crazy move on 7:11 is pawn d3. if the queen takes then black's knight is unpinned; if the pawn takes you check with the bishop, and trade with the knight and now allowing queen e7; if white blocks with the bishop, black can either take the bishop or the knight with queen g5. if white goes queen to e3 then you can just go queen g5 and trade pieces.
6 months late, but maybe someone needs to read this. Pawn d3 is an absolutely terrible move for black. I just tried out several things with the engine. After white pawn takes on d3, if you don't check with the bishop, you lose the pinned knight (pawn takes) and the pawn on f5 right after. If you do actually check with the bishop, you take with the knight; then black knight takes the white knight - but that's winning for white because after that, you just take the pinned knight with the pawn, and then the black pawn on f5 right after after that, you can trade queens and stay winning because you're up in material
@@MrNileck and that is necessary on someone else explaining THEIR thoughts why? One, it suddenly makes the topic about them, and two, it comes off as extremely arrogant as its like saying “I can do it, so I’m better’.
@@BringingDiscordToUA-cam no i think you just cant have a coherent conversation without taking offense in everything... by your own twisted logic, the original commenter is ALSO making everything about them
Great video! I have an idea for against martin: -Take turns moving each piece in value order (pawn>knight>bishop>rook>queen>king) -If you do not have the piece you skip it. -If you are in check you can move any piece.
It would actually be sick if you couldn’t break the rules even if you were in check because you’d have to prepare for it in advanced. If you can’t block check with the piece who’s turn it is, or move the king if it’s his turn, then you have to resign
The "crazy move" for black is d3 gaining a tempo on the queen, white has to take either with the queen and stop pinning the knight or with the pawn; if pawn takes cxd3 black has the great move Knight D4 and now the queen has to move, the check on Qh5! does nothing after black's g6.
Good vid. I think titling these educational videos with a challenge "vibe" in the sense of saying "4.4 million people missed this" etc is the way to go to maximise engagement. Keep it up!!!
5:57 Starting position of all the lines 6:33 Line-1 black takes pawn with knight 10:15 Line-2 black takes knight with knight 11:37 Line-3 black plays natural move
Chess but my pieces are scared of the dark: RULES: 1. you play as white 2. you cant move a piece to a dark square. 3. a piece that starts on a dark square must move to a light square as soon as possible. 4. you must sacrafise your dark bishop on the second move of the game,(d3, Bh6) 5. you cant castle 6. to checkmate all of your pieces must be on a light square. 7. pawns don't count for this challenge, you can move them anywhere. GOOD LUCK (you will need it.) EDIT: if you think you can do it include pawns aswell ;)
@@Sfaegbe nah being scared of the dark isnt racist (i dont mean dark colored skin i mean when there is no light omg this sounds racist i swear its not 😭)
5:57 Starting position of all the lines 6:33 Line-1 black takes pawn with knight 10:15 Line-2 black takes knight with knight 11:37 Line-3 black plays natural move
Traditionally, if you don't want to gambit your pieces away, the best line is typically bb5 in the four knights game, putting pressure on the knight and forcing black to lose the opportunity to push their d pawn or compromise their pawn structure early on.
The line is when black plays d3, taking with queen is the best move, but if you take with pawn, Black plays Nd4 attacking your queen, then Qh5+ is the best move and black plays g6, you might be able to catch them off-guard with Be2, but that is -2 and instead of Be2, you play Qh4.
I have made this mistake many times in the past. ;-) Funnily enough I realized that in the position at 2:20 if instead of giving the pointless check with Ng5, i simply drop back with Ng3 (and if they advance e4, drop the other Knight as well with Ng1), this is in practice a 70-80% winning position for white at ~1900 lichess rating. I know the engine says that position is garbage for white, but in practice black usually doesn't know how to play this at all. That way you can possibly still salvage the situation even after you blundered (not against 2000+ lichess though).
That's very defensive play and is the hallmark of a bad startup. As black there is actually no use to play 4Knights at anything above 1500 rating because there are much, much more stronger openings.
@Someone-tf8qh if Qxd3, blacks knight is unpinned and can take White's knight. If bishop recaptures then queen captures bishop and black is up a piece
@@Adam-fk7zw No taking with the pawn is actually worst. You have to take with the queen, there is no need to keep trying to pin the knight, because it will only make your position even worst.
