TRICKY Chess Opening for Black Against 1.d4 [Unstoppable Attack]

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🔹 Chess Opening: Englund Gambit 1.d4 e5 | Traps and Ideas - • Chess Opening: Englund...
In this video lesson, we will explore an aggressive chess opening for Black against the White's first move 1.d4. If you are playing 1.d4 yourself as White or if you are looking for an aggressive way to counter 1.d4 as Black, then you are going to love this!
GM Igor Smirnov shares with you the Englund Gambit, which happens after the first moves 1.d4 e5. Black's idea is to avoid the traditional closed queen's pawn games and create an open game with tactical chances, but at the cost of a pawn.
This will be a surprise for your opponents who play 1.d4 looking for a more positional game with strategic ideas. In this video lesson, you will learn the Blackburne-Hartlaub Gambit, which happens after 2.dxe5 d6, aiming for quick development after 3.exd6 Bxd6.
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00:00 Aggressive Chess Opening for Black Against 1.d4
00:21 Englund Gambit 1.d4 e5: Why?
01:49 2...d6 - Blackburne-Hartlaub Gambit
03:46 White loses their Queen: Can you find it?
04:34 Black's Winning Attack on Kingside
07:06 Line-2: If White plays 6.Bg5
09:05 Tip: How to find Attacking Moves
09:50 Line-3: If White plays 3.Nf3, not 3.exd6
11:55 Thank you for your support!
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[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

In the final example you didn't cover what happens when white just takes pawn d6xc7 & now you can't queen side castle or stop the pawn. If you move your rook the castle is done. If you castle the rook is gone & you have to take the queen with your king. It's absolutely devastating.

[@Kirito_wr]

This opening is terribe you are already losing after your already losing after your fifrst move without any reasonable practicalchances. You are playing for cheap tricks that are easier to defend the scholars mate xD

[@kingsolo6241]

Just so everyone knows the Jobava London completely destroys Englund Gambit.

[@philiproschactor]

Dear Igor Smirnov , I've just heard you mention that your site was hacked a few days ago. That must have been a pretty awful experience. I'm glad it was all sorted out happily and your channel is up and running again. Thank you so much for another brilliant video. Out of all the chess teachers in the whole world, none have helped me as much as you. Best wishes and thank you so much. Philip Rosch 👏

[@sayafkhan748]

I second your comment man. Thanks GM Igor

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thank you so much for your kind words, Philip!

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Best teacher

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[@davenuttall88]

Hi Igor. I just found this video and today, for the first time, I had the chance to try it out. Well, my opponent resigned with only 18 seconds gone on my clock! (He castled and I revealed an attack on the queen with a check, as you showed). Amazing :) I've been playing for about 6 months now. Currently rated at just over 1300 and your videos are BY FAR the best I have found. You're a great teacher. Thanks a million and keep up the great work

[@ralph10400]

1300 in 6 months good work

[@infinitusvires1]

Igor, thank you very much for all of your videos! They are exceptionally thorough and you explain things in a very down-to-earth manner. I have been enjoying these quite a bit! I especially enjoyed the response to d4, because I've always struggled finding a way to put myself in a solid position to attack as black. I hope you will keep up the great work!

[@johnsuplicki]

Gm Igor, so sorry to hear about the recent hardship, so glad you're handling it so well. You really are the best help and teacher I think for someone straddling the beginner/intermediate hurdle such as myself and who can't currently afford classes or personal instruction. THANK YOU

[@eclecticmusic123]

what "recent hardship"?

[@davynn2311]

Your channel has massively improved my chess. Thank you

[@jpc812]

Your lessons are great! I never really delved deeply into chess strategies and was always frustrated by my blunder-filled play. Your lessons have helped greatly, I even caught someone with the trap you outlined in another video when they tried the fried liver attack. Checkmated in 10 moves, it was beautiful. Keep them coming!

[@HmasTeR43214551]

Thank you again for a great video today; I did notice the absence of your channel a few days ago and I am really happy to see you back here! this is my go to channel for chess.

[@sayafkhan748]

Same

[@ronaldleebrogren1244]

Cheers sir! Ty for the site and I’m finding you’re input and classes very helpful and entertaining.

[@bluetone11]

Good chess lesson for novice players like myself . I have played a lot of chess but never really improved . The reason was that I had no strategic planning . It was always just tactics . Not any more . Thankyou Igor

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Much respect and thanks for the best chess lessons you share. Perfect for adult beginners like myself. Your videos allow me to win games without remembering opening names.

[@quicksandd]

You've changed my game bro, thank you!

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[@tuckerhazel]

Sorry to hear about the hack, glad everything is looking up. Recently got into chess about 2 months ago an have made it to 700. Long road ahead but your videos are great! No fluff, all gas no brakes. Appreciate the analysis!

