The Boiling Frog Attack (insane chess opening)

This video was heavily inspired by the following article by GM Gregory Serper on chess.com:
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[@ChessVibesOfficial]

This video was heavily inspired by the following article by GM Gregory Serper on chess.com: www.chess.com/article/view/the-boiling-frog-attack

[@yuke...]

Ratio

[@baptix-objectionlol592]

​@@yuke... ?

[@sdsign4229]

Is the rook lift the only difference between this and the greek gift sacrifice?

[@PhazerDoesStuff]

"no animals were harmed in the making of this video"

[@thecomputerlibrary-8199]

Okeh

[@eden5388]

Seems legit

[@arushamshafeeq9428]

A frog is desd

[@thijsdesjardijn1308]

@@arushamshafeeq9428 yes i invented this opening while making my dinner

[@arushamshafeeq9428]

@@thijsdesjardijn1308 well I invented racism

[@stanimir5F]

Stonewall was probably the first real opening I ever learned back when I was 12 years old and I only played it. But I never learned what to do when it's "complete" so I thought "OK, cool start but now what". So I stopped using it. But I guess "stonewall is back in the menu bois" :D

[@cipix37]

same here, but instead of playing it, my opponent was always playing it. We called it The Peasant Defense because we knew it was some low level stuff but it worked in our case

[@syphintriz2658]

how low cause im 1200

[@cipix37]

Me too 😁, I said it is low level only because I have never seen it played in master/GM games. Also, when a player arranged his pawns like that, the other one would copy it right away since we knew that structure is bad news and totally block each other right away.

[@PedroAce]

@@cipix37 Well Magnus has played it in an official game, so.

[@Jjjof]

Uruk-hai scream!!

[@MarcFromBerryland]

As a low Elo player I play this all the time but have never heard it called the boiling frog before.

[@thebirdhasbeencharged]

London blend

[@MarcFromBerryland]

@@thebirdhasbeencharged You mean a name change?

[@thebirdhasbeencharged]

@@MarcFromBerryland I regularly checkmate people in same low elo with this same ending but I start with London System

[@manlycupcake3097]

​@@thebirdhasbeencharged same

[@davidfleb]

Started using this in a few of my games. Surprisingly effective because most people are unfamiliar with this type of attack. Thanks!

[@alfiansori4003]

Hard images

[@JadeMythriil]

I don't even play chess but learning about all these plans and attacks is really interesting. Whenever I play chess myself I just react in the moment and never really have a plan so seeing this is really eye-opening and I might keep it in mind whenever I play chess.

[@Qoko88]

Interestingly, I've played the Colle Zukertort quite often which is eerily similar, but the dark squared bishop is not ignored. It's essentially the same setup, but with b3 instead of c3, allowing some central breaks, but the bishop helps defending the center. The difference between the Colle systems vs the White Stonewall is that White plays Nf3-Ne5-f4 in the Colles vs f4-Nf3-Ne5 in the Stonewall. Differences are not huge, but the Colle setup is a bit more principled as it does develop a piece early. The result is the same if Black develops naturally: for both, this setup is only good if Black closes off the light squared bishop (2/3....e6). Hence most players prefer 2.e3 over Nf3, as that provokes Black to do the same (e6). The Zukertort opening starts with 1.d4 and 2.Nf3, where Black often mirrors White and keeps Bf5 or Bg4 open. If the light squared bishop comes out, White's essentially down a piece in the attack down the line. To give some pointers for the defender once the choke hold is achieved (2....e6 3.f4): a successful setup is fianchettoing Bf8: with a fianchetto'd bishop attacking the kingside is a lot harder, the central pressure is partially neutralized and Black has the option to take on e5 whenever it is favorable.

[@chesser4337]

why dont you just make a book about it

[@tannerbenson7864]

Jeez, dude, you just wrote a book lol

[@Qoko88]

@@chesser4337 Haha, enough material on these setups exists already😁. I'll take it as a compliment though.

[@bernardthefourth]

This setup works very well but it takes too many moves to set up. If you get attacked early it struggles I've found.

[@xHannibal]

@@chesser4337 Clearly you're literate

[@gabby_5820]

"No animals were harmed in the making of this video" Knights:

[@rowenlacsina7460]

This is quite an interesting opening might try it some time

[@jaredzxv3706]

Hi have a good day everyone!

