Another plan not mention for White is the Smith-Morra Gambit with 2.e4. However, I would be surprised if a d4 player was well versed in a e4 centric gambit.
Honestly all it would take for a d4 player to not fall for the SM gambit is if they play the sicilian vs e4, they would kinda have to know that, and now everyone 'plays' the sicilian 😂
I used to play the old benonie defense thinking it was my own gambit to derail a central pawn, I usually put the knight under the pawn to stop it from pushing and kinda get a sicilian defense like position
► Chapters 00:00 Old Benoni Defense Chess Opening For Black Against 1.d4 00:12 1) Advantages of the Old Benoni Defense 00:37 2) If White plays 2.c3 02:45 3) If White plays 2.dxc5 (Benoni Gambit Accepted) 03:57 4) If White plays 2.c4 06:13 5) If White plays 2.d5 (advanced players) 09:52 If White does not play dxe6 11:48 If White plays a4 to prevent b5
For chess channels who post instructive videos it’s really good because it’s both entertaining seeing noobs get destroyed but you can also learn a lot by listening to them talking their game through in real time
Gave it a try as a 1400. I forgot the best moves in the line and ended up down a pawn early but the position was good enough that once they eventually made a blunder, I was able to go to a winning endgame. I found it simpler than trying to play the NImzo-Indian which is what I had started learning to play against d4. I think I'll be playing more of this one.
i just want to say, you are an absolute legend. Me and my dad use your videos as a super weapon against our opponents online and over the board, confident with our Igor inspired preparation.
30 years ago when I played tournaments I playedthe Benoni a lot. This will give me a hint of those positions with a lot of other neat tactics if they defer.
Thank you for these videos. I'm learning a huge amount. Very much appreciated for your clear explanations, wealth of knowledge, and affable manner. Thank you for putting in the time and effort to help us all improve.
Igor I thank you so much for making this video, I’ve been playing the old Benoni myself for the last couple of months, now I will study it from your end, thank you once again. Your the man
Hi, I couldn't find any videos of Nimzowitsch defense: Berlin gambit, could you make a video about it, how to play it as white (and maybe as black too)?
I always play the Rosen Trap against D4. It works maybe 25% of the time, so it doesn't have a high chance of occuring, but when it does, it's devastating. What I like about it is that it completely shuts down the London system from the very first move too
@@johnporcella2375 The Rosen trap is when you're black and your opponent starts off with D4. You play E5. They take and then you play bishop C5. They usually play Knight F3 to protect their pawn and then you play pawn to D6. If they take your pawn, you then play horse to E7. If they take it, you sac your bishop by capturing their pawn on F2. This gives a check to their king. They take it and then you take their queen with your own queen. Just a VERY important thing to note. Once you take their queen, they may play pawn to E3 or E4 and it looks like you can capture their bishop on C1. You DO NOT take it because they can then check your king with their other bishop and this creates a discovered attack on your queen with their rook that you can't avoid.
@@johnporcella2375 Exactly. Literally whenever you play this, you will not face the London system or any of its variations. It's dubious like I said in my original comment, but trust me, when it works, it destroys them. You have your queen behind all of their pieces and you can pick them off one by one. You still have to be careful, but if it's successful, you basically win the game
Have been playing this for a while and really like it. Another plan for developing the queenside that can be useful is instead of developing the bishop to g4, play Na6>Nc7 to support the b5 pawn break
NOT AGAIN IGOR! I was happy enough with the Hartlaub-Charlick getting me out of my slav-wall blues with EXACTLY the open center and *MOBILITY* this gambiteer lives or is suffocated by, but now you're gonna make me go back to the drawing board for a more-universal system that'll STAY tough to face after everyone starts dodging trap lines? I was looking into this, but I thought I needed to learn king's indian TOO to play old benoni and I hate fianchettos on either side of the board. I still never got around to studying the albin for hartlaub declined, but if this system gets rid of declined sideline blues, I'll give it a go. If I see g6 though... NOPE O.K. transposing to the benko as a sideline is a big plus as it's way more solid than albin. that was another one that i thought required kings indian to play too. YEP definitely BENKO! I don't like closed and old benoni proper is just stonewalling to me and i don't like having to stonewall birds. WAIT! it gives the bishop a tunnel OUT into the open? WOW! maybe i might like to try THAT, but benko is supposedly more aggressive and has great stats. I still love hartlab charlick annoying sidelines and all. open centers are my favorite. overextended position... mobility against it? that's part of my vocab. I don't like the look of inviting all those pawns so deep AT ALL. i hate pawns more than anything. i lik just getting them out of the way in the hartlaub for the mobility
I think Igor is very smart. That's why I am following him. He's always explaining well, calmly and analyse all the possible situations, some of them I don't even think about. I am thinking: "Oh, wow I did not take that move into consideration."
