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@R.Akerman-oz1tf8 ай бұрын
Question) @1:14 Ba4-b3. If Knt) c6-a5...sac Bish or B-d5? Then c7-c6 attacks Bish... I'm kinda lost here.
@samadithvimanshaka9 ай бұрын
For the puzzle, I think it's a queen sac. Qxh7 after Kxh7, Rh5 is checkmate.
@christopherstokes93939 ай бұрын
Yep, Anastasia's Mate :) !
@ItIsYouAreNotYour9 ай бұрын
Nice catch! I oddly was having problems with this one. I was looking everywhere but the queen sacrificed haha.
@Johan19911005 ай бұрын
Nice I didn't think of that
@357Bullseye3 ай бұрын
Chk mate
@clashroyalgameplay20773 ай бұрын
How can knight go to h7 it's is on e7
@pat571329 ай бұрын
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.
@mahaveerhirawat73237 ай бұрын
noice
@GMIgorSmirnov9 ай бұрын
► 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
@CastlesKingSide9 ай бұрын
Puzzle solution: 1.Q:h7 K:h7 2.Rh5
@contextinvideos8 ай бұрын
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-w1y2 ай бұрын
I don't recommend bullet for new players tho
@HonestMan079 ай бұрын
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@GMIgorSmirnov9 ай бұрын
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.
@HonestMan079 ай бұрын
@@GMIgorSmirnov Oh my god! I literally didn't expect my idol GM Egor to wish me for my birthday... What else do I need... Thank you so so much Egor.... I will remember it forever...
@Tetfima4 ай бұрын
I'm 4 months late but happy birthday I hope you enjoy this year and age you seem just from this comment alone that you're a great person and someone I'd love to know! 🔥🩵
@sj0013 ай бұрын
Im 5 months late but happy birth Year 😅
@user-uk9er5vw4c7 ай бұрын
awesome video, there's a lot to digest but it looks fun
@jasonuerkvitz37564 ай бұрын
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 *
@DavidEmerling799 ай бұрын
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.
@sugarpoyon20776 ай бұрын
Thank you for pointing at this, I didn't saw the resemblance with the Noah's Ark
@itsiqbalgaming7 ай бұрын
A variety of fun ideas covered in this video. Thank you for an entertaining video Igor!
@ankitjain-bo5rh9 ай бұрын
1.Qxh7+ Kxh7 (forced move). 2.Rh5# ( Knight covers escape on g6 or g8, and nothing can stop the rook or block the check.
@breakermike68872 ай бұрын
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
@minhdao-nn7ho4 ай бұрын
Very informative Igor. Thank you
@somakarpati98479 ай бұрын
You could do a dutch defense video, its relatively rare and unique so most opponents would be unprepared
@twentyrothmans73089 ай бұрын
Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh5 ++ Thank you, as always, Igor!
@robertfakename9530Ай бұрын
Thanks for leaving a puzzle for us at the end. A nice one too.
@LeviSiccard6 ай бұрын
The puzzle is basically Anastasia's checkmate. Very nice variation! Thanks Igor! for expanding my Ruy Lopez repertoire and making it a real torture!🙂
@Gongo706 ай бұрын
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?
@lynnsky213712 күн бұрын
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 ? 🤔🤔🤔
@ZacD2 ай бұрын
Thanks for this video, this is exactly what I wanted, now let's see who remembers them !
@GMIgorSmirnov2 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@davidbatchelder853 ай бұрын
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
@gm24079 ай бұрын
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.
@AGUNGKAYA2 ай бұрын
king to g7?
@gm24072 ай бұрын
@@AGUNGKAYA The g7 square is occupied by the black pawn, so the black king can't take it.