[@Alpha_apollo]

Salute to this man.. teaching genuine stuff. No hyped hollow gambit lines

[@lonewolf5238]

I am so glad you recovered your channel. Welcome back!

[@121moham21]

Thanks Mr Igore for your excellent analysis and tell us the importance of each move. Keep up the 👍 job

[@tomte6846]

great work mr. igor, keep it up!

[@anilchakravorty8054]

Sorry to hear about your Tube channel been hacked. Igor you are a wonderful Professional, thrilled to watch your videos with tactical moves. Stay safe, Thank you.

[@namedperson1436]

At 4:15 a rook aligned with the queen (esp if covered by knight or bishop) is just begging for a discovered check with no hope of saving the queen. And that is the case here too with bishop H2+

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

It's great to see your comments again, we missed you!

[@namedperson1436]

​@@GMIgorSmirnov Thank you grand master, I haven't had much to say :P

[@goku445]

@@GMIgorSmirnov Yes that's a queen for a rook and a bishop. Is it really game over for white?

[@elusiveruse832]

@@goku445 Equal material but much better positions for black.

[@front331]

@@elusiveruse832 Not equal material, black has more. They have same number of pawns after Bxh2+ and the queen is worth more than the rook and bishop.

[@SuperSuperCriddler]

Great to see you back, Igor. I felt quite bereft when the channel briefly disappeared so really happy you've managed to resolve things and hopefully at no more cost than some unnecessary stress.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

🙏 The KZbin support team has been very helpful.

[@endlessadventure541]

It seems to me that the move for black after the premature castle is for the black square bishop to take the h2 pawn checking the king. white, while picking up a bishop and rook loses his queen plus he is left with poor king protection.

[@marcforte6949]

Someone fell for this today

[@tommynilsson2022]

Thank you! Youre very instructive.

[@FelixRigg]

Very enjoyable and helpful. Thank you. 🙂

[@ashtonalexander2431]

You're a phenomenal teacher! Thanks for this

[@thrdeyeopen]

thank you!!! finally something FUN to play against d4! i am going to be playing this all the time now!

[@projjwalsaharoy184]

Love your work man Thanks for these extremely helping videos💐

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@Kavya-yk5qs]

Best and simple defense i saw on youtube... This lessons is just short and crisp and prevent from unknown opening in queens pawn opening and provide comforts in play and also this opening is such a opening is a response to all that d4 players who try to beat me everytime and i cant do anything since 4 years and plans a solution despite trying all variations in QBD. Thanks Igor for providing such a great and high quality content for free.. salute to you and love from India... Hope i will beat many players with this opening ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@fishlobs]

thanks 4 the vid, i like the englund gambit so ill have to give this a try

[@newyorkslim2001]

Excellent discussion, as always.

[@Brian3xm]

You always give outstanding chess lessons. Thank you

[@GeorgiosMichalopoulos]

Amazing explanation, огромное спасибо!!

[@TheThinkersBible]

Great strategy, thank you. Sorry to hear that about your channel, it's a blessing to see you up and running again!

[@bowanna63]

your opening videos are incredibly helpful and have improved my ranking by over 600 points ! many thanks !

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

That's awesome!

[@KM-mm7hd]

I really like this idea. I usually find the Englund gambit easy to play against because everybody goes for the same one trick. Starting Englund but then going for something different would be much harder to play against!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

I thought the exact same way.

[@d.5224]

Thanks bro you are a great coach. Just improved my game with black .Thank you

[@gannimal5583]

Love your channel will always support

[@vladoleksa6239]

Thanks, this is very helpful

[@andstuff152]

Nice, I'm starting to like the gambit style of playing. Forces your opponent to make decisions right out of the gate and tends to disrupt whatever opening they might have planned. Just played this against a 1500s level player and beat them in 14 moves.👍

[@chilakashalemraju3668]

Very useful stuff. Thank you

[@shawnsheibani9326]

thank you so much for your very knowledgeable videos. i have very rarely had white take my pawn, they instead keep pushing their pawn to d5. what would you recommend then?

[@jcostela]

If the oponent declines de gambit?

[@FredPlanatia]

Hi Igor, its an interesting variation. since the Englund gambit is rare I imagine lower rated players will not know how to punish it, and black will get an active game with d4 players on the backfoot. However, more advanced players will still come out of the opening with an advantage and if they maintain it they'll be better in the endgame. After black's light square bishop goes to g4, its best for white to play h3. But even if white follows your moves they still are better, until they castle kingside. That's a mistake since they castle directly into black's attack. Its better to keep the king in the center and play h3 instead. If black exchanges the bishop, then white can play Qe2 preparing to castle queenside, thus avoiding black's kingside attack. p.s. very glad you got your channel back. You're a very clear teacher where i always get some new ideas and encouragement. I subscribed.

