The Craziest Opening Trap You’ve Never Seen Before | Lucchini Gambit

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  • Опубліковано 29 сер 2020
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    In this video, I explore the hidden beauties of the Lucchini Gambit. This dubious, but aggressive opening variation was completely new for me and brought to my attention by twitch subscriber gmdillusion. As you'll see in this video, I delve into some of the mainlines and discover some fascinating traps and ideas. This gambit is incredibly rare at master level play, so I think it has great potential as a surprise weapon. Here is the lichess study where viewers can explore the lines further:
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  • @adbon6279
    @adbon6279 3 роки тому +498

    We all know what the true beauty of this opening is, after sacking the Queen to promote to another Queen you simply say to your opponent, "Still theory"

  • @hitchikerspie
    @hitchikerspie 3 роки тому +1141

    “Given that everyone’s learning the Stafford these days...”
    *smirks and sips tea*

    • @kys9611
      @kys9611 3 роки тому +4

      Why don't you actually try to improve in chess rather than playing cheap traps lmao. Get a grip.

    • @jacobklopp9982
      @jacobklopp9982 3 роки тому +56

      Muhammad because they can help you win and the victories are satisfying

    • @kys9611
      @kys9611 3 роки тому +3

      @@jacobklopp9982 maybe below 2000 lmao. Good luck improving beyond that with that mindset buddy.

    • @TyJoneZs
      @TyJoneZs 3 роки тому +55

      Muhammad im guessing you don’t even know how to have fun

    • @kys9611
      @kys9611 3 роки тому +3

      @@TyJoneZs well stop guessing and actually think for a second lmao.

  • @sheepsfeather3159
    @sheepsfeather3159 3 роки тому +575

    Down a rook, a pawn, a knight, and a bishop for a single pawn.
    _Just like the simulations_

    • @leadnitrate2194
      @leadnitrate2194 3 роки тому +40

      Still theory.

    • @impii552
      @impii552 3 роки тому +6

      Muzio Gambit in a nutshell

    • @mkronos02
      @mkronos02 3 роки тому +2

      Star Wars memes are still in?

    • @SkyNinja759
      @SkyNinja759 3 роки тому +1

      @@mkronos02 _"Watch those wrist rockets!"_

    • @mkronos02
      @mkronos02 3 роки тому +2

      @@SkyNinja759 We’re just pawns, we are meant to be expandable.

  • @DionysisGalanis
    @DionysisGalanis 3 роки тому +1276

    It's insane what kind of miracles chess hides... Even in 2020...

    • @cerber7207
      @cerber7207 3 роки тому +8

      Especially in 2020 xD

    • @zarrowthehorse
      @zarrowthehorse 3 роки тому +3

      What's 2020 got to do with it?

    • @DionysisGalanis
      @DionysisGalanis 3 роки тому +49

      @@zarrowthehorse Crazy chess discoveries keep happening and will keep happening even if chess is an old game, that's what I meant.

    • @zarrowthehorse
      @zarrowthehorse 3 роки тому

      @@DionysisGalanis of course, there are millions of different outcomes

    • @DionysisGalanis
      @DionysisGalanis 3 роки тому +10

      @@zarrowthehorse Much more... But this was shocking! 🤯

  • @marceliwanicki2843
    @marceliwanicki2843 3 роки тому +194

    "It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything"

  • @Gui_Calheira
    @Gui_Calheira 3 роки тому +1572

    This looks like a good opening against engine cheaters. They'll play the engine top recommendation but in this line the engine is just confused

    • @simonn8312
      @simonn8312 3 роки тому +56

      They probably will Play c3 in the italian

    • @joeb7495
      @joeb7495 3 роки тому +97

      engine does not play ng5 it castles instead saying that the position is equal

    • @zfire2484
      @zfire2484 3 роки тому

      Haha 😂

    • @ramg6642
      @ramg6642 3 роки тому +3

      Actually bishop d5 is best notpawn d5 then whiteis not loosing

    • @ym276
      @ym276 3 роки тому

      Just castle - white can keep a significant advantage without having to go into the complications

  • @12jswilson
    @12jswilson 3 роки тому +281

    The engine analyzing this sounds like Ben Finegold. "I don't know who's better. Leave me alone. I'm an old man. Wahhh!"

