Turkish / Elephant Gambit - Enjoy as Black!!

[@TimJapan]

It's a fascinating opening. I'm keen to try it this week.

[@satrancokulucom]

Thank you very much for sharing the "Turkish Gambit" book and compliments. It was a pleasure to watch your precious explanations. I can imagine that it wasnt easy to present nearly the whole book in a single 40 minutes video but you did an amazing thing giving main ideas and tricks with most useful comments. The reason for giving a second name as "Turkish Gambit" was a result of Turkish players passion for playing this line. At some period it was played with so such good results that lichess statistics changed on the favor of "Turkish Gambit". In the book also 2 brand new ideas were introduced: 1.e4 e5 2.Ac3 d5 (a new gambit) and 1.e4 e5 2.a3 Reversed Turkish Gambit with white for fans of Turkish Gambit. I loved your comments very much. You are a great instructor. Hope to meet you one day. Best regards Selim Gurcan

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

It was a pleasure, I really liked the book concept and analysis for players ranged 1300-1800, great one! 👍💪

[@mithra433]

Türkçe anlatı mı ile yeni video gelir mi hocam diğeri iki sene öncesine kaldı 😅

[@osmalil8787]

Turkish Gambit will challenge our competitors, thank you for your valuable explanation, and thank you very much to the author of the book, dear Selim Gürcan.

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Always! 👍

[@ug8210]

Thanks Mio and thanks for the "Turkish Gambit" analysis

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Always 👍

[@talhaaytac6377]

Thanks for use to "Turkish Gambit"

[@kaganchess]

As a fan of both Butchers chess courses and Selim Gurcans courses and books its a great pleasure to see this happening since Kasparov is crushing everyone too at age 60 nothing can go better in life 😅

[@mayday7675]

Really enjoyed this video. It was refreshing to see many beginner lines we see at the lower levels included in the analysis as well. I have enjoyed playing the Elephant gambit from both sides, but it's been a while since I played it myself, so I'm looking forward to trying it out again. Thanks for these exciting videos.

[@anthonykent1706]

Thanks

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Thanks Anthony!

[@NON_biodegradable]

Selim gurcan effects, Maşallah selim hoca dünyaya Türk gambitini yaymaya devam ediyor

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

👍

[@SLKCHESS]

Great video lesson! Thanks Mio!

[@ericst-laurent1194]

Thank you,great to see you do a nice video on elephant gambit!

[@tmstar8564]

Do you know bishop name is elephant in turkish chess

[@ericst-laurent1194]

@@tmstar8564 no

[@marcheuer3610]

Very fine video. The attacks and mating patterns look very much like Morphy Style.

[@banzaiburger9589]

A Turkish Delight on the chessboard

[@tolgakisacikoglu4011]

Thanks a lot for the great video, wonderful hospitality in Serbia and fantastic coaching 🫶

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

That’s how we do in Serbia! 🇷🇸 💪

[@c0neofsilence]

Than you for sharing Mio. Another gambit you may want to check is the devin's gambit. It was played by Mamedyarov (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6) he played 3. g4..Also the similar gambit gibbins weidenhagen (bull frog) gambit 1 d4 Nf6. 2.g4

[@marcusaurelius2147]

Thanks Mio! i'll definitely surprise some opponents with this one :)

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

👍

[@sayafkhan748]

Thanks Big man! Great Analysis

[@MarcHeuer]

Very fine Video. I am a big fan of the Elephant Gambit. Where can I get this book in Germany? I would like to mention that in the main line Ne5: can also be met with Qe7!? An interesting approach which is hardly known. If for example d4 Black plays f6! and if the Knight retreats dxe4 and follows f5 with Kingside Expansion and Long Castle. If White falls for a Trap and plays after f6 Qh5+? Then g6 Nxg6 and Qxe4+ and the Knight on g6 is lost.

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Ask the guy from Turkey whose name is on the cover of the book, he’s got KZbin channel too!

[@rafaelrojas7249]

Very goods lines, thanks!.

[@bla4979]

Thanks Mio. Just a suggestion: do the most probable lines first, the least probably last. Keep it up!

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Let me do that next time!

