Simple & BRUTAL Way to PUNISH Scholar's Mate TRICK

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🔹 Brutally PUNISH Scholar's Mate & Early Queen Attacks - • Brutally PUNISH Schola...
The Scholar's Mate (or the Fool's Mate or the early queen attack) is the most disrespectful attempt of your opponents to checkmate you.
Many might think that only complete beginners would ever try this lame chess trick. However, the reality is completely different; almost 10 million players have tried the Scholar's Mate or early queen attack. In fact, it is the second most played move by White in the opening position after 1.e4 e5.
In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov will share with you a simple, yet brutal way to counter this early queen attack. And because it's simple, you can learn this counter-trick very easily without having to spend much time memorizing different variations.
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► Chapters
00:00 How to stop Scholar's Mate or early queen attacks?
00:46 Simple yet BRUTAL way to punish Scholar's Mate
02:58 If White plays Bb3 to defend against the knight fork
03:43 They can't trap your knight on a1
05:41 Puzzle: Can you find the best move?
05:59 If White does not take Qxf6
08:04 NEW Course "Level Up Your Chess"
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[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@michaelbrooks9935]

My father taught me to play chess some 45 odd years ago and I'm just picking it up again at 60. These tutorials are helping me to understand the game in a way that I never did before. Your style is fun, engaging and accessible ... AND your passion for the game is evident. A chess GM, and a world class coach! Thanks for bringing your A game.

[@xombienecrone508]

The fool's mate and the scholar's mate are two different variations. The fool's mate is 4 moves total with the black queen providing the solo check make. The scholar is using the bishop in conjunction with the queen to provide a checkmate in 7 moves roughly.

[@nibiyabi]

Yes, Fool's Mate is the shortest possible game. 1.f3/f4 e3/e4, 2.g4 Qh4#

[@chrisrobbins2632]

I've stumbled onto the "splitting hairs" commentary section. Lucky me.

[@nibiyabi]

@@chrisrobbins2632 It's literally a completely different mate.

[@twentyrothmans7308]

Thank you, Igor. These are fantastic.

[@pettym3]

5:55 the best move i can find is trading the light squared bishop for the pawn, alowing the knight to take the pawn on b3, so 2 pawns for a bishop

[@mattheusspoo]

I would do the oposite. Would capture the pawn with check and when they take the knight i would take the d3 pawn with the rook for a check, because after the king moves, you can capture the knight with your back rook. I mean, if king to c2 to double protect the knight, you can take with the rook with a discovered check (so the enemy bishop cannot capture) and the king can't capture the rook because of your own black bishop. If he doesn't go to c2, then you take the knight with your black bishop covered by the rook(so if the black bishop recapture you can take it too with the rook) That plays gives you a knight and 2 pawns for your knight, plus the enemy king will be completely undefended against a rook and two bishops.

[@Rearmostbean]

This is so helpful, I come back to it time and again because maybe 25% of black games are against the Scholar's mate at my 300-500 level

[@arightscepter]

There are so many ideas to look at here. I was going to say b5 ab Bx5 Nxb3+ an if the K stays with his center pawn fork with Nd4+ and next NxB. But then I wondered about Rook takes pawn and when the B captures pin it with the other rook. After Rxe3 seems like a big attack. Hopefully I said it so as not to sound as if I am sure.

[@james-cf4mw]

Love the early queen trade idea. Could you do please do a video on the Hedgehog Defense I see played by many strong players?

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 How to stop Scholar's Mate or early queen attacks? 00:46 Simple yet BRUTAL way to punish Scholar's Mate 02:58 If White plays Bb3 to defend against the knight fork 03:43 They can't trap your knight on a1 05:41 Puzzle: Can you find the best move? 05:59 If White does not take Qxf6 08:04 NEW Course "Level Up Your Chess"

[@limitbreaker6662]

Thank you it was so useful

[@leagueaddict8357]

Offering a Queen trade is my way of playing it since if they go to like G3 you can just play QG6 and they are most likely unwilling to trade, lots of opponents just resign because they are so frustrated that such a simple reply counters their idea, wherever they go with the queen you can either develop or offer the same trade as long as you avoid the 3 fold repetition.

