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Regarding the puzzle, ...Rxg2 is crushing I think... In the case of KxR, ...Rg8+ (second Rook) If Kh1, that's ...QxN followed with ...BxQ#. If Kh3, then ...Qf5+ followed with ...Qg4#. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that's the solution.
After KxR, ...Rg8+ is indeed the simplest way to win, but just for cat and mouse fun I think BLK could also play ...BxN+; QxB, Rg8+, but only if you enjoy tormenting your opponent before you finish him off.
► Chapters 00:00 Tricky Opening Variation in Two Knights Defense 00:54 Countering the Fried Liver Attack as Black 02:30 1) If White plays f3 to cover the diagonal 04:33 2) if White plays Nf3 to prevent Qxg2 checkmate 06:31 Can you find the winning moves for Black? 06:39 3) If White plays Qf3 to prevent Qxg2 checkmate 08:23 If White plays dxc6 instead of Bxb5 10:18 White's strongest response after b5 13:43 Beautiful finish to win the game
@@icarusflying1814 Nothing more fun than playing an opponent who prepared for your last surprise variation and then springing a second surprise variation in the same opening!
Great video. I finally got to use this today and opp. Eventually Resigned after he pushed the f3 pawn line to defend. Thank you! I don’t feel so helpless against the Fried Liver anymore.
Funny because I used to see it all the time really kind of hated it made me panicky which is why I’m watching the video probably a couple of times so hopefully I can counter it
Puzzle at 6:34 best move is Rg2. If white plays Rg1, then trade rooks and move your other rook over to Rg8 to continue the attack If white takes with Kxg2, then still Rg8 and it's mate in 2 If white plays h3 to get some breathing room, then Qf4
before move rg8 i think bxn is better then if qxb then then qxq on f6 check. move for white is either rg7 blocking the queen then that;s the time for rg8 the only move left since white rook cant take black rook since it's illegal the queen is pinning the king then kg8 for black then qd1 check mate.
6:37 Rxg2 if Kxg2 Rg8+ if king back to H8 Bxf3+ followed by Qxf3# and if Kh3 We play Qf5+ so Kh4 is forced and Qg4# wins the game and if the king dont take our rook and play a random move we can take the knight treding a discovered attack and if he moves the knight instead Rg3+ just wins the game
14:18 - There's a military term for it. Oblique Order. The principle is concentrating your forces against one flank while delaying any action on the other flank. Most famously it was used in the Battle of Leuctra to end Sparta's military greatness. It seems that an oblique order attack can also work in Chess.
Thank you Igor. I ended up with the position seen in 6:04. Although I did not manage the checkmate, I did manage to capture their queen, after which my opponent resigned
This is my favourite channel where I really get to learn chess directly from Gm. Master plz do cover Catalan opening as well. I see GM plays that often times.
In the last moment of the video where you say about artificial castling, what if the white bishop takes the black bishop and defend against the checkmate?
Your videos are amazing and I estimate you very much. Congratulations for this nice davide that will surely help me surprise my amateur friends who think that after the fried Liver attack black is unavoidably dead. Thank you so much😍
7:13 The queen can sometimes go to b3. You do not want to attack knight over here it would be utter destruction for black since queen to f7 would eventually lead to white's victory
Hello - Love your teachings - for black - after d5 and b5 happens - I understand that the only good square for the white light square bishop is to go back to f1, if it moves to b3 or d3, would black chase and move Na5 or Nd4 (depending where white bishop moves) to attack the now would be trapped white light-squared bishop? 😊
@6:37 first thought (no additional thinking) Rxg2 with the idea that if white takes we bring the other rook with check and we just jemoved the defender of the knight without losing out on tempo. A fork is threatened and stuff happens. But I'm not sure whether it's "efficient" to sac a rook. Depending on your understanding of efficiency it may or may not be.