  • @jasongent4088
    @jasongent4088 3 роки тому +154

    "We get to a position where we're only down a pawn, with white's king on c4."
    Okay, I'm convinced.

    • @Sothey727
      @Sothey727 3 роки тому +4

      JediNxf7 GOD DAMN IT! XD

    • @biharek7595
      @biharek7595 Рік тому

      Yk, this could be a result of a devastating middle game attack but at the same time it could be a description of a drawish endgame lol

  • @RobinSongRobin
    @RobinSongRobin 3 роки тому +91

    Levy "I have an e4 course" Rozman
    Eric "Levy has an e4 course" Rosen

  • @Hasan...
    @Hasan... 3 роки тому +144

    Eric, if you do play this against someone, PLEASE do post it on UA-cam (whether it works out or not). Thanks!

  • @weilbaum2100
    @weilbaum2100 3 роки тому +325

    Analysed this a bit with Stockfish, if white plays Qc4 on move 19 instead of taking on e5 (13:08), there is an even crazier line where you sac the queen, promote and sac the queen again:
    19. Qc4 Nf6
    20. d6 Nd5+
    21. Kb3 exd3
    22. Qxd5 Be6
    23. Nc4 d2+ (If we take the queen it's losing because after white takes our queen with the bishop, the rook protects the back rank)
    24. Nxe3 d1=Q+ (we still can't take the queen because after Kc2 all the promoting squares are protected)
    25. Nxd1 Bxd5 (now the Knight no longer protects f1, allowing us to take the queen with check and promote)
    There are better lines for white after Qc4, just thought this one was hilarious.

    • @Cheeso18
      @Cheeso18 3 роки тому +9

      This is why youtube has the comment section!

    • @Twas-RightHere
      @Twas-RightHere 3 роки тому +18

      HA! You should update the comment to say 'you sack the queen, promote and sack the queen again, then promote again'.

    • @peteryonts665
      @peteryonts665 3 роки тому +2

      Do you see any poisonous lines for black after this 19.Qc4 variant? I was studying the position, and although the engine gives black an edge I see no way to take advantage for black.

    • @weilbaum2100
      @weilbaum2100 3 роки тому +2

      @@peteryonts665 after 19. Qc4 Nf6 the threats are Nxd5+, exd3(followed by Nxd5+ if Queen takes, winning the queen eventually) and Be2(attacking the pinned piece again). Only move for white that doesn't lose on the spot, is to play Nxe4, stopping all the threats, which we will take back with the knight Nxe4+(The Queen sac line doesn't work here, because white can take back with the queen, covering the promotion square). The problem for white is, even with perfect play, the white king is stuck in the center of the board, even though you're still up a piece, the knight on h8 cannot be saved and will be captured eventually, and then there is the f2 pawn, which probably will promote at some point.

    • @ETHANGELIST
      @ETHANGELIST 3 роки тому +6

      LOL I went through your line on Stockfish too. So sick that the Knight takes two queens in a row and white is still losing lol

  • @ben1996123
    @ben1996123 3 роки тому +226

    how ironic that such a crazy position came out the "very quiet game" opening. maybe this should be called the giuoco fortissimo
    edit: the move is 4...f5, but maybe it should be notated "fffff" :^)

  • @ishaannair7928
    @ishaannair7928 3 роки тому +3

    7:10
    the contemptuous disgust in his voice while saying "knight" cracks me up every single time

  • @deepakpandian1734
    @deepakpandian1734 3 роки тому +119

    "The knight is pinned from behind"
    -eric rosen

  • @Killersnake1233
    @Killersnake1233 3 роки тому +27

    this has got to be the most incredible and interesting chess theory I have ever watched. Great work Eric, you are a never-ending chess content gold mine.