@GMIgorSmirnov I would like to see a video on the Busch-Gass gambit, whether you think it's a good or dubious opening, how to play it and a good defense more importantly, how to utterly destroy my opponent if they use it! Destruction is not good enough for the Igor Nation, we want utter destruction! :)
Hey Igor- huge fan. Are you aware that the FIDE Elo has been updated for people below 2000? Just a reminder for when you say that some opening should work for a certain rating-range
In a video about the Smith Morra Gambit: "This Gambit is super tricky and your opponent will have a hard time knowing all the traps." Ina video about the Benoni even though in order to play the Benoni you need to know the Smith Morra Gambit in case opponent plays e4: "You don't need to know mich theory!"
After 1. d4 c5 of course white should play 2. d5. Then if e6 white has Nc3 without having committed to c4 and the other N can go around to c4. This is all stuff "everyone" knows about this setup. But if you know your opponent won't play d5 and is just a one trick pony, I suppose it could be effective. White loses his advantage if he doesn't play d5.
2:36 Why does stockfish say it’s a draw? Is it a glitch or is there some crazy line to draw? Is there something with white playing Nc4 and Nd6 with an eventual perpetual somehow?
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Old bologna 🥪 😂 such a old man's sorrow 😔 GREAT DEFENSE 😂
Igor, you've done it again. Thank you Sir! I can't wait to try this. 😊😊
Another plan not mention for White is the Smith-Morra Gambit with 2.e4. However, I would be surprised if a d4 player was well versed in a e4 centric gambit.
Honestly all it would take for a d4 player to not fall for the SM gambit is if they play the sicilian vs e4, they would kinda have to know that, and now everyone 'plays' the sicilian 😂
2. d5 is already evaluated as almost +1 for white.
@@hilbertshotel There is a big difference how a position is evaluated and how a position performs in practical play.
@@resop3 Sure, but I'll take the winning position according to the engines. Better than the alternative.
@@hilbertshotelu try that and I will use practical play to beat you...alternatives are ntg I'm front of human play!!
I used to play the old benonie defense thinking it was my own gambit to derail a central pawn, I usually put the knight under the pawn to stop it from pushing and kinda get a sicilian defense like position
► Chapters
00:00 Old Benoni Defense Chess Opening For Black Against 1.d4
00:12 1) Advantages of the Old Benoni Defense
00:37 2) If White plays 2.c3
02:45 3) If White plays 2.dxc5 (Benoni Gambit Accepted)
03:57 4) If White plays 2.c4
06:13 5) If White plays 2.d5 (advanced players)
09:52 If White does not play dxe6
11:48 If White plays a4 to prevent b5
Thank you for helping me get better at a game that I love!!❤❤❤
Great video. I would like to see a video about the Staunton Gambit as well.
Please start a speedrun
This is not gotham chess..u are on the wrong channel
For chess channels who post instructive videos it’s really good because it’s both entertaining seeing noobs get destroyed but you can also learn a lot by listening to them talking their game through in real time
@@pds4 if u really want to have a good speedrun.. U can search for Nm Robert ramirez.. Or u can just request remote chess academy.. Whatever urr wish
Gave it a try as a 1400. I forgot the best moves in the line and ended up down a pawn early but the position was good enough that once they eventually made a blunder, I was able to go to a winning endgame. I found it simpler than trying to play the NImzo-Indian which is what I had started learning to play against d4. I think I'll be playing more of this one.
Thank you for watching!
i just want to say, you are an absolute legend.
Me and my dad use your videos as a super weapon against our opponents online and over the board, confident with our Igor inspired preparation.
Great lesson I would like to see you go over the Pirk defense. I have been playing it with good results but feel I need a little more insight
30 years ago when I played tournaments I playedthe Benoni a lot. This will give me a hint of those positions with a lot of other neat tactics if they defer.
