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What do you play if the do play 5. Nd4? If you take Nd4: then they follow up with Qh5+ and I have no clue how to play and always loose. Any help would be appreciated
Ive been on the Rousseau train since the beginning Igor. I just checked my Lichess account and it is still my most winning opening so thank you once again for this. For any that want to play this you have to actually learn it.A lot of moves are completely unintuitive and if you don't play them you lose all your advantage.
it's so bad though. on f5 I just play d4 and many just resign... its just people who don't really want to play chess but win with tricks they looked up somewhere. so cheap imo.
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Hello Sir Igor, a big thank you. By the time you uploaded the Rousseau Gambit I immediately used it in my games, and surprisingly worked. This opening really increased my ELO ratings and I surely will use it in my future tournament❤
Thanks for making these videos. I learn a lot from them. In fact I bought your Super Pack during the black Friday promotion. Obviously I haven't gone through it all, but... piece activity! There is so much information for such a low price I think it's going to be the best investment I've ever made into my chess instruction. Thank you for that too and merry Christmas.
This video is awesome Igor! Thank you. I've been pklaying this opening for a while now after watcing your other rousseau gambit videos and love it! How do you feel about the Jaenisch Gambit?
Igor, I love your channel and I've learned a ton from you (you and Danya got me up past 1600,) but I think your logic is somewhat wrong here. Because of you I played the Rousseau Gambit when I was a much lower ELO and I found that people were already playing the best moves by the time I got to about 950-1000 ELO. You often talk about the "most played" moves, but the vast majority of players are not very good and are skewing the data you're using. I still think people can play this gambit, but they should expect that a lot that people will not accept it and will opt for D3/D4 instead. You often teach us how to punish our opponents mistakes, but as chess players get better and better (because of people like you,) it might be helpful to focus more on how to respond to the most challenging lines.
His logic works because he’s showing you the most often played moves. It’s not just 500s doing it. This is what you’re most likely to encounter. The key isn’t to memorize these exact lines but to use them as working knowledge. If I move A then I can expect B which leads to C. Great. Only my opponent called an audible and now I have to switch tactics a bit. You’ve got time to think. Calculate the next 2-3 moves from that position. Can you still make it work? Because a lot of these depend on fork attacks from the knights you can still throw an outside curveball even though they might be expecting a fastball down Broadway. Psychology is a huge factor in chess. It’s knowing how to manipulate your opponent to your advantage.
@@dr.floridamanphd I think this was a great video; he spent over half of it giving us strong responses to white's most challenging moves. I just want to push back on the idea that only the son of Magnus and Wenjun could find D4.
@@scoffingskeptic that’s called hyperbole and was meant for comedic effect. Most people aren’t going to play d4 in that position because they’re not sure how to capitalize on it.
It's like surviving the fried liver: you need to know like 15 computer level moves. 1 mistake and you lose the game. Nobody until about 1200 will even notice the opening, and this is only till 1500. On a side note, playing d3 isn't winning, only a minor advantange, and to keep the advantage they have to play like 10 engine moves (like I said earlier).
If you look at Grandmaster games, about 51% play D4 against the Rousseau. After that D3 is most common. I'm rated 2100 and taking the gambit does automatically look a bit wrong to me. But in the blitz games, a lot of people get greedy . It all depends what TIME CONTROL you're using . If you're playing DAILY chess, then no gambits will ever work because your opponent can just look at opening explorer and it's not even counted as cheating 😂
I just won an 11 move game using the gambit as Black , it was a little different 1e4.e5 2.nf3 nc6 3 bc4 f5 4. exf5 e4 5 Qe2 Qe7 6. Nd4 Nxd4 7.Qh5+ Kd8 8na3 nf6 9.Qh4 d5 10Bb3 Nf3+ 11. gxf3 exf3+
7:15 the theory I was taught was to play Nf6 first to prevent Qh5+ ideas.. is there a difference between that and the typical Vienna gambit ideas for white?
it is more than possible to defend Qh5+ in this position by responding to the check with ke7. It can feel difficult but black still has a minor advantage as white's bishop is attacked. Black can gain many developing moves with tempo by threatening white's queen over the next few moves
Just a quick question, so I've analysed the rousseau gambit, and eval bar says that after d4 and the following lines, white is winning. I was thinking whether you'd recommend me to play such risky lines in upcoming 15/10 tournaments or go for something more traditional and safe and play for a positional win. Or do I just hope and pray that my 1200-1400 fide rated opponents slip up and I gain an early advantage and convert.