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Love your channel and appreciate all the hard work! Keep it up, much love from the US!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thank you so much 😀

[@robertyoung9602]

Great stuff thanks 😊.

[@zecrettier]

Thank you Some weeks ago i had a tournament and i had to see your video literally 1h before, and my first opponent did d4, but I beat him quickly with this opening

[@ddanilov22]

Great teacher!

[@rkd80]

This is the Englund variation known as the Harltaub-Charlick gambit. Definitely more interesting the usual gambit, spasibo Igor'!

[@marcoantoniomoralesbeyugo8043]

This is a very good teaching. Thanks a lot, Master Smirnov. Greetings from Guatemala, Land of Eternal Spring.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

I'm glad it was useful. P.S. May I call this KZbin channel "the Land of Eternal Win"? 🤔😄

[@ericst-laurent1194]

I wish you do more openings with C4/D4 with black and white tricks,cause a lots of players play this against me and i am more and E4 player.Thank you if you can do this!Your videos are very well done,very good!

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Thank you igor for your exceptional service 😮

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Thank you so much fro the video

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I think your lessons are the best because you explain very clearly and direkt and without extra words or bla bla bla as many others...I love your method and very precious as well..thanks and I wait the next video lesson 😊

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thank you! 😃

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Thanks for the video

[@davidstrachan8912]

Very good. Only new but learning heaps. Thanks

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I learned a lot from ur content and I watched the master class as well just wanna say thank you and keep up the good work ❤

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@astheticrose960]

Can you provide link for master class

[@abdwalrhman7647]

@@astheticrose960 it's in the description check it out

[@realsushrey]

Chess teacher indeed. Very good explanation. I like to play gambits because I like to have open lines on the board.

[@MegaAndyandyandy]

Hello from Canada. Because of this Video I have Just won my first rated OTB tournament game as black today . I just want to say thank you so much.

[@MichaelDamianPHD]

Thank you Igor, you are my chess guru.

[@petermorcos1519]

I'm sorry to hear that you were hacked! Thank you so much for this video. I've been playing the mainline Englund gambit because at my level (around 1200) 1d4 usually means a boring London game, but even at that level almost everyone knew how to avoid the basic trap in the gambit so I was losing a lot. I've now had 7 games in this new line after watching this video and have won 6 of them! They've also been very fun games, so thank you so much for showing me such a fun and effective opening!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

I'm so happy to know it helped you! And congrats on the winning strike!

[@petermorcos1519]

@@GMIgorSmirnov Thanks! By the way, do you have any plans to do a video on the Jaenisch Gambit/Schliemann Defense? It's basically the same as the Rousseau Gambit but against the Spanish not the Italian. I've been working on it for a while and I'm starting to get better playing it, but it's still nowhere near as effective as the Rousseau for me (because I've watched your video on the Rousseau about a 1000 times!)

[@3AdaptationAcademy3]

Thanks, Buddy!

[@ELI7E01]

First time one the channel. this guy is awesome. Very clear cut and explained very thoroughly.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

🙏

[@toni4032_]

gracias por todo master

[@gurusadiraja8254]

Nice explain I am understand easy thanks❤🌹🙏

[@josieswan9526]

I'm so sorry that you were hacked one year ago! You are the best teacher I have ever experienced. I am over 70 YO and would love to join your chess classes, but will have to be content with watching (repeatedly) your superb videos. Thanks Igor!!!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thanks! It means a lot.

[@ricardocarreon2028]

I struggled a lot, as black, on this opening! Thanks a lot! 🤗

[@ajknaup3530]

I see: if White castles short, Black: B - A2, winning White's Queen! Love this opening! Thanks for sharing

[@laraghcon]

Some great tips in this video.

[@srinishankar1455]

Thank you for your great video!! i have been missing your videos great to see that your back!! white loses their queen because there comes a move Bxh2😯😲😭😭 checking the king and attacking the queen with the rook on d1!!

[@RONIN6207]

Welcome back Igor!!😎🤗

[@cwesley2005]

Hey Igor i was crushed when i saw you go off youtube last week. I thought you bailed out! Sorry to hear you were hacked. So glad u are back, love your videos!!!

[@adriansrfr]

Glad you got your account back, shwew!

[@arturojgil]

great channel keep it up

[@doronk1373]

Igor, please do a video to show more ifs... Like what to do if he premature castles?

[@spenserbednarik4484]

thanks for the Win!!

[@sparksdrinker5650]

This is great, I'm a 950 rated blitz player and this will be perfect for opponents looking to play the london or queens gambit

[@daygenandrews1321]

That was enlightening, very good video thanks for sharing

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@derekcavin8714]

I find your chess lessons extremely enlightening. I've always been a decent chess player. Always better then everyone I know personally. But I was only ever taught the most basic of chess and how the pieces move. Was never taught strategy so I was self taught. Learned how to put people in checkmate on my own. But watching you and a few others has opened my eyes to a whole new way to play chess for me.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

It's great to know you're progressing, Derek. I'm happy to add my 2 cents to your improvement.

