Surprise Sicilian Players On The 2nd Move [TRICKY Gambit]

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@farouqbaiti4315]

Great.😸

[@R.Akerman-oz1tf]

@@farouqbaiti4315I won't remember all the moves, but sac & pivotal squares look darn good.

[@fluxrider7027]

So this gambit includes stinging white attacks on the queenside, the center, and the kingside, sometimes all in the same game!

[@ReflectionOcean]

00:00:02 Play Pawn A3 to initiate the Mangerini variation of the Sicilian Defense. 00:01:00 Sacrifice a pawn by pushing it forward to gain strategic advantages in the center. 00:01:23 Trade on D5 and play Knight to A3 to create a strong threat of Knight going to B5. 00:02:20 Utilize the pin along the a file to your advantage, forcing your opponent into difficult positions. 00:03:00 Consider sacrificing pieces strategically to exploit pins and create decisive threats. 00:04:07 Apply the same pinning tactic along the a file to maintain pressure on your opponent. 00:04:24 Employ dark magic by sacrificing pieces to set up powerful attacks and force your opponent into unfavorable positions. 00:05:00 Utilize the B5 square as a critical point in your attack strategy to create winning opportunities. 00:06:33 Ignore your opponent's standard moves and continue with aggressive tactics to maintain the upper hand. 00:07:00 Execute the Greek gift sacrifice (Bishop takes H7 followed by Knight G5) to launch a devastating attack on your opponent's king. 00:08:00 Utilize attacking patterns like the Greek gift sacrifice to create winning opportunities and force your opponent into difficult positions. 00:09:00 Maintain pressure on your opponent by sacrificing pieces strategically and exploiting tactical opportunities. 00:10:00 Continue the attack by threatening checkmate and creating multiple threats to overwhelm your opponent. 00:11:00 Capitalize on tactical opportunities and attacking patterns to secure a winning position and force your opponent into making mistakes. 00:12:00 Utilize aggressive tactics and attacking patterns to keep your opponent on the defensive and create winning opportunities. 00:13:00 Exploit tactical vulnerabilities in your opponent's position to launch decisive attacks and secure victory. 00:14:00 Maintain a relentless attack on your opponent's king by creating multiple threats and exploiting tactical weaknesses. 00:15:00 Continue the attack by threatening checkmate and forcing your opponent into difficult defensive positions. 00:16:00 Utilize tactical opportunities and attacking patterns to keep your opponent under pressure and secure a winning position. 00:17:10 Learn the main traps and attack patterns of the Mangarin variation against the Steel Defense. 00:17:19 Check out a video for an in-depth understanding and theory of this line. 00:17:26 Explore three Master Classes to become a strong attacking player. Generated by yousum.live

[@rivhi7974]

Igor, my man, don’t share my secrets.

[@stevensutton2252]

I play the same way but I do it in a different order he's giving away all of our secrets😅😂😂😂😂😂❤😭🙊🙊🙊

[@Whisperfall]

LOL 😂

[@wa1ufo]

😀👽

[@GyawaliPrajwal-uk1zh]

Don't stop playing chess😂😂

[@georgekosinski8957]

Subtle changes in move order can have huge effects. I like that in this version of the Wing Gambit, Black does not have the option of returning the pawn with ...b4-b3 to keep the a-file closed. And, as Igor emphasized, it's quite amazing how many natural moves do not work for Black.

[@cawkecabdi7745]

Amazing openings and Amazing end games 👏

[@CheckmateFC]

I really wanted to learn this opening thankyou for this video!

[@KSKDINGDONGCHESSKERELA]

its in his channel look it up

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad it was helpful!

[@KSKDINGDONGCHESSKERELA]

@@GMIgorSmirnov hi Igor, in order to get fife id i got AICF ID (all india chess federation) now what do I do??

[@ArnavBaibhaw]

Hey Igor,could u pls recommend an universal opening against the Stonewall,colle and the london

[@phlegmtheorem]

Thank you Igor. I love your humor and style of teaching.

[@eclecticexplorer7828]

I am often critical of these "crush your opponent with this opening" videos, as it usually ignores some rather obvious and perhaps common ways to avoid the worst outcomes, but I can truly see opponents making all the same mistakes in this one. It is definitely a variation I will be trying out in practice.

[@kalias66]

Give it a few weeks and Sicilian players will have it memorized as the Dumb Trap players spam it ad nauseum. I'm already seeing this line a fair bit. After this, I guess it'll be every other game 😪

[@Jimmy911ism]

Igor is just too popular. It is all very good training though. I think the important thing is that if you try any such traps, that your position is not compromised if they don't fall for it.​@@kalias66

[@mekelius]

It's funny. I checked the e6 game with the computer, and Nc7 is a fine move for black, but only if they immediadly follow it up with d5. Nc6 and castles is the mistake that allows the sac. d5 and castles, and black can go dxc! and then Qd3! to cover h7 square. Fun stuff. But honestly just play Ne7, or don't castle under the queen? I think e6 kinda just refutes the whole thing if black plays normal moves instead of Nc7. Maybe just bail out with Nc3 and argue that a3 isn't the worst move ever.