Puzzle @6:30 : Rxg2, if Kxg2 Bxe3+ (double attack to queen), And Qxe3 Rf8+, Kh1 Qxe3# Else Rxg2, Rg1, Rxg1 Qxg1, Qxe3+ now Qg2 is forced and Qxg2# bc backed by bishop
At 5:56, instead of taking the bishop could you take the knight on f3 threatening mate then qxf3 and Bxf3, and the pawn is pinned to the king threatening mate. Then if they stop the mate you can move ur rook
Q: Would you agree with the following: In the Fried Liver Attack, when Black doesn't defend correctly, it is generally considered better to attack with the Knight first as it directly threatens the crucial f7 square, creating a more immediate and powerful attacking threat compared to the Bishop; the Knight sacrifice on f7 is the key element of the attack. I do understand most of this, but then if the bishop takes first forcing the Black King to move - then he can’t castle either side unless doing it manually. I get that the night is a sacrificial night to take the rook and mess up the king side just wondering what your thoughts are GM Smirnoff?- thanks a lot!
(11:27) I think it's best to believe Stockfish when it says that one side is markedly better than the other. Having said that, Stockfish has a "computer defense" in mind that leads it to that evaluation. Objectively, Stockfish is almost always correct - that's why it can defeat Magnus Carlsen with relative ease. However! Humans often cannot find the "computer defense." This is what makes lines like this playable. Attacking moves are often easier to find than defending moves.
also question two Grandmaster Smirnov - does it cost anything to register on your UA-cam channel here and what other teachings do you offer other than UA-cam if any ? thanks
(2:50) Oddly, Stockfish thinks that white's best option (but only slightly) after 9...h6 is 10.Nxf7 as opposed to 10.Nh3. I guess that just goes to show how desperate white's position already is. :) 10.Nxf7 has an evaluation of -3.61 in favor of black whereas 10.Nh3 (Stockfish's second choice) has an evaluation of -4.03 in favor of black.
I used to get destroyed as black by the fried liver. I knew there had to be a way to refute it intuitively but I could never find the correct continuation. The traxler was no help either. Your video has breathed new life into my game. I am now crushing much higher rated opponents who dare to play the fried liver against me. Thank you for giving me this weapon for my arsenal. You are a great teacher 💪
That's probably because deep down you don't have any desire to really trick or "crush" people in their efforts to get a feeling of crushing someone themselves. I'm 900 and you see this so often, but the desire to become more competitive is based on emotional injuries, and not out of pure desire. But yeah, saying all that, it's quite hypocritical of me because otherwise I wouldn't be here trying to learn this
14:07 Implies that 'Artifical Castling' would result in Checkmate. However if Black were to Artifical Castling, on the next move, Black could just Block Check with Bishop to F3. Black would need to move G4 to E2 first. If Black takes with the King, it's Mate in 2. If Black takes with the Queen, it's Mate in 1.
Hmmm maybe not, check with rook, blocks with bishop, rook takes bishop, queen takes rook queen takes queen , black slides other rook across - or similar..?
What if you play qf3 to block the checkmate and as you said push the pawn because you dont want to have a queen trade but what if the queen goes to Qb3 instead of Qe3 threatening Qxf7+
9:16 Here white could move f2-f4 instead of Nd7. It seems like a pretty good move. If black captures en passant, then Nxf3 and black is somewhat well defended.
In the 3rd variation after white Qf3 and ..black e4.., What if white rook e1? guess, white will be only exchange down.. or is there anything more devastating?
0:00 why not take on f7 with knight forking queen and rook? if king takes, pawn takes discovered check and then bishop takes pawn and its a fine position?
After 5. ...b5 6. Bxb5 Qxd5, what to do if 7. Nc3? The follow-up move is 7. ...Qxg2, but after 8. Qf3 Qxf3 9. Nxf3, Black is on the Defensive mood and all the earlier advantages are seem to have lost!!!