[@eekwibble]

This puzzle is the first I've seen on this channel that has stumped me for longer than a few minutes. I'll come back to it tomorrow with a fresh mind and see if I can work out the answer as I don't think any of the current responses are correct. I think I'd benefit a lot from your course, but I can't afford it atm. I'll probably have to look at that sometime in the future as well. Love your videos, Igor.

[@gleekhan]

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[@Naborbukv2]

Lately, bumped into common strat against White. Their 4 first moves: e4, Nc3, Bc4 and Qg4(!). Since we all play Rousseau Gambit, our move order is e5, Nc6 and Bc5 accordingly, but then pnly thanks to Stockfish continuation is known (Nd4) but still it leads to losing a pawn... Any ideas here?

[@DarkChess01]

Nice thank you

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

❤

[@kylebecker9]

Nxb3+ which captures a pawn and removes the defender of d3 after Bxb3. Then you're rook can take on d3 with check and you'll be left with two attackers of the knight on c3 with only one defender, so you can win it.

[@schwebor]

Nxb3 knight=n, k=king ❤

[@chidumebiekeator8262]

I was so confused. K means king. The knight is denoted by N

[@kylebecker9]

@@chidumebiekeator8262 yeah edited

[@Groet]

5:57 Knight takes b3 check, if he takes your knight with bishop then you take on d3 with rook check. King moves and you take knight on c3 with you bishop.

[@mattheusspoo]

except if king goes to c2, then you need to take with your rook to create a discovered check and stop the enemy black bishop from taking your rook.

[@richardkalmwater5996]

(1)Knight takes b4 check, if Bishop takes Knight then (2)Pawn advances to e4. He can NOT take this pawn without triggering a discovered check. This moves also prevent whites Knight to move to f3 stifling his development. Once black takes this Pawn, the e-row is open for black to being his 2nd Rook into the battle.

[@acoustic-duo313]

Soo nice❤🎉

[@Shad0wWarior]

Nxb3 if bishop captures then Rd3 is possible

[@x_kenpachi_11]

yes

[@andrehbarakat2809]

Nxb3+ and if Bxb3 then Rxd3+ and the white position collapses

[@dorpus]

The latest version of Stockfish recommends d6 instead of Nc6 on move 2.

[@somewagyuenjoyer]

3:20 Nxd5 isn't a good move, because it's basically 2 minor pieces for a rook, and 2 minor pieces usually out perform one rook even though it's just a 1 point difference others might ask me "but your knight on a1 is still alive, which means its 1 piece for a rook" well, no. if the opponent plays the right moves, they won't let your knight to escape, which isn't good either that's why you either refute the fried liver with the traxler, or castle, so you win 2 pieces for a rook

[@msn140]

i'm not making any progress in chess as a club player i'm stuck, thank you very much for the new course Igor Smirnov, I bought the course I need this, and I like the courses only you do they are the best ! I will study the course calmly and carefully.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Great! Good luck with your chess progress.

[@msn140]

@@GMIgorSmirnov Thank you🙂

[@user-id5pb2de5e]

I also noticed that if you move your knight to f3 threatening their Queen you can get them to freak out about losing their Queen while your calm and continuing your development and by the time they get the Queen out of the way your usually completely developed and their queens has been making a majority of the moves

[@usibistro]

GD player

[@austinmcdaniel4259]

Isn’t Fool’s Mate f3/4 -> e6/5 -> g4 -> qh4#

[@JayPixx]

Nope

[@jayteegamble]

Quiz: Nxb3+?

[@Aryan-xl1df]

Coach!! Pls make a video against e4. It will be really helpful❤❤

[@oceanfung4140]

for 5:56 black bishop to d3, then white bishop takes, then black pawn to e4, then take white bishop on next turn, then the dark knight to b3 check

[@roi2671]

😮

[@cybercop47]

kb3

[@ShashankVermaa]

most of the times, you will not be able to advance your Knight to D4 as opponent will play a blocking move by pawn C3. Its a simple defense to this "Punishing move"

[@ohyeahohyeah1071]

After e4 e5; Bc4 Nc6; Qh5, what's wrong with playing Qf6 directly? If white ever tries to trade (which they shouldn't), they lose a bishop for a pawn, along with the queen trade

[@pettym3]

hes refering to black players

[@ohyeahohyeah1071]

@@pettym3 so am I

[@SheLuvMeNot]

1. XbD3 XbD3 2. XnB3+ kB2 3. kC5

[@helpmeunderstand]

I like knight to C6 and pawn to e6 and bishop to d6.

