Rousseau Gambit Opening TRAPS | Insane Chess Tricks to WIN Fast

[@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/

[@errolfarley7131]

😊

[@Polish_internet_troll]

This opening gave me an important lesson, pushing f pawn in opening is not a blunder, -unless I'm doing it-

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

“Always play f3” 😂

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Ha ha!

[@MohammadNoman-z7r]

Us moment

[@rebellynn-c9y]

F6!! .. nodders.@@MyBiPolarBearMax

[@OnionLord9000]

He taught me about this on a premiere

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Rousseau Gambit is soooo sharp. I love how attacking it is as black but i get that it does require accurate play. Just be prepared to lose some games (and not care about losing) until you remember each move and then long term you’ll have an incredible weapon to use in your arsenal. I love it so much.

[@wildman1978101]

I learned about the Rousseau Gambit from your first video on it Igor and it is by far my most winning opening. I get a smile on my face every time the Italian is played against me. That being said, I am again going to say that this opening requires a great amount of study to be played effectively. There are a ton of moves that are completely unnatural and intuitive. You cannot expect to fumble your way into winning or even equal positions. Now Im gonna watch the video and see how it compares to my 1500+ move study.

[@ABadGamble]

What is your rating of you don't mind

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 Trickiest Chess Opening: Rousseau Gambit 00:25 What is the Rousseau Gambit? 02:09 1) If White plays 5.Qe2 to pin the e4-pawn 03:41 1.1) If White plays 7.d3 04:47 1.2) If White plays 7.Nc3 06:57 1.3) If White plays 11.Bxb7 07:49 2) If White plays 5.Nd4 09:00 3) If White plays 4.d4 (advanced players) 11:59 Sacrifice the ROOK - crazy variation!

[@faruksarihan]

► Chapters 00:00 Trickiest Chess Opening: Rousseau Gambit 00:25 What is the Rousseau Gambit? 02:09 One way to destroy your opponent 03:41 Another way to destroy your opponent 04:47 And another way to destroy your opponent 06:57 What if your opponent wants to get destroyed this way 07:49 Or this way 09:00 Advanced way to destroy your advanced opponents 11:59 No way! way

[@borninlafc]

Can you make a video in response to the what pawn moving to D3? I’ve been doing great with the Rousseau gambit, but I tend to lose more games with that D3 white move. Thanks, Igor!!

[@justinbrown7622]

That's definitely my biggest struggle too

[@kirklink5890]

Usually i prefer americans explaining anything just for being more articulate, but the more i listen to you, the more i start to like your intonation and speed. What you lack in having an accent, you make it up with not stuttering. So here's some feedback to your speech coming from someone not being a native speaker themself. Content was insightful as are all the other videos. You gained my subscription

[@budisantotanoto7003]

13:01 Hi GM Smirnov, I just executed this trap. It works exactly as you described. Thanks a lot! Again, your videos are gold!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad it helped!

[@zendanmoko5005]

Will this work if white's first move is pawn to d4?

[@roeydaz]

This is a great gambit and I too have watched your other video’s on the Rousseau gambit. But like any opening it needs a lot of work if you are to effectively implement it into your arsenal while playing black. Alas….chess is a complicated game….there is no getting away from that! Thanks Igor for adding on to your series on this fun gambit!

[@moseskamau9915]

12.54 What if instead of white retreating the bishop to b3 they choose to capture black's pd5 putting black's king in check and black has to capture the bishop with their queen? Black can't play b4 for the discovered attack on white's queen.

[@christobobbo5575]

Secret line for white, after f5, exf5, e5, Nd4, Nf6, Nxc6, bxc6, then Be2! After d5, Bh5 check, and black now can't castle, f pawn helps with g6 pushes, and a better game for white imo

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

G6 to block the check has black at -0.5 and if you trade off the pawns and take the check with the bishop black is technically -0.8 but in practical terms the entire kingside is destroyed so id rather play as white. In reality I’d probably play Qe7 before the d5 push. Worst case you trade the bishop and queen off and then the exposure of your king matters a ton less and black still has the dominant center and open board and space while white is underdeveloped. I think stockfish has it at -1 but id be fine playing that.