First (at :13) I see that although the Bishop is hanging, nothing is defending that b-pawn. But if I grab it, I also lose my d-pawn. Can't do Qh5 becuse the knight covers it. If I don't go Bb3, I lose it. I could take the Knight on c6, but that opens that file for the Black Queen. Nf7 is a move, but my pawn prevents the Bishop from protecting, yet, the King is still flushed out and can't castle if it takes. If it doesn't take, I take the queen, or then pawn takes the c6 Knight with discovered check if it does.
At 05:55, isn't better for Queen to take knight at F3? Because after White Queen takes, Bishop B7 takes, and pawn G2 can't take back because it's pinned by the rook at G8. Whatever white's next moves, it all leads to checkmate because Rook G8 captures Pawn G2, King can't take because it's defended so King moves to H1, Rook moves back G4 and it's checkmate.
Hello. I love playing the Fried liver attack as white. However some Blacks play the Na5 often destroy my attack as white cos i don't want to lose my white bishop in this opening. What is the best move for white against the knight on a5 pls ?
one more Q: After the black Qd5 if white moves Nc3 attacking Blk Queen and protecting white bishop on b5, would black then move Bd7 to protect check and fork to black rook on a8 and then Q can attack white’s pawn on G2 to threaten rook then check to white King
I love this. The correct move against someone who’s never played against this is so unnatural. I generally avoid Nf6 entirely as black in these opening’s because I just don’t like playing the mainline. These are the sort of moves engines just don’t get. The “there’s only one good move and it’s hard to find” is much more effective than these 5 moves are slightly better than eachother we see in top engine lines. If you plug this into the lichess players database, more than double the amount of people play Bx instead of Bf1. 226k to 60k Definitely going to add this to the old repertoire. After going through the Bf1 lines just in case lol.
Realistically, you lose more than winning, but eventually, your skill set improves and you start to win more. Igor has helped me greatly. After about 100 losses against bot Noam, I finally beat him today!
I have a version of Stockfish 16 on my Mac that is good for practicing chess openings. After B5 why not Bxp pinning the knight? Yes, there are still a lot of exchanges but Stockfish still gives the advantage to white. Bf1 is safe and Stockfish still thinks white is ahead because of the extra pawn but white is still down on development.
This has helped me a lot. But sometimes after Qxd5 they play Nc3 and I seem to screw up trying to get my queen to safety and protect the night on c6...
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Regarding the puzzle, ...Rxg2 is crushing I think...
In the case of KxR, ...Rg8+ (second Rook)
If Kh1, that's ...QxN followed with ...BxQ#.
If Kh3, then ...Qf5+ followed with ...Qg4#.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that's the solution.
Sounds good to me
Exactly my thoughts
ditto, great rook sacrifice into the mating pattern
Thanks for the help 👍
After KxR, ...Rg8+ is indeed the simplest way to win, but just for cat and mouse fun I think BLK could also play ...BxN+; QxB, Rg8+, but only if you enjoy tormenting your opponent before you finish him off.
It worked! I used this the other day and White played almost exactly what you said they would! Thank you. Great video.
Clear, to the point and very relevant to most amateur's play. Keep going!
► Chapters
00:00 Tricky Opening Variation in Two Knights Defense
00:54 Countering the Fried Liver Attack as Black
02:30 1) If White plays f3 to cover the diagonal
04:33 2) if White plays Nf3 to prevent Qxg2 checkmate
06:31 Can you find the winning moves for Black?
06:39 3) If White plays Qf3 to prevent Qxg2 checkmate
08:23 If White plays dxc6 instead of Bxb5
10:18 White's strongest response after b5
13:43 Beautiful finish to win the game
Why castle? Just go queen f3 and after e4 go
Queen G3
6:31 is it really it rook takes g2?
Play with me ❤❤
This is my new favourite gambit against Fried liver. Say goodbye to Traxler
It's an old counter gambit and it's not sound!?