[@satrancokulucom]

Actually in the book and video, lines were shown as you wished. I checked lichess statistics and noticed that average players generally prefer not GM lines but dubious lines. So the book will be more practical for (1300 - 1800 rated ) reader. As you read at least 30-40 pages you will be ready to play online. And when opponents get tougher you will need the main lines and rest of the book.

[@omerklc8760]

Than you nice video ❤

[@eduardwerner3087]

Thanks for the video, but at 18:55 there is also Nxe4 instead of cxb4

[@lodjurlynx9939]

dxe4 is even stronger! The truth is that this gambit is fun, but essentially rubbish.

[@ricardoquarezma86]

Turkish gambit bence uzun partilerdede oynanır

[@AlbertHojdorf]

Biraz riskli ama tabii ki oynanabilir.

[@HighlyCruciferous]

Thank you for the great content as usual. Does the book not cover 3 Nxe5, which is one of the critical moves in the starting position of the Elephant ? On a related topic, what is your take on the Elephant/Petrov hybrid championed at high level by Jobava and popularized on KZbin by Jonathan Schrantz 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nxe5 d5 (Schrantz likes the move order 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d5 3 Nxe5 Nf6 but 3 exd5 Nf6 4 Bb5+ seems like a big problem) ?

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Thanks for comment. At the end of the video, I covered 3.Ne5 and gave Bd6 etc pretty solid game for Black, but lets be objective, white is slightly better there

[@HighlyCruciferous]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial Ah, sorry, I should have watched to the end before commenting. Do you have an opinion on the Jobava ...Nf6 approach ?

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

@@HighlyCruciferous what’s that Jobava system?

[@HighlyCruciferous]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial cf my first comment. It's a hybrid between an Elephant and a Petrov. You can reach it through 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d5 3 Nxe5 Nf6 although Jobava prefers the Petrov move order 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nxe5 d5 presumably in order to avoid 3 exd5 Nf6 4 Bb5+ in the Elephant move order. You can find several of his games in the lichess database against elite opposition.

[@HighlyCruciferous]

including a win in 2016 against Lenier Dominguez

[@ChessGrandmaster]

Nice.

[@Eler3mita]

Hi Mío, what happens if white play 5.d3 in the exd5 variation? I find this line very annoying for black!

[@s.m.j.tayebi]

Hello dear Mio. on 27:42 minute of video, I was wondered if white responds Bc5 after black's move Nxc3. Please examine it too. Many thanx.

[@wakinguptothetruth.2566]

Black just plays Qf7 winning!

[@dandexter6469]

I can't follow so fast hahaha just my mind brainstorming

[@satrancokulucom]

Türk takipçiler için / For Turkish viewers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmi4lJ2hndp3Zq8si=bditGoysoFcCCOTB Thank you very much Mr Perunovic!

[@jjmmat133]

I just started playing chess 2 days ago, hopefully this will be effectice lol

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

It should be! 💪

[@viralmontages]

East or west Turkish Gambit is the best

[@GeneralBlorp]

Oh damn, Finegold ain’t gonna like that f5 move after Bd3 😅

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

🤭

[@chessmate7368]

Wait a second, I have been in Turkey. They have no elephants there. 🦣🐘What they have instead is an steaming hot sexy and delicious animal that is doing pole-dancing, like those dancing derwishes. They call them "Döner"! Holy moly, Mio! You should go to Istanbul, and boy they taste so good. 😋 By the way thanks for equally delicious lecture, our great Maestro. 🙏

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Hey Chessmate! I have been in Turkey 7 times, once even around the whole country tour for 21 days! Turkey is very lovely country! 🇹🇷 ❤️

[@chessmate7368]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial So you know about "Döner" I presume. 😉

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

@@chessmate7368 Absolutely, Kebab Doner 😉

[@chessmate7368]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial Yes, Mio!!! Here in Denmark they have something called "shawarma" (blackish-grey) however it is not on the level of the pink-colored "Döner" of Istanbul. I'll would say that Istanbul Döner kebab is almost as succulent as the Butcher-lectures. Almost!👌😋

[@ReverseDutchRulz]

e4 e5 Nf3 d5 Nxe5 is white's best answer!!