@AGUNGKAYA2 ай бұрын
@@gm2407 i see . But the more I setup or plan to force mate, it mostly fail. I just checkmate by accident 😅
@gm24072 ай бұрын
@@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
@SuperRoss339 ай бұрын
Wow thank you for sharing
@Kanekikun0076 ай бұрын
And he sacrifices his queeeeeeen
@camdowg4 ай бұрын
Thank you for saying it the correct way
@ElloJayMusic9 ай бұрын
13:15 sacrifice Queen. (checks king) 5h7h King takes white queen. 8h7h Move rook to 5e5h (check mate)
@andreyvstaroselskiy4 ай бұрын
13:18 you sack the queen on h7 and slide the rook on h5 for mate! Beautiful!
@lars-christianheinz69029 ай бұрын
Thanks. Anastasia's mate. So brutal and beautiful.
@nimascolari1508Ай бұрын
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.
@bloodmoney889 ай бұрын
Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you very much.
@RedBarnAcademy3 ай бұрын
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.
@neoetude3 ай бұрын
Thank you for this great video! This is really helpful! :D
@GMIgorSmirnov3 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@icetroll7343 ай бұрын
Queen sacrifice, very nice
@gosilankrishnan802518 күн бұрын
At 04:16 , what if the black king goes to e6 to defend the knight? How to respond to that?
@odio_stationofficial342011 күн бұрын
nice question
@Daniel-qx1nm6 күн бұрын
Nc3 to add pressure. Note that the king is in the middle of the board and can’t castle.
@tonyjames19806 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this
@davidbatchelder853 ай бұрын
never mind, you answered it wonderful
@akashnarayanraozol98719 ай бұрын
13:12 1. Qxh7+ Kxh7 is forced then Rh5#
@peterbago45749 ай бұрын
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. 😅
@ohyeahohyeah10719 ай бұрын
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
@OlegCapovani9 ай бұрын
Amazing, thanks Igor
@vladislavshevchenko6349 ай бұрын
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.
@advitmahipati17284 ай бұрын
1. Qxh7+ Kxh7 2. Rh5#
@dashingwithvon78708 ай бұрын
Queen sac at the end for the checkmate in two 🤟🏾
@EmileMondou-fp6tt3 ай бұрын
I dont know this academy, but I want to know it!
@katis9994 ай бұрын
Thank you very much
@user-qc9cd5iz3lАй бұрын
07:01 isnt queen h5 better? Please reply fast I am going to play with my friend and I have betted my lunch money
@boddu4 ай бұрын
For the puzzle is it qxh7 after kxh7, rh5 that is checkmate🎉
@sumeetkushwaha64884 ай бұрын
In 5:52 how it is winning position?
@RedBarnAcademy3 ай бұрын
Agreed, he skipped how to "exchange queens". Not seeing it. The king can take the knight after moving out of check.
@krestwoodb6 ай бұрын
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.
@alex16cole3 ай бұрын
Very good
@MohitKumar-jf8lz5 ай бұрын
At 2.07 what if blsck captures our knight with his knight?
@CombatzX8 ай бұрын
7:51 what if king goes e7?
@beaconite42497 ай бұрын
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.
@AGUNGKAYA2 ай бұрын
thinking fast, I'll go rook to E4. Because in situation where underpressure we never think like this 😂 . Fight with time
@blackice65059 ай бұрын
Thanks🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
@lmangoi30743 ай бұрын
Anastasia's Mate aka Magnus's fav mate
@johnalexwallwall9 ай бұрын
The puzzle at the end, took me a sec but its a queen sac, then move the rook over in its place. Check mate 😊
@jakit05564 ай бұрын
qh7 rh5 beautiful sac but i immediately wouldve went for the fork due to the pin
@cupihealth4 ай бұрын
sacrifice the queen in last one
@sahitinalam88755 ай бұрын
At 4:16 wt if black king move to e6
@user-dy1vf7lu3i10 күн бұрын
Guys for the last puzzle. What if black didn’t play d6? What if he played g6? Then what
@davidbatchelder853 ай бұрын
sacrifice the queen, Qh7 check, king takes h7 Rh5 #
@paulmacariola109 ай бұрын
Qh7+ kxh7 Then Rh5+# it is correct coach. it is last part of your vedio
@TauraPramuditya7 ай бұрын
sac the queen, and rh5
@Carouso7 ай бұрын
This all depends on your Opponent making the moves You want them to make.....🤷
@pastorofmuppets45527 ай бұрын
All chess traps do.