[@deteon1418]

You too!

[@InkDrinkerProductions]

minecraft balls

[@Jungleali]

G’day to you aswell!

[@Martin_Neal]

4:08 'Greek Gift' (sac'ing the B)!!

[@quarka]

At 4:54 after rock comes to h3, pawn could come to h6 what would white do in that case ?

[@hristotodorov2151]

Aand everyone goes quiet

[@TheMFWhoHasNoEnemies]

Fried liver attack: 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓 Boiling Frog Attack: 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🍷🍷🍷

[@joelbell6413]

I love how enthusiastic you are😂 makes me play chess

[@V27277]

I like this opening more than others because you don’t lose material and you get MASIVE attack! 😀

[@YT_macas]

???

[@YT_macas]

Logic??

[@YT_macas]

WHERE ARE YOU?????!!!!!!!

[@V27277]

Here

[@YT_macas]

​@@V27277 l'm not about you

[@escouleshaire]

Unrelated but I really like wacky openings that you don’t see often (usually for a good reason but still) An opening that I quite like is 1. d4 c5 2. d5 Qa5 3. Qd2 b6 Note: I play black mainly, I know that the Qa5 could be countered with Bd2 instead of Qd2 but I’m a big fan of this opening anyway and when I first tried this it actually made quite a fun game and I deemed it the Silly Defence even know it’s just a variation of the old benoni

[@kingwes987]

My friend’s number 1 strength is probably opening theory and so I like to play weird openings too!

[@escouleshaire]

@@kingwes987 openings are very fun because you can make them up and repeat them easily + playing black primarily gives you a lot of control over the opening because you have many ways to respond to your opponent’s first move

[@rogerkearns8094]

04:57 (After Bxh7+) _The game is over._ Sorry if I'm slow, but after Black's ...Kh8, how does White finish the game?

[@kwhd559]

The Stonewall Attack can be lethal below master level, and the improved Stonewall Attack with the dark-squared bishop outside the pawn chain is even better.

[@thegreatgazoo7579]

would you give an example line of an improved Stonewall Attack? Thanks.

[@kwhd559]

@@thegreatgazoo7579 Sure, just give me a few minutes.

[@tritiumsabre]

Yes that's actually a good idea. Please show us a line.

[@kwhd559]

@@tritiumsabre The second model game is by the Ex Women's World Champion: [Event "RUS-chT (Women) 7th"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2006.04.20"] [Round "1"] [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"] [Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2502"] [BlackElo "2438"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 b6 8. Ngf3 Bb7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Qf3 Bd6 11. O-O a5 12. Qh3 Ba6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Ndxc4 cxd4 15. exd4 b5 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Bg6 Bxe5 20. fxe5 fxg6 21. exf6 O-O 22. f7+ Kh8 23. Rf4 h5 24. Be7 Qc7 25. Qh4 Bb7 26. Re1 Qc6 27. Qg5 Kh7 28. h3 Rac8 29. Re5 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Rc2 31. Qxh5+ gxh5 32. Rxh5+ Kg6 33. Rg5+ Kh7 34. Rh4# 1-0

[@Heroball299]

They have to play e6 for this to work, if they develop the bishop with g6, Bg7 it will never work.

[@SA-iy7bl]

Hi Nelson. At first - thank you very much for your lessons, you are a natural born teacher! Then, I tried boiling frog about 100 times + and it NEVER went as you showed here. Though always created a lot of very interesting and complicated games where I never lost a game! Always waiting for new videos with something new. Best regards! Stan.

[@Ricardordz11]

That's a legendary thumbnail and an instant classic

[@sonofsarek]

As a total novice, I would sometimes set up my pawns just like that. Little did I know, it was a good strategy.

[@syphintriz2658]

does that mean you are a novice or a pro

[@Fck_the_atf]

Yeah back when i was 300 I thought it made a funny wiggle line. Now that i know that funny wiggle line is legit i will try to make it more often.

[@syphintriz2658]

@@Fck_the_atf apparrently some super GMs played it so it has to be good in some regard

[@syphintriz2658]

apparrently some super GMs played it so it has to be good in some regard

[@sonofsarek]

@@syphintriz2658 still a novice.