[@arjundutta9763]

Amazing thrilling chess,great teacher Igor Smirnov

[@LogicDailyMath]

Thank you Igor!! Could you do more videos on the Blackmar Diemer? A lot of the opponents I play against don't take the pawn sacrifice after Qxf3, what other ideas are there if they don't go down that line?

[@ศกรโสมาภา]

You’re forking the bishop on f5 and b2 pawn when you play Qxf3. Even if they don’t take the free pawn on c2 they don’t have many moves to play. Lets say they play the most popular move undeveloping the bishop back to home square you can long castle and push d5 opening the position. Worth noting is that if they play c6 after undeveloping their bishop you’ll have to take the f6 knight or the bishop will skewer your queen and rook. The position play themselves after you open it but if you want the full move then check out wgraif channel.

[@unclebob1959]

No matter how many times I watch these videos, I always blunder somewhere!

[@bondanization]

😮 me too

[@wa1ufo]

Me too dadgum it!

[@johns6795]

These sharp openings result in spectacular wins or spectacular losses

[@wolfhard2420]

@@johns6795in my case it results only in very unspectacular losses

[@lol-yz8fh]

"If I can blunder, so can you." - a wise man

[@КаналЧиллиПепФакты]

Продолжайте. Я смотрю каждое ваше видео и пересматриваю иногда по нескольку раз, если оно интересное

[@williamedwards9419]

I cannot wait to try this out! Thank you.

[@davidrobertson1980]

Wow Igor, this video is one of the best lately, so many WINS! When do we see you playing?

[@JuliusNkabirwa]

That's our man❤

[@sunilchristian3430]

Thank you,!

[@fredheinz1134]

What are your thoughts on which side is preferable for this line: e4 c5 a3 e6 b4 cxb axb Nf6 e5 d5 b5. Can white still get a good attack?

[@PoonamGharat-no7wj]

Your traps and opening really helped me.I am from india i got a good score in my previous tournament. Thank you❤❤❤

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

❤

[@KSKDINGDONGCHESSKERELA]

@@GMIgorSmirnov I remember watching you play kabbadi lol

[@mizofan]

This is a great video :)

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 Top 5 Fastest Wins Against the Sicilian Defense (Mengarini Variation) 00:16 Game-1 (Black plays 2...Nc6) 03:03 God of PINS 04:37 Checkmate out of nowhere! 05:11 Game-2 07:34 Game-3 10:16 All Black's pieces on the 8th rank 11:16 Game-4 13:04 Game-5 (Black plays 2...e6)

[@farouqbaiti4315]

Good.😺

[@johnp845]

GM Igor, thank you for all you have done for the chess community ! At the 9:00 mark of your amazing video, why doesn't white simply play Ra8 to force the issue ?

[@VIKINGHUN]

Magic 😂!

[@icebearpanda7068]

Ive watch the donel gambit, and it helps me focus, tho donel gambit is easy to counter its still fun to play.

[@grahamf695]

Those tricks are hilarious! 🤣

[@runl6117]

I believe g6 is objecticely the best reply. It prevents b4, so you can just play an accelerated dragon where white wasted a move

[@atanubanerjee3243]

Mengarini Gambit once again❤

[@farouqbaiti4315]

I appreciate this Tricky Gambit.😼

[@brianbeattyphotography]

ah, the savage response to the sicilian I've been looking for!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Great. Good luck.

[@bodlio]

Awesome!!!!

[@pooyanshateri4000]

Very cool!

[@leszekryniec7054]

8:54 I would play Ra8 to attract the rook and remove the defender of the c7 square

[@GregTurismo]

This is wild

[@theroth8743]

And if don't take on b3? And play nf6?

[@ernestogarcillan1977]

5:04 can't stop laughing after i saw Nxa7, Rxa7 Be3 lol 😅🤣😂 until Qxb5

[@carpathus]

Holy cats! That's cool. Cheers!

[@sztrlb123]

Please cover 2....g6 and 2....d6 from black. I face lots of players doing that scillian dragon thing and I've no idea what to do.

[@sotasottile]

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[@marknieuweboer8099]

2...g6.

[@Senzoku_44]

does anyone know how to get the ‘fritz’ theme that he used to use in his old videos?

[@Lastairbender570]

A real knightmare situation to deal with

[@topkekindustries4604]

That first game was fucking insane

[@garychapin4070]

Hello, at 6:08 why wouldn’t black take the C2 pawn, threatening to take the bishop with check?

[@fredpennington6180]

PLEASE, show the lines where Black plays P-b6 after P-b4!

[@pettym3]

the issue here is developing the queen's pawn and queen, losing a lot of tempo whilst white creates mating threats or tactics

[@markoshea8060]

Great fun

[@bondanization]

All Hail Igor Smirnov

[@tabby7189]

10:00 "f**k you, I said take my rook!"

[@Gatodorminhoco]

If black play d6,what to do against it?

[@Ricardo7250]

Honestly, if I was playing black I would just play d5 on move 2 and get the free center. 2.a3 just feels like a passive move

[@ComradeArthur]

Great April Fools video. Also, the opening looks fun.