[@cryptosquirrel5667]

Best teacher on the interwebs!

[@AndyDavisTechnicalDiving]

Love this gambit. Have been playing it a lot since the end of 2022... it makes games a lot of fun. As a Vienna player, it's also quite intuitive.

[@ChessBootCamp]

Hey Andy!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Yes!

[@alexiusangelfire]

Odd question maybe but what about the move pawn to d3 by white as a responds?

[@NomizKing]

Did you find a way out?

[@alexiusangelfire]

@@NomizKing never got an answer. Saw it used against me though and it just ground the gambit to a halt. It is also how I counter the gambit

[@NomizKing]

@@alexiusangelfire I'll do some more research, if I find a way out, I'll tell you

[@stephen3293]

Any update?

[@trichycuber]

After f5 if white plays B×g8 then how to continue

[@davidlamarca899]

Thanks for another great lesson with clever moves💪👌

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you liked it!

[@davidlamarca899]

@@GMIgorSmirnov always...💪👏

[@techeteri]

Madness! Love it! Your chess and the video lessons are inspirational and fascinating! You got me into the game which I thought was boring... Not at all!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you found chess interesting again.

[@a.k.550]

Sheer beauty this one.👍👍👍

[@crism777]

I've been playing the Rousseau gambit for over a year, and BY FAR the most common response by white (and the one that has given me the most trouble) is 4. d3. I don't believe this move by white was ever shown in this video. ?? Please advise on the best response and lines for 4. d3. Thank you.

[@ForProfit-x100]

This is one of the first gambits I ever discovered and has stayed with me all of this time. One of my favorites 😁

[@jamesncube6912]

Interesting opening ........pulled off a couple of wins . I love it !!!!!!!!! Thanks .

[@tianrunzhang6557]

13:17 ALRIGHT, time to join the nation of domination and pure evil

[@FrancescoGuerrieri]

I played this a couple of times and it's excellent, thank you very much Igor! However, more than once I had the opponent moVing the Bishop from c4 to b5 after I threatened it with d5 as suggested in the video. This pinned my knight to the king and made things a lot messier later down the game. Another lesson I learned is that if the opponent's bishop threatens the knight it's best to defend it by moving Nd7 instead of castling. After castling the opponent Occasionally captures the Knight, which effectively ruins the whole gambit and also forces me to recapture the bishop with c6, ruining the pawn structure and King's defense. So overall I feel that it's better to play Nf6 and potentially Qe7 before playing d5.

[@malause]

Hi Igor,in the line with c3 and Nf3+ i'd like to know how ti continue After Kf1 instead of your line.Ty

[@alexandroskazantzidis8423]

Question: at 11:48 why not take the bishop with the pawn first, and then continue in the exact same way?

[@mustaphakassab3943]

I won some games with this gambit, but I also lost with it , It's very nice but risky

[@Ghost_of_Paul_Morphy]

1:55 after you play e4 and Knight goes back to g1 he says to push d5 and "it's clear you've tricked your opponent and you're dominating him", you won't be thinking that when white replies to your d5 with Qh5

[@justinbrown7622]

this is why I play Nf6 BEFORE e4... I agree with you that Igor either missed that move or there's something for it that neither of us sees... Maybe this is something similar to the knight trap he talks about later in the video? I can't find one though. the end result is the pawn taking the rook for a queen, which is obviously also not good

[@sanelyPRO]

Just did this to my opponent (took his queen with my pawn via discoveres check) and he instantly surrendered 😂 What a goofy gambit

[@manojshirsat1864]

Beautiful tricks.... thanks sir

[@Phalhandor-jd5hs]

What move do you make if your opponent plays d4?

[@dayagbiljohnmarkl.4313]

Grandmaster + psychologist = Talented teacher💥💥

[@ericst-laurent1194]

Thank you Igor to made this very good video,i like this like a good variety option for my elephant gambit opening with black when this don't be good with some players.