[@wex0830]

I think that remembring moves is just stupid just remember the idea of the trap lr opening...

[@DEB-830]

4:01 King should move to d1 and there is no way of saving that trapped knight!

[@sarthakmohanty997]

That's true. But if we chase the d5 bishop away with something like c6 Bd4 b5 Bb3 Nxb3 axb3 we can at the very least have a material advantage. After this we can line up an attack on the d3 pawn (which I think has no defenders now) with Bf5 and as soon as that pawn moves, we go e4 threatening a check on the next move with Bg4. I am not well versed enough in chess to determine if this will lead to an advantageous position or not. I am just trying to think about what else we can do if saving that knight is out of the question. I am not saying that this is the best course of action as I am myself a beginner at chess (400 ELO). I would love to hear about some better moves.

[@ALNPrasad]

@4:41 bxb7 is possible

[@roz_rama]

Igor, it would be nice to categorize your courses by recommended strength of players. Something like: Course is suitable for everybody from 1000-1600 elo. Which serms to be the case of this recent new course. Is there anything for players of 1900+ FIDE ? I like your approach, but most tricks you show here simply dont work on higher level. But i know for certain, there are more sophisticated tricks and lines, which work on these levels. For example Quaade gambit, i got into it many times and even strong players, who dont know it, will think for long time and then accept free rook.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thanks for the suggestion. For advanced courses, you can checkout these two courses. Calculate TIll Mate and How to beat Stronger Opponents online.chess-teacher.com/course/calculate-till-mate/ online.chess-teacher.com/course/how-to-beat-stronger-opponents/

[@christophpeter8735]

Is the answer from minute 5, knight takes b3?

[@nicknelsonb]

Maybe Bxd3 instead, if they take Bxd3 then play Nxb3 and chase the king?

[@front331]

Could this be the variation: 1..Nxb3+ 2.Bxb3 Rxd3+ 3.Ke2 or Ke1 or Kc1 (if 3.Kc2, 3..Rxc3+ followed by Rxb3) 3..Bxc3.

[@nicholase2868]

I hate early Queen trades. This isn't really brutal, it's just getting a moderate advantage.

[@Sibeer]

Bishop takes on D3. Bishop recaptures, Knight to B3 check

[@lorenzaigner912]

chess videos be like: ok now you are a pawn up it should be super easy to win the game. me: two queens up and still loses lol

[@KumarBendrake]

You can't go knight to D4 because they've already pushed their Pawn to C3 to prevent that. They are waiting for me to trade queens so they can get the lead in development. So now what? Someone answer quickly because there's only 2 minutes and 30 seconds left on the clock.

[@DrugzMunny]

"Also known as the fool's checkmate." Not accurately known as the fool's mate, but maybe as a misconception. The Fool's made is more like f3 e5 g4 Qh4#

[@DEB-830]

black is making lot of mistakes! if black plays correct moves then position is pretty much equal.

[@front331]

I agree. Firouzja played it against Nakamura about a month ago and it took a while for Naka to defend and bust him.

[@dorpus]

Fool's mate is not the same as scholar's mate. It's a totally different move.

[@deepsaxena6930]

I have started playing chess for 3 months but When you start learning few gambits it gets confusing in each game especially when they start aggressive playing after I castle

[@kimbirch1202]

N x p

[@realsamuel2377]

Quiz: Kxb3+

[@jacinto1124]

P r o m o s m

[@Shanyae9]

And where is the MOST used line of h3? Oh yeah, you're so good that you don't know how rookies plays

[@farrukhakhtar1185]

Where's your cat

[@user-nd6kw5wp8g]

I'm I the only one extremely annoyed by the PAWWWWWWWN ? 😂

[@anhada.8347]

It promoted to queen midway

[@danialmubashar3246]

3:18 is the most dumbest thing I've heard. I will never trade both of my developed knights for a rook that isn't even developed. Play smart people don't listen to this shit show.