  • @illusion6559
    @illusion6559 3 роки тому +81

    gmdillusion here, thanks for showing :)

    • @blheron
      @blheron 3 роки тому +2

      Very cool, thank you!

    • @illusion6559
      @illusion6559 3 роки тому +9

      @@francismartinevans O-O is an excellent response for white, but the evaluation from Stockfish is deceiving. A line that leads to *at least* equality for black is 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7. Bg5 Na5! (funny side line: 8.d4!? exd4 9.Re1 [...dxc3 10.e5! Ne4!!!, black sacs the queen!!] Nxc4 10.exf5+ Kf8 11.Nd5 Bxf5 12.Qc1!!, white has really tricky compensation for the piece [...c6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qh6+ Kf7 15.Nxf6 {Qxf6 16. Ng5+ loses the queen} Rg8 16. Nxh7, line keeps going]) 8.Bb3 Nxb3 9.axb3 O-O 10.Nd5 c6 11.Nxf6 gxf6 12.Bh6 Rf7 (and for example, Nh4 f4 and black is really solid and the bishop is trapped) 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Nh4 Bg6 15.Nxg6 hxf6 16.Qg4 Kh7 17.Qh4 Kg8, completely equal. Definitely playable even if white doesn't play Ng5 :)

    • @ianmoore5502
      @ianmoore5502 3 роки тому

      Wait but ur also a minecraft youtuber? You seem cool af dude

  • @HakingMC
    @HakingMC 3 роки тому +312

    "Lucchini gambit is an anagram for gambit Lucchini."
    Good grief...

    • @bubrub23
      @bubrub23 3 роки тому +6

      Yare yare dize

    • @sahirde
      @sahirde 3 роки тому +5

      @@mihir1181 not quite, you've got another C in there

    • @victordeluca7360
      @victordeluca7360 3 роки тому +7

      Grief good

    • @rhysjones4500
      @rhysjones4500 3 роки тому

      MIND. BLOWN.

    • @GrimoireM
      @GrimoireM 3 роки тому +6

      Stumbled upon this vid real late, but Lucchini Gambit is an anagram for "u bitching I calm" and other similar nonsense. If it had another 'N' to work with you could do a lot more to break away from swearing.

  • @vipcypr8368
    @vipcypr8368 3 роки тому +55

    You just blowed my mind Eric by uploading that video. Now im dreaming about playing that over the board

    • @DonFreeq
      @DonFreeq 3 роки тому +8

      I played it once but I had to suffer a dozen Italian games for it. Not worth it xddd

    • @vipcypr8368
      @vipcypr8368 3 роки тому +1

      @@DonFreeq xD

  • @MohammedMustafa-sx3jf
    @MohammedMustafa-sx3jf 3 роки тому +89

    Just as I won with Stafford Gambit

  • @wisecraftlive
    @wisecraftlive 3 роки тому +6

    You know what's cooler than the gambit? His explanation is worth more than gold thank you so much

  • @ZachBelcher94
    @ZachBelcher94 3 роки тому +106

    'Dubois Variation' - more like dubious variation!

    • @aaronbulmahn7715
      @aaronbulmahn7715 3 роки тому +4

      I was very confused for a good minute when lichess showed that name to me

  • @bahrss
    @bahrss 3 роки тому +20

    12:30 Looks like a GO position

  • @Cathryn39
    @Cathryn39 3 роки тому +14

    This is such a cool gambit. You look like you're losing for the first half, then start taking everything back with forced moves and a much better position.

  • @marekslazak1003
    @marekslazak1003 3 роки тому +4

    Meanwhile in some juniors chess tournament one of the kids plays this abominations after facing the gucci piano and the jury is like 'huh?'

