Ruy Lopez Chess Opening Explained in 10 Minutes [TRAPS Included]

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@R.Akerman-oz1tf]

Question) @1:14 Ba4-b3. If Knt) c6-a5...sac Bish or B-d5? Then c7-c6 attacks Bish... I'm kinda lost here.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 Ruy Lopez Chess Opening for White 01:04 1) If Black plays 6...Bg4 02:40 2) If Black plays 6...Nf6 03:26 Fried Liver Attack in Ruy Lopez? 04:20 3) 3...d6, Steinitz Defense 05:59 4) 3...Nd4, Bird Variation 07:57 5) Morphy Defense, Mackenzie Variation 11:11 6) Black's best response (for advanced players) 13:12 Quiz: Puzzle of the day

[@samadithvimanshaka]

For the puzzle, I think it's a queen sac. Qxh7 after Kxh7, Rh5 is checkmate.

[@christopherstokes9393]

Yep, Anastasia's Mate :) !

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

Nice catch! I oddly was having problems with this one. I was looking everywhere but the queen sacrificed haha.

[@Johan1991100]

Nice I didn't think of that

[@357Bullseye]

Chk mate

[@clashroyalgameplay2077]

How can knight go to h7 it's is on e7

[@pat57132]

13:19 To complete White’s attack, you sacrifice your queen by capturing the pawn on h7. Then, after the king takes your queen, you deliver a beautiful checkmate-known as Anastasia’s Mate-by swinging your rook over to h5.

[@mahaveerhirawat7323]

noice

[@CastlesKingSide]

Puzzle solution: 1.Q:h7 K:h7 2.Rh5

[@jasonuerkvitz3756]

Anastasia's mate. Qxh7+, Kxh7, Rh5# Thanks for this lesson, Coach. This makes this game a bit more clear between Morphy and Andersen I was looking at recently: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 c6 7. O-O cxb5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. c3 d5 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Nc3 a6 15. Re5 Rd8 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Rae1 g5 18. R1e3 Rg8 19. Qd1 Qf6 20. Rxe6 *

[@jimscullion7466]

Only been watching this video a couple of minutes and very impressed. Very ell explained and straight to the point of the video without a lot of nonsense - I'll be back......

[@twentyrothmans7308]

Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh5 ++ Thank you, as always, Igor!

[@mattaitken888]

I got the first couple of minutes then overwhelmed by your crazy ass intellect... I am soo far away from mastering this game but I love it

[@contextinvideos]

just recently got into chess, and for some reason the ruy lopez opening infuriates me to my core every time i see that bishop threaten my knight. it feels like i play the exact same opening every single bullet game and its gotten me so desensitized to other openings that if my enemy plays something else my brain malfunctions for a good 5 seconds. i have even started premoving the entire ruy lopez opening up to taking the bishop when they take my knight 400 elo rating just to clarify

[@Sam-w1y]

I don't recommend bullet for new players tho

[@ankitjain-bo5rh]

1.Qxh7+ Kxh7 (forced move). 2.Rh5# ( Knight covers escape on g6 or g8, and nothing can stop the rook or block the check.

[@user-uk9er5vw4c]

awesome video, there's a lot to digest but it looks fun

[@somakarpati9847]

You could do a dutch defense video, its relatively rare and unique so most opponents would be unprepared

[@DavidEmerling79]

At 8:16, when white plays 5.d4 for this "more aggressive approach," it is *white* who can stumble into a trap after 5...exd4, 6.Nxd4?. This is the famous Noah's Ark Trap. 6...Nxd4 Qxd4, 7.c5 Q-moves, 8. c4 and white's bishop is trapped. It's worth mentioning that *white* can also stumble in the early stages of the Ruy Lopez.

[@sugarette_burn]

Thank you for pointing at this, I didn't saw the resemblance with the Noah's Ark

[@andreyvstaroselskiy]

13:18 you sack the queen on h7 and slide the rook on h5 for mate! Beautiful!

[@itsiqbalgaming]

A variety of fun ideas covered in this video. Thank you for an entertaining video Igor!

[@akashnarayanraozol9871]

13:12 1. Qxh7+ Kxh7 is forced then Rh5#

[@Justchess-22]

😮🎉

[@minhdao-nn7ho]

Very informative Igor. Thank you

[@HonestMan07]

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Happy Birthday! 🎂 I know it might not feel like it right now, but life has a way of surprising us with its ups and downs.

[@HonestMan07]

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[@sj001]

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[@LeviSiccard]

The puzzle is basically Anastasia's checkmate. Very nice variation! Thanks Igor! for expanding my Ruy Lopez repertoire and making it a real torture!🙂

[@robertfakename9530]

Thanks for leaving a puzzle for us at the end. A nice one too.

