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yes! He does say it one move later, but there is no need to recapture the Knight. Just Qe6 and mate. (He knows this of course, probably slipped his mind while he was explaining the advantages of the position)
YESSSS Just won a game against the Caro-Kann using your smothered mate trick. That was awesome! LOL Thank you for putting this vid together Igor and for all the content you post for free. I've learned a so many of cool tricks, traps and openings from your vids.
11:22 I've been playing the Caro-Kann for decades. This line doesn't work if black knows to play 5...Be7. Now 6. e5 is a tempo-losing move because there's no knight to kick out. Additionally later on in the video, it's claimed black will play Bg7 after Bf8. In reality, black can simply repeat Be7 and white doesn't have anything there either except to take a quick draw by going back to Qh6.
If white brings the Knight on g5 back if they don't want the draw that means they're a little worse right because of all the wasted tempo right? great ideas as well I'm trying to learn the Caro-Kann and its ways of beating it.
@@andyD-p It's still pretty equal, but black is no longer worried. The knight has to be protected. If white leaves it, then black can simply keep threatening the queen or the knight to force a 3-fold draw. If white retreats the knight, then the point of Ng5 becomes wasted time. One could try to make the argument that black pushing g6 weakened the light squares, but notice the line white chose gets rid of their own light bishop, which is what you would really want to have to exploit light square holes.
I've seen a lot of chess videos and I'm trying to create a thinking system that can filter out the various golden rules and concepts. I thought in the following way and order: 1) discover the opponent's biggest threat mainly within my half of the board 2) Try to attack any piece or weak square mainly in my opponent's half of the board 3) If number 2 is not possible, try to prepare an attack using preferably the least active piece. WHAT'S YOUR OPINION? I await response. thanks
I used to win most games against people near my rating (about 1650) against the Caro Kann when they played bishop f5. I've noticed hardly anyone plays this line now. Mostly they play knight f6 early. This video gave me a few ideas for that line now! Thanks Igor 😊
At 11:13 the answer to the puzzle is Nxd4. If they take with the queen you take their bishop, and if they take your bishop you take back the bishop with your knight.
Well, he recommends 6…Qa5. And since this move isn‘t covered here I think everyone will be fine. Great video here and chessly users won‘t lose any sleep because of it :-) Both channels are great for chess imho.
On the variation in which the 1 ....Qd5 2Bc4 Bg6 3 Qg4 threatening checkmate on c8 . The Queen is under attack by the Bishop we have an extra tempo .... Qd8 4 Nxg6 fxg6 5 Qxg6 then you start a king hunt .That's what l saw a long that line
Pretty sure both Eric Rosen and Naroditsky play this line in their speed runs and other content (although Danya also advocates the Fantasy). However, it doesn’t come up that often and is never really explored in depth so nice to have a dedicated video.
The puzzle was easy. Nxd4. If Qxd4, then Bxg4. White has a bishop and a pawn for a knight, and he is ahead in development. White can go ahead and castle, then bring the rook to e1, or d3 followed by Be3, developing with a tempo because the queen has to move.
The puzzle of the day_ Knight into d4... Queen into d4... Bishop into g4 and if bishop into bishop e2 instead of queen into d4.. then knight d4 into bishop e2...this tactic is similar to French defense Nimzovich variation where Knight into e5 is threat of black and white has to take Knight d4 into c6 or Bishop b5 has to be played pinning Knight c6 to king
I was playing this line for a long time before people started playing dxe4 Nxe4 Nf6 Qe2 Nxe4 Qxe4 and Qd4 looking for a trade. Can someone give me a good line here. Also awesome job on remaking one of your old masterpieces.
in d4 line why black cant play e5 to support d4 , if you take the e4 pawn with knight after Qe7 isnt black able to capture the e4 pawn ? even i remember 2900 engine plays this against me
At 2:40 instead of Bxf7+ I would rather try a queen sac with Ne5 threatening Bxf7++. If they take your queen, game over. If Bh5, Qxh5 and game over. If e6 blocking mate, Nxg4 and game over. It Be6, Bxe6 fxe6 and you have an edge.