[@Naborbukv2]

Could you possibly please add main line for d4 move. By saying this, I mean that normal players don't attack with Queen but rather move their Bishop to b5 (6. Bb5), then our move is Qd6 - show some lines after our 6... Qd6 (for instance, if White respond a3 and other options)

[@martinmelhus7324]

Igor, How would you deal with this: 1. e4 e5 2. N-f3 Nc6 3. B-c4 f5 4. d4 pxe4 5. Nxe5 d5 6. B-b5 The pin on the knight is effective, and pushing pawns to displace the bishop will, at best, get it to b3 so it's keeping pressure on the pawn at d5.

[@justinbrown7622]

you would need another defender on the knight on c6, otherwise they will just take it and win a pawn (or more)

[@coolvanilla300c9]

Easily my favorite opening playing as black. I like the reverse of it (Vienna) as white as well as the Ruy Lopez.

[@srilankamoscow]

Another Gold from #IgorNation

[@robertovalenzuela3092]

The antidote of this gambit is to play 4.d4. Let's recall 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f5 4. d4 fxe4 (4...exd4 5. e5 gives white freer position.) 5. Nxe5 d5 ( 5... Nxe5? 6. dxe5 with sufficient compensation for white) 6. Bb5 Qd6 ( 6...Bd7? 7. Bxc6 white has advantage )7.c4 with space advantage for white with idea of castling thereafter.

[@mikaeljiskovkristensen7861]

pawn B3 and bishop A3 would be nice for white at 13:38.

[@justinbrown7622]

so at 5:23, white captures with knight first, but what if they capture bishop first? at the end of that exchange, there is a tempo against us because it will be a knight remaining, which attacks our queen. then what?

[@TomJones-tx7pb]

John Nunn talked about the nature of what is presented in this video in his book The Secrets of Practical Chess. If instead of 6 Qh5+ white plays 6 Bb5 he has a strong initiative for a pawn.

[@krunaljikadra3928]

Awesome 🎉

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

🤗

[@KopanoElliot]

I used the Rousseau Gambit against the Spanish game! I won a lot of games but also lost a few! So I would like you to analyze the variation please

[@markusrohmann6139]

Just executed that queen trap at the end - thanks GM Igor

[@weirdchannel4428]

One of my most favourite openings of all time !

[@romanm.gallarin7588]

HEY IGOR, I LOVE THIS!😀😀😀

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thanks 😀

[@FloatingNomad]

This gambit is sooo good, won the very first game I played it. Gobbled up so many pieces that the opponent was forced to resign.

[@DrNaitikSutaria]

I want to sincerely thank you. Because of this video i have managed to win a tournament in which in all the 4 rounds that i had black i have played this and won pretty easily. Thank youu❤

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Awesome to hear that from you! 🙏

[@DrNaitikSutaria]

@@GMIgorSmirnov thanks for taking your time to reply. I want to buy the full course... But I'm just a student and all unable to afford it

[@billymedina7370]

ohh wow this one is nice ;)

[@KittenBewwyy]

5:24 what if the pawn is being taken by the bishop and not the horse?

[@justinbrown7622]

exactly!!!!!!! I need to know this too

[@rustyrockgod6788]

just beat someone who used the d4 refutation. he ended up losing the queen in the exact fashion that was explained. I have studied so many different variations in this Gambit. I really like it.

[@ChessBootCamp]

7:19 After Bd5, Qg5 is stronger than the pawn push.

[@dnomyarnostaw]

Hmm, then that removes all the discovered check options for later.

[@ChessBootCamp]

@@dnomyarnostaw But after say Kf1 to defend the g2 pawn, Bg4 is a double attack, hitting white's queen and the central bishop.

[@cronoscraiss330]

Awesome.. never played this before.. but wow.. :D

[@darkvoid4077]

As a King's Gambit enjoyer, this opening is my new favourite with black!

[@Cryptorocker2000]

after the Pawn D5 move . what if he ignores this and brings the queen to H5?

