The BEST Chess Opening Against 1.e4 | TRAPPIEST Gambit for Black

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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov talks about the most trickiest and trappiest chess opening gambit for Black against 1.e4. It is the Rousseau Gambit (or Ponziani Countergambit) from the Italian Game (Giuoco Piano), which happens after the opening moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 f5.

This gambit has a lot of tricks and traps along the way which helps Black to win within just 10 moves in these lines. GM Igor Smirnov also answers the most common questions asked by the students, walks through the most common responses of White, and shows you how to punish them.

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00:00 Rousseau Gambit for Black
00:28 General ideas for Black, why 3...f5
02:11 1) If White plays 4.Nc3
02:39 2) If White plays 4.Bxg8
09:37 How to find the best moves in any position?
09:57 4) If White plays 4.d3
13:23 Quiz for you: Can you find the best move?

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[wildman]

I picked up this this opening as my rebuttal to the Italian after your last video on it and it has served me well, gaining lots of ELO, but here is a warning for anyone who wants to play it. This line is very very complicated, and there are a ton of best moves that are totally unintuitive.

[matthewwyjad]

This video came out just at the right time for me. I've been studying the Vienna opening, then discovered the jaenisch Gambit against the ruy lopez. I was instantly attracted to it because of its similarities to the Vienna Gambit. I'm really happy to see this used against the Italian as well. It makes for a simple transferable open between white and black that covers several different openings simultaneously.

[resop]

1.Qg3 looks like the way to go. White can take Black's Queen if 1. ... fxg3 and if 1. ... Qh5 or Qg6 then 2.Bxf4 leaves White down two pawns for a piece but White is not getting immediately mated.

[GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters

00:00 Rousseau Gambit for Black
00:28 General ideas for Black, why 3...f5
02:11 1) If White plays 4.Nc3
02:39 2) If White plays 4.Bxg8
05:52 3) If White plays 4.exf5
09:37 How to find the best moves in any position?
09:57 4) If White plays 4.d3
13:23 Quiz for you: Can you find the best move?

[frankbeerbaum]

Qg3 since the pawn on f4 is pinned. If fxg3 then Bxg5. Black has still a strong position. If the black Queen goes somewhere, then either QxBg4 or Qh4 depending where the black Queen goes to.

[ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

I'm learning the Vienna. Saw this. I figured if I learn both I'll be a master of many lines of similar halves on each side of the board

[gabrielknight]

You said that and i quote '' The good move is another one, we gone talk about that in a moment'' and you have never mention it. The move d4

[AndyDavisTechnicalDiving]

Have been using the Rousseau, Lucchini and Jaenish (against Ruy Lopez) gambits for about six months now. It's a lot of fun, and can be effective in faster time formats. Also great because I'm a Vienna player as white. I do sometimes get myself in trouble as I'm a Caro Kann player usually... and there's lots of patterns I don't yet recognize or know with d5 defence.

[eyestoseefe]

I play this Gambit because of you and can't get enough of these variations

Don't remember it all but I'm remembering enough to go from 800ish to 1279 and I have playing it... when I play it the move that annoys me most is when the opponent plays Bishop B5 in the opening instead of going for the fried liver type attack

[meanewon]

Nice .. thank you.

For the quiz. Qg3 can cause a pause in the attack

[Dan_Moller]

Great. This is by far my favorite opening and I learned it from you!.

But I still miss a lot about the 4. d3 Bc5.
There are so many options more common than the ones presented. One is 5. Be3, ok no more attack plans (at least for this newbie here), another is if the proposed combo after 5. Ng5 lands and the opponent instead of castling does the very very natural defense with pawn g3 against your Queen. Again, all over.

[martybelekas]

Thanks, man. This is a great opening. You're fun to follow. Keep it up!

[thechessguru]

Hello Mr. Igor, can you please cover the (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f5 4. Bxg8 Rxg8 5. d4!) line? I have been facing it quite a lot and I have little success. Thanks! This video helped though.

[kokohbagaitebing]

Another Great lesson 👍 thanks GM. Igor Smirnov.
Mostly scenario of chess games went this way, I guess.

[MooseCracker]

I'm very low level, i was doing ok but then started learning more and did worse, finally i did the RCA masterclass and that was the nail in my coffin, every aggressive low level player (<200) was beating me but i still was beating 1000 / 1100 bots. This works like magic against them when playing black. Now i need an equal magic for white that isn't Scholar's...

[matthewsutton]

Great video. I love this gambit and it's very unknown at my rank. I'd love if you'd make a video defending against the scotch gambit since there's so few videos covering ideas against it

[ChessAnnonmous]

i absolutely love this guy
really helpfull, thank you

[zeebest]

I’d like to see a YouTube chess tournament of these YT chess gurus!

[mcbigswig]

You are my go-to, thank you for all your content, Igor. Would you mind letting us know if some of these traps work best for blitz games or longer timed games? My son and I play an OTB game where typically each of us make a move once a day when we have the chance. I thought it would be nice to distinguish which traps work best depending on which time limit that you choose. Maybe too much to ask, but I thought if you mention that the trap in your videos works best in a blitz, bullet, or longer timed games might be helpful. Thanks so much.

[mathewhaight]

That is nice, but I would like coverage on pxd4. If that is the objective best move for white to play, it would be nice to know what to play to avoid disadvantage.