  • @francis4650
    @francis4650 3 роки тому +28

    This was super cool to see, I’m gonna try that for sure.

  • @fabioflo8719
    @fabioflo8719 3 роки тому +1

    Wow this is amazing! Thanks Eric, very intresting analysis

  • @connorclarke5835
    @connorclarke5835 3 роки тому +6

    “I had to through out the banana from the thumbnail. It’ll be remembered though.” 9:06

  • @andij.275
    @andij.275 3 роки тому +31

    Thanks for your content, congrats to 130.000 subs on youtube :)

  • @zfire2484
    @zfire2484 3 роки тому +13

    I actually looked at this gambit with early f5 in the italian and its great that you made a video on it

  • @ReLeonidaSpartan
    @ReLeonidaSpartan 3 роки тому +14

    [CH] in italian is pronounced K, a double C is pronounced with a pausa like Lucca [Luk'ka'].
    Is not luccini but [Luk'kini]

  • @aaronluke17
    @aaronluke17 3 роки тому

    Watching you has improved my chess game so much! You manage to make chess more fun and I constantly find myself laughing at portions of the video!! Thank you Eric!

  • @-ChrisD
    @-ChrisD 3 роки тому

    Thank you for uploading this to UA-cam!!! Very cool 👍🏻

  • @wademartinjr.7344
    @wademartinjr.7344 3 роки тому +26

    Me: "Oh Eric made a new study on lichess."
    Me after going through the line: "Let me play this right now before he puts it on youtube lol."

  • @courtneykachur9487
    @courtneykachur9487 3 роки тому +6

    Some day you will also be very glad to hear “your streams are top quality” again. But then it will be coming from your urologist

  • @SpudNug69
    @SpudNug69 3 роки тому

    Thank god you put this on YT. Fascinating opening for sure

  • @Sherlockrogers1
    @Sherlockrogers1 3 роки тому

    What a line! Love your videos Eric. Used to watch ur lectures quite some time ago. Will have to join the twitch stream soon!

  • @SamsonVegas
    @SamsonVegas Рік тому

    That was a fun discovery! Thx for posting it to YT Eric!

  • @roland.j.ruttledge
    @roland.j.ruttledge 3 роки тому

    Mesmerising! Many thanks.

  • @adityamurai6989
    @adityamurai6989 3 роки тому +1

    That's very cool Gambit !!

  • @Allord42
    @Allord42 3 роки тому

    What a gambit, Eric! Ty for making a vid about it :D

  • @JediJess1
    @JediJess1 3 роки тому

    Dude! I was literally trying to look into the Italian Game, Giuoco Piano and Giuoco Pianissimo just recently! I didn't realize this gambit was hidden in the list of subsequent moves! I gotta remember this one!

  • @taylorcornwall8299
    @taylorcornwall8299 3 роки тому +1

    this was such a crazy analysis

  • @EvanTheB3AST
    @EvanTheB3AST 3 роки тому +3

    "To put this in human terms" lmfao

  • @LTC122003
    @LTC122003 3 роки тому

    Man you have to play it once! Please. That was sooooo epic. Loved it

  • @ivandecamotan6018
    @ivandecamotan6018 3 роки тому +1

    Just had my first win using lucchini gambit. Thanks, eric

  • @rcmrocks2374
    @rcmrocks2374 3 роки тому +1

    Omg I wish you had the extra stuff into the video, the promote to the knight is insane

  • @Ildriss
    @Ildriss 3 роки тому

    Reminds me somewhat of the Traxler Counterattack. Nice video! :)

  • @alro4660
    @alro4660 3 роки тому +1

    thanks for helping make chess more interesting and motivating me to try new stuff everyday

  • @abm6772
    @abm6772 3 роки тому

    Wow crazy gambit you discovered there

  • @lukaspecko5807
    @lukaspecko5807 2 роки тому

    Wow pretty cool analysis🙏

  • @gante2024
    @gante2024 3 роки тому

    Eric, I was able to play this gambit recently. To be fair the first time I played it a messed up the move order but second time was a charm.

