Win in 7 moves | The underrated Scotch Gambit

00:00 Intro
00:50 Game 1
08:20 Game 2
17:29 Game 3
23:17 Game 4
33:39 Game 5
40:35 Game 6

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[Saurabhsingh-yz]

I think now its time for you to do a series on endgames level to advanced level by examples ...i bet it will be superhit idea for your channel and a sublime gift for viewars

[Patmos-John]

New setup, new jokes, new drops, new openings - our guy is leveling up. Keep up the great work king

[kwanxin]

This dude's analogies though. "walking along the beach and getting hit by a coconut". *Like a body building losing his muscles". 😂😂

[lendamusic]

Alex PLEASE do a rating climb / speedrun style with the Scotch Gambit, it is my white repertoire! You got me hooked on the Caro, became my main black rep, now i wanna learn more from the scotch gambit with you! ole maestro! great videos u da best!

[dancamma]

Thanks, Alex, for this video! The Lichess study is a big plus. One small suggestion for those who want to play this opening is to activate incognito mode.

[chrisr]

Really enjoying your teaching Alex, I’ve been getting discouraged with my playing (losing ALOT) but your breakdowns are fantastic. Currently focusing on the Vienna and Caro. Thanks for all your hard work to help us out. Take care my friend!

[charnelion]

14:12 Without the c3, after Bxf7, Ng5+ the black king can go to g8, which equalizes according to Stockfish. But after 7. c3 dxc3 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Kg8 it's mate in 2 for white. I've checked the Lichess database and Kg8 is the most common move, even among 2000 elo players. So that's a nice trap to keep in mind.

[markmurray]

My favourite opening just got a super twist with the gambit variation. Big thank you Alex and please keep them coming.

[m]

11:00 “Your opponent is walking on the beach, and all of a sudden he gets hit in the head by a coconut.” 😂😂😂

[joshualavender]

21:07 Q: In this position, instead of taking Black's bishop on c5, why not insert the move Qh5+? The point is tempo: if the Black king moves, it must go to f8 or e7, in which case Qxc5+, Black moves the king again, and now it's White's move, not Black's, so for instance White can play Nxc3. The only alternative line Black has is blocking Qh5+ with g6. In that case, White can either just play Qxc5 or, more aggressively, Qxg6+. If the latter, then Black must move the king to f8 or e7 after all. So: Kf8 Qf5+ Ke8 Qxc5. True, now it's Black's move, but White has an extra pawn to show for the excursion. Or: Ke7 Qg7+ Ke6 (or Ke8) Qxh8, winning now not the bishop but the rook. The only drawback to all this that White needs to keep in mind is that Black's g-pawn is now gone and later Black may try forming a battery on the g-file against White's king. But that's not anywhere on the horizon, so White should have sufficient time to maneuver the dark-square bishop to g3 and shut down that plan. In short, after Qd5+ Ke8, immediately capturing the bishop is *obvious* -- you want to get back your sacrificed material -- but, if you take a moment to look for it, you can find an even better option which inflicts maximum damage on your opponent.

[Astronomicalgaming]

Yoooo the sound you played at 3:40 absolutely sent me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Thelastpagangod]

Loving the scotch gambit ever since I watched James Canty's video on it, very aggressive and good fun

[jtekholm]

Absolutely lovely video as usual! Makes me giggle though, when Alex has so far said the same ("Best opening below 1500, nothing comes even close!") for at least Vienna, London, Jobava London and possibly some other video as well. :D

But yeah, love them videos! Keep 'em coming.

[CS-enxz]

Scotch gambit caro kann and jobava london. Really been enjoying your videos. Didnt reallyy know any opening theory was around 400 elo after knowing just how the peices move. After watching your videos im now over 500 elo and my games are playing out at 1000 winning all my games and have learned so much about how the pieces work together. Definitely learned more from your videos than anywhere else on youtube. Keep up the great work

[kaidoChess]

Funny story. I watched most of this video when it came out and I ended the video at 30:00 Wished I’d of stuck around 2 more minutes to 32:30 because this exact thing happened to me and I got FORKED. TBH I’m shocked my opponent (1400) found this line

[MangosAreOverhyped]

Mr. StealYoGirl over here with the golden voice and the top-tier jokes. Keep up the great videos, love the channel

[Complex]

lolll. The automaticly generated subtitles just said "....let me introduce you to this crotch gambit" 🤣I'm dead. lmfao

[willbollman]

As a 1500 I prefer the vienna over the scotch. If a person is going to try and play the scotch gambit they also need to be well prepared to face the petrov as well. So in order to play the scotch one needs to be well versed in at least 2 other openings

[josefkotras]

Alex GOD BLESS YOU. Thank you very much, you and Igor Smirnov are best teachers on YT. Please do more videos with scotch opening and please cover that trick with knight on g5 after d4. Once again thank you and god bless you. Greetings from Czechia ❤

[WQQDS]

Young fella love your videos and your comments keep them coming