Garry Kasparov's Strategy To PUNISH Bg4 Pins

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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov teaches you how to punish the bishop pins (Bg4 pins) on your knights strategically. You will learn how the former world champion Garry Kasparov used this strategy to counter this pin.

Instead of going with the aggressive approach of chasing the bishop with h3 and g4, with this strategy you can steadily improve the position of your pieces and outplay your opponents. Watch the full video lesson to learn this 6-step plan by Kasparov.

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00:00 How Garry Kasparov Punishes Bg4 Pins Strategically
00:47 The Game Begins
01:11 1st step of Kasparov's Plan
01:43 2) Prophylactic move to save the bishop for the best
03:38 3) Attacking the g4-bishop with h3
04:17 4) Maneuvering the knight from b1 to g3
06:16 5) Arresting the Black bishop on h7
07:56 6) Tactical combination for the win
08:51 SUMMARY OF THE PLAN
10:23 What if Black plays Bxf3 instead of Bh5?

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[agxec]

Basically Kasparov plays the same principles in both the Spanish game (Ruy Lopez) and Italian game while playing as White. He moves the Knight from B1 to the King side to attack the Black's Kingside irrespective of however White castles.

[rohitvaidya]

I really like your lectures. Crisp. Real master is the one who can make others grow. You have that quality.

[altt]

Very first example at 0:40 is actually the legal trap where white can do nxe5

[GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters

00:00 How Garry Kasparov Punishes Bg4 Pins Strategically
00:47 The Game Begins
01:11 1st step of Kasparov's Plan
01:43 2) Prophylactic move to save the bishop for the best
03:38 3) Attacking the g4-bishop with h3
04:17 4) Maneuvering the knight from b1 to g3
06:16 5) Arresting the Black bishop on h7
07:56 6) Tactical combination for the win
08:51 SUMMARY OF THE PLAN
10:23 What if Black plays Bxf3 instead of Bh5?

[joeldick]

This maneuver is named after Steinitz who used it in a classic game against Chigorin. In fact, it was used earlier by Staunton against Van der Lasa in 1853.

[checkde]

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I would love to work with you both as a chess player & professionally. So that I can spend maximum time with you.

[benlinsk]

I love this video. Well done. Thank you

[Shiva..]

Amazing lesson Igor! I would love to see a video on Benko (Volga) Gambit someday...

[ziauddin.ahmed]

Excellent lessons Igor! I have played almost same way with white, but there are two differences. First one I move pawn b2 to b4 to attack black bishop, so no need to my bishop back immediately. Secondly I move Bc1 to Be3 and sacrifice with black bishop and the double pawn help me later on by opening f line.

[patelrujul]

Thank you, man. You're really a great teacher. I've really improved my chess watching your videos. Cheers man, thank you again

[emmanuelsoulard]

Such a rich course ! So much content in only 12 min for positional understanding! Congratulations!

[ifex_manuel]

Cool video...adding to my positional knowledge of chess🤭🤭

[jonrigai]

Hands down the best chess teacher online or anywhere else for that matter. I play chess professionally and teach the game for a living so I know of what I speak, write etc....

[Chessblundersforyou]

Hello sir i am a youngster who wanted to a grand master. because of you the journey started so if i ever become the grandmaster the first thing i wanna do is meet you 🙏 ( i consider you as a my coach )

[elektronkim]

I found out that aiming for the king this way is quite useful. My defence is a bit weak sometimes, so I got some ideas from this video. Playing something unknown or weird is also working in short time games.

[companyjoe]

Great work with the analysis! Thanks for getting back to explaining the bishop B3 retreat. I didn't get it at first.

[onenewworldmonkey]

I doubt Igor reads these but I'll write this as though he does.
1. How impressive is your English? It often takes a couples sentences or more before I can tell you are not a native speaker. I can usually tell in less than a sentence.
2. Your work ethic is so impressive. I think the most intelligent people have a few common attributes: Seeing from others perspective, endless curiosity, imagination and even a sense of humor. Three out of four isn't bad. lol I realize you are in a role.
3. The real reason I'm writing this is because of your masters in Psychology. I also have wondered for years why we do what we do. I've now been watching a ton of chess mostly to see how you all think. Hikaru's brain is incredible. I've seen him take a blundered queen then a second later realize the queen was blundered!
I have studied us humans using a totally different method. This year marks my 44th archery season. I've been living and acting as a primitive person for that long and I finally had an epiphany about why we think like we do. In a nutshell, you must understand how other predatory think while stocking prey. We have evolved that method like a giraffe evolved his neck. Everything we own, do, and act is related directly to that. I would love to go into detail but youtube is all I have. I've never even had facebook.

[NicholasAckerman-xvdm]

Definitely needed this lesson...thank you

[stelmanx]

Thank you Igor, as always high quality content, only your lessons improved my chess!!

[raajeshchess]

How to play with and against an opening please reply 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 for example as black I play caro kann against e4 but when I play e4 opponent also sometimes play Caro kann.