  • @abroazhar
    @abroazhar 3 роки тому

    Thanks for putting it on youtube!!

  • @pizzataster
    @pizzataster 3 роки тому

    Thanks for putting this on UA-cam

  • @jamesbuchen6256
    @jamesbuchen6256 3 роки тому

    This is an awesome line! Sac everything!

  • @santaslayer1013
    @santaslayer1013 3 роки тому

    Thank you for the lesson!

  • @GLu-tb1pb
    @GLu-tb1pb 3 роки тому +2

    9:10
    "All that for a single pawn"

  • @TJigme
    @TJigme 3 роки тому

    Big fan!!!!
    Keep up the series

  • @notGMKaden
    @notGMKaden 3 роки тому +2

    This opening is just too amazing
    There are just endless possibilities
    Which makes it amazing

  • @JimmyJJJohnson
    @JimmyJJJohnson 3 роки тому

    What the absolute heck is this.
    Look forward to the video of you playing it 👍👍👍

  • @IrynStyl
    @IrynStyl 3 роки тому +1

    Well this was very interesting. I sure hope you upload a video in the future where you explore this opening in actual rated games.

  • @mypony891
    @mypony891 3 роки тому +2

    I'd love to see you actually play this during a live game!

  • @bhend1
    @bhend1 3 роки тому

    The fact that i get to watch these type of content for free is very pog.
    Thank You Eric.

  • @Oddtester
    @Oddtester 3 роки тому

    Oh man, I hope you can play this gambit soon Eric!

  • @riadechahbouni
    @riadechahbouni 3 роки тому +2

    what a thumbnail, what a spectacular thumbnail!

  • @mrdudeman29
    @mrdudeman29 3 роки тому

    That was a wild ride!

  • @GrtMovieBuff
    @GrtMovieBuff 3 роки тому +1

    I actually played this exact game with my friend.. and he had no idea what hit him ..At the time I did not know a name for this opening.. this was so much fun..

  • @weswright2796
    @weswright2796 3 роки тому

    That is a crazy line. Might have to mess around with that.

  • @szymonniewiadomski7290
    @szymonniewiadomski7290 3 роки тому +1

    There was a novel from 1966 Van Goom's Gambit - opponents were dying with heart attack during play ... I think this is it :)

  • @randomautisticperson5211
    @randomautisticperson5211 3 роки тому

    This is straight up insane

  • @soutimukhopadhyay3940
    @soutimukhopadhyay3940 3 роки тому

    What an insane gambit...can't wait fir you to play this in a live game

  • @camilohiche4475
    @camilohiche4475 3 роки тому +1

    Pinning from behind is so beautiful.

  • @Sei783
    @Sei783 3 роки тому

    Reminds me of a Traxler Gambit because after white over extends with the knight we hit with Qh4.

  • @thesteve4235
    @thesteve4235 3 роки тому +1

    Love stuff like this

  • @andreasnilsson9463
    @andreasnilsson9463 Рік тому

    I just played this opening in an OTB rapid tournament and won the game against a stronger opponent! Thanks for the video!

  • @adamfirst3772
    @adamfirst3772 2 роки тому

    14:32 "we have literally sac-ed one of every piece except the queen"..
    ...the night is still young
    -Dr. Lucchini

  • @simon_patterson
    @simon_patterson 3 роки тому +4

    So funny watching your increasing joy as you lose more and more pieces!

  • @roberttheis3832
    @roberttheis3832 3 роки тому

    This is crazy, I love it

  • @Krell54
    @Krell54 2 роки тому

    One of your best!

  • @rudiausbuddeln7573
    @rudiausbuddeln7573 3 роки тому

    This is so amazing

  • @johnvuillemot4805
    @johnvuillemot4805 3 роки тому

    Eric, this reminds me of a chigorin game against Victor Knorre in a weird way. Black gambited a lot pf material but just opened up the kingside and butchered white.