[@johns6795]

I think on the last example black bishop taking white bishop on a2 is winning for black instead going bg5

[@tabby7189]

4:04 Qb6 doesn't just win the rook?

[@samuel.carlson]

Hey y'all, just curious to see what elo everyone watching Igor is... I'm roughly 1300-1400

[@moseskamau9915]

What if black's Bb7 captures white's Bb2 instead of recapturing white's Ng5?

[@Ricardo7250]

I think black has a superior Scandinavian if he plays 1.e4 c5 2.a3 d5

[@BulaienHate]

Wouldn't this suck vs g6 though (early dragon)

[@zxvc849]

what about g6

[@SamGreens]

Ignore the gambit and play 2....e6 and 3....d5 . a3 is not a French defence move.

[@somniphobic_sight]

my friend plays this all the time. We call it “the goofy ahh gambit”

[@vaibhavisharma8217]

Levy played this opening against me and I lost that match.

[@rivhi7974]

I believe it’s what he recommends in his E4 course vs the Sicilian

[@icerabbit9433]

Levy never fails to lean from the great Remote Chess Academy !

[@II-Drugga-II]

No he didnt

[@FerrisMcLaren]

You lost to levy 😂

[@wa1ufo]

Igor, I think you must be a super intelligent alien from another solar system posing as a human! 😀😄😎👽👽👽

[@AnsumanDash-ri6cw]

Today I lost from black in the same variation and so I am here

[@ernestogarcillan1977]

7:31 😅🤣😂

[@spooonpro614]

4:04 am i missing something here? Why not qb6+

[@dalemcdowell2684]

because the idea was to win by checkmate, not just win a rook

[@EternalSilverDragon]

I love the mengarini variation and the theory that goes with it. But it's all completely pointless because after 1. e4 c5 2. a3, Black never ever plays 2... Nc6. It's like Black doesn't even understand the basics of the opening they chose to play. (I'm around 1200.)

[@bogdananicescu6051]

Because of you, Mr Smirnov, I've just been accused of cheating for using a variation of this line.

[@ernestogarcillan1977]

8:48 😅🤣😂

[@ernestogarcillan1977]

The untouchable goat at b4

[@SeekingJUICYalpha]

Winner winner chicken dinner! This is a great variation Igor!!🫶🏼👊🏻🏆

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@Suroy]

73% of players take, me 3 games in a row where they don't haha. Sad days

[@RuataRalte-y9m]

14:57 not correct.

[@sbosboniso7036]

What's not correct

[@hinyuchin4724]

I lost :(. my opponent just keep playing random moves(not bad move but unexpected)

[@wolfhard2420]

Tried this gambit in my first otb tournament yesterday. Result: 0 out of three. I was lucky to win all my black games with the trusted boring French opening. So I ended up at least scoring 3 out of 6 after losing all my white games against the Sicilian. My opponents just did not play the nice moves shown here. And I am not the tactic genius to find my way through this complicated opening once I am on my own. Never got the knight to b5, never got the pawn back, never got any tactical compensation, in one case against a 2050 player I even lost control over the center after having that huge bulwark there. My conclusion: this opening is just for tactical geniuses. Nothing for me. Just brings my rating down.

[@tabby7189]

Anytime you play a new opening, you will play it badly because you don't have experience. Try it in a bunch of 5+5 or 10+15 games online to get the hang of it, and then you'll play it better achieving better results.

[@Timberius]

4:20 but QxB. Wouldn't that be the better move here? QxB, QxQ, PxQ, RxR, so it would be a bishop and a pawn for a rook

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

Isn't this line named after Adolf Anderssen?

[@abhidityasingh9444]

Don't tell me it's April fool

[@shatsune3362]

best joke ever

[@davidstubbs8896]

2..a5! ends the party before it begins! The Sicilian is hilariously annoying...for both sides!!!

[@IRONLONGANISA_YT]

what happen to your vids?? no more chapters to seek

[@peterreid9769]

Great video. The Sicilian and Sicilian players are so annoying.

[@jotawski]

🌹👍🌹

[@liorkoren8293]

Nice. But a6 is stupid

[@sandorclegane4635]

Nice opening. Just your face is very distracting. No need to waste half of the screen. Were watching the left side only

[@universe791]

Damn bro, so much hate in your heart. I mean almost all chess vlogs are like that. Can't you just appreciate the content his sharing? It looks simple but it takes a lot of time and effort just to create one.

[@tellahsage6477]

@@universe791 There was nothing hateful at all in his comment

[@fullestegg]

hqppy april fools ig

[@lyubomirkirilov780]

All those posting cheesy gambits for blitz use are really pathetic content creators. Try to teach people fundamentals, not how to stay level with tricks gaining them ranking points that they ultimately squander.

[@longnguytuan547]

now i cant use it anymore because everybody else know it

[@disguisegamer7125]

Nah bro i was using this opening as a secret weapon against sicillian ,as noone knew it But now you made a video on it and now everyone knows about it 🥲

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

:)