[@justinbrown7622]

this is why I do Nf6 BEFORE d5

[@adrianh.2518]

I have been trying to employ this and keep running into a move that stumps me a bit...after black f5 (the gambit), white goes d3. Then it just plays out but is there anyway to still employ the tactics of this gambit if, instead of exf5 the opponent plays d3?

[@kennethdrexler2022]

I really love your videos and I play Russo gambit whenever I see Italian opening. But I was just destroyed when bishop took knight instead of his knight coming forward.

[@nicolasalpuin5175]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 f5 is this a variation or a bad move order?

[@johncarlmarcera3246]

Thanks Coach. Been using this opening with a high success rate.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Excellent!

[@yandeluchembe4126]

Thanks Igor since I started watching this channel my Elo went from 600 to 910

[@godwishnyambuya9737]

@GMIgorSmirnov and IgorNation I won Wimbledon Congress yesterday. I used all the opening lines I learnt here and I confused all my opponents. Most of them took more than 10 minutes thinking about their 4th move. Then I used lessons from video titled secrets of strong players part1 I could just see winning crushing moves so easily. Taking is a mistake and attacking moves are the best

[@darrentrixie6269]

White can just play bishop C4 or pawn f3 to stop the attack at 5:51.....

[@DoomSpellSkadi]

As a causal player playing this gambit, I can't see 4 exf5 e5 to threat the knight before I watch this video. Instead of playing e5 as black, I always play 4 d5 and 5 Bxf5 to block the bishop to gain tempo immediately. I keep e pawn protected by knight and develop my bishop. What wrong if I play this variant instead?

[@TheOilcan5]

whats the difference between the rousseau gambit and the evens gambit ??

[@yamirruizdiaz6346]

I love this gambit! I wonder why f5 is an inaccuracy instead of a book move

[@peternguyen4257]

Thank you GM Igor. I watched a lot of your videos and I am destroying all my opponents sub 1000

[@stillwater62]

Grand Master Smirnov, that is the best gambit I have seen in a good while. Thank you for sharing it. Thank you for making these fantastic chess videos.

[@rjohnson615]

It looks great on paper and on this example but opponents seldom play it out like this example…. Therefore it’s incredibly frustrating because it never plays itself out like this video

[@ceylinalyadonat]

Greetings from turkey igor

[@vioreldumitrache3880]

After white's Nd4, Nxc6, if dxc6 it transposes into a similar position to Stafford...

[@rpd350]

Thanks Igor...keep recommending this dubious (poor?) opening gambit for Black, as I have played against it a few times as White recently with no losses & all wins! Clearly players are trying this probably from your videos, but either poorly understanding it or poorly playing it or both....I know little about this dubious looking gambit, but that doesn't seem to matter, as it has been easy so far to play against & do well. At least I know where to come for advice if I ever need to study it, but until then, I will not spend time analysing it. Surprised you seem to like it so much, so it must be alright if played properly by Black, but I have yet to face that. Best wishes ;-)

[@leojabonete7972]

What if white plays Bc3

[@mikesiegele7479]

Is this gambit also good for white to play?

[@JustALifeOfChess]

The First game I used the Rousseau Gambit I destroyed my opponent and he quit. Thanks for sharing this wild Opening!

[@mayedalshamsi]

This will be very useful for me, as my friend plays nothing but the fried liver attack. I already checkmated him twice with the Blackburne Shilling gambit, so I think he might have caught up to it by now. This will be quite the surprise for him to deal with. 😂 Might also look into the Traxler Counterattack.

[@The_Real_Sensei]

lmao your friend is like me a couple months ago.. fried liver is really addictive

[@justinbrown7622]

@@The_Real_Sensei yup, I used to play it religiously, i avoid it now, though

[@deeputhomas9887]

Can you cover the line: e4 e5, Nf3 Nc6, Bc4 f5, exf5 e4, Ng1 d5, Qh5+. Black needs to play an unnatural move with the King to maintain only a slight advantage. Many black players would blunder from here.

[@ABadGamble]

I used to spam the Fried liver, Traxler, pianissimo, and Evans Gambit, but I ran into a player who studied this gambit and gave me PTSD. I looked at the lines afterward, thought it was too complex, and decided to stop playing the Italian lol.

