RARE & Highest Win Rate Opening for Black After 1.e4 e5

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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► Chapters 00:00 Highest Win Rate Chess Opening for Black 00:07 Elephant Gambit 00:22 1) 3.exd5 by White 01:36 68% win rate for Black 02:48 If White avoids the queen trap 04:27 Paulsen Countergambit, 4...Nf6 05:53 Maróczy Gambit, 3...Bd6 07:11 Other Greek Gift sacrifice checkmates 08:12 2) 3.Nxe5 by White 09:34 Puzzle of the Day

[@張謙-n3l]

The puzzle today is quite simple. First black plays Bxe5 which defends the knight. If white plays dxe5, then Qxd1 and forces the rook to take. After that since the queen is gone, Nxe4 will simply win a piece with a tempo on the g5 bishop

[@TheChamp1971]

And if after 1.....Bxe5, and White plays 2. Bxf6, then 2... Bxf6, 3. Nxf6 Qxf6, Black will be up a piece!!

[@earthlingthings]

Easier still black bishop e7 defends knight. Unpins the black queen. If exchange take with bishop and queen keeping pawn structure intact

[@Black-Jf]

@@earthlingthingsBe7 is wrong your just helping white to defeat you, thats what Igor said, think offensively.

[@benjamingrunbaum3601]

Thanks

[@張謙-n3l]

@@earthlingthings The problem with Be7 is that black would be spending a move simply to hold on to the position, and the bishop also blocks the e-file so the rook cannot get into action easily. While white can develop the light square bishop and castle in the next few moves. Also although the position would be fine for black after Be7, notice that white still has 3 minor pieces near the black king and the queen can potentially come through different routes, so black could easily blunder something and get checkmated

[@mcwolfbeast]

Puzzle: Bxe5, dxe5 Qxd1+, Rxd1 Nxe4 -- and when the dust settles, you're up a whole piece, with a tempo.

[@georgewarta579]

After Bxe5, if Nxf6ch then Bxf6 is also a piece up

[@Llanchlo]

Two edged sword as usual. I am a lowly 800 but my record against the Elephant is about 90% - often winning within 10 moves. Reason: I have done the prep better than my opponents. Most recently my oppo resigned on M5 as he clearly had not learned how to handle 3.Nxe5 as opposed to exd5. The one before that fared a little better but fell apart from the position at 9:07 as she did not know how to deal with the better (and in fact more common than Nc3 per LiChess) Bc4

[@thesingingfly]

FINALLY a video explaining the almighty Elephant Gambit! Everyone always talks about the Stafford Gambit and how tricky it is, but not many people at all talk about the Elephant Gambit. Both the Stafford Gambit and Elephant Gambit provide insane freedom of movement for both bishops, which makes for some really slick tactical potential. The Elephant Gambit has so many tricky side gambits and variations that it's not easy at all to defend against. Even Johnathan Schrantz used it many times with great success.

[@lethallohn]

Elephant Gambit is definitely more tricky imo. A quick 5. f3 in the Stafford is the best way to avoid a lot of complications in that Gambit. Not all though.

[@thesingingfly]

@@lethallohn I was actually making a Chessable course on this! The d3-f3 system is one of the best solid and safe approaches to suffocate the Stafford. I usually recommend either d3-f3 systems for solid players who want to avoid complications and suffocate the Stafford, or Nc3-h3 systems for more aggressive, tactical players that want to counterattack and completely demolish the Stafford. Yeah not all complications are avoided with the d3-f3 pyramid system; Black's unique idea of a quick Nh5 and f5 will force White to go uncastled in the long run, but it's still winning.

[@rutgermoody7204]

Just played this for the first time and easily won. Everything went exactly as you predicted. Your opening tips are really a great help! I hope not too many people watch your videos :-) Great channel, thanks!

[@bisharhb]

The Elephant 🐘 gambit is Huge opening for white to handle

[@justsaadunoyeah1234]

Aha! cuz elephants r huge! very funny

[@bisharhb]

Lol😅😅bro u spitting facts

[@reginald6803]

Hi everyone! The reason why unheard of openings are now becoming popular and getting discovered can be explained simply by the Chess Variant i used to prove that chess is equal. The variant simply starts the game wherein white's e pawn is already on e4. White to play. With this, white can only draw when both sides play accurately (use engine).

[@asteriondeltoro124]

Bxe5. If white plays Bxf6, then Bxf6 Nxf6 Qxf6 and Black is up a knight. If Nxf6, then Bxf6 yields the same result. If dxe5, then Qxd1+, and after white recaptures, Nxe4 captures the knight and attacks the bishop.

[@NJDJ2]

@4:02 i was gonna suggest Qg5 to block the check but not only queen is sacrificed here, white lost their knight too!