@@Adam-fk7zw you had it right until Qh5+, the next move isnt Qd1 because that blunders a full knight, you can play Qh4 though, now the only reason why d3 is so powerful is because your queen is now on the side of the board doing nothing and black has better development
I love playing the halloween gambit against unsuspecting players in my chess club. They look at you like you're crazy, then you push all their material back and they're left with one developed knight. Stronger players will sometimes just let you capture the knight you're chasing in order to get back to development.
idea: do a video where your opponent is martin, but every 2nd move stockfish plays a move (stockfish, martin, stockfish, martin) most iconic duo in chess at the moment teaming up!
7:10 Im guessing the crazy move he is talking about is bishop f4 and them pin the rook and king, only move is to take with the queen, and then take the queen with the bishop
I didn’t watch this video before I played Black correctly in same position of a recent game. White played Bxf7+, which surprised me a bit in the game, but then my two Centre pawns pushed his knights back and dominated the board. Now he’s in trouble and I will win material soon.
Good video! I also have a challenge. You start off with martin, but everytime he blunders you go to the next bot *optional* Everytime he makes the best move you add a pawn to his army. ( start off with A and H)
4:29 pushing the pawn to e5 in this position means the black queen can pin your pawn to your king which also protects the knight. I’m surprised you missed that.
It's covered in another gambit (evans i believe?) you just unpin with your own queen and worst case, you come out even with a better position and more development
I feel kind proud of my chess-newbie self, that I played at least the first 1-2 moves of those gambits without knowing about them (just thinking "well if I do this, that is very annoying for black"). But I cannot say I planned this far ahead, nor that I converted the position as well.
I love this comment because it encapsulates the reason I learned certain openings like the caro kann and nimsovitch-larsen; because it was annoying for me to play against
7:09 The crazy move is for black to do Pawn D3 which threatens the queen but can also be captured by the pawn White's best response is to capture it their pawn and then black will play Knight D4. # This forces the white queen to remove the pin on the knight, if they think they are sneaky and move the white queen to E3 you will notice that there is a queen, rook, king fork on c2. So instead, white's best move is to play Queen H5 check to desperately hang on. Black will play Pawn G6 to block the check. White will drop back 1 square to h4. # If Black ever for some reason decides to capture your knight on G5, just recapture it with Bishop Takes G5. Black will play c6, threatening a knight. White will capture the black knight with Pawn Takes E4. Black will capture the white knight with Pawn Takes D5.
This is not a mistake, it's an even +0.0 game. (Well, you can argue that white lost a 0.3 advantage, but that is significant enough to count as a "mistake"(or a "mistkae"). )
@@danielyuan9862 It's not even an inaccuracy. It's a perfectly acceptable book move that is so early in the game we don't really have a reliable long-term evaluation beyond "seems fine". If you have a forced +0.5 opening for white, please share it!
Bc4 is not a mistake, no It’s a subpar/moderate inaccuracy but it leads to a dead equal position, whereas other moves are like +.2 or +.3 which is almost nothing anyways
Stockfish considers it a Book Move, which is neither here nor there. But he's clearly using the word "mistkae" in a very general sense to mean any less-than-best move, and it is that. If White allows Black to fully equalize on Move 4, I have no problem calling that a mistkae.
@@GraemeCree ok but in chess the official terminology for a slightly less than best move, is inaccuracy, not mistake A mistake is a SIGNIFICANTLY worse evaluation than the best move, an inaccuracy is a very slightly worse evaluation (which is the case here)
@@ifbfmto9338 I know what you mean, in fact I'm constantly irked by people who use the word "blunder" to mean "any less than perfect move", which is not what it means at all. Still, there are formal uses of words and informal uses. In a formal, technical sense, Bc4 is not a mistake, you're right. But going by the context of a video aimed at beginners, I'm inferring that he's using that he's using the word in a general sense rather than a technical one. Just like in informal, everyday speak, a chess expert would be anyone who was really great at chess, even Magnus, while in technical speak "Expert" means someone rated between 2000 and 2199. The average person might never dream that he could insult someone by calling them a chess expert, and be surprised to learn that he could. Even chess players might use the word informally sometimes. Like you might say it was a mistake for Petrosian to abandon the Petroff Defense in favor of the Sicilian in 1969, even though technically 1...c5 is not a mistake.
Haha that’s great I played this all the time as a beginner not knowing it was theory I think a lot of beginners gravitate towards this opening because its development is intuitive and most beginners play e4.
