The Ruy Lopez Gambit NOBODY Has Ever Played

[@Chessdrummer83]

There really needs to be a schrantz-rosen gambit in the database

[@michaels4255]

We should discover one and name it in their honor. Of course, it might be on the 27th move of an obscure line in the Orangutan Opening.

[@RobFlaxMusic]

Are you familiar with the three archetypes of Magic: The Gathering players? “Timmy, Johnny, and Spike.” Timmy likes BIG stuff. Spike will play any deck as long as it wins. Johnny, on the other hand? Johnny loves to win in outlandish fashion, setting up elaborate combos with infinite loops etc. Johnny’s strategies are impractical, require a lot of things to go just right, but when they work it’s GLORIOUS. Jonathan Schrantz is a literal Johnny, and the world is better for it.

[@tuddgrimley8532]

Ah yes, also known as psychographic profiles. I think of myself as a Johnny because when I like a card I must build around it even if it's bad. Firemane Avenger, Azor's Elocutors, Chronozoa, etc. Remembering Jonathan take on Stockfish with the Nakhmanson, I see exactly what you mean. It's not necessary to win, what's essential is _how_ you win.

[@RobFlaxMusic]

@@tuddgrimley8532 Exactly!! This guy gets it.

[@hellopleychess3190]

I didNt know that MTG had infinite loops. how is it possible to create such?

[@tuddgrimley8532]

@@hellopleychess3190 a basic example would be Curiosity + Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind

[@hellopleychess3190]

@@tuddgrimley8532 alright, I dont know those

[@chauncyquest2779]

I only discovered you in the last week and a half after my buddy told me about your awesome gambits (I’m a wild gambit guy myself), so happy to find your super instructional and interesting play! Keep it up my friend 🤙🏼

[@atry4444]

Hi if you like crazy gambits, try looking for Gandalf Gambit 😃

[@jasonz9902]

Sweet I found the double rook sac. So satisfying. Yeah I'd play that. Looks like fun.

[@HalTuberman]

Wow! I didn't know you had a channel. I remember loving your lectures from St. Louis Chess Club. Can't wait to dig into the backlog.

[@JonathanSchrantz]

Would you play the Kevitz Gambit?

[@montague7996]

If I didn’t play e4 d5 as black, I definitely would! I always love pushing the f-pawn, as black or white. I have about 3000 games in 1.f4 and about 500 1…f5 games so it’s a habit!

[@m4binuel]

I just started playing e5 as black. So I will give it a try. The Jaenisch Gambit doesnt really work out for me since no one takes on f5.

[@soleil2947]

Hell yeah

[@soleil2947]

As soon as I saw that pawn to f5 move I burst out laughing. That's a sign of a great chess opening

[@sangameshshiranal588]

Requires a lot of guts to play this gambit. One wrong move could end up the game :)

[@chrispaterson2619]

Very cool. I see that the study i sent has inspired something in you which makes me happy :]

[@sebbyh9764]

Have you had a look at the hambleton defense?

[@plywoodcarjohnson5412]

As the knight gets threatened the put the queen in front of their king to pin the pawn.

[@adriansrfr]

Love your passion and enthusiasm!

[@robertwintersteen3065]

The Kevitz Gambit looks like a lot of fun! I think I'll play it at the earliest opportunity

[@kingstorm7188]

My favorite opening Ruy Lopez and Kings Indian and Kings gambit

[@Prometheus4096]

If it has never been played before, why does it even have a name? And why does it even appear in Lichess?

[@goarim]

Beautiful stuff! Just one question: how come a gambit that has never been played, got named the Kevitz Gambit?

[@irjake]

There are now 27 games, 2 hours after this video was published.

[@raphaelhudson]

it actually seems quite strong the problem is at the lower levels not many people actually play the ruy lopez, almost everyone play bc4, and even if they do they might play Nc3 rather than c3, and then if you play f5 you are horribly losing

[@treasonouspigeonpeckers957]

Very true because people don’t like theory. To be honest, for my rating I am very good in the opening but my middle game is terrible

[@chesscrush]

Try another gambit there I can really recommend f5 after Bf5 not the most sound gambit but it's still ok and white will almost always at lower levels make a mistake. Remote Chess Academy made a very good video about it called : The Best chess opening ever, every move is a trap. ;)

[@princeantisocial]

@@chesscrush the Rousseau gambit I win a lot of games with it

[@biffboffo]

I liked your St Louis Chess videos and I'm glad I finally found your channel. Not sure what took so long.

[@clintongryke6887]

Great, Jonathan.

[@SigurdBraathen]

What's the advantage over Schliemann's Defense?

[@hellopleychess3190]

just watch, ok?

[@ibidthewriter]

That last game had a spectacular finish.