  • @jamesemmons3786
    @jamesemmons3786 3 роки тому

    I play the Italian as white pretty often. People started using this against me about a week ago and I hadn’t seen it before that. Thanks for posting

  • @ComfyPepe
    @ComfyPepe 3 роки тому

    You know Eric is gonna like this one when the Line is called Dubious Variation

  • @fisher00769
    @fisher00769 3 роки тому

    That was very cool

  • @willifischer6757
    @willifischer6757 3 роки тому +16

    In 3:31 it literally says its a dubois (dubious) opening 😂

    • @Terrashark
      @Terrashark 3 роки тому +1

      Dubois is a french surname I believe. It's surprisingly close though to dubious!

    • @spoppyboi6427
      @spoppyboi6427 3 роки тому +1

      @@Terrashark ok?

  • @ws04
    @ws04 3 роки тому +9

    "lucchini gambit is an anagram for gambit lucchini"
    I lol-ed after that one

  • @thomashamilton7611
    @thomashamilton7611 3 роки тому

    The Queen is reborn....... Awesome as always rosen lol

  • @lilacdoe7945
    @lilacdoe7945 3 роки тому

    As someone that plays white's main-line this was super informative. 👍🏼

  • @sebastionlucas5217
    @sebastionlucas5217 3 роки тому

    Wow thank you for this one bless

  • @TomJerry-bp9ig
    @TomJerry-bp9ig 3 роки тому

    These thumbnails man!!!!!!!!🤩

  • @thelazymanatee2506
    @thelazymanatee2506 3 роки тому

    Nice homage to the VampireChicken!

  • @peterchamoun7882
    @peterchamoun7882 3 роки тому

    I immediately tried it out when I saw it

  • @Bearserk363
    @Bearserk363 3 роки тому +25

    I tried playing the trap in one of your more recent videos since nobody accepts the stafford at 1400 elo, but turns out nobody accepts the knight d4 trap either. Perhaps this one will bring more luck

    • @dragomiholic2271
      @dragomiholic2271 3 роки тому +2

      Well, not anymore...

    • @reyfauzi
      @reyfauzi 3 роки тому +4

      I've actually accepted a Stafford gambit in rapid just now, it's pretty fun when you find a way to stop all of black's initiative and stabilize the board. Don't know if I'm able to find those moves in blitz though since I took like a minute to find f3 and c3.

    • @Tempusverum
      @Tempusverum 3 роки тому +1

      Everyone is wise to the Stafford now. Everyone but Twitch chat, that is.

    • @reyfauzi
      @reyfauzi 3 роки тому +1

      @@kys9611 low quality bait.

    • @Bearserk363
      @Bearserk363 3 роки тому

      @@kys9611 I don't want to do that I want to use cheap opening traps instead

  • @EarlSmith2469
    @EarlSmith2469 3 роки тому +1

    Throw away all the pieces, sac 1 of everything for a winning position, it's brilliant!

  • @julius477
    @julius477 3 роки тому

    It’s fucking incredible still finding moves in chess that confuse engines

  • @tolkienfan1972
    @tolkienfan1972 3 роки тому

    That's so crazy!

  • @tackshootr680
    @tackshootr680 3 роки тому

    It sacrifices every piece, but I'm good at finding gambits that sac the king too.

  •  3 роки тому

    I really wanna see it in action in your next videos!

  • @dragonore2009
    @dragonore2009 3 місяці тому

    Old video I know, but the Rousseau gambit (and of course Lucchini Gambit) is the only gambit I know decently, and with my low rating it surprises everyone. Of course I'm familiar with other gambits, but not to good detail.

  • @klaidaz01
    @klaidaz01 3 роки тому

    Already waiting for a video where this happens in game

  • @lifeinabox1
    @lifeinabox1 3 роки тому

    So cool!