[@steveb9525]

thanks that was great. I love playing this solid opening. I usually get the best of it

[@ElloJayMusic]

13:15 sacrifice Queen. (checks king) 5h7h King takes white queen. 8h7h Move rook to 5e5h (check mate)

[@howidostuff-q6c]

Thanks for this video, this is exactly what I wanted, now let's see who remembers them !

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@gm2407]

1.Qxh7+ kxh7 (only move). 2.Rh5# ( the knight prevents escape on g6 or g8, the king is to far from the rook to take and nothing can take the rook or block the check.

[@AGUNGKAYA]

king to g7?

[@gm2407]

​@@AGUNGKAYA The g7 square is occupied by the black pawn, so the black king can't take it.

[@AGUNGKAYA]

@@gm2407 i see . But the more I setup or plan to force mate, it mostly fail. I just checkmate by accident 😅

[@gm2407]

@@AGUNGKAYA Can't force what isn't there. Just set problems that are difficult to solve. Once they fall into forced mate you need to see it though. The more threats someone has to consider the harder it is to defend them all

[@Kanekikun007]

And he sacrifices his queeeeeeen

[@camdowg]

Thank you for saying it the correct way

[@Gongo70]

Great video! At 08:18 you previously recommended Qe2, the Wormald attack, but in this video you mention d4, the Mackenzie variation. Which of these lines do you recommend to your viewers?

[@peterbago4574]

You say some funny stuff, but usually not in the first ten seconds. So I vote this the best intro you have done in these videos. 😅

[@cupihealth]

sacrifice the queen in last one

[@lars-christianheinz6902]

Thanks. Anastasia's mate. So brutal and beautiful.

[@SuperRoss33]

Wow thank you for sharing

[@ashtongaeta2581]

Just got my first Anastasia checkmate today :)

[@tonyjames1980]

Thank you for sharing this

[@MosesMajadibodu]

Unsuspected move risky and aggressive what a move to pushing your opponent 🎉

[@OlegCapovani]

Amazing, thanks Igor

[@katis999]

Thank you very much

[@vladislavshevchenko634]

With due respect, Igor, fried liver attack with the knight sacrifice line is objectively better for black if black finds or knows all the Stockfisch moves, they are just a piece up for example I personally go for traxler now, but I used to play into fried liver, knight sacrifice as black.

[@khayelihledlamini2123]

Queen sacrifice followed by Rh5# and the Knight is covering the two escape squres for the King

[@davidbatchelder85]

never mind, you answered it wonderful

[@neoetude]

Thank you for this great video! This is really helpful! :D

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad it was helpful!

[@RedBarnAcademy]

5:55 You have to move the bishop into battery with the Queen after the King moves out of check, otherwise you can lose your knight. Would've been better if he just went 2 more moves on that one to show how it works, but he probably assumes you're going to look over the whole board.

[@dashingwithvon7870]

Queen sac at the end for the checkmate in two 🤟🏾

[@davidbatchelder85]

sacrifice the queen, Qh7 check, king takes h7 Rh5 #

[@antonritter8129]

I tried...i tried all those tings...but the computer never does any of those theoretical moves up until move 3 maybe..is so frustrating...

[@bloodmoney88]

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you very much.

[@zinimmortal107]

My favorite opening....🔥👀

[@breakermike6887]

I'm always amazed when I'm trying to practice an opening That absolutely nothing that was explained to me ever comes into play ever

[@turkishdisco]

I don’t want to make assumptions about your rating but such theory only comes into play at like 1500+, which I am far away from… However, there is not much other types of content chess KZbinrs can make other than opening lessons and that creates a disconnect.

[@ohyeahohyeah1071]

While facing this opening as black, after e4 e5; Nf6 Nc3; Bb5, I usually play Bc5 because most of my opponents take the knight. If they take, I recapture with the d pawn, and if they then take my e pawn, I play Qd4, threatening mate in 1. Unless someone finds Nd3, which makes their position worse, they either get mated or lose a knight

[@MosesMajadibodu]

😮that's awesome

[@nimascolari1508]

The issue I always have is when black moves the bishop to e7. The exchange leaves white in a tough situation and difficult to recover from.

[@alex16cole]

Very good

[@icetroll734]

Queen sacrifice, very nice

[@davidbatchelder85]

what I have found, black moves the knight to d4 right away hitting the knight and the bishop. Disrupting all aspects of the formation. What should one do in this case

[@johnalexwallwall]

The puzzle at the end, took me a sec but its a queen sac, then move the rook over in its place. Check mate 😊

[@boddu]

For the puzzle is it qxh7 after kxh7, rh5 that is checkmate🎉

[@paulmacariola10]

Qh7+ kxh7 Then Rh5+# it is correct coach. it is last part of your vedio

[@EmileMondou-fp6tt]

I dont know this academy, but I want to know it!