Agreed, John Smith (if that's your real name). The Stockfish I used rates the position after 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 at -0.05 at level 24, i.e. essentially equal. Sure,, this isn't an ambitious way to start the game, but it's certainly not losing.
1:37 Nope, this is a drawish position according to stockfish, its top suggestions is O-O, d4 and Qe2 7:10 This "Crazy Move" seems to be d3 and the reasoing behind this is that you sacriface the pawn for a lot of tempo followed by a couple moves of danger levels and then reverse the attack back on white or to move the king, unless you instead do "Qxd3", then it is just some tempo and a little bit of tactics that follow.
I made a poem about the four knights game The Four Knights game, the chess board's claim To battles fought in ancient fame. Four knights stand tall, their form on display, Intricate moves, in a symphony they play. A battle of wits, every move thought through, A grand opening, worthy of the view. The pawns advance, the knights take the lead, A daring display of strength and speed. A grand entrance, a round of applause, The Four Knights making their noble cause. Players in awe, with each calculated move, Strategizing, ready to improve. So let's keep playing this ancient game, With the Four Knights opening, forever the same. As long as chess is played, their memory remains, The Four Knights, their glory forever sustained.
white can first attack the pawn and then bishop to c4 thats called italian game yk catle defend your pawn open diagonal black-squared bishop and protect the pin
After the 4 knights I play the Scotch Variation (not the Belgrade Gambit), it's probably one of the best bcoz then I many-a-times get a chance to do a royal fork or sometimes even a royal family fork
Hello, I have an argument about the bishop sacrifice you said was wrong. Please educate me on how I’m wrong if I am. At 2:08, instead of castling, you could play pawn to d4, threatening to trade material in order for center control and develop your queen. If h8 comes instead of takes, just move knight to e8. No? Anyone please correct me if I’m wrong. And upvote if you’re wondering as well
5:16:Why can't you just take with the queen? The crazy move is d3 btw,and what im wondering is why can't the c2 pawn take, the knight is still pinned and is under attack by the pawn Please let me know because im very curious
At 9:12 what about the move Kd4 for black? Pawn can't take knight because pin and it can't take bishop because that hangs the queen. Seems like a spicy line
if you sim1:36, than comes D2-D4, E5xD4,E4xC6,B2xC6,D1xD4, O-O Than all centerpawns of both sides are gone. With the chance that (in low elo) black doesnt see O-O and plays C3-C4 instead.
thank you, ive been stuck sub 400. and seeing things like this helped me rethink my moves. instead of just moving to move in the opening a specific way. now i pressure & look to protect. now im winning against 500+ rated players and my elo is raising.
Black 8:13 bishop to b4 its double check by rook and bishop King moves to f1 rook e1 mate 👍 and even king moves to d1 its still mate after queen comes out in some moves
Btw the crazy move is probably d3. It leads to white having really open center or if played incorrectly by white could also lead to losing rook or queen.
Instead of 3. Nc3 (3 knights, likely going into 4 knights) just play 3. Bc4 (Italian game) or 3. Bb5 (Ruy Lopez/Spanish game) Or if you're trying to avoid the Spanish & Italian you can diverge earlier and go into the Bishop's opening, the Vienna, the Scotch, etc. There's a whole world of e4 e5 openings If you're trying to avoid everything theoretical but still play e4 you can play a King's Indian attack with e4, Nf3, g3, Bg2, O-O, d3 and Nbd2 before expanding for a kingside attack
In the position at 2:46, ironically the best move is ...g5. Looks crazy to be opening up the king like that, but with the lead in development, white will not have time to get an attack in before he gets destroyed.
7:23, I don't really play chess but is the move Bishop to b4? It takes back tempo and can potentially be used to take back the reins if you know what to do next I wager, mostly because the position is covered by your Knight, trading bishop for bishop at worse and at the very least forces the enemy to move their bishop and waste a turn not applying pressure, from there white can castle next turn but you will already have a good development on that side of the board maybe?