The computer recommends just playing Ke7 after Qh5+. After the bishop moves to either b5 or b3 black will play Nf6 and win a tempo. In this position black is winning due to more piece development
is this aimed at 1000 rated players on Lichess? as an Italian player I was surprised I didn't know this gambit. now looking again I remember that I faced it many times and after f5 automatically played d4 because I play e4 e5 too and as such know to play d5 to counterattack but with white its far far easier to do. the Latvian gambit is a bit more difficult... but in the end its just cheap tricks that will give you easy games on a usually lower level.
As someone who plays the Italian variation (I'm rated 2100 ) this is a variation that is quite challenging and tends to be played by players rated 1500-1900. (That's online ELO)
This line is awesome if your opponent plays poor moves. If they don’t play poorly your left with a monstrous weakness and you’re going to lose castling rights and when your king gets stuck in the center you’re in trouble. If you’re low rated you might have some fun with this. If you’re an intermediate or advanced player just stay away from nonsense like this. I hate these videos that try to teach people “win in 12 moves with this opening!” But when your opponent doesn’t fall for the trick you’re in a dead lost position.
Um yea in the lichess most played moves it's best if you disable until the 1400 level since people below play trash moves and the better moves are played by people above 1400 rating
If you are playing people above 1400 rating, you probably shouldn't play trappy openings as your opponents can usually see every trap. You are way better off learning more solid openings played at higher levels.
at 8:55 why wouldn't White counter by moving Queen to C3? It does two things - A) Forces Black to retreat their Queen to saftey, thus ending the inertia and It reinforces the aggressive pawn whilst gaining some presence for white.
Hello Igor, please this is the third time reaching out to you. I need to discuss something serious about chess(not some basic things), how can I get in contact with you?
Its 100% none of my business and you’d have every right to decline, not respond, or even tell me “F off - mind your own business - but I’ll admit I’m curious / intrigued at what you might be inquiring about. That is serious and chess related, but also not something you’re willing to just ask outright here.? Or maybe you just assume you have a better chance of getting responded to going the private message Route. If it’s not sensitive or private and you’re not point to share it - I’m genuinely curious. If you don’t wanna post here but would DM me that’s perfectly fines. And again as it is, admittedly not my business, feel free to tell me to fuhkk off as well. Cheers and good luck
Honestly this opening is garbage, sure you might catch some people but you missed after exf5 e4 Nd4 Nxd4 white has Qh5+ and white is just winning and your king is exposed
Anything is garbage if you don't know how to play it lol. That's like saying the Sicilian is garbage because you got scholars mated in it. It's not the opening, it's just the ding dong playing it.
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At 4:53 what if opponent move pawn to f3 and simply attacks the bishop?
At minute 20 if that white pawn attacks queen as suggested, you are fuced. Garbage opening 😊
Ohhh
7:05 "You can suggest them to also bring the bishop back and try again" 😂😂😂
► Chapters
00:00 Rousseau Gambit Chess Opening, Top-10 Traps
00:16 Trap-1: 4.exf5
02:42 Trap-2: If White doesn't play d3
05:00 KNIGHTMARE
05:43 Can you find the winning shot?
06:48 Trap-3: 5.Ng1 instead of 5.Qe2
09:55 Trap-4 (for White)
11:44 Trap-5: 4.d4 (best move for White)
15:18 Trap-6: 4...exd4 (instead of fxe4)
18:17 Trap-7: 4.Nc3
18:31 Trap-8: 4.d3
21:21 Trap-9: Greek Gift Sacrifice
22:58 Trap-10: 4.Bxg8
What do you play if the do play 5. Nd4? If you take Nd4: then they follow up with Qh5+ and I have no clue how to play and always loose. Any help would be appreciated
Just don't take the knight...instead play Nf6 as suggested in the video
@@gauravmandhotra-q2t did I miss that? At what time(frame) is this mentioned in the video?