Traxler is funnier. The shock is much worse. 😂
Your best bet is to mix it up. Play one X% and another Y%
@@icarusflying1814 Nothing more fun than playing an opponent who prepared for your last surprise variation and then springing a second surprise variation in the same opening!
Well, the Traxler's garbage so I'm glad you've found something marginally better.
Great video. I finally got to use this today and opp. Eventually Resigned after he pushed the f3 pawn line to defend. Thank you! I don’t feel so helpless against the Fried Liver anymore.
Awesome! Rahav
Of course now I've learned how to counter it, I haven't played a single person opening with it. Love your videos, they're so helpful!
Always be prepared my friend
Have it ready just in case but honestly as I climb the reading board I'm seeing fried liver less and less
Funny because I used to see it all the time really kind of hated it made me panicky which is why I’m watching the video probably a couple of times so hopefully I can counter it
People see a video on how to checkmate in a few moves so i think people around 500-1000 rating use this cause i see it all the time
Puzzle at 6:34 best move is Rg2.
If white plays Rg1, then trade rooks and move your other rook over to Rg8 to continue the attack
If white takes with Kxg2, then still Rg8 and it's mate in 2
If white plays h3 to get some breathing room, then Qf4
before move rg8 i think bxn is better then if qxb then then qxq on f6 check. move for white is either rg7 blocking the queen then that;s the time for rg8 the only move left since white rook cant take black rook since it's illegal the queen is pinning the king then kg8 for black then qd1 check mate.
If Rg1 by WHT, then ...BxN
@@robethwilburfabriga7746 what is bxn bro?
@@yahsayajiyah3456 it’s bishop takes knight
@@yahsayajiyah3456he means Bxf3
From a player making a comeback to chess after a 10 years break, BIG THANK YOU!
6:37 Rxg2 if Kxg2 Rg8+ if king back to H8 Bxf3+ followed by Qxf3# and if Kh3 We play Qf5+ so Kh4 is forced and Qg4# wins the game and if the king dont take our rook and play a random move we can take the knight treding a discovered attack and if he moves the knight instead Rg3+ just wins the game
What if after Rxg2 white goes to Rg1? Black may proceed with Rg8 butbthe game is extended a bit longer for white.
@@GodslimitlessGrace7nope if Rg1 Bxf3 wins the game i also explained this in my commentary above
Thank you Igor for this very instructive video! I now have a great answer to the fried liver attack! I wish you many years of success!
Ive been using that Tennison gambit trap, guys have been resigning before I even put the full beat-down on them!! very effective!
Puzzle @ 6:39
... Rxg2
KxR Rg8+
a) Kh1 B/Q xf3 and then M1
b) Kh3 Qf5+ followed by Qg4#
Great video still my favorite chess teacher online. Thank you for all your videos.
Glad you like them!
Fantastic video....thank you Sir
thank you for sharing your knowledge in chess
14:18 - There's a military term for it. Oblique Order. The principle is concentrating your forces against one flank while delaying any action on the other flank. Most famously it was used in the Battle of Leuctra to end Sparta's military greatness.
It seems that an oblique order attack can also work in Chess.
Thank you for these incredible videos GM Smirnov!
Glad you like them!
Very brilliant lesson...thanks for the brilliant informations👏💪
Using the Evans Gambit to neutralize the Fried Liver Attack is a wild idea. I love it!!!
I thought I recognized that pawn attack...
Brilliant stuff again from Igor. Sarcasm for the white knight getting that far in his 'career' - love it
@6:30 Rxg2+ Kxg2, RD8 to Rf8+ KH8, Bxf6+ Qxf6, Qxf6#
Great video! What do you play if White decides to take on f7 with his Knight at 1:30 ?
Since White's pawn on d5 is blocking their bishop, you can capture with your king safely
Thank you Igor. I ended up with the position seen in 6:04. Although I did not manage the checkmate, I did manage to capture their queen, after which my opponent resigned
This is my favourite channel where I really get to learn chess directly from Gm. Master plz do cover Catalan opening as well. I see GM plays that often times.