[@tritiumsabre]

Most players usually push h6 here 4:02 . What to do then? Just common developments?

[@emissarygw2264]

I have the same question. Does that just completely end the attack?

[@NotHeavyy]

You love the boiling frog attack, i love the boiling frog. We are not the same

[@Nem0.222]

So basically the magnus London system attack.

[@luisfigueredo7223]

If the opponent plays the horse on E-4 you might be in danger of losing a chess piece.

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

As a frog I was definitely harmed during this video

[@adventurer3288]

The fried liver: Finally! A worthy opponent!

[@joeldick6871]

This is just a reverse Dutch. Anyone who's played the Dutch identifies with the "out of nowhere" attack. The Stonewall attack has lost some popularity since the days that Irving Chernev was gushing about it in Logical Chess, but it still works. I think the reason is that after its early wave of popularity, black players figured out how to defend against it, so as a weapon for white, it wasn't considered sound to take on the risk for an attack that people knew how to defend against. But now, decades later, people don't expect it as they used to, and it's a good weapon again at the club level.

[@uscocovich73]

I don’t even know how to play chess but holly shit that’s the hardest thumbnail on KZbin 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@rayonx9147]

The Midjourney's thumbnail is fire

[@swchwrm37]

It's like a greek gift with a rook lift, I like it!

[@sdsign4229]

Is the rook lift the only difference between this and the greek gift?

[@nolanhartwick7184]

So basically, stonewall the center and then be ready to exploit your opponent when they castle too early

[@n0vitski]

I just got a visual in my head of high school chess anime, where the protagonist is playing a game, looks at the board and suddenly realizes "Ah! Boiringu furoggu attakku!" and there is a picture of a leaping frog slides slowly across the screen with a slowed down reverberating croak. If you hate me after reading this reply, it's okay, I understand.

[@thevoteman]

so the reason it's called the boiling frog is because *proceeds to not explain the significance of a boiling frog in the slightest*

[@iH8tomatoes1]

Serious question. Is your wall tile blue and black or white and gold?

[@iEatBurgers]

Saw this off Rick laughing brainrot

[@rockharris89]

This same idea is great after starting a london. Oponent Bd6 and you take with yours, they take with queen and you begin your stone wall and again london is about controling e5 with your knight so its very strong technique

[@TheChristriton]

Literally just checkmated someone during my first attempt at this opening! The exact same way you showed in the example. Was wondering what to do if your opponent plays H6 once the rook and bishop are eyeing up the pawn on H7?

[@TheChristriton]

@HughMann I'll try that out. Cheers!

[@zacharyjune7510]

Ah yes, boiling frogs commonly sneak up on me so I understand the name.

[@TheDigiWorld]

Being a Stonewall Attack fan myself, I would say this is definitely worth to know because many people will fall off guard. For example here is a game I played as white (though I feel it's better if I keep opponent's username secret) 1. d4 e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 d5 4. Nd2 Be7 5. f4 O-O 6. Ngf3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3 a6 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. Qf3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Qh3 g6 14. Nf3 Re8 15. Kh1 Bf8 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nxf7 Kh7 18. Bxh6 Bg7 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Qh8# 1-0

[@spiritualherald]

My bro started speaking chess language

[@TheDigiWorld]

@@spiritualherald TBH I don;t understand what do you mean, but in case you have difficulty understanding the PGN you can copy paste on any analysis board

[@melih2496]

BRO THE THUMBNAIL GOES SO HARD

[@amisoka2000]

Seems weird to me that white restricts his queensided bishop with e3 and f4, but even weirder that black plays e6 to restrict his own light squared bishop without any reason. 2. ...Bf5 or 3. ...Bf5 seems very natural and strong to me, isn't it?

[@rayscheelhaase4733]

There are two types of low elo. Those who boil the frog. And those who are the frog. Many low elos are both.

[@amanabhilash6447]

0:49 stone wall??? I call it the fishing net.

[@David_Crayford]

That was novel. Great original content you don't see anywhere else. 👍

[@thegreatgazoo7579]

His content is not original or novel, and he just adds to confusion by renaming old opening patterns with a new name.