2:36, after casting for white, isn't e4 a much better move? If white learns play d3 here, at the beginner level I believe white is much better, or at least the plan is much clearer. Put the bishop on d2, queen on e2 and long castle. If black wants to play h6 and take the knight on h3, then im sure white is happy to open up the g file while blacks king has to burn a few moves to fix their castle.
one thing I've noticed since watching this video: taking with the knight only works in king's pawn games. in queen's pawn games, it doesn't work nearly as well, and bringing the bishop out is the correct move.
crazy move on 7:11 is pawn d3. if the queen takes then black's knight is unpinned; if the pawn takes you check with the bishop, and trade with the knight and now allowing queen e7; if white blocks with the bishop, black can either take the bishop or the knight with queen g5. if white goes queen to e3 then you can just go queen g5 and trade pieces.
6 months late, but maybe someone needs to read this.
Pawn d3 is an absolutely terrible move for black. I just tried out several things with the engine.
After white pawn takes on d3, if you don't check with the bishop, you lose the pinned knight (pawn takes) and the pawn on f5 right after.
If you do actually check with the bishop, you take with the knight; then black knight takes the white knight - but that's winning for white
because after that, you just take the pinned knight with the pawn, and then the black pawn on f5 right after
after that, you can trade queens and stay winning because you're up in material
@@themrlaced3 is good because it allows for nd4 after cxd4, and if white plays qxd3 black plays nb4
@@Chewy427 cxd3
7:11 7. …d3 8. cxd3 Nd4 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qh4 c6 11. dxe4 cxd5 12. exd5 Bg7 and black has a great game (showing -1 according to stockfish)
even the wrost part is if black pawn moves D3 white pawn takes ... and knight d4 is terrible for white queen..
Mistkae is a new word , it about dead inside people, lost figures and Nelson's sad face
He made a mistake there
I had a stroke trying to read your comment
@@teagleh No, it was a joke to make a mistake by misspelling that particular word. 🙄
@@perpetualbystander4516 "No, it was a joke to misspell that particular word 🙄" 🤓
@@teagleh 🤦♂️
I think I would also make this mistkae
Mistake*
@@aqaisback9517 Misdemeanor*
@@aqaisback9517 Check the title, it’s sarcasm
@@InkDrinkerProductions Inaccuracy*
@@VividlyNight mistake*
As someone under 1200, I have absolutely zero confidence in my ability to successfully pull off an attack with the Halloween gambit.
I'm 730 in blitz, and only 1100 in daily, I just did it and completely dominated
@@philosophyandhappiness2001ah, yes, because even if that is true, everyone has to be exactly the same as you
@@BringingDiscordToUA-cam He's just sharing his experience as an example, not saying what you said
@@MrNileck and that is necessary on someone else explaining THEIR thoughts why? One, it suddenly makes the topic about them, and two, it comes off as extremely arrogant as its like saying “I can do it, so I’m better’.
@@BringingDiscordToUA-cam no i think you just cant have a coherent conversation without taking offense in everything... by your own twisted logic, the original commenter is ALSO making everything about them
Great video!
I have an idea for against martin:
-Take turns moving each piece in value order (pawn>knight>bishop>rook>queen>king)
-If you do not have the piece you skip it.
-If you are in check you can move any piece.
It would actually be sick if you couldn’t break the rules even if you were in check because you’d have to prepare for it in advanced. If you can’t block check with the piece who’s turn it is, or move the king if it’s his turn, then you have to resign
BRO I KNOW U SINCE 2021 UR THE CREATOR OF TIME TRIAL IN ROBLOX
@@abooodkhater5789 💪
@@bloxy9996 whats ur chess elo?
@@abooodkhater5789 1200
Dear Nelson: This is by far my favourite chess channel. Deep enough analysis at an appropriate level for me. Thanks so much.
7:08 for anyone wondering the crazy move for black is d3
Yep
D3 or d6
@@dr.ambikashetty6611 d3
@@dr.ambikashetty6611 d3
@@irritator9062 why is this good for black?
The "crazy move" for black is d3 gaining a tempo on the queen, white has to take either with the queen and stop pinning the knight or with the pawn; if pawn takes cxd3 black has the great move Knight D4 and now the queen has to move, the check on Qh5! does nothing after black's g6.
Knight d4 will be captured by knight on f3 no?
Thanks for sharing..Not sure why he didn't tell the move when the whole point of it is to help us play better.
@@noha2k0no, the knight is on g5, timestamp 7:26
@@noha2k0there is no knight on f3...
I still don’t see it if pawn pushes to d3, then Qe3 and it’s still the same situation. If pawn f4 then queen takes knight on e4?