[@gosilankrishnan8025]

At 04:16 , what if the black king goes to e6 to defend the knight? How to respond to that?

[@odio_stationofficial3420]

nice question

[@Daniel-qx1nm]

Nc3 to add pressure. Note that the king is in the middle of the board and can’t castle.

[@blackice6505]

Thanks🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

[@Views261]

As for puzzle .. game him a free queen in exchange a force mate in one

[@lmangoi3074]

Anastasia's Mate aka Magnus's fav mate

[@abdulkhader6245]

Queen to h7 (We sacrifice "the QUEEN") black King had to take them the Rook end his career with rook to h5 (Forced checkmate)

[@AGUNGKAYA]

thinking fast, I'll go rook to E4. Because in situation where underpressure we never think like this 😂 . Fight with time

[@PranitSuman]

07:01 isnt queen h5 better? Please reply fast I am going to play with my friend and I have betted my lunch money

[@mokwenarichard5629]

How did it go?

[@MortonGarden-s9z]

Liliane Field

[@RevaHayes-s9m]

Flossie Overpass

[@TauraPramuditya]

sac the queen, and rh5

[@jakit0556]

qh7 rh5 beautiful sac but i immediately wouldve went for the fork due to the pin

[@DavyRichard-e4w]

Hand Inlet

[@Jo007kin]

This all depends on your Opponent making the moves You want them to make.....🤷

[@pastorofmuppets4552]

All chess traps do.

[@stevensutton2252]

The Spanish Inquisition

[@terencetembo8382]

For the puzzle its qxh7+ king takes queen is forced and rook g5 is a beautiful check mate 😂

[@cr4zyj4m1e87]

H5***

[@SallyMoore-g7e]

Reilly Wells

[@RobesonLeif-z9f]

Murazik Plain

[@kramareva7446]

Qxh7, Rh5...😃😃

[@marutirj7454]

Queen takes pawn.. Rook mate

[@jaylaliza]

383 Laurel Grove

[@KiethWasmund-g6z]

Augustine Trafficway

[@AmericaCharlette]

142 Schumm Squares

[@juline190782]

Queen sacrifice!

[@sangareswaran.m7315]

Sacrifice the queeeeeeeeen. Hi I'm a Gotham sub

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

Are there any traps against Ruy Lopez? My buddy always takes the c6 knight immediately and then does a3 and h3 and he's pretty locked down. I know those last 2 moves aren't the "best moves" but it's still a pain in the butt.

[@pastorofmuppets4552]

There’s the Noah’s Ark Trap, but it involves the bishop not taking the knight. It comes from the Modern Steinitz variation.

[@user-dy1vf7lu3i]

Guys for the last puzzle. What if black didn’t play d6? What if he played g6? Then what

[@BlairNishikawa-h8b]

Pedro Common

[@MohitKumar-jf8lz]

At 2.07 what if blsck captures our knight with his knight?

[@diamondhero3804]

I tried this against Martin. He is SO bad, that he managed to play NONE of these responses, and took all of my pieces

[@desmyt67]

I'm sorry gm smirnov but I only play 1. b3 :P I won a tournament (not official one) by playing it with white eheh

[@lynnsky2137]

Questions 1. If there is Ruy lopez opening then why there isn't Jennifer lopez opening? 2. If there is fried liver attack , then why there isn't heart attack ? 3. If there is bird's variation , then why there isn't animal variation ? 🤔🤔🤔

[@LeonardaLoflin]

470 Leffler Rapids

[@sayantabhattacharjee9808]

Anastasia's Mate....after forced capture Qxh7

[@hruaizelaralte4219]

5:45 if king go to d7

[@sonipolakian4256]

Nice video

[@JamesRenner-v5v]

Timmy Vista

[@MacPhersonEvelyn]

85524 Corine Route

[@LydiaKuster-t4z]

Shaun Pine

[@krestwoodb]

Not sure if it was luck or what but first game I tried this and in 12 moves I was up 22 points lol. Granted I am 500 elo LOL edit: now i have won 10 games in a row lmao. This opening is OP.

[@CombatzX]

7:51 what if king goes e7?

[@beaconite4249]

If he goes to e7 then white can play Qe5+ and force the king to f7. Then he plays Qe5+ and picks off the rook in the corner anyway. Just one move later.

[@Rdv-s]

@@beaconite4249for the second one Qd5+

[@lenigaussgauss2428]

Sac the Queen on h7

[@wasanthadharmasena840]

Greate video Igo😊

[@ChaplinEdwina-x8v]

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