[@Goth41m]

@@thegreatgazoo7579 Nah

[@David_Crayford]

@@thegreatgazoo7579 Why are you watching his videos then?

[@roderickmain9697]

I wonder if theres a "rule of thumb" here that says "If the centre is locked down, dont be in a hurry to castle" ?

[@teovinokur9362]

you could call it a chess principle.

[@aliceroberts5928]

This just looks like a quiet slav opening

[@danielmiller1826]

00:03:58 hat happens with pawn to h6 to prevent the rook and bishop attacking the same square?

[@PrometheanConsulting]

One of my peers used to play Stonewall all the time in High School. I hated it... not because it was good, but because it was annoying. I liked open, attacking positions. Among other things, Black needs to take that knight outpost at e4 to shut out the light square bishop and pay attention to BOTH sides of the board... your own knight is keeping your pieces out of the kingside defense! I felt there were A LOT of mistakes in that first setup you showed.

[@mayanm7105]

typo my mate, black needs to take that knight outpost on "e5".. majority of d4 openings try to outpost knight on e5 and play a positional binding play.. very annoying. black has to stop that.. so always try the QGD Ragozin, benoni or benko.. or the rapid favourites 'budapest, albin etc.. enjoy and crack at the e5 postings

[@PrometheanConsulting]

@@mayanm7105 Not a typo... I was just wrong. I learned classical notation before algebraic was standard in the US and I just can't seem to master it (haven't played a rated game in the 80s).

[@JonathanRossignol]

@4:15 Why would the knight need to take white's bishop? Couldn't black just move their king over to h8? Black's knight would also guard against white's queen moving to h5. Technically the game isn't even close to being over, unless black were to take white's bishop.

[@outtabubblegum7034]

This looks a lot like the Colle-Zukertort System, but with an early f4 and without b3. Checkout Susan Polgar's videos about that.

[@nahobeano]

hardest thumbnail of all time

[@yb3852]

Guys please someone help, i’ve been playing this variant along with the french defense i usually start with. What do i do if at 4:16 black moves his h7 pawn 1 rank up. You will lose your piece to another pawn and your attack will be ruined. In this video his opponent doesnt do it but mine do usually. I’m around 1200 elo

[@danielyt1877]

Idk if it's my opponents or me but I just lost 50 elo trying to do this, they never played normal moves, only weird stuff, i couldn't even get the stone wall up most of the times.

[@brianwrynn3109]

Fred Reinfeld reccomended this for beginner white side players when I played long ago. "How to Think Ahead in Chess" was the book I think.

[@GNU_Linux_for_good]

02:04 yeah.. yeah.. but if a frog would beat you in a game of chess, you probably would take him in a headlock, Nelson.

[@raghvendrasinghsengar8360]

I remember those days when Nelsi always responded on comments... 2 years have passed since! Great Journey

[@OcteractSG]

I love playing this opening with the black pieces. It’s my favorite response to 1. d4. I just need to make modifications for dealing with the London.

[@synka5922]

and they always take the knight on e5 too, even if that means having a pawn in their face

[@stevenboelke6661]

There`s a very similar attack that can be launched from a London opening. One could even transpose to exactly this position.

[@ReachingHigher001]

Black should try playing Bg4 before playing e6. That tends to work out better. Most of the time.

[@nihaanmayekar7815]

Nelson, this is an amazing opening, I will surely try it. I would really like to see more videos like these.

[@hoggleboggle]

why they gotta name some openings the most outrageous way, there's ICBMG now this😭

[@jonathanpchamberlin]

Love the thumbnail. Did you use midjourney?

[@zanti4132]

I don't know, to me this is just the stock attack tried by everyone who plays the Stonewall. Generally, it is popular with players who don't have much imagination and like to play the same familiar formation every game. I think a good way to mess with their plan is to hold off moving the d-pawn, e g. play Nf6, e6, c5, etc. Then, after they inevitably play Ne5, kick the knight with d6.

[@Nimble_VuE]

You are right now this is my favourite opening

[@rajvindarrsingh4652]

what do we do if the opponent castles long......or in some cases doesnt even castle

[@robmcchargue]

Just beat the computer for the first time with this approach.

[@ericcheng3143]

Thanks. Need more games with this set up. Black can get a Kings indians defense, get a long castle, etc. Very best wishes.