He says black "has to trade the bishops by playing 7...Bxe2". This is NOT true. According to GM L'Ami and Stockfish 16, the best move is 7...Bf5 and gives black an equal position. Most UA-cam videos that claim to tell you "how to crush" a particular opening use inferior moves by the opponent to make their case.
People who study their Caro-Kann will never play Bg4 2:25 instead they play Bf5 and white has NOTHING to crush the Caro-Kann. But that line does not fit in your video.
100% of his videos are GREAT, but only 99% work. This one isn't going to help one person beat me when I play the Caro. lol. Must be a Gotham sub playing black.
I think he's good for a truly new player. I learned a lot about the basics of chess as an adult getting into the game. He doesn't often go into deep theory like some other people do, but he definitely has a library of good content for the beginner to intermediate player
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11:09 White can play Nxd4 if Black plays QxNd4 white can play BxBg4. If Black plays BxBe2 white can take back with the knight and be up a pawn
thank you!
How simple and I didn´t see it. Well, I am a dull chess player. Thank you.
Bro really loves bullying gotham subs
It serves them right for being Gotham subs
@@josephsalmonte4995yeah you wouldn't know anything about that hu😅
@@josephsalmonte4995your elo
Bro just study Caro kan variations and you will be fine
At least Igor doesn't milk Magnus for content like Levy 😂😂😂 and to add on top of that, Igor is a GM 😂😂
2:45 nonono, did you see the mate
yes! He does say it one move later, but there is no need to recapture the Knight.
Just Qe6 and mate.
(He knows this of course, probably slipped his mind while he was explaining the advantages of the position)
@@dnthymamaiYes, I hope he will revise it😅
Yes, it is checkmate Qe6. He missed to mention.
I saw this too
SAW that
YESSSS Just won a game against the Caro-Kann using your smothered mate trick. That was awesome! LOL Thank you for putting this vid together Igor and for all the content you post for free. I've learned a so many of cool tricks, traps and openings from your vids.
“I won’t mention them by name, but if you want to beat GothamChess subscribers here’s how to do it.” 😂
Folded under 0 pressure lmao
I love his humour😅
@GMIgorSmirnov, are you checking to see if we're paying attention by playing Qxg4 instead of the checkmate at 2:45
good observation, why not go checkmate directly?
Purposefully ignored probably to make people comment this exact thing and drive up engagement on his video. GM tactics when you think about it
@@slippery_noodle9388 actually, I think he missed this one
Smirnov has the ability to play the power knight move g4-f7 😜
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can you make a video about the caro can defense-euwe attack?
2:45 mate in one missed❤
Trat is what I thought, too
Ya
11:22 I've been playing the Caro-Kann for decades. This line doesn't work if black knows to play 5...Be7. Now 6. e5 is a tempo-losing move because there's no knight to kick out. Additionally later on in the video, it's claimed black will play Bg7 after Bf8. In reality, black can simply repeat Be7 and white doesn't have anything there either except to take a quick draw by going back to Qh6.
If white brings the Knight on g5 back if they don't want the draw that means they're a little worse right because of all the wasted tempo right? great ideas as well I'm trying to learn the Caro-Kann and its ways of beating it.
@@andyD-p It's still pretty equal, but black is no longer worried. The knight has to be protected. If white leaves it, then black can simply keep threatening the queen or the knight to force a 3-fold draw. If white retreats the knight, then the point of Ng5 becomes wasted time. One could try to make the argument that black pushing g6 weakened the light squares, but notice the line white chose gets rid of their own light bishop, which is what you would really want to have to exploit light square holes.
2:45 you don't have to take a knight, you can just play Qe6# right away
Queen did not need to take Knight. Checkmate at e6 first.
Tartakower makes for some of the most fun games tbh. I always play Caro. 2 knights is nothing to be afraid of.
I've seen a lot of chess videos and I'm trying to create a thinking system that can filter out the various golden rules and concepts. I thought in the following way and order: 1) discover the opponent's biggest threat mainly within my half of the board 2) Try to attack any piece or weak square mainly in my opponent's half of the board 3) If number 2 is not possible, try to prepare an attack using preferably the least active piece. WHAT'S YOUR OPINION? I await response. thanks
Thanks once again Igor. I cant get enough of you lessons. Much appreciated. I will no=longer fear the Caro-Kann
Now I like to face Caro-Kann
On 2:32 you can also go KE5 (sacrificing the queen) imho
@Remote Chess Academy 1:43 I have done that multiple times and Tennessy gambit works as well for this.