[@alainfournier997]

What about queen e2 instead of remove the kni ght?

[@georgeritmeester4736]

What if White plays 4.Bxg8, when 4...Rxg8 leaves Black unable to castle kingside, while after 4...fe4 5.Bd5 (5.Bb3!?) exf3 6.Qxf3, it's looking like the weakness of Black's kingside may become an issue.

[@sahajsharma9820]

OH MY GOD IGOR THIS OPENING IS INSANE!!! I went from winning like 60% of my games to winning 85%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sonipolakian4256]

Nice video

[@AniLovesChess]

Rousseau and Vienna carried me from 1000 to 1400... 😂 It's sooo fun to play.

[@bengrabov]

What if they defend their pawn with another pawn would that not completely refute the gambit?

[@MankeyMite]

This worked so well in 1400s, but as I got to 1600, very few people took the pawn at all.

[@goodnewseverybody739]

I couldn’t but wonder that the whole time, what if white just plays 4.d4? I would just do that and take my chances and I’m half that rating😅

[@fortyofforty5257]

I play this line a lot. I don't always win but if I lose at least I go down swinging.

[@Triumphator616]

I play against a 1600 rated computer, but it never takes the pawn and I can't get anything close to even resembling a Rousseau gambit. It goes for Bishop to b5 (Rui Lopez) attacking my c6 knight and it doesn't capture my f5 pawn with its e4 pawn. Instead it keeps developing and keeps defending that pawn while developing. I suppose this opening is not for 1500+ even though it looks damn sweet.

[@nightsinwhitesatinbdk1735]

Great video- but what if your opponent does not take c4-do you then just develop your pieces?

[@bengrabov]

Also I found out that when you attack the Queen if the Queen does not retreat to d1 then take the pawn on b2 with your knight getting a free pawn and forking the king and rook

[@rjohnson615]

I studied this video, and wrote down all the moves, then to play this but my opponent did not move anything like in your example!!! Therefore I was screwed and didn’t know what to do and how to play it!! This is extremely frustrating!!!

[@jbagga3]

700 Elo behavior

[@justinbrown7622]

well what moves DID your opponents play?

[@PepJuice]

This looks very similar, to me, to the Latvian gambit

[@Fishy_17]

Just make sure you play Qd6 after Bb5 in the d4 line.

[@Vagabond_Etranger]

Learned chess in the 80's. Won a lil trophy at my local library. Then lost when I played in downtown against other players. Gave up chess. Now picking it up again in 2023.

[@boowith]

How about 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f5 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 f4 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Bxf4 Na5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Nc3 c6 13. b4 Nc4 14. Bxc4+ d5 15. exd5 1-0 That c3 and d4 push just kills me every time, centre just gets completely destroyed and black has nothing. Any suggestions?

[@wildman1978101]

Don't play 5...f4 because it is a blunder, 5...fxe4 is what I play, 5...d6, although the engine hates it is also quite playable.

[@mulugetagebreselassie9462]

when they accept the rosseau gambit what if white goes KE5 what do you do

[@cikonianiggra1415]

Not having good memory I am watching it for the second time with pleasure.

[@rostikaviel1256]

My opponent played black. Move 6 Nd4 I countered Bxf7 while computer saw it as a blunder, 12 moves later he surrendered. I have never played against Russeu gambit, so I was improvising

[@rifwann]

In 1st var, e5 atk bishop. But what if queen a5? (Danger level)

[@factsnyc3270]

Why cant the bishop just go to c4 to stop the attack at 5:51

I am impressed, gratified and renovated. Thank you Igor...!!

[@jairmartmalquisto2383]

How about if white choose to capture the sacrifice d5 pawn by His bishop instead of 8. Nxd5! 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc5 f5 4. exf5 e4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Ng1 Nf6 7. Nc3 d5 8.Bxd5!? Instead of(...Nxd5)

[@codye9754]

White pawn to d3?

[@PfpbyAleatorikDeviantArt]

What if they play 7.Qxd5 instead of checking your queen in the d4 lines?