is less obvious; if d4 Qe2 and if dxc3 Rxd8. Bf6 however renews the threat.

[@ivoyaglichev3851]

After 2. Qh5 Nf6 is a cool gambit.

[@front331]

Was this an online blitz game or something? Anyway, I don't see Firouzja breaking through and contending for the world champion at this pace.

[@geridayao8924]

I don't think furouza is going to use that technique in the near future😂

[@munashematangira4870]

When an amateur violets opening principle’s it’s called an error, when a Grandmaster does it’s a novelty!!! 🤔🤔…The difference lies in the continuation!!! 😊

[@debopamroy56]

well said

[@hammad3180]

Violets💀

[@senorrage3656]

purple, you mean

[@rats0155]

You dare use my own spell against me potter

[@keeganrichards3163]

i fell for this more time than i care to admit,what makes it worse is i know how to defend and counter,but one absent minded move and there's that pop sound😪

[@Xplora213]

Great analysis. Just shows the tricks with the Queen are never ever worth it against opponents who know the right defence.

[@darrylkassle361]

I can only assume he was trying to disrespect Nakamura or it was a joke of some kind. Then again idk why he did this considering it can be devastatingly refuted hence my assumptions

7:00 instead of giving up but playing c2-c4?

[@vioreldumitrache3880]

Yes, Igor, we can do it as well...provided that we'll reach Hikaru's level...

[@bertrc2569]

If W plays nc3 , is up a piece and has the lead in attack its time to resign! When it's usually wrong to resign even when you are down. I guess I will never get it.

[@redwanurrahaman8644]

was it a bullet game?it looks like it is

[@Astruko]

But if white would have put the queen on B3, he still would've had the chance to keep his knights, and it'll put black in the position to give second thoughts about wantng to take one of the knights.

[@Gotu56]

I love when my opponent play to scholar mate

[@psybranet]

Gods pranking each other

[@chriswaudby1084]

My word that was brutal

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Yup

[@lionelpaz2682]

I get that the knights are hanging but cant the knight move to c3, protecting the other knight?

[@jimmybrancho6775]

nope - that opens white up to a pawn fork on d4 that they have to pay a rook to get out of.

[@lionelpaz2682]

@@jimmybrancho6775thank you

[@priestshibe]

at 2:26 he can take back and queen takes, then just push d5 and u win the bishop

[@TheRomanianWolf]

Nobody is stupid to take with the queen.

[@priestshibe]

@@TheRomanianWolfhen u win a pawn or u can push back the queen and bishop and gain tempo

[@kevinwellwrought2024]

Alireza has beaten Naka dozens of times anyways!

[@ChessTime23]

In which universe he would think that he could got away with it against Nakamura?😅

[@randomgeographer4410]

It's a shameful act for a super GM to try to check mate his opponent with this kind of kid's treak. In this case I would also consider it as a disrespect towards super GM Hikaru.

[@edgy14yearold99]

Wow amazing guacamole

[@osgubben]

Naka once played this with white vs a strong russian GM. In a classical game! Think he drew.

[@MinesAMoira]

Pawn d4?

[@antonbarkish5924]

who the hell is ferouja anyway. never heard of him

[@fernandomonarca570]

just show the game, is enough.

[@timirbiswas3834]

It could be great if Hikaru could win this game without castling. I am a 1731 FIDE, I don't have good enough chess understanding but I am sure Hikaru could be kicked out of the school if it was a Russian school of chess, even if he had won this game !!

[@BLMann]

Mr. Nakamura is the best!

[@ront9459]

It is worth knowing that grandmasters attempt the Scholars Mate on occasion. I tried it once on someone much better than myself. It took something like 15 moves and I had to carefully mask it but I pulled it off. The point is even grandmasters fall asleep and can be vulnerable

[@nabeelhassan9312]

People that use this shameless technique should quit chess, it’s just like you want to play a game with cheat codes, you’re not a true fan.

[@scidixreiznov8237]

Please get to the point. straight.

[@arkitech1969]

WORLD 2ND for a reason

[@hitch456852]

Im the number 100 comment