2.45: Qe6 checkmate instead of Qxg4???!
2:46 you’re even checkmating them now
I used to win most games against people near my rating (about 1650) against the Caro Kann when they played bishop f5. I've noticed hardly anyone plays this line now. Mostly they play knight f6 early. This video gave me a few ideas for that line now! Thanks Igor 😊
At 11:13 the answer to the puzzle is Nxd4. If they take with the queen you take their bishop, and if they take your bishop you take back the bishop with your knight.
11:08 .... i think Nxd4 is the best move.........Qxd4 , then Bxg4 .........if Bxe2 , then Nxe2.....
Hi Igor, in 2min 47sec isn't it better to have a queen on e6 checkmate than to take a knight?
Of course, it is..
Wow i am learning and using these to my great advantage.
Igor thank you 🙏
🙏
2:46 instead of taking knight, is qd6 not checkmate???
Levy just pooped his pants
Well, he recommends 6…Qa5. And since this move isn‘t covered here I think everyone will be fine. Great video here and chessly users won‘t lose any sleep because of it :-) Both channels are great for chess imho.
On the variation in which the 1 ....Qd5
2Bc4 Bg6
3 Qg4 threatening checkmate on c8 . The Queen is under attack by the Bishop we have an extra tempo .... Qd8
4 Nxg6 fxg6
5 Qxg6 then you start a king hunt .That's what l saw a long that line
You have great stuff. Thank you!
2:23 I would play knight to e5 here. Mate on f7 with the bishop of black takes the queen.
Mate on f7 you mean?
Ah yeah. My bad. Edited it now
Thank you so much for changing my life
Pretty sure both Eric Rosen and Naroditsky play this line in their speed runs and other content (although Danya also advocates the Fantasy). However, it doesn’t come up that often and is never really explored in depth so nice to have a dedicated video.
2:37 why should i take the knight when there's a mate there on Qe6#
3:17 the best move is h5 not h6 it’s a different game when you play that. You can also push the pawn on h4 when h6 is played.
at 2:28, i think it would be better if you move knight e5 sacrificing the queen because if bishop takes, then it's checkmate
The puzzle was easy. Nxd4. If Qxd4, then Bxg4. White has a bishop and a pawn for a knight, and he is ahead in development. White can go ahead and castle, then bring the rook to e1, or d3 followed by Be3, developing with a tempo because the queen has to move.
The puzzle of the day_ Knight into d4... Queen into d4... Bishop into g4 and if bishop into bishop e2 instead of queen into d4.. then knight d4 into bishop e2...this tactic is similar to French defense Nimzovich variation where Knight into e5 is threat of black and white has to take Knight d4 into c6 or Bishop b5 has to be played pinning Knight c6 to king
You are really saving our life bro
I was playing this line for a long time before people started playing dxe4 Nxe4 Nf6 Qe2 Nxe4 Qxe4 and Qd4 looking for a trade. Can someone give me a good line here.
Also awesome job on remaking one of your old masterpieces.
Thanks, this is a great way to learn!~
in d4 line why black cant play e5 to support d4 , if you take the e4 pawn with knight after Qe7 isnt black able to capture the e4 pawn ? even i remember 2900 engine plays this against me
In the first trap when black takes Nxg4 you need not recapture with the queen I think Qe6 is just mate
9:35 and 9:13 how would you deal with d3?
i was thinking the same thing, we can just check with stockfish though
I think Knight f4 Double attack on the pon on d3 and black can’t defend
Kindly cover colorado gambit for black..
11:10 Nxd4 if Qxd4 Bxg4 if Bxe2 Nxe2
Me: I'd learn Caro Kann.
Entire UA-cam chess community: How to destroy the Caro Kann.......
7:27 in, after n.c4, why wouldn’t white play n.f7 immediately and fork the queen and rook? Ends up much better than just winning a pawn?
Nice traps! Thanks.