[@User-19955-b]

Thanks Igor sir once again I really a video on this aggressive gambit

[@srijayanthinathan1826]

Opening trap for king indian defense please

[@PranavGamingZone]

1:43 my opponent went d4..now what shall i do? pls tell me my time is abt to run😭😭

[@redredc2]

Puzzle of the day: Bxe5 If dxe5, then Qxd1+, Rxd1, Nxe4 and black is up a knight. If Nxf6 or Bxf6, then Bxf6 and black is still up a knight

[@PinakiGupta-wl1jc]

Puzzle of the day answer- Bxe5,dxe5,Qxd1+,Rxd1,Nxe4

[@lindabeaulieu6770]

Thank you Igor. I like thos opening alot. I appreciate you and your videos, and your coaching style. U#1

[@ZDTF]

Cool videos as always I love the way you explain stuff!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thank you!

[@MarcusGray-b3f]

The idea is pin to win for white. You can undo it by taking the knight with your bishop. Almost any combination even a intermezzo (Zwischenzug - not my word it comes up when I was looking for the correct spelling of intermetal which is not a word and what I thought people were saying but they are saying intermezzo) will yield a extra piece for you in a trade off.

[@JMiguelDeLeon]

Hey Igor, I was doing the Maroczy gambit as black after I learned the Halasz gambit from you not knowing there's a theory about it 😂. I got 1500 ELO because of you. Thanks alot

[@ZDTF]

I'm beginning to feel like a chess god Chess god All my pawns from the front to the back Walk

[@qwksilver5150]

Igor. Thanks! Can you do a video on the WASP variation of the Elephant Gambit. There is a mate in 9 in one of those lines.

[@harsh90868]

Thank you for the lesson sir.

[@ricardopinto2611]

Please make a video about the Portuguese Opening (1. e4 e5 2.Bb5). It is trickier than most people think. You also can transpose to Ruy Lopez but it has its own variations and many players lose against it because they have never seen it. For me, it is very strange how rare this aggressive opening is outside Portugal. My father is a specialist on it.

[@Vahidsha-x5c]

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[@BBTDB]

1 … Re1 Every variation ends up with black way ahead, and the white king on the run in the middle of the board. All of the black pieces will end up chasing him around the side of the board into a mating net, or white will have to give up a queen for a bishop…at best.

[@sudheeshsingh6856]

Love your videos!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thank you!

[@blazeblue7988]

Hey Igor can you make a video on how to analyze master games from books and websites?

[@davidlamarca899]

Well explained as always but complicate line as well..must be really studied 👏👌

[@Trendzy11]

daily puzzle solution Bxe5. The idea is taking the knight with the bishop adds one more defender to the knight so the attackers and defenders are balanced. IF Dxe5 then queen takes queen with CHECK. then you take a free knight

[@CHESSSPIRIT]

please can you make a video that a defense against 1. e4 that use the same idea of dutch defense, cause i love playing dutch defense against 1. d4 but I don't know what to do if white plays 1. e4

[@ronnietaylor5138]

Try the Latvian Gambit...1.)e4 -e5..2.)nf3-f5!

[@itsopgaming368]

Igor sir can you also play a blitz game in your opening video

[@staffanbergstrom2265]

This is gold!! Unfortunately I will not remember anything in my games.

[@sourasishdutta4126]

I was searching for this gambit for days didn't find useful line .I played it but can't use effectively 😢 thankyou

[@kaan0999]

its Turkish gambit 🥰

[@michaelburger7114]

Allways nice to see how mutch fun ya have xD

[@w1ntertide]

nooo this is my main opening lol, dont spill the beans! I still like the latvian gambit more but it has way less room for error

[@BobbyFischer0000]

You didn’t cover Nxe5 after Be7. I guess it transposes.

[@BobbyFischer0000]

White and play Qf5 after Bb7. Still bad for white so it might be better to just take the queen

[@Chunes3]

I have been told to never play an opening named after an animal.

[@phoenixinthetrees1446]

Jonathan Schrantz wants his gambit back! I play this all the time because of him; I enjoy the open positions it gets and very few people are prepared for it. Please don't tell anyone about it again!

[@Nekathe]

LETS GOOO THIS IS MY FAVORITE GAMBITTTT

[@mustafacengiz9236]

It is also called Turkish gambit

[@TBerq]

Isn’t this the Turkish gambit?

[@prplt]

won't work against me tho as I only play the Vienna 😂

[@user-if4ol5hc8e]

Sir if they do not accept any of pawn, sir, then what sir

[@okamisansempai557]

Cool

[@ZDTF]

Leo

[@haistapaska20]

What is the main weakness? Whites best counter?

[@dysob4119]

bishop take knight e5 win a piece

[@SosyalMedya-ch8bt]

Turkish gambit

[@ohyeahdna230]

Niceeeeeeee👍

[@PinakiGupta-wl1jc]

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[@ZDTF]

Not Just go newest first and scroll to the bottom

[@deepalnanayakkara1887]

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[@frankbeerbaum5593]

Puzzle: Nxe4? is a bad move: Bxe5! If dxe5 Qxd1# Rxd1 (or Kxd1) Nxd4 and Black is up a Knight for a pawn If Nxf6 Bxf6 and Black is up a Knight. More exchanges are possible, but only favours Black