The Most Brutal Way to PUNISH Scholar's Mate Trick

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🔹 Brutally PUNISH Scholar's Mate & Early Queen Attacks - • Brutally PUNISH Schola...
🔹 Brutally PUNISH Early Queen Attacks by Black - • Brutally PUNISH Early ...
In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares with you the most brutal way to punish the Scholar's Mate trick by White, which usually happens after 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 trying to deliver a checkmate with Qxf7#.
This counter-attack variation will help you completely destroy your opponent's attempts to checkmate you (with the Scholar's Mate). In fact, you will learn how to trap their queen in one of the variations of punishing White's early queen attacks.
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► Chapters
00:00 Brutally PUNISH Scholar's Mate Trick & Early Queen Attacks
01:09 Black's aggressive counter-attack 4...f5
02:43 1) If White plays Qd5 after Nd4
04:02 Black is completely dominating
04:48 2) If White plays Qd3 after Nd4
06:00 Brutally attacking White (queen trap)
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[@prashantchaudhary1135]

Jerome's Gambit please...

[@dranilbabuswarna]

This is some bad tactic you're teaching here.. that pawn to f5 is very bad.. lost many games bcoz of that..

[@judemorales4U]

@@dranilbabuswarna it works for me 99% of the time but I'm not playing high elo. We are beginners and they go for the pawn and I always get the fork.

[@Avighna]

That link looks kinda sketchy to be honest, has it worked for others?

[@BobChess]

My friend made me quitting chess with this opening ,so it is my time to make him quitting their life.

[@smpboss8812]

Bro got Ak under the board 💀

[@khai96x]

I just use Lichess's analysis board (and stockfish) to assess this counterattack, and unfortunately, it turns out to be unsound. If white plays smart (refuse to take the pawn bait), white could actually win back a rook and a couple of pawns as a bonus. Blocking with the knight is still preferable.

[@BobChess]

@@khai96x That's a point of Gambits bro.

[@khai96x]

@@BobChess If this gambit fails, it means that you would have a king-rook fork to worry about (white queen takes center pawn).

[@Fenamer]

​@@BobChess The point of gambits is to give away pawns to accelerate development, not lose your more of your army.

[@brendacollins406]

A lot of people used this on me when I first started it out and it drove me bonkers, even when I started to recognize the pattern and saw it coming. These vids helped me to deal with it. Now when people try these wayward queen attacks on me (which doesn’t happen as much as you increase in rating), I pretty much relish it.

[@Spacey_key]

Have you like, tried to hit them with staggering attack chessboard to the side of their head? I guarantee you they will never try this move again

[@satgurs]

@@Spacey_key This worked so well that they never tried any other move again and let their clock run out. Thanks!

[@johndeaux8815]

@@Spacey_key ah yes, the infamous wayward board attack. Almost always wins the game on clock from move 1

[@iesGTR]

Someone played queen wayward against me in 1500

[@brendacollins406]

@@iesGTR WHAT?!? Wow. That’s almost insulting.

[@sluasidhe4898]

Thank you, Igor. I’m just a beginner (470) and I find that, in about 1 in 3 games, somebody tries out this nonsense, when I want to learn by playing a real game of chess. I was finding it really frustrating to lose so quickly and not know what to do. Well, the last few times have been different. I chased their queen all over the board, like you suggested, forking their bishop and queen and putting them in check. They usually quit as abrupty as they attacked. Ha!!! Very satisfying. Much obliged for your excellent advice. 😊

[@spacelord782]

There is actually a lot to learn by understanding how to combat scholar's mate. Learning to not get mated by such an obvious move is like lesson #1.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Well done! 👍

[@fathersbasement9119]

Good job soldier. Now make sure nobody else tries that shi ever again :salute:

[@hashille6381]

i play at around 700/800 right now and I still see it a lot... it's good to learn how to counter it and keep your cool even if you are very close to getting mated with that flying queen

[@mauer1]

This is not nonsense. Checkmating is the entire idea of a chess game. Positional chess only goes so far until a king is in serious danger to getting checkmated. If the opponent starts with moves where this situations happens as soon as move 4 you gotta defend against it. Other chess variants were it's much easier to checkmate makes this so much clearer. It doesn't matter if you are up 10 pieces if you are getting checkmated.

[@hudsonfeely207]

My first game back on to bullet after watching this was incredible. I had black and they tried scholars mate. I followed your line and I got a free Queen, rook, and a knight. He resigned like 8 moves in🙏😂

[@eeeeee8762]

I’ve always been able to avoid it but I’ve also always wanted to punish them for being disrespectful, this video has really helped, thanks!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Now they'll have to pay the price ☠

[@scottodonnell7121]

Very disrespectful. They think everyone else is a patzer and will fall for it.