At 2:40 instead of Bxf7+ I would rather try a queen sac with Ne5 threatening Bxf7++. If they take your queen, game over. If Bh5, Qxh5 and game over. If e6 blocking mate, Nxg4 and game over. It Be6, Bxe6 fxe6 and you have an edge.
you missed be6 after ne5
I ain't gone lie... Dude the GOAT
6:48 instead of knight to b6 what if the opponent goes queen to e7
What if they play pawn takes pawn at e4 at 11:09?
3:05 what about Bg4? d4 is answer
I’m hitting a wall with my trading knowledge. Could use a consultation to get some clarity.
Nxd4 for your puzzle.
is this why hikaru says caro Kahn is trash 😂😂
Ahoj Igor, v 2min 47 sec nie je lepšie kráľovna na e6 mat ako brať jazdca ?
I'm playing this line a lot
There is already a check mate..you dont need to take the knight..
Igor vs Gotham! Gotham try the Kann defence like fisher would do to his opponents, I'll bring the popcorn
I play the Caro. This is a great line.
2:43 he could’ve deliver mate or am I missing something?
Alien gambit!!! Oh sorry wrong channel
so ..is this a refutation for caro kann and we need to find a good opening?
Not a refutation, but definitely you need to know a good black line against e4 Nc3 Nf3
I love you Igor
As a caro kann player i love this video😂
Nxd4
2:42 there's a checkmate and he missed it,queen to e6
9:27 d3
I think Kf4 black can’t defend the pon. He can take on c2 but Qxc2 recaptures and you developed another piece
@@williamtaracido2652 Sorry, I mean d3 for black!
e4 c6 Nc3 d5 Nf3 d4 Ne2 d3 easily avoids losing the pawn, yeah? Maybe that's not great for black, but better than what's shown
i play caro kann all the time
but i will never fall for this akward trap
Play h3 to counter attack
I just play the other trap line with Ne2 😂
The both knights be like we are the unbeatable duo 🗿☠️
And 12:10 if Black just plays h6 its equal...
Minute 2.46, u missed checkmate. Yok should not eat knight, qe6 mate
I won't mention them by name, BUT - *proceedes to say the name within 2 seconds flat*
the first game most common move is wrong. You dont take the pawn or advance.
Just got rekt by caro Kann defense 😅
А зачем коня бить ферзём если можно фе6 мат?
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Ahhh come on!
im here cause i got knight mated while playing the caro kann
But wait this is for the Tartakower? If they don't want to play this line then just click resign?
2:45 queen to e6 is just mate u don't need to take the knight
Bro you missed mate haha
He says black "has to trade the bishops by playing 7...Bxe2". This is NOT true. According to GM L'Ami and Stockfish 16, the best move is 7...Bf5 and gives black an equal position. Most UA-cam videos that claim to tell you "how to crush" a particular opening use inferior moves by the opponent to make their case.
PANOV PLEASE
Knight to a5 , if he takes takes bishop to a5 checkmate
Bless be the truth bringer
People who study their Caro-Kann will never play Bg4 2:25 instead they play Bf5 and white has NOTHING to crush the Caro-Kann. But that line does not fit in your video.
100% of his videos are GREAT, but only 99% work. This one isn't going to help one person beat me when I play the Caro. lol. Must be a Gotham sub playing black.
Nxd4 Bxe2 Ndxe2
I'm more a hikaru sub
Gotham chess fans after seeing this vidio💀
Honestly as a caro khan player it makes me a more annoying opponent so I don't get fucked by that move order.
This is nonsense for newbies.
I gave u I a dislike just because of the puzzle
Bro WTF we're here to learn how to deal with caro defense and ur puzzling us?!
why every UA-camr MUST do that silence sing as thumb nail what SECT are you part of ? losers.
Delete this.
Gotham is so overrated and annoying
He's still entertaining tho. But I do agree that you wouldn't be able to learn much from him.
I think he's good for a truly new player. I learned a lot about the basics of chess as an adult getting into the game. He doesn't often go into deep theory like some other people do, but he definitely has a library of good content for the beginner to intermediate player
Gotham is a g.
What’s your elo
You're on your own. He's for entertainment though, not learning
DELETE THIS VIDEO.
...e4 Nxd4 Qxd4 Bxg4 win a pawn