[@ubaydabrahams7214]

i alaways like your videos ..surprised i didnt subscribe some time ago already

[@aaronbarlow4376]

I've found that opponents usually don't take on d6, I guess because it feels like a gambit trap like the Scotch gambit dynamic where white lets a couple of pawns taken for quick development.

[@epicg2677]

omg, this is such a better way to play, it actually gives you a fun and solid position regardless of white's prep

[@mvhojgaard]

Thank you for being so innovative and inspiring. A question: what would you recommend after 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bg5?

[@donaldschermerhorn3093]

Thank you for this dynamic opening

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thank you

[@sudheersatyanarayana7120]

1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 d6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Bg5 Qd7 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.exd6 Bxd6 7.Nb5! You can also play Nb5 and attack the bishop on d6 early on. This effectively refutes all the ticks of the black in this gambit line.

[@nickyork8901]

Great channel, really useful!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Much appreciated!

[@PeterRabel]

I think that after: 1. d4 2. e5 3. dxe5 4. d6 5. nf3 6. nc6 7. bg5 I don't think there's any way for black to end up with compensation or a lead in development. Best options I can see are either qd7 which blocks in your bishop and loses a tempo, or be7 - which after exchanges you're just down a pawn with a worse position. I'd love to hear a way to refute 7. bg5 though! I like the idea of this opening. Thanks for the video!

[@wakinguptothetruth.2566]

Yes I agree,it just refutes it totally, black has no compensation for the pawn whatsoever,that's pretty much a forced line to, also Ne4 instead of e3, either gets rid of blacks BSB or exchanges Queens and advantage to white.

[@ZakDeadlight]

Yes, same question/ problem. Bg5 is a logical move, at least let's see this line in the video !

[@Silentsword184]

This opening is amazing, had so much success and caught some very strong players off guard. My only question is: What do we do if white instead of developing the Bishop on e2 to break the Pin goes to b5 pinning our Knight on c6 to the King threatening to capture our Knight and double our pawns on c7 and c6. I had a game where after castle queenside my opponent took the Knight on c6 and doubled my pawns, leaving my King exposed on the B file. If that happens is it possible to still somehow castle queenside or should we castle king side instead?

[@aaronbarlow4376]

6:50 White could move Qe2, so that if black moves hxg3 then white can take back with fxg3 and black taking Qxg3 is met with Qg2 interposing.Although Rxh3 instead of Qxg3 probably wins by force

[@ArieVanderBurch]

Interesting but I doubt this gambit is sound, after d4, e5, dxe5 d6, Nf3 Nc6 white can play Bg5 and I don't see any compensation for black for the missing pawn. instead of 3. Nc6 black might consider Bg4 so after Bg5 a reasonable move is Qd7 but I still doubt black has enough for the pawn, white could consider playing g3 and bg2 later and his king looks safe.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

It's true that this gambit is not completely sound and will probably not work against an expert-level opponent. However, in blitz games, gambits are often effective.

[@praveenramesh9474]

Great lessons. I really appreciate your efforts.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thanks! 😃

[@jeffcalhoun6651]

So sorry to hear about your channel being hacked! Your videos are priceless to me and I immediately go play what you have shown with wonderful results and memories. The only video that didn’t work for me was the Grob with 1g4. I was on tilt when I commented on it. So glad you are back, I love your videos very much. Best wishes and Regards

[@michaelhart6375]

Hello!!! Your videos are very very good 👍 I have a question. If in 3:44 position white play knight d5 how can black respond? Thank you

[@mattconnolly6577]

great video my friend, i appreciate this

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@j.peterschmidt3273]

What do you recommend after knight to D5 attacking the queen? Early from C3..

[@TSfish94]

Just wanna say thank you for this. I’ve been having about a 50/50 win rate against 750s and this vastly improved my game with black. Even though I never got the gambit off, the opening position still let me put a lot of pressure and redirect attacks as needed in the middle game. Because of that, I managed to score a nasty mate in 15 moves vs my first opponent after watching.

[@STARIMANCE]

Great gambid !!!!!!!!

[@acidreflex25]

Thank you so much for this video. I've been looking for a way to avoid typical D4 openings like the Queens Gambit or the London without needing to go for the dubious Englund Gambit like you mentioned. I'm sure the engine won't like this opening but the same can be said for like 95% of gambits lol.

[@slshree1103]

4:21 I respond with Bxh2+ (Kxh2/Kh1) followed by Rxd1(black is a queen up ahead in development and can easily create a winning attack)

[@finchisneat]

White would just take your bishop on h2 with knight on e3

[@roymain8090]

@@finchisneat but you still win the queen.