Ive been on the Rousseau train since the beginning Igor. I just checked my Lichess account and it is still my most winning opening so thank you once again for this.
For any that want to play this you have to actually learn it.A lot of moves are completely unintuitive and if you don't play them you lose all your advantage.
it's so bad though. on f5 I just play d4 and many just resign... its just people who don't really want to play chess but win with tricks they looked up somewhere. so cheap imo.
How to check opening win percentages?
thats the problem with all these youtubes of Igor, only shows the trap not theright counterplay. It really hampers noobs from developing.
its like a reverse vienna gambit, my favourite as white
I want to say , thank you GM SMIRNOV for your videos , i am the one who following your techniques and improving my chess games , keep going master.. and i want more black defense move to watch , we love you master, from the philippines 🇵🇭👌❤️..
Hello Sir Igor, a big thank you. By the time you uploaded the Rousseau Gambit I immediately used it in my games, and surprisingly worked. This opening really increased my ELO ratings and I surely will use it in my future tournament❤
10:52 i got this exact same position today while playing with the magnus bot but thanks to you now i know not to take the knight
Its funny how Igor Smirnov begins to showcase his ad; and immediately youtube breaks to its ad.
Thank you for all the variations covered
An excelent work!. Especialy that you add the name of traps or gabits. It helps and makes an order in the theory.🙂
Lovely and smart Igor and what an interesting start to the game❤
Love these variations much much better. Ty. My master.
Thanks for making these videos. I learn a lot from them. In fact I bought your Super Pack during the black Friday promotion. Obviously I haven't gone through it all, but... piece activity! There is so much information for such a low price I think it's going to be the best investment I've ever made into my chess instruction. Thank you for that too and merry Christmas.
That's awesome!
I think you're one of the best teacher in chess
The most brutal gambit against italian is elephant gambit.
Thank you so much
Thank you sir for such a great explanation.
I watch the full video anddd..yeah i forgot all these tricks 😿
Super opening...
Many time use this opening in tournament s all time it give victory...i love this opening.. guruji.
4:17 - Why can't the white bishop go to b7?
This forces the rook to move, and gives white a pawn
I might be incorrect, but Bxb7 won't stop black from playing Nf3+
Thank you sir for the great tactics . Surely it will help me in my games
funtastic stuff I. great trappery plays never shown to poor. thx
This opening kinda looks like a reverse vienna, very cool
Great lesson! I would love te see you make a speedrun let's say from ELO 1200-1500 with the Rousseau
This video is awesome Igor! Thank you. I've been pklaying this opening for a while now after watcing your other rousseau gambit videos and love it! How do you feel about the Jaenisch Gambit?
No one brings out the queen to pin the pawn they just go back with the knight and play pawn to f3 to trade off the pawn. What to do in that case?
Thanks Igor ❤😊
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Igor, I love your channel and I've learned a ton from you (you and Danya got me up past 1600,) but I think your logic is somewhat wrong here. Because of you I played the Rousseau Gambit when I was a much lower ELO and I found that people were already playing the best moves by the time I got to about 950-1000 ELO. You often talk about the "most played" moves, but the vast majority of players are not very good and are skewing the data you're using.
I still think people can play this gambit, but they should expect that a lot that people will not accept it and will opt for D3/D4 instead. You often teach us how to punish our opponents mistakes, but as chess players get better and better (because of people like you,) it might be helpful to focus more on how to respond to the most challenging lines.
His logic works because he’s showing you the most often played moves. It’s not just 500s doing it. This is what you’re most likely to encounter. The key isn’t to memorize these exact lines but to use them as working knowledge.
If I move A then I can expect B which leads to C. Great. Only my opponent called an audible and now I have to switch tactics a bit. You’ve got time to think. Calculate the next 2-3 moves from that position. Can you still make it work? Because a lot of these depend on fork attacks from the knights you can still throw an outside curveball even though they might be expecting a fastball down Broadway.
Psychology is a huge factor in chess. It’s knowing how to manipulate your opponent to your advantage.
@@dr.floridamanphd I think this was a great video; he spent over half of it giving us strong responses to white's most challenging moves. I just want to push back on the idea that only the son of Magnus and Wenjun could find D4.