Good vid. I think titling these educational videos with a challenge "vibe" in the sense of saying "4.4 million people missed this" etc is the way to go to maximise engagement. Keep it up!!!
Excellent lesson - exactly what I am looking for - I will definitely carry on watching you - I hope you have a comprehensive set/book of these
I’m proud I’m part of the 4.4 million people
Been in this position...lots to say the least! Great explanations on what to do! Worth a sub!
Welcome!
It seems like yesterday that I commented that you were close to 200K, now, here we go again-this time 300k-Nelsi, you deserve this growth!
5:57 Starting position of all the lines
6:33 Line-1 black takes pawn with knight
10:15 Line-2 black takes knight with knight
11:37 Line-3 black plays natural move
Chess but my pieces are scared of the dark:
RULES:
1. you play as white
2. you cant move a piece to a dark square.
3. a piece that starts on a dark square must move to a light square as soon as possible.
4. you must sacrafise your dark bishop on the second move of the game,(d3, Bh6)
5. you cant castle
6. to checkmate all of your pieces must be on a light square.
7. pawns don't count for this challenge, you can move them anywhere.
GOOD LUCK (you will need it.)
EDIT: if you think you can do it include pawns aswell ;)
A tad racist
I just did it in bullet and it ended in a draw kinda fun
@@Sfaegbe nah being scared of the dark isnt racist (i dont mean dark colored skin i mean when there is no light omg this sounds racist i swear its not 😭)
soooo you basically can't move your knights?
the dark bishop just commits self die
5:57 Starting position of all the lines
6:33 Line-1 black takes pawn with knight
10:15 Line-2 black takes knight with knight
11:37 Line-3 black plays natural move
Traditionally, if you don't want to gambit your pieces away, the best line is typically bb5 in the four knights game, putting pressure on the knight and forcing black to lose the opportunity to push their d pawn or compromise their pawn structure early on.
The line is when black plays d3, taking with queen is the best move, but if you take with pawn, Black plays Nd4 attacking your queen, then Qh5+ is the best move and black plays g6, you might be able to catch them off-guard with Be2, but that is -2 and instead of Be2, you play Qh4.
I have made this mistake many times in the past. ;-) Funnily enough I realized that in the position at 2:20 if instead of giving the pointless check with Ng5, i simply drop back with Ng3 (and if they advance e4, drop the other Knight as well with Ng1), this is in practice a 70-80% winning position for white at ~1900 lichess rating. I know the engine says that position is garbage for white, but in practice black usually doesn't know how to play this at all. That way you can possibly still salvage the situation even after you blundered (not against 2000+ lichess though).
That's very defensive play and is the hallmark of a bad startup. As black there is actually no use to play 4Knights at anything above 1500 rating because there are much, much more stronger openings.
then i’ll just have to make a different one
For the people that are wondering, the crazy line is black pawn to d3
I found it too, it looked really annoying for whites plan.
Hahaha I was, thank you!
Paused to see if I could find it... Only took me 30 seconds, and I'm not that good. It's just the most aggressive move on the board. 😈
couldnt I just take it with queen? Or is my 500 elo brain malfunctioning?
@Someone-tf8qh if Qxd3, blacks knight is unpinned and can take White's knight. If bishop recaptures then queen captures bishop and black is up a piece
Learning this has dramatically improved my openings, thank you!
The "crazy move" he's talking about is 7.d3
It attacks the queen and forces it to take the pawn, unpinning the knight.
@@Adam-fk7zw No taking with the pawn is actually worst. You have to take with the queen, there is no need to keep trying to pin the knight, because it will only make your position even worst.
@@Adam-fk7zw Also queen D1 literally blunders the knight... and COMPLETELY this time...
@@Adam-fk7zw you had it right until Qh5+, the next move isnt Qd1 because that blunders a full knight, you can play Qh4 though, now the only reason why d3 is so powerful is because your queen is now on the side of the board doing nothing and black has better development
@@lolinator. still blunders the knight because after Qh4 black plays h5.
I spotted it immediately as a 600 lol
MISTKAE- That's when the TYPING TIME PRESSURE kicks in-
I love playing the halloween gambit against unsuspecting players in my chess club. They look at you like you're crazy, then you push all their material back and they're left with one developed knight. Stronger players will sometimes just let you capture the knight you're chasing in order to get back to development.