[@jameswinters5077]

isn't the refutation O - O after black plays f5 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 f5 5. O-O fxe4 or after castles something like Bg7 or Nf6 either way because white king gets safe the one with the massive attack is white because they get to play d4 and black is still under developed and uncastled with a trash structure I love the ideas in this though are awesome but think there ways to delay g6 like with a6 maybe and I think that might be trickier to refute but idk I will have to look at it

[@waynebuckland7879]

Instead of Rxd5?? Can white draw by Qe8+ Ka7 | Qa4+ perpetual or win with Qe8+ Kc7 | Qf7 Ne7 | Qxf4 If black wants to win then taking on b6 with the bishop seem a good try as white's best seems to be giving back the exchange with Rxb6 Kxb6 | Bxf4 Qxf4+ | Kg1 d4 although it seem white can still draw with Rxb6 Kb6 | Qf7+ Kc6 | Qe8+

[@EarthSurferUSA]

I have gone through quite a bit of college for engineering, and even taught some classes here and there, so I know how to learn. I find it very difficult, if not impossible, to make sense of this game when several different perspectives are interjected into the same game. I know for me, and I am sure many others, (because I am never alone), I could pick up the thinking by just going through games of masters, (not deviating the moves), and figuring out what they were thinking before they made the next move. To add other perspectives is very confusing, (like common core math today), and it is difficult to gain a train of thinking. The hard part is knowing what the GM is thinking, (the day we can read minds, we will later have a lot of GM's), and that is what we would count on you for. I just need to know what the best are thinking. I have been watching YT chess vids for almost a year now and have not gained any real skill.

[@ascar2001]

I gained a lot of skills at chess doing tons of puzzles & blitz games, have you done that too?

[@allanshpeley4284]

You have no need to think like a GM if you're a low or even medium rated player. You're probably just blundering tons of pieces.

[@kristjanbirnirivansson528]

This such beautiful opening.

[@AlfaEcho]

I'm currently changing my repertoire as Black and had discarded the idea of answering e4 with e5 mostly because of the Ruy Lopez,, I'll have to reconsider that now, Thank You! :)

[@babstra55]

stafford gambit has kept me ruy free for the last year. :)

[@ronan1686]

I like the bird variation

[@curtisw0234]

Schliemann gambit is pretty decent, in the main line lines white wins a pawn but black has a decent amount of dynamic compensation. In anything but the main lines black usually equalizes easily or has a better position so white has to know what they are doing

[@ivoyaglichev3851]

So the gambit "works" only if White takes on f5. Instead of taking on f5, White can play d3, d4, 0-0 all of which are much more logical than ef5 which is a loss of a tempo. So what to do if we encounter these moves?

[@il9375]

take on e4 with all of these i guess

[@Traumtheater0]

best move is not 5. exf but 5. d4 though

[@snelsnick9552]

A 15minute video, with a enquete in front, 3 commercials during those 15minutes, a pop up commercial in between the 3 other commercials. All to tell about a gambit that has never been played, except off course for those in the database...

[@LeRainbow]

Good stuff!

[@kalistadrake5226]

NICE GAMBIT!! thanks!

[@shreyas4359]

Good sir, you know not of my ability to change the " -5 " to "+5" with just a single move

[@rosiefay7283]

5:21 Only because 8 Nb3 is a blunder.

[@Trizzer89]

Wow, absolutely playable

[@НиколайШерстюк-ы7е]

And then he sacrifices THE ROOOOOOOOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!

[@hnr63]

Scary - wild ride!

[@joewilliams8252]

hi Jonathan In lichess I get Masters database “No game found” is there a DB I need to import into lichess? Where can I get the DB so I can see the Kevitz gambit?

[@gregorymorse8423]

The amount of named gambit we never knew existed :)

[@gokselkabaroglu2946]

Thanks👍👍👍

[@Speedster___]

Please investigate the Dumas gambit it’s Suprisingly good

[@davidholle6569]

this kinda reminds me of the vienna gambit

[@ritas1977]

Amazing video, but the best move against Kewitz Gambit is not taking the f5 pawn, but 5.d4

[@hlepme7861]

Id play d4 coz there is another gambit I nthe Italian with early f5 and d4 is the best move there

[@НиколайШерстюк-ы7е]

And then he sacrifices THE QUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kingstorm7188]

Will try this on a blitz game today.. I'm getting stronger

[@deepnarayanbanerjee4348]

Just going to try in lichess

[@since1876]

I have a bad obsession with gambits that involve attacking the knight like that. There's a lot of them ☺️

[@joserizii6840]

Wow! Thanka!

[@hellopleychess3190]

that is amazing

[@princeantisocial]

I love the schielmann defense sometimes I have all pieces coordinating and I ready to attck the king side I also love to castle queenside in the schielmann defense

[@brianbanks703]

a gambit "nobody has played" means 25 people for him. Incredible

[@michaels4255]

25 out of all the games in the lichess database. What are the odds you will find someone who is familiar with even one of these 25 games? Well, higher after this video, but still most Spanish players will probably be surprised.

[@MyOneFiftiethOfADollar]

I remember a game in chess life between a schrantz and Langer where the former agreed to a draw in a winning position I think

[@nsyln]

Will Jonathan ever become a grandmaster?

[@andresfontalvo17]

As far as I can tell he's not trying to become a master. Unlikely he'll achieve it by accident

[@peterreid9769]

Qe2 kills this.

[@bowhunter8532]

The gambit that nobody has ever played that has a name for it? Gotta love click bait titles...

[@raiedfadhil6248]

Interesting

[@robyfiorili]

I have a question: whats your rating? It seems to me that you can't play chess.

[@Dr.M.VincentCurley]

again.. you don't go through the gambit, you just talk and talk and talk and ruin the entire tutorial.