@@scoffingskeptic that’s called hyperbole and was meant for comedic effect. Most people aren’t going to play d4 in that position because they’re not sure how to capitalize on it.
It's like surviving the fried liver: you need to know like 15 computer level moves. 1 mistake and you lose the game. Nobody until about 1200 will even notice the opening, and this is only till 1500. On a side note, playing d3 isn't winning, only a minor advantange, and to keep the advantage they have to play like 10 engine moves (like I said earlier).
If you look at Grandmaster games, about 51% play D4 against the Rousseau. After that D3 is most common.
I'm rated 2100 and taking the gambit does automatically look a bit wrong to me.
But in the blitz games, a lot of people get greedy .
It all depends what TIME CONTROL you're using .
If you're playing DAILY chess, then no gambits will ever work because your opponent can just look at opening explorer and it's not even counted as cheating 😂
I just won an 11 move game using the gambit as Black , it was a little different
1e4.e5 2.nf3 nc6
3 bc4 f5 4. exf5 e4
5 Qe2 Qe7 6. Nd4 Nxd4 7.Qh5+ Kd8
8na3 nf6 9.Qh4 d5
10Bb3 Nf3+
11. gxf3 exf3+
Whoah ! nice explanations and those trap tricks are ......when you get it by them....
7:15 the theory I was taught was to play Nf6 first to prevent Qh5+ ideas.. is there a difference between that and the typical Vienna gambit ideas for white?
Just won a game in 7 moves against a player rated over 1000 with variation 8. I was so shocked that they didn't see the quick mate!
7:10 Trap #3 is useless due to Qh5+
Love your videos Igor but you always hide this variation on the Rousseau series 😂
here is the position i got (playing as black)
(Me under 1000elo😢)
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 {Opening: C44: King's Knight Opening Nc6}
3. h3 f5
4. exf5 e4
5. Qe2 (MISTAKE) Qe7
6. Nh2 d5
7. g4 (BLUNDER) h5 (BLUNDER)
(d5 h5 were waiting moves😅)
8. d3 (BLUNDER) Nd4 (Great)
9. Qd2 (MISTAKE) Nxc2+ (MISTAKE)(Best Move Was exd3+ Be2 Nxc2+ Kd1)
10. Qxc2 (MISTAKE) exd3+ (Great)
11. Qe2 dxe2
12. Bxe2 g6 (MISTAKE)
13. fxg6 hxg4
14. Nxg4 (MISTAKE) Bxg4 (Great)
15. f3 Bxf3
16. Rh2 Rxh3
17. Rxh3 (MISTAKE) Qxe2#
Nice!
nice explaination GM igor...i must try this gambit againts my opponents 1350 elo ratlet see
You are the best
Nice
Hey igor can you cover the polish opening?
Now delete this. My opponent should not see this
Bro I am an italian game player as long as you don't do silly stuff it's fine and you will know after this the ideas.
@@sourasishdutta4126 yes i know. this comment is to compliment igor
Haha good one😂
I don’t see the blog post related to this video
at 7:13 it's important to play Nf6 to prevent Qh5 that ends very badly.
it is more than possible to defend Qh5+ in this position by responding to the check with ke7. It can feel difficult but black still has a minor advantage as white's bishop is attacked. Black can gain many developing moves with tempo by threatening white's queen over the next few moves
You are the greatest sir 🫡🫡🫡
Just a quick question, so I've analysed the rousseau gambit, and eval bar says that after d4 and the following lines, white is winning. I was thinking whether you'd recommend me to play such risky lines in upcoming 15/10 tournaments or go for something more traditional and safe and play for a positional win. Or do I just hope and pray that my 1200-1400 fide rated opponents slip up and I gain an early advantage and convert.
What if they push their pawn to f6 and attack your queen?? 1:17
4:01 what if my opponent takes the pawn with the bishop first, and then the knight is attacking the queen
5:55 Bc2 attacking queen . Mate is unavoidable
7:14 what if white plays Qh5+ after d5?
The computer recommends just playing Ke7 after Qh5+. After the bishop moves to either b5 or b3 black will play Nf6 and win a tempo. In this position black is winning due to more piece development
Igor just loves to say "total devastation." 😅
bc2 is the winning shot! White Queen cannot move as it needs to defend Qe2#
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Nice work! Keep it up.