I play the scotch four knights a lot and never thought of the gambits, ever. So this definitely serve me good, thank you Nelson :)
Same
Title also made a “mistkae”
Quite a common mistkae!
Probably a blunder
He blundered his spelling
He tried Clickbait Gambit
Thank you for this! I am new to chess and I was playing the 4 knights then bishop C4 nearly every game. This helped a lot!
we all know the real mistake is playing the four knights game
idea: do a video where your opponent is martin, but every 2nd move stockfish plays a move (stockfish, martin, stockfish, martin) most iconic duo in chess at the moment teaming up!
Thats a crazy Mistkae!
four knights opening: one night two knight three knight fortnight
7:10 Im guessing the crazy move he is talking about is bishop f4 and them pin the rook and king, only move is to take with the queen, and then take the queen with the bishop
Are you chatgpt? How the heck is black gonna get a bishop to f4? The move is d3
7:15 bro low-key activated everybody's curiosity to find it. genius
I didn’t watch this video before I played Black correctly in same position of a recent game. White played Bxf7+, which surprised me a bit in the game, but then my two Centre pawns pushed his knights back and dominated the board. Now he’s in trouble and I will win material soon.
MISTKAE oh the irony
Good video! I also have a challenge. You start off with martin, but everytime he blunders you go to the next bot *optional* Everytime he makes the best move you add a pawn to his army. ( start off with A and H)
4:29 pushing the pawn to e5 in this position means the black queen can pin your pawn to your king which also protects the knight. I’m surprised you missed that.
It's covered in another gambit (evans i believe?) you just unpin with your own queen and worst case, you come out even with a better position and more development
Or unpin with the bishop if you don't want to trade queens
I feel kind proud of my chess-newbie self, that I played at least the first 1-2 moves of those gambits without knowing about them (just thinking "well if I do this, that is very annoying for black"). But I cannot say I planned this far ahead, nor that I converted the position as well.
Same
I love this comment because it encapsulates the reason I learned certain openings like the caro kann and nimsovitch-larsen; because it was annoying for me to play against
7:09 The crazy move is for black to do Pawn D3 which threatens the queen but can also be captured by the pawn
White's best response is to capture it their pawn and then black will play Knight D4.
# This forces the white queen to remove the pin on the knight, if they think they are sneaky and move the white queen to E3 you will notice that there is a queen, rook, king fork on c2.
So instead, white's best move is to play Queen H5 check to desperately hang on.
Black will play Pawn G6 to block the check.
White will drop back 1 square to h4.
# If Black ever for some reason decides to capture your knight on G5, just recapture it with Bishop Takes G5.
Black will play c6, threatening a knight.
White will capture the black knight with Pawn Takes E4.
Black will capture the white knight with Pawn Takes D5.
This is not a mistake, it's an even +0.0 game.
(Well, you can argue that white lost a 0.3 advantage, but that is significant enough to count as a "mistake"(or a "mistkae"). )
It's more of an inaccuracy than a mistake.
@@danielyuan9862 It's not even an inaccuracy. It's a perfectly acceptable book move that is so early in the game we don't really have a reliable long-term evaluation beyond "seems fine". If you have a forced +0.5 opening for white, please share it!
@@sirbruce70 1. g4!
mistkae?
@@creativeswirl6002well mistkae[sic]
7:08
d3 btw
TYSM i always play this opening, im 800 rated. I also play the Italian variation of the 4 knights opening
Wow.. finally a useful chess video. Halloween gambit works wonders.
Bc4 is not a mistake, no
It’s a subpar/moderate inaccuracy but it leads to a dead equal position, whereas other moves are like +.2 or +.3 which is almost nothing anyways
Stockfish considers it a Book Move, which is neither here nor there. But he's clearly using the word "mistkae" in a very general sense to mean any less-than-best move, and it is that. If White allows Black to fully equalize on Move 4, I have no problem calling that a mistkae.
@@GraemeCree ok but in chess the official terminology for a slightly less than best move, is inaccuracy, not mistake
A mistake is a SIGNIFICANTLY worse evaluation than the best move, an inaccuracy is a very slightly worse evaluation (which is the case here)
@@ifbfmto9338 I know what you mean, in fact I'm constantly irked by people who use the word "blunder" to mean "any less than perfect move", which is not what it means at all.
