Crush The Queen's Gambit - An Aggressive Countergambit

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LINES COVERED IN VIDEO:

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 (3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qxd5 Be6 (5... Nf6 6.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 (6... Nxd8)) 6. Qxd8+ Rxd8 7. a3 (7. e3 Nb4 8. Rb1 (8. Bd3) 8... Nc2+
9. Ke2 Bxc4+ 10. Kf3 Bxf1) 7... Nd4 8. Rb1 (8. Kd1 Nb3+) 8... Nc2#) 3... d4 4.
e3 (4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 (5. a3 Nge7 6. e3 Bg4 7. Be2 dxe3 8. Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. Bxe3
Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nxe5 11. Bxb7 Nxc4 12. Bxa7 Na5 13. Bf3 Nb3 14. Ra2 Nc1 15. Ra1
Nb3 16. Ra2 Nc1 17. Ra1 Nb3 18. Ra2 Nc1) 5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 dxe3 7. fxe3 (7. Bxb4
exf2+ 8. Ke2 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxb4)) (4. a3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. e3 Bg4 7. Be2 dxe3
8. Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. Bxe3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nxe5 11. Be2 N7c6 (11... Nf5)) 4... Bb4+
(4... dxe3 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bxe3) 5. Bd2 (5. Nd2 dxe3 6. fxe3 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qe4 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. a3 Qxe3+ 10. Qe2 Bxd2+) 5... dxe3 6. Bxb4 (6. fxe3 Qh4+ 7. g3 (7.
Ke2) 7... Qe4 8. Nf3 Qxe3+ 9. Be2 (9. Qe2 Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2) 9...
Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nbxd2 Nc6) 6... exf2+ 7. Ke2 (7. Kxf2 Qxd1) 7...
fxg1=N+ (7... Bg4+ 8. Nf3) (7... fxg1=Q 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rxg1) 8. Rxg1 Bg4+ 9.
Kf2 Qxd1 *

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[SpinyBadger]

I used to play the Albin a lot after getting frustrated by lots of QG games. The highlight was a win in 12 moves in a zone final. That was when I truly realised the potency of opening tricks.

[RaulPerez-jjjj]

Nelsons vids are so clear and fun. What I like also is how genuine and honest he is. He will let you know that he lost a game and was outplayed if thats what happened.
One of my fav chess youtubers.

[ll]

although, this has been my main counter for the queen's gambit, I still learned lots of different variations and how to deal with them. Thank you!

[christopherparsons]

Thanks again Nelson for another instructive video. You are one of my favorites to watch on YouTube.

[deva]

11:46 some might think instead of perpetual check, with Nd6 (check) will force king to move and spoil the castling chances but this is bonus for white at this stage as rook can easily defend and also easy moving rook.

[kalias]

As a queen’s gambit player, i’ve been wondering what black was trying to achieve with this - I’ve always just played e3 as my instinctive response to this - then it’s pretty much always exd4 exd4 and it just opens up the e file, which is fine

[libertarianesque]

I am going to watch this over and over and over.

[_trismegistus]

3:33 why would they take the knight with the rook instead of just moving the king to E1 to get out of check, preventing the king/queen skewer?

[BobChess]

This opening is the most powerful gambit! One mis-step from white can make them fall down to the abyss.

[TheThinkersBible]

Great idea, great video. Very thorough and well explained. I may try this soon and see how it goes :)

[sol_mental]

Oh no Nelson, I always play the QGambit and almost always win because nobody on my level has any idea what to do with the opening. Now I gotta be careful with that lady attack

[yyyy-uvpo]

That draw was clever! (and certainly frustrating for White)

[MattTrevett]

One thing I've noticed after watching a ton of these videos is that Nelson usually ends up with all three pawns on both sides of the kings in their original positions with a ton of action and development already having taken place. It's interesting how much can happen with only two pawns being moved.

[OneOxone]

Why can't the white king go back to it's starting square, after we promoted to a knight on g2? (3:33). It would evade check, the knight is stuck anyways and the white queen stays protected. What am I not seeing here?

[ThinkerT]

4:58 Not sure why that's a fine position for black. White does have a weak pawn in the center, but they're even on value and black is farther behind on development.

[eenymeany]

At 3.35 the white rook doesn't need to take the promoted white Knight straight away. White can move their King first and save their Queen. Hard to spot if you're white.
Excellent videos Nelson. Thanks

[aaronchan]

My go to variation of the albin countergambit is the lasker trap. I've won in as little as 9 to 12 moves.

[kingdoc]

Thank you for teaching. Few Chess players are capable.

[Philopantheon]

After watching only a couple pf your videos and been watching many other famous chess you tubers like Agad, Gotham chess and ofc Hikaru, your channel is clearly one of the best

[elmatadordeangel]

Just a little thing in 7:57. In that position, you could also threaten opera's mate with bishop g4 and rook d1, even better than taking a bishop imo cause it puts pressure