@@GMIgorSmirnov once again, Thank You
What is reincarnated at 10:43 mean
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Nh6 also works
is this aimed at 1000 rated players on Lichess? as an Italian player I was surprised I didn't know this gambit. now looking again I remember that I faced it many times and after f5 automatically played d4 because I play e4 e5 too and as such know to play d5 to counterattack but with white its far far easier to do. the Latvian gambit is a bit more difficult... but in the end its just cheap tricks that will give you easy games on a usually lower level.
As someone who plays the Italian variation (I'm rated 2100 ) this is a variation that is quite challenging and tends to be played by players rated 1500-1900. (That's online ELO)
problem is when they dont start off with the bishop and instead 2 knights
what if they just fork you 17:37
You can obviously do the same thing Qc5+ followed by the same moves which may lead to the smothered mate, or as I like to call it the smother fu*ker
what about white bishop f7 check.
Thank you GM Igor great ever gm I know thanks for your time explain the Chess ♟️
10:38 today my opponent tried it but 😂 they just didn't take the pawn and gave me the knight for free.
6:05 bc2 (a brilliant) bc its wife or life
What is reincarnation
This line is awesome if your opponent plays poor moves. If they don’t play poorly your left with a monstrous weakness and you’re going to lose castling rights and when your king gets stuck in the center you’re in trouble. If you’re low rated you might have some fun with this. If you’re an intermediate or advanced player just stay away from nonsense like this. I hate these videos that try to teach people “win in 12 moves with this opening!” But when your opponent doesn’t fall for the trick you’re in a dead lost position.
Delete this before my opponents see it too 😂
Why it's not called Vienna Gambit resverse!!!
Just like how the English opening isn't called reverse closed Sicilian
i will play knight to d4 if knight takes knight i play queen to h5+
2nd Time
Um yea in the lichess most played moves it's best if you disable until the 1400 level since people below play trash moves and the better moves are played by people above 1400 rating
If you are playing people above 1400 rating, you probably shouldn't play trappy openings as your opponents can usually see every trap. You are way better off learning more solid openings played at higher levels.
@@EhtesamUddinPrince You have no idea it works bruh
at 8:55 why wouldn't White counter by moving Queen to C3? It does two things - A) Forces Black to retreat their Queen to saftey, thus ending the inertia and It reinforces the aggressive pawn whilst gaining some presence for white.
Pawn is there for
@@Ani_Bal yupp XD im an idiot!
Hello Igor, please this is the third time reaching out to you. I need to discuss something serious about chess(not some basic things), how can I get in contact with you?
Please send an e-mail to support@chess-teacher.com
Smoke signals usually work!
Its 100% none of my business and you’d have every right to decline, not respond, or even tell me “F off - mind your own business - but I’ll admit I’m curious / intrigued at what you might be inquiring about. That is serious and chess related, but also not something you’re willing to just ask outright here.?
Or maybe you just assume you have a better chance of getting responded to going the private message Route.
If it’s not sensitive or private and you’re not point to share it - I’m genuinely curious. If you don’t wanna post here but would DM me that’s perfectly fines.
And again as it is, admittedly not my business, feel free to tell me to fuhkk off as well.
Cheers and good luck
@@BM-ht9xk😂
@@pokeraddict88Go away. You have no business prying into private matters.
You duh man Eeeore!
Seems difficult to play as there are many variations
Isn’t this just a Vienna gambit as black?
Yeah except white has a bishop on c4
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Honestly this opening is garbage, sure you might catch some people but you missed after exf5 e4 Nd4 Nxd4 white has Qh5+ and white is just winning and your king is exposed
Did you watch the video, 9:55?
He covers that exact scenario in Trap 4. you don't play ...Nxd4.
lil bro watched too much youtube kids
btw 10:00 in case you’re still dumb af
Garbage! That is mean, take it back
Anything is garbage if you don't know how to play it lol. That's like saying the Sicilian is garbage because you got scholars mated in it. It's not the opening, it's just the ding dong playing it.
5:56 bc2 Qxc2 Qe2#
2nd Time