Still, there are formal uses of words and informal uses. In a formal, technical sense, Bc4 is not a mistake, you're right. But going by the context of a video aimed at beginners, I'm inferring that he's using that he's using the word in a general sense rather than a technical one. Just like in informal, everyday speak, a chess expert would be anyone who was really great at chess, even Magnus, while in technical speak "Expert" means someone rated between 2000 and 2199. The average person might never dream that he could insult someone by calling them a chess expert, and be surprised to learn that he could.
Even chess players might use the word informally sometimes. Like you might say it was a mistake for Petrosian to abandon the Petroff Defense in favor of the Sicilian in 1969, even though technically 1...c5 is not a mistake.
This video is so on point I didn’t understand how time passed. Instant subscribe!
Haha that’s great I played this all the time as a beginner not knowing it was theory I think a lot of beginners gravitate towards this opening because its development is intuitive and most beginners play e4.
If you all are wonder about the move at 7:05 it's the pawn to D3
That is not a mistake. I have played that dozens of times and stockfish has never labeled it as one/ the eval never goes significantly down
Well, it's a book move after all
@@FrostDirt and about the eval?
MISTKAE*
Agreed, John Smith (if that's your real name). The Stockfish I used rates the position after 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 at -0.05 at level 24, i.e. essentially equal. Sure,, this isn't an ambitious way to start the game, but it's certainly not losing.
@@zanti4132 its not my name
1:37 Nope, this is a drawish position according to stockfish, its top suggestions is O-O, d4 and Qe2
7:10 This "Crazy Move" seems to be d3 and the reasoing behind this is that you sacriface the pawn for a lot of tempo followed by a couple moves of danger levels and then reverse the attack back on white or to move the king, unless you instead do "Qxd3", then it is just some tempo and a little bit of tactics that follow.
Your e mistaek is: DAM uncany!!!!
I see the four horsemen and need to check my calendar, "Is it time for Halloween already?"
Fellow Halloween gambiters, rise up! all 2 of us!
anyway my entire opening repertoire has been exposed, thanks Nelson!
Pawn to D3, Raw aggression. I'm not a an 1800, Nelson just massively underestimated his audience. 😅
fornites game 0:21
This is an actual chess channel
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This was great! Please do more like this where it's only a few moves deep for us noobs to follow
I made a poem about the four knights game
The Four Knights game, the chess board's claim To battles fought in ancient fame.
Four knights stand tall, their form on display, Intricate moves, in a symphony they play.
A battle of wits, every move thought through, A grand opening, worthy of the view.
The pawns advance, the knights take the lead, A daring display of strength and speed.
A grand entrance, a round of applause, The Four Knights making their noble cause.
Players in awe, with each calculated move, Strategizing, ready to improve.
So let's keep playing this ancient game, With the Four Knights opening, forever the same.
As long as chess is played, their memory remains, The Four Knights, their glory forever sustained.
white can first attack the pawn and then bishop to c4 thats called italian game yk catle defend your pawn open diagonal black-squared bishop and protect the pin
When he said "crazy move" he never mentioned the queen. I wonder if it has something to do with taking the knight with queen
“...the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.” - Sun Tzu
After the 4 knights I play the Scotch Variation (not the Belgrade Gambit), it's probably one of the best bcoz then I many-a-times get a chance to do a royal fork or sometimes even a royal family fork
If only opponent would play the "They're gonna" moves.
Thank you so much for the opening variations!
Hello, I have an argument about the bishop sacrifice you said was wrong. Please educate me on how I’m wrong if I am. At 2:08, instead of castling, you could play pawn to d4, threatening to trade material in order for center control and develop your queen. If h8 comes instead of takes, just move knight to e8. No? Anyone please correct me if I’m wrong. And upvote if you’re wondering as well
Did chatgpt write this? What knight is coming to e8 and wtf is coming to h8? Did black skip a move???
5:16:Why can't you just take with the queen?
The crazy move is d3 btw,and what im wondering is why can't the c2 pawn take, the knight is still pinned and is under attack by the pawn
Please let me know because im very curious
I play Halloween gambit as an 1800 and it’ll win maybe half of the blitz games and most of bullet games I play,
Favorite opening, I highly reccomend
At 9:12 what about the move Kd4 for black? Pawn can't take knight because pin and it can't take bishop because that hangs the queen. Seems like a spicy line
Qd3, also that's not how you write the knight in chess notation
That's why I've been learning Ruy Lopez since I was 1000 Elo, and now I'm 1600 Elo even though I started playing chess about a year ago.
if you sim1:36,
than comes D2-D4, E5xD4,E4xC6,B2xC6,D1xD4, O-O
Than all centerpawns of both sides are gone. With the chance that (in low elo) black doesnt see O-O and plays C3-C4 instead.