In the last moment of the video where you say about artificial castling, what if the white bishop takes the black bishop and defend against the checkmate?
Yes that would prevent checkmate
Your videos are amazing and I estimate you very much. Congratulations for this nice davide that will surely help me surprise my amateur friends who think that after the fried Liver attack black is unavoidably dead. Thank you so much😍
Fantastic video and channel! Thanks Igor!
Glad you liked it!
7:13 The queen can sometimes go to b3. You do not want to attack knight over here it would be utter destruction for black since queen to f7 would eventually lead to white's victory
Just amazing stuff. Some of the most inventive chess content to be found anywhere.
Each time I tried this at 2:05 the opponent exchanged queens, & the engine continuation is crazy for my level..
Hello - Love your teachings -
for black - after d5 and b5 happens - I understand that the only good square for the white light square bishop is to go back to f1, if it moves to b3 or d3, would black chase and move Na5 or Nd4 (depending where white bishop moves) to attack the now would be trapped white light-squared bishop?
😊
You are a marvel, both with analysis and in your method of teaching. I love it all, and it helps my games, though never enough, alas.
At 05:06 what if white plays Nc3 instead of pushing pd3. If black threatens the knight, it seems safe to play Nh4.. Your thoughts?
@6:37 first thought (no additional thinking) Rxg2 with the idea that if white takes we bring the other rook with check and we just jemoved the defender of the knight without losing out on tempo. A fork is threatened and stuff happens. But I'm not sure whether it's "efficient" to sac a rook. Depending on your understanding of efficiency it may or may not be.
After rook to g2 then bishop to f3 queen captures then rook to g1 chek and mate in 2
Puzzle @6:30 : Rxg2,
if Kxg2 Bxe3+ (double attack to queen),
And Qxe3 Rf8+, Kh1 Qxe3#
Else
Rxg2, Rg1, Rxg1 Qxg1, Qxe3+
now Qg2 is forced and Qxg2# bc backed by bishop
Bro is coding a python program
Perfekt Video! Great presentation! I love it.
good variations to counter play the fried liver attack. thanks!
At 5:56, instead of taking the bishop could you take the knight on f3 threatening mate then qxf3 and Bxf3, and the pawn is pinned to the king threatening mate. Then if they stop the mate you can move ur rook
Answer at 0:14 is Bishop B3, there, white wins
Q: Would you agree with the following:
In the Fried Liver Attack, when Black doesn't defend correctly, it is generally considered better to attack with the Knight first as it directly threatens the crucial f7 square, creating a more immediate and powerful attacking threat compared to the Bishop; the Knight sacrifice on f7 is the key element of the attack.
I do understand most of this, but then if the bishop takes first forcing the Black King to move - then he can’t castle either side unless doing it manually.
I get that the night is a sacrificial night to take the rook and mess up the king side just wondering what your thoughts are GM Smirnoff?-
thanks a lot!
(11:27) I think it's best to believe Stockfish when it says that one side is markedly better than the other. Having said that, Stockfish has a "computer defense" in mind that leads it to that evaluation. Objectively, Stockfish is almost always correct - that's why it can defeat Magnus Carlsen with relative ease. However! Humans often cannot find the "computer defense." This is what makes lines like this playable. Attacking moves are often easier to find than defending moves.
also question two Grandmaster Smirnov -
does it cost anything to register on your UA-cam channel here and what other teachings do you offer other than UA-cam if any ?
thanks
you explained the full lines that what we needed 🙌
(2:50) Oddly, Stockfish thinks that white's best option (but only slightly) after 9...h6 is 10.Nxf7 as opposed to 10.Nh3. I guess that just goes to show how desperate white's position already is. :)
10.Nxf7 has an evaluation of -3.61 in favor of black whereas 10.Nh3 (Stockfish's second choice) has an evaluation of -4.03 in favor of black.