OH MY GOD IGOR THANK YOU I WAS LOOKING AT THIS BUT YOUR VIDEO IS VERY HELPFUL
A lot of traps here, perfect for blitz
кстати, дебют Ферзевой пешки зря недооценивают, в этом убедился даже Stockfish - партия 1 - консультанты - Stockfich - 1. d4 d5 2. c3 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. g4 Be4 6. f3 Bg6 7. h4 h6
8. Nh3 Bd6 9. Kf1 Nbd7 10. c4 dc4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. e4 c5 13. dc5 Nc5
14. Nf2 a6 15. Bc4 b5 16. Bb3 Qc7 17. h5 Bh7 18. Be3 Ncd7 19. Rc1 Qb8
20. Kg2 Rd8 21. Qe2 Kh8 22. Rcd1 Be7 23. a3 Kg8 24. g5 hg5 25. Bg5 b4
26. ab4 Qb4 27. Bc4 Rb8 28. Bc1 Nc5 29. Rd8 Rd8 30. h6 g6 31. Bg5 Re8
32. Bf6 Bf6 33. Ng4 Bc3 34. bc3 Qc3 35. Qe1 Qe1 36. Nf6 Kh8 37. Re1 Rc8
38. Be2 g5 39. Rc1 Rc7 40. Rd1 Rc8 41. Kh3 a5 42. Rc1 Rc7 43. Ne8 Rc8
44. Bb5 Bg6 45. Nf6 Rc7 46. Rc4 e5 47. Nd5 Rc8 48. Bd7 Nd7 49. Rc8 Kh7
50. Kg4 Kh6 51. Rh8 Kg7 52. Ra8 Kh6 53. Ra5 Nf8 54. Nf6 Kg7 55. Ne8 Kh6
56. Re5 Nd7 57. Re7 f5 58. Kg3 Nc5 59. Nf6 Nd3 60. Rd7 Ne5 61. Rd5 f4
62. Kf2 Nf7 63. Ra5 Kg7 64. Ne8 Kh6 65. Nc7 Kg7 66. Ne6 Kf6 67. Ra6 Ke5
68. Ng5 Ng5 69. Rg6 Nf7 70. Ra6 1-0
партия 2 - 1. d4 d5 2. c3 e6 3. h3 Bd6 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. O-O Nf6 9. b4 Bd6
10. a4 O-O 11. Na3 Ne4 12. Qd3 Qd8 13. Nb5 Be7 14. Nbd4 Bd7 15. Be3 Nd6
16. h4 f6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bc5 e5 19. Nd2 e4 20. Qc2 a5 21. Rfd1 Re8 22. c4 Be6
23. b5 Rc8 24. b6 f5 25. e3 Nxc4 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Nxc4 dxc4 28. Bf1 Rb8
29. Rab1 f4 30. exf4 Qc5 31. Qxe4 Bd5 32. Qc2 h6 33. Qc3 Rxb6 34. Rxb6 Qxb6
35. Bxc4 Qb4 36. Bxd5+ cxd5 37. Qxb4 axb4 38. Rxd5 Rb8 39. a5 b3 40. Rd1 b2
41. Rb1 h5 42. Kg2 g6 43. a6 Kg7 44. a7 Ra8 45. Rxb2 Rxa7 46. Rb5 Rf7 47. Kf3 Kf6
48. Rg5 Ra7 49. f5 gxf5 50. Rxh5 Ra5 51. Rh6+ Kg7 52. Rb6 Ra4 53. Rb2 Kg6
54. Kg2 Rc4 55. f4 Rd4 56. Rb6 Kg7 57. Kf2 Kf7 58. h5 1-0
Thank you for these videos. I'm learning a huge amount. Very much appreciated for your clear explanations, wealth of knowledge, and affable manner. Thank you for putting in the time and effort to help us all improve.
Awesome to hear that from you!
Amazing brilliant
hi i guess i am the first commenter. igor can u please teach us only one opening . also some middlegame and endgame pls
I highly recommend this it helps a lot thanks 👍
Igor I thank you so much for making this video, I’ve been playing the old Benoni myself for the last couple of months, now I will study it from your end, thank you once again. Your the man
Glad this was helpful for you💛
Here to stop kids from saying first
You’re just as bad😂
Hi, I couldn't find any videos of Nimzowitsch defense: Berlin gambit, could you make a video about it, how to play it as white (and maybe as black too)?
I always play the Rosen Trap against D4. It works maybe 25% of the time, so it doesn't have a high chance of occuring, but when it does, it's devastating. What I like about it is that it completely shuts down the London system from the very first move too
What is the Rosen Trap?
@@johnporcella2375 The Rosen trap is when you're black and your opponent starts off with D4. You play E5. They take and then you play bishop C5. They usually play Knight F3 to protect their pawn and then you play pawn to D6. If they take your pawn, you then play horse to E7. If they take it, you sac your bishop by capturing their pawn on F2. This gives a check to their king. They take it and then you take their queen with your own queen.
Just a VERY important thing to note. Once you take their queen, they may play pawn to E3 or E4 and it looks like you can capture their bishop on C1. You DO NOT take it because they can then check your king with their other bishop and this creates a discovered attack on your queen with their rook that you can't avoid.