I honestly wouldnt have clicked on the video if there was no typo
thank you, ive been stuck sub 400. and seeing things like this helped me rethink my moves. instead of just moving to move in the opening a specific way. now i pressure & look to protect. now im winning against 500+ rated players and my elo is raising.
The engine doesn’t seem to think that falling for the center fork trick is that bad.
Well its easy to equalize
7:27 900 ELO btw, but my guess is d3, cxd3, knight to d4, queen to e3 and then bishop to c5 lining up something like knight to e6
Black 8:13 bishop to b4 its double check by rook and bishop King moves to f1 rook e1 mate 👍 and even king moves to d1 its still mate after queen comes out in some moves
7:11 7. …d3 8. cxd3 Nd4 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qh4 c6 11. dxe4 cxd5 12. exd5 Bg7 and black has a great game (showing -1 according to stockfish)
Don't know if you'll see this message but At 8:14 why isn't it mate in 2 for black using the rook and the bishop?
THAT PICTURE IS KILLING ME HELP😭😭😭😭😭
Very interesting and useful tips, thanks!
This is an excellent video. Thank you
7:11 What if black went queen to g5?
thanks for the long and detailed tutorial
Btw the crazy move is probably d3. It leads to white having really open center or if played incorrectly by white could also lead to losing rook or queen.
The move he didn't show was pawn to d3for black it attack white queen and free the way for black knight to jump on d4to attack queen on Next move
@@prarjucarju957but knight gets eaten by knight.
Instead of 3. Nc3 (3 knights, likely going into 4 knights) just play 3. Bc4 (Italian game) or 3. Bb5 (Ruy Lopez/Spanish game)
Or if you're trying to avoid the Spanish & Italian you can diverge earlier and go into the Bishop's opening, the Vienna, the Scotch, etc. There's a whole world of e4 e5 openings
If you're trying to avoid everything theoretical but still play e4 you can play a King's Indian attack with e4, Nf3, g3, Bg2, O-O, d3 and Nbd2 before expanding for a kingside attack
In the position at 2:46, ironically the best move is ...g5. Looks crazy to be opening up the king like that, but with the lead in development, white will not have time to get an attack in before he gets destroyed.
"ok so you shouldnt do this because you lose a piece, instead you should use this move that loses a piece"
Love these chess lessons!! ❤❤❤
Under 1200, I LAUGH, try half that!
I never do this, my opponent usually threatens my left knight with their bishop
This worked and my opponent resigned
1 national master - SAME SPELLING MISTAKE
As an alekhine's defense player i have seen this a lot and its such a good feeling when they make this mistake
7:23, I don't really play chess but is the move Bishop to b4? It takes back tempo and can potentially be used to take back the reins if you know what to do next I wager, mostly because the position is covered by your Knight, trading bishop for bishop at worse and at the very least forces the enemy to move their bishop and waste a turn not applying pressure, from there white can castle next turn but you will already have a good development on that side of the board maybe?
No why would you think that? He addressed the Bb4 line. The move is d3.
No it’s they mov spawn up square attacking queen, I used stockfish
@@hermaeusmora424 I don't play chess :]
Crazy mistkae!
Crazy line is Nb4 for black, white's best response is trading knights and play Kd1 or there will be an unblockable bishop check
Nevermind I miscalculated and engine gave me d3
2:36, after casting for white, isn't e4 a much better move?
If white learns play d3 here, at the beginner level I believe white is much better, or at least the plan is much clearer. Put the bishop on d2, queen on e2 and long castle. If black wants to play h6 and take the knight on h3, then im sure white is happy to open up the g file while blacks king has to burn a few moves to fix their castle.
1:15 bro you can take the f7 pawn with tempo and it’s the same position with pieces but king is more opened than strippers
At 4:31 isn't Qe7 a move for black ..pinning the pawn to the king and knight wouldn't have to move again ?
1:30 this is actually really good position for black
stockfish: 0.0
one thing I've noticed since watching this video: taking with the knight only works in king's pawn games. in queen's pawn games, it doesn't work nearly as well, and bringing the bishop out is the correct move.
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