[@icy4739]

@@ChaosLord5129 Y know high rated players do this too, dont ya? And they keep doing the same thing on rematches, dont ya? And some of em quit after they fail or blunder, don't ya? Or, they only know this, and don't improve in chess. They're really good players?

[@icy4739]

@@ChaosLord5129 I didn't understand your argument, so I'm gonna pretend this have something related to your last quote OwO")

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 Brutally PUNISH Scholar's Mate Trick & Early Queen Attacks 01:09 Black's aggressive counter-attack 4...f5 02:43 1) If White plays Qd5 after Nd4 04:02 Black is completely dominating 04:48 2) If White plays Qd3 after Nd4 06:00 Brutally attacking White (queen trap)

[@Birboit]

You should pin this so this doesn’t get lost in the flood of other comments

[@professionaljess]

As a bishop, I can confirm that i hate the Scholar's mate.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

😅

[@demolitionbmxd]

THANK YOU. I played chess during my childhood with my grandfather and just started getting back into it online. I was around a mid 400 level and I kept facing these attacks either from black or white. They have been the only opponent openings that really threw off my game. Just watched your videos and had THREE opponents try the same openings in a row and now I am plus 500 😊

[@StheSharknl]

Your videos got me through the lower elo levels in such a fun way! Brutal counters for the win, thank you Igor 😁

[@thomasvontom]

I'm totally with you. I always see it coming. Sometimes beat their ass for trying. But sometimes I chase the queen wrong and make a mistake 6 turns later. Things fall apart. I don't mind losing a game. It happens. But losing to someone that even tried that shit. Even though the actual mate failed. I hate that. When ever someone tries that. I always want to take all their pieces and promote 4 queens before check mating them

[@annacalgarian9995]

Дякую Ігор! Very useful video, I usually dealt with it with a knight and never found a way to punish that early queen attack, I will this way next time!

[@darshansaini8264]

I really love your videos because they are so instructive. I am going to buy one of your courses soon.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

I'm happy to help!

[@DIABLO_MMXXIV]

I personally gain a lot of logical moves with bishop with the bishop opening videos. And this scholar mate really gonna save me some games.

[@axlrosest]

this video not only gave me a solution to a regular problem, but also made me realize about some strong tactics that i could use in another ocassion!

[@irjake]

Wow, these lines are so good. Thanks for making this video. Always attack aggressively with Freddy the f pawn when given the chance 😅

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

😇

[@gamecubebro]

Finally, this video is perfect for me. I'm really low rated which is filled with scholar mate players and you taught how to fight back in a simple way

[@rockyraccoon8270]

Thank you every time I watch one of your videos I absolutely dominate the next 3 games I play after that I usually devolve into my normal mediocre game . But for a minute or 2 I feel like grand master.

[@VanguarDSFG]

I only knew how to counter the first part, so I still ended up getting checkmated, but thanks to this video, now I know how it goes

[@ultralooter]

Love it! Perfect explanation 👌

[@davidlamarca899]

Another very great video lesson💪👏

[@moharmon770]

Holy sh*t this is great. Usually I just play solid moves and their attack quietly fizzles out, but this really fights back. Great video!

[@sonicgaming5604]

6:21 dark square bishop to b4 is most deadliest move in that position 👹👹

[@xarlixe7565]

Amazing explanations and strategies : ) Thanks

[@judemorales4U]

This one has helped me so much! Thanks!

[@MrmmmM]

Exactly what I did a few games ago. I really hate it when players force you to go to uninteresting places and make you say obvious things

[@dianefish2616]

Thank you, always enjoy your quick lessons. Excellent teaching.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

🙏

[@bigmax1945]

Thank you very much for this video! I thought it could be useless for me, but it wasn't!

[@bill0405]

Savage. I plan to use this next time!

[@kevinhunter6559]

This is excellent. Went exactly to plan. I felt I had total control of the game rather than being on the back foot from the beginning

[@blockofnetherite2534]

THANKS

[@yashaanksingh]

Brilliant explanation. Subscribed!

[@johnniewilliams2319]

Thank you for teaching me how to counter my opening, I can now adapt to counter my counter

[@user-tr2li3vu6u]

If you play king side knight instead of pawn and attack the queen with your other knight on the next move, the queen is likely to move to the leftmost square, after which you can threaten the bishop by pushing a pawn meanwhile creating a discovered attack on the queen. Very nice move to win material early on

[@mynameisChesto]

Thank you for this! Would you consider doing a Lichess study for these variations?