Thank you, Igor! How about this variation: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bxb5 Qxd5 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6
8. O-O Bb7 9. Qf3 e4 10. Qb3
Pressure against f7 loooks dangerous
This is great. Thank you 🙏
I tried this. At 1:54 they just develop their other knight, threatening the queen and guarding their bishop. So i don't get it.
White Knight c3? Doesnt that allow black queen take white pawn on g2? Queen forks rook and knight
Thanks for sharing your knowledge to us and once again thank you
This is a absolute great, i never saw all these opportunities.
What if on the 5th move, white Bishop goes to b3 instead of taking the pawn on b5?
I used to get destroyed as black by the fried liver. I knew there had to be a way to refute it intuitively but I could never find the correct continuation. The traxler was no help either. Your video has breathed new life into my game. I am now crushing much higher rated opponents who dare to play the fried liver against me. Thank you for giving me this weapon for my arsenal. You are a great teacher 💪
😂@ 14:18 Queen side pieces are staring at king’s side, like “👀👀👀👀⁉️”
Thanks for the lesson by the way. Subscribed. 💪🏽♟️🧩
As a 600 i will forget all of this 2 minutes after watching the clip.
That's probably because deep down you don't have any desire to really trick or "crush" people in their efforts to get a feeling of crushing someone themselves. I'm 900 and you see this so often, but the desire to become more competitive is based on emotional injuries, and not out of pure desire. But yeah, saying all that, it's quite hypocritical of me because otherwise I wouldn't be here trying to learn this
14:07 Implies that 'Artifical Castling' would result in Checkmate. However if Black were to Artifical Castling, on the next move, Black could just Block Check with Bishop to F3. Black would need to move G4 to E2 first. If Black takes with the King, it's Mate in 2. If Black takes with the Queen, it's Mate in 1.
Hmmm maybe not, check with rook, blocks with bishop, rook takes bishop, queen takes rook queen takes queen , black slides other rook across - or similar..?
What if you play qf3 to block the checkmate and as you said push the pawn because you dont want to have a queen trade but what if the queen goes to Qb3 instead of Qe3 threatening Qxf7+
As always great content. Your style became a lot better over the years.
I appreciate that!
Great video as always! I think it is worth to note that in 6:12 after g2-g3 black has to play Qc6! B:d2 is a mistake.
Great Video, Thanks!
5:15 what if Ne1?
i would say just castle queen side and continue playing. You have a much stronger position then white
What about after pawn to b5, Bishop to B3
Really enjoying your videos!!
Awesome, thank you!
9:16 Here white could move f2-f4 instead of Nd7. It seems like a pretty good move. If black captures en passant, then Nxf3 and black is somewhat well defended.
I feel like my game has improved immensely due to RCA video, thank you so much GM Igor Smirnov your a great teacher.
Great to hear!
In the 3rd variation after white Qf3 and ..black e4.., What if white rook e1? guess, white will be only exchange down.. or is there anything more devastating?
I can't believe how insane this Counterattack is. And how clever attacking is .
whuch side castling is best ? king side or queen side , does it matter if you are playing white or black ?
at the very end, in the "beautiful finish" chapter, after the "artificial castle" move, isn't Bxg4 a winner for white? You end up way down material?
0:00 why not take on f7 with knight forking queen and rook? if king takes, pawn takes discovered check and then bishop takes pawn and its a fine position?
the king can take it as nothing is pinning it
What happens if white plays Ne1 defending the pawn on g2 (after castling)??
Finally the right video for the correct reply vs the fried liver this Guy is Great
Thanks gm
This man deserves a trophy!!! 🏆
please someone tell me black to move at 6:31
After 5. ...b5 6. Bxb5 Qxd5, what to do if 7. Nc3? The follow-up move is 7. ...Qxg2, but after 8. Qf3 Qxf3 9. Nxf3, Black is on the Defensive mood and all the earlier advantages are seem to have lost!!!