[@Serfdomftw]

I don't understand at what point an opponent would ever respond e6, to a 3 pawn centre, that targets black squares. Why would you purposefully inhibit your only free bishop?

[@JudodihardjoP]

You often get similar positions with the london. But the stonewall makes it easier to rook lift which is really interesting

[@fernandofuentes1337]

This goes so hard...

[@Kobe_Abogutal]

Fried Liver attack and Boiling Frog attack, I can't wait for the next one I'm gonna learn..

[@David_Crayford]

This is developing into quite a menu!

[@Kobe_Abogutal]

@@David_Crayford but I think I can wait for the other ones, perhaps something a little more edible 😁

[@PauIdenino]

Animal abuse openings

[@David_Crayford]

@@Kobe_Abogutal You don't like liver? Liver, bacon and onions with mashed potatoes is a standard meal in the UK. Have to ask a Frenchman about frogs, though.

[@Kobe_Abogutal]

@@David_Crayford oh, I think Liver gave me a different thought.

[@yerusion]

Rook lift the rook all the way to h3... "oUT OF NOWHERE an attack"

[@danielrennie8444]

Do we know who the players in this example game were? Just curious their names and ratings. If anyone knows, I’d appreciate it; thanks!!

[@secretpromisanceplayer3316]

Hard Images?

[@awang_ir]

After we learned how to present boiling frog on the chess board, Nelson suggest us to destroy the game with windmill

[@donready734]

I played D4 once in a game. They called it the D4 attack.

[@tonyhinojosa666]

I thought it was gonna be some dope ass medieval fantasy like swamp song

[@jonathanspires9193]

The stonewall defense plus boiling frog concept set up for the best endgame. Just wait for the mistake and attack the king 😎

[@mehdimanavipour]

This depends on black castling the king, no? How reliable is black to make that move?

[@bobthedj6992]

What do you guys do when black goes ke4 early, I have played a bunch of games with this and never found a good response, I feel it really restricts your movement, obviously with the dark bishop but also the light because of players pushing their pawns into a similar setup.

[@synka5922]

and not to forget, everyone plays h6 when you play rh3

[@DJ-Art-Morris]

I sent the f pawn pushed and was immediately skeptical. Let’s see where this goes lol.

[@DJ-Art-Morris]

Hawt dog well ok then. lol

[@idealoronic2218]

Also called bird opening, dutch variation.

[@vivekdahiya9297]

Nice video on KZbin i have been waiting for. Thanks Nelson

[@st0rm1xphone19]

Bro this thumbnail is something else

[@rogergperson]

opponent: *castles on opposite side* Me:…….

[@soitra]

If, instead of 17...Qe8, Black plays 17...Bxg5, how does White sustain his attack on the Black king? White takes back on g5 and then Black brings his knight in to e7, defending the g6 pawn....and it seems the danger has passed??

[@exuviumisopods]

Who named it like that? That's the Stonewall Attack there.

[@franklinturtle9849]

Play vs Martin, but you need to move your king every other move.

[@etacarinae0]

That's just the Dutch Stonewall setup/defense but it's played by white.

[@mattburnz]

Looks like a variation of the Colle System.

[@НиколайШерстюк-ы7е]

And then he sacrifices THE ROOOOOOOOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@coldspirit9904]

i just need to find a thesis attack set up that i like...so many things to memorize...so many options....im stuck on kings indian (opening and defense)...but ...i would had messed this opening up....i would be too concerning on how to get my dark square bishop on the weak side of the king to open up....too many pawns blocking his way.

[@grandpafrogie]

Wow Stonewall... Interesting. Why never mention on most of chess channel or most clasical lesson?

[@rohitwani6335]

Hey chess vibes I got a chess puzzle black to move (White pieces ) rook a1 , rook f1 kg1, pg2 , ph2, pc2,pb2, pa3, nc3 , pd4, qe4, pe5, bg5, .(black pieces) Ra8,rh8, bc8,bf8, pa7,qd7,pg7, ph7, na6 ,pc6,ke6, nd5, pc4

[@НиколайШерстюк-ы7е]

And then he sacrifices THE BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISHOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@snippletrap]

3:40 in and finally see the attack. Need to get to the point faster