[@pierrenagonio1120]

thx!!! going to test it asap

[@maxskinner7243]

thanks for this trick...i get those every once in a while 1200 opponents who try this trick on me. I know how to stop the attack...but this is a good way to defend...thank you very much

[@cloudshifter]

Worked like a charm

[@VxV466]

taking "Disrespect" on whole new level. love it

[@OpGamer-yk6uy]

Really helpful

[@atanubasu1319]

Thank you for this video.

[@coolguygolf4230]

Nice tutorial Igor!

[@RedGamer321]

Thank you for this! do you have a line for black to play against 2.Qf3?

[@jozefstreicher]

Interesting variation. Here is my favourite way how to deal with the scholar's mate if White triples down on his attempt: 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 g6 4.Qf3 Nf6 5.Qb3 Nd4! 6.Qc3 d5! 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Bxd5 Bf5 9.d3 Bb4! 10.Qxb4 Nxc2+ 11.Kd2 Nxb4 Cannot guarantee 100% success, but this variation is a nice retribution for the scholar's mate attempt.

[@thomasgrabowski2202]

That was AMAZING!!

[@JustMe-ty2xr]

Thank you 🙏 fore your videos

[@Impact009]

I would keep in mind that players who play Scholar's Mate know enough about Chess to skill-check beginners. With that said, the most realistic response to 4) ...f5 is 5) Ne2. You focused a lot on the lines where White has given up tempo, but what about the lines that are still dangerous to Black?

[@imeaniguess.6963]

Seen it last time randomly came back and there’s an updated version lol.

[@archiesinclair6252]

Destroying people who try scholar's mate on you. One of the joys of online chess.

[@mojojojo71]

Please upload more brutal punishment videos like this. I destroyed opponents with this.

[@thomasgrabowski2202]

Omg your play style is AMAZING ! 🤩🤩

[@alexaneals8194]

I actually like it when someone tries scholar's mate. It usually means that I am going to win the game rather quickly. Most of the time I just move the queen up and protect the pawn once they moved the bishop out. Recently, I have used the trick above to punish a couple of players that tried scholar's mate. One just outright resigned after I captured his queen because he didn't notice the knight could take the queen.

[@mannycastel5997]

thanks coach

[@stewartcambridge]

Thank you! Do you have a video on best defense againsr Scotch Opening?

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Yes, here it is kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZCtqqeintGsbq8

[@afiblacksails23]

I once played a game where my opponent tried to harass me with their queen for the first 10 moves they did, I was fully developed and they had only moved the queen and the kings pawn. The resignation came quickly when they blundered their queen a few moves later

[@IceCenders]

thank you very much for this video! I've got one question, after pushing the pawn to f5, what do we do if they don't take back? do we just ignore the white pawn on e4 and jump to d4 with our knight?

[@taylorcoleman1964]

Almost got demonized there @2:15

[@stillwater62]

Igor, that is the Rousseau Gambit. A gambit that is put down by the better chess players, but a very good gambit for the average casual chess player to use, and the O'Sullivan Gambit too.

[@priyanshusarode1681]

Sir i played the same moves til knight d4 until white played queen to d1 eventually losing the game. Please include that variation too.

[@pedrocapelaa]

Whats the best move if white pawn E4 doesn't take F5 black pawn? Would you still attack the queen with the knight?

[@lucabarbagallo7313]

Can you make one of these videos but for the Sicilian defence?

[@HiBye-zj9me]

I usually punish it a different way but this is pretty good too

[@harendrasharma8270]

Very nice.

[@dantonge2991]

Igor, what do you recommend if they only move their initial pawn one square? It always defends against your knight!

[@Wolfghost18]

After the queen blocks discovered check by moving to e3 and white castles on next move after black takes e3, then you can move queen to e4 to allow forced checkmate

[@DarkTempler1]

I feel like your videos must be helping because I guessed some of the moves before you announced them. I've never had to defend against this but this is good to know.

[@galaxy4719]

I'm watching because more than 6 people used it on me yesterday out of 10 games I played I was like really, I know how to defend but idk how to counter thanks to this video now i do haha

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Good job. You are on the right track.

[@galaxy4719]

@@GMIgorSmirnov thanks for the vid 😄 🤣

[@DarkTempler1]

@@GMIgorSmirnov heh I've performed the Scholar's Mate on people so that also helped knowing the oppositions tactics. Makes me never want to try it again hahahaha Ive done it with black and white pieces. In person and online. I'm a casual player who plays other casual people.