@abdulkhader62457 ай бұрын
Queen to h7 (We sacrifice "the QUEEN") black King had to take them the Rook end his career with rook to h5 (Forced checkmate)
@sonipolakian42569 ай бұрын
Nice video
@wasanthadharmasena8409 ай бұрын
Greate video Igo😊
@kramareva74469 ай бұрын
Qxh7, Rh5...😃😃
@desmyt679 ай бұрын
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
@stevensutton22529 ай бұрын
The Spanish Inquisition
@hemakanthadesilva20875 ай бұрын
anastasia mate
@user-ji8vd2bo1t21 күн бұрын
Sacrifice the king and kings take our queen ruk mate
@sayantabhattacharjee98087 ай бұрын
Anastasia's Mate....after forced capture Qxh7
@terencetembo83829 ай бұрын
For the puzzle its qxh7+ king takes queen is forced and rook g5 is a beautiful check mate 😂
@cr4zyj4m1e879 ай бұрын
H5***
@lenigaussgauss24285 ай бұрын
Sac the Queen on h7
@alextonyt6363 ай бұрын
queen h7 and then rook h5 easy checkmate
@AGUNGKAYA2 ай бұрын
Hmm I see . But nice thing like this is rarely happened in real life 😅
@juline1907827 ай бұрын
Queen sacrifice!
@KyeHortonNinjaWindowCleaning5 ай бұрын
Queen h7 then cm with rook 😁
@sadiqliyev9239 ай бұрын
K e 6 ?
@sangareswaran.m73159 ай бұрын
Sacrifice the queeeeeeeeen. Hi I'm a Gotham sub
@zarnshow69229 ай бұрын
Your board was flipped?
@prplt9 ай бұрын
I just play f5 the jaenish gambit 😂
@user-cm4og2zb6x6 ай бұрын
Sankyo
@Georgewalsh1009 ай бұрын
Master class
@romelliilagus43149 ай бұрын
In 10:33, what if black plays O-O
@cr4zyj4m1e879 ай бұрын
Queen takes the hanging bishop on C5
@ashoksafaya53979 ай бұрын
I first learnt from the book of Mr Spasky, recovering the pawn captured by black Knight after placing the castled rook in the same file could not see in this video besides one mate trap sacrificing queen when knight pinned by black bishop.
@lyingcat90229 ай бұрын
Your best girl Anastasia joins the party ;)
@_a1g7_2 ай бұрын
if rook goes to e4
@mahadev42569 ай бұрын
🔥🔥🔥
@redlech51628 ай бұрын
they play me Ke4 in the 3rd move :(
@walterbrownstone80179 ай бұрын
Ruy Lopez is the greatest!
@ExtraditionLawFirm5 ай бұрын
👍
@benjaminropercurzon69132 ай бұрын
Why is the king and queen in the wrong position at the start ? Shouldn’t the queen be on the right side of the king
@reydonz3 ай бұрын
why they call it Ruy Lopez opening?
@kirtimangopanayak88512 ай бұрын
I think it's named after a Spanish priest. That's why they also call it Spanish Opening
@chakre119 ай бұрын
Best
@user-zv5vw8lk9n9 ай бұрын
Sácalo en español 😦
@boddu4 ай бұрын
Happy birthday
@universpro77414 ай бұрын
Spanish glory🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸
@ItIsYouAreNotYour9 ай бұрын
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.
@pastorofmuppets45527 ай бұрын
There’s the Noah’s Ark Trap, but it involves the bishop not taking the knight. It comes from the Modern Steinitz variation.