@@stephen3293 Brilliant! Stops London and Jobava! Very sneaky to sacrifice a knight like that!
@@johnporcella2375 Exactly. Literally whenever you play this, you will not face the London system or any of its variations. It's dubious like I said in my original comment, but trust me, when it works, it destroys them. You have your queen behind all of their pieces and you can pick them off one by one. You still have to be careful, but if it's successful, you basically win the game
@@stephen3293I use it at like 1500 rn, absolutely sucks would not recommend I just don’t care to learn a real opening
Have been playing this for a while and really like it. Another plan for developing the queenside that can be useful is instead of developing the bishop to g4, play Na6>Nc7 to support the b5 pawn break
Thank you for watching!
interesting... thanks
NOT AGAIN IGOR! I was happy enough with the Hartlaub-Charlick getting me out of my slav-wall blues with EXACTLY the open center and *MOBILITY* this gambiteer lives or is suffocated by, but now you're gonna make me go back to the drawing board for a more-universal system that'll STAY tough to face after everyone starts dodging trap lines? I was looking into this, but I thought I needed to learn king's indian TOO to play old benoni and I hate fianchettos on either side of the board. I still never got around to studying the albin for hartlaub declined, but if this system gets rid of declined sideline blues, I'll give it a go. If I see g6 though... NOPE O.K. transposing to the benko as a sideline is a big plus as it's way more solid than albin. that was another one that i thought required kings indian to play too. YEP definitely BENKO! I don't like closed and old benoni proper is just stonewalling to me and i don't like having to stonewall birds. WAIT! it gives the bishop a tunnel OUT into the open? WOW! maybe i might like to try THAT, but benko is supposedly more aggressive and has great stats. I still love hartlab charlick annoying sidelines and all. open centers are my favorite. overextended position... mobility against it? that's part of my vocab. I don't like the look of inviting all those pawns so deep AT ALL. i hate pawns more than anything. i lik just getting them out of the way in the hartlaub for the mobility
I really like this video Because i really needed this to play with my opponent and she has “1907”rating.❤.i’m so happy.thank you so much
I think Igor is very smart. That's why I am following him. He's always explaining well, calmly and analyse all the possible situations, some of them I don't even think about. I am thinking: "Oh, wow I did not take that move into consideration."
@GMIgorSmirnov I would like to see a video on the Busch-Gass gambit, whether you think it's a good or dubious opening, how to play it and a good defense more importantly, how to utterly destroy my opponent if they use it! Destruction is not good enough for the Igor Nation, we want utter destruction! :)
4:08 double queens gambit (!)
İ would try bishop f4..
I love making london system players mad! hehe.
Excellent, well explained content though the pace is a bit too fast for an advanced beginner.
This is all I play. Sicilian if they KP.
Sir..what to do if opponent fianchetto their bishops instead of going for london? thanks
I didnt know old baloney was so good
Hey Igor- huge fan.
Are you aware that the FIDE Elo has been updated for people below 2000? Just a reminder for when you say that some opening should work for a certain rating-range
Appreciate you for being here 💛
In a video about the Smith Morra Gambit: "This Gambit is super tricky and your opponent will have a hard time knowing all the traps."
Ina video about the Benoni even though in order to play the Benoni you need to know the Smith Morra Gambit in case opponent plays e4: "You don't need to know mich theory!"
Thank you for watching!
А сколько в приватке есть актуальных связок?оО
what happens when their 2nd move is 2.d5? It takes away all the tings Igor talks about on the black side.
"I'm going to drop a link to the Benko Gambit in the description...WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!!!!"
Sir, you are speaking very fast in all the vdos. Please keep gap between 2 words … so that it is understandable thanks
Noooo your ruining my secret
I tried this on my computer chess program. It simply went: 2.d5, and then proceeded to kick my butt.... 😢
How to destroy e4
After 1. d4 c5 of course white should play 2. d5. Then if e6 white has Nc3 without having committed to c4 and the other N can go around to c4. This is all stuff "everyone" knows about this setup. But if you know your opponent won't play d5 and is just a one trick pony, I suppose it could be effective. White loses his advantage if he doesn't play d5.
2:36 Why does stockfish say it’s a draw? Is it a glitch or is there some crazy line to draw? Is there something with white playing Nc4 and Nd6 with an eventual perpetual somehow?
He just screwed up his analysis board, it’s a simple win
I think London is a bad opening. I beat 2000+ fide rated twice because they played London.
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Nice haircut.
Weak.