[@onyxia8786]

This absurd pawn f5 move is my favorite way to play!! I'm a gambit player after ,all haha

[@dinonuggiesguy4847]

Will you do a video about the latvian gambit?

[@Inquisitive06]

This aggressive counter attack is actually an opening I thought about when I was dozing off. I genuinely did not know it was a real opening

[@notabsy]

Played against someone who defended this way, but on move 5 they did fxe4 and blundered mate in one when i didn't take.

[@sparkyshore3543]

So what's White's best response to 4. f5?

[@crashcondo]

This is a really fun series of lines.

[@bhgtree]

A great video, I don't know how many times this has been tried on me (both over the board and online) in the last 40 years playing chess lol. Thanks

[@Scongi]

5:35 What if queen e3 If bishop takes your pawn you can just take the middle pawn king and horse fork if they take with the horse then you just take back and he takes back wiht bishop then you can take the pawn get check and some master probably could figure out something

[@adamzaouak2628]

Instead of a5 it prepare for the bishop attack, could he have done directly b6 ? If queen takes he can fork the queen but I’m wondering if this can go wrong

[@Odrox]

GM Alex Yermolinsky recommended this line when GM Hikaru Nakamura played it vs GM Krishnan Sasikiran in round 7 of Sigeman & Co Tournament 2005. A classical tournament even!

[@marcbryanlabingdalawa2004]

Funny how I got this opening immediately after watching this vid. Game gonna go fast since white has only one or two option to choose from. Thanks for the vid.

[@OneAndOnlyTheGreat]

As a person with 15 elo, I see this as an absolute win.

[@jaigupta6511]

What to do if opponent goes to queen e4 after knight to d4. The engine shows this as the mainline but u never talked about it

[@seeker296]

I need a GM to do "playing scholars mate until it works" on main acct or OTB

[@nicholas930]

What if they go Qd1? I assume d5 Bb3 xBf5 is the way to go, but do you just enjoy your lead in development and more space and try to win?

[@ChaxSouthSide]

6:01 Bb4, QxB, Nxc2 monster fork

[@garymurawski1476]

well done

[@Awesome-ct7vr]

Well thank you!. What do you know the very next game after watching this video everything went according to the video up to the point my knight attacks his queen then he went behind my knight to defend the fork. And then i just pushed queens pawnhe fled with the bishop and then i recaptured his white pawn with another attack on the queen he just flew out of there and allowed me to fork his king and rook. 30 seconds into the game and I was up +6 on materials. Props to this vid

[@coltgamer5454]

4:12 from here it's an avalanche coming that the white king needs to handle with bishop h6, knight e4 and queen g5 to attack the d2 square (black's moves)

[@Xlr8t]

Cool video!

[@damondrakvinge9792]

I always wondered about how to do after driving him back so thx

[@rudradevsingh228]

Wow you actually took my idea into a video. Your the best Igor. Or maybe you knew f5 on move 4 is evil to wayward queen attack

[@pedromureno4043]

learning this helped me so much I don't think I've lost a game against a scholars checkmate. Its all basically second nature to me now and I end up winning on time

[@MarbleWinner578]

Thanks man It's why I hate early queen attacks. It really upsets me how many beginners play that and even though I currently as of now have 370 something rating,I find it annoying how people think doing this is cool. This might help me with destroying those players career.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

💪

[@justinthedragon1373]

what if instead of capturing that pawn on f5, white move the pawn from c2 to c3??

[@Penta.team.Pol.]

What if on 2 minutes 40 second position white play bishop to f7 with check and idea to make double check with pawn on second move, there is any checkmate treats or black can protect it all?

[@markamin4182]

Very good

[@ballynevin21]

After black plays f5 and white replies c3. It is no longer possible to attack whites Q with the knight. has black still got a good way to progress?

[@ChristianSoschner]

Fantastic explanation. Thanks for sharing

[@KaroXgd]

I really like this trick line, even better for beginner: e4, e5, Qh5, d6, Bc4, Nh6, Nc3 (or anything similar), Bg4 traps the white queen This is REALLY brutal, enemy mostly just resigned

[@TheRomanianWolf]

How about d4 instead of Nc3?

[@xxlCortez]

If you bring your queen to h7, white can take the hanging pawn on e5, protecting the h2 pawn from the black queen.

[@alpha31302]

Knight h6 is best for those because if if the queen or bishop comes at f7 you can capture with your h6 knight plus the knight will be defended by the king

[@GazAce]

If you back up to 3:07 then what's stopping White Queen taking Knight on G8 & then moving onto capturing Black's Rook?

[@revan9493]

I always fine with the nf6 line but i might try this