Yes, my question exactly! And the blacks seem on the way to loosing a knight and possibly a rook on a8
That’s a beautiful set of combinations
A 8:23 it is one move from checkmate. White's queen can intercede and then be taken by the rook and that's checkmate. Minor point.
First (at :13) I see that although the Bishop is hanging, nothing is defending that b-pawn. But if I grab it, I also lose my d-pawn. Can't do Qh5 becuse the knight covers it. If I don't go Bb3, I lose it. I could take the Knight on c6, but that opens that file for the Black Queen. Nf7 is a move, but my pawn prevents the Bishop from protecting, yet, the King is still flushed out and can't castle if it takes. If it doesn't take, I take the queen, or then pawn takes the c6 Knight with discovered check if it does.
I just love the way you teach chess
sir... why do not you made a video on traxler counter attack?
At 05:55, isn't better for Queen to take knight at F3?
Because after White Queen takes, Bishop B7 takes, and pawn G2 can't take back because it's pinned by the rook at G8.
Whatever white's next moves, it all leads to checkmate because Rook G8 captures Pawn G2, King can't take because it's defended so King moves to H1, Rook moves back G4 and it's checkmate.
Nevermind, I see Pawn H2 move to give space for White king to escape.
I had the opportunity to check the first variation in a bullet game. It worked! 😃
Hello. I love playing the Fried liver attack as white. However some Blacks play the Na5 often destroy my attack as white cos i don't want to lose my white bishop in this opening. What is the best move for white against the knight on a5 pls ?
one more Q:
After the black Qd5
if white moves Nc3 attacking Blk Queen and protecting white bishop on b5,
would black then move Bd7 to protect check and fork to black rook on a8
and then Q can attack white’s pawn on G2 to threaten rook then check to white King
I love this. The correct move against someone who’s never played against this is so unnatural. I generally avoid Nf6 entirely as black in these opening’s because I just don’t like playing the mainline. These are the sort of moves engines just don’t get. The “there’s only one good move and it’s hard to find” is much more effective than these 5 moves are slightly better than eachother we see in top engine lines. If you plug this into the lichess players database, more than double the amount of people play Bx instead of Bf1. 226k to 60k
Definitely going to add this to the old repertoire. After going through the Bf1 lines just in case lol.
Thanks alot!🙏
puzzle -> QxG6 and then various variations all bed for white
Realistically, you lose more than winning, but eventually, your skill set improves and you start to win more. Igor has helped me greatly. After about 100 losses against bot Noam, I finally beat him today!
Great video! I am annoyed by this field liver and will ruthlessly use the counterattack you suggested ;)
I have a version of Stockfish 16 on my Mac that is good for practicing chess openings. After B5 why not Bxp pinning the knight? Yes, there are still a lot of exchanges but Stockfish still gives the advantage to white. Bf1 is safe and Stockfish still thinks white is ahead because of the extra pawn but white is still down on development.
This has helped me a lot. But sometimes after Qxd5 they play Nc3 and I seem to screw up trying to get my queen to safety and protect the night on c6...
As usual, I love the spirited tone and attitude of these videos-makes me want to hop over to Lichess right away.
You should. And don’t forget to use the discount code RCA2023 to get a free pawn for every pawn that you purchase.
6:31 rxg2?
2:00 Why not just play Kc3 instead of Bc6? Attacking the the queen, protecting the bishop and forking the knight?
rg2 if king takes rg2 then rg8 and bf3, if not then next move bf3
Igor, axiomatic one, I heard chess engines recommend weird moves sometimes. What is your balance against chess engines, positive or negative?
The answer to that puzzle is to sacrifice "the ROoOKK..!!"
After this massive attack there will definitely be teardrops, you can really hurt them, baby.
/end silliness
Great content btw, Igor!