Bishop’s Opening Meets Reversed Stafford Gambit

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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares with you his favourite chess opening as White. It is the Bishop’s Opening which happens after the first moves 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4. The bishop is active along the c4-f7 diagonal, taking aim at the Black’s king.

This opening will surprise a lot of your opponents and drag them into an unfamiliar territory right in the second move. It is also a very solid chess opening and you don’t risk anything.

Watch the full video lesson as GM Smirnov shares the Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit, which looks like the Reversed Stafford Gambit. You will learn the common attacking ideas and some beautiful traps.

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00:00 Introduction to the Bishop’s Opening in Chess
00:48 Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit (Reversed Stafford Gambit)
01:33 3/4 moves by Black are LOSING
02:11 1) 5…Nc6 by Black
03:53 Tactical Quiz: Puzzle of the day
04:12 2) 5…d5 by Black
05:52 3) 5…f6 by Black
07:49 Black’s correct response
10:51 Beautiful tactics for the win!
11:40 Black’s only way to survive
12:35 4) If Black doesn’t take 3…Nxe4

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40 Comments

  1. ► Chapters

    00:00 Introduction to the Bishop's Opening in Chess

    00:48 Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit (Reversed Stafford Gambit)

    01:33 3/4 moves by Black are LOSING

    02:11 1) 5…Nc6 by Black

    03:53 Tactical Quiz: Puzzle of the day

    04:12 2) 5…d5 by Black

    05:52 3) 5…f6 by Black

    07:49 Black's correct response

    10:51 Beautiful tactics for the win!

    11:40 Black's only way to survive

    12:35 4) If Black doesn't take 3…Nxe4

  2. Puzzle: ne6+, ke7, bg5, pinning the queen.

  3. As a reckless soul myself I look forward to going for all-out attack 👍

  4. 13:00 black doesn’t need to protect f7 here. Black can play Nc6. This is my main move (although I played it from a different move order) which is absolutely hated by stockfish but if you ever played Traxler before you’ll know white can die in a dozen different ways. Even more so in this variation where black don’t have the e pawn. Bxf7 which is relatively harmless in Traxler still leads to a lot of traps in this variation. Although I don’t recommend playing this if you’re playing 10 minutes game above 1900 elo.

  5. At 10:51 why would they move the rook when after you take the white queen is hanging?

  6. A friend of Hans Niemann … I literally spat my drink out lol

  7. That sneaky joke about Hans was perfect😂

  8. This is all great if only I didn't forget it all by the time I have written this comment lol.

  9. tactical puzzle : Bishop to D6 leaving Knight to F7 possiblr follow up

  10. I’d much rather play the Urusov gambit. It’s a lot more difficult to refute and just as aggressive.

  11. friend of Hans Niemann 😂😂😂😂. This coming from a GM is hilarious 😂😂😂

  12. BTW, I & engine both never liked Stafford Gambit and was about to skip this video But I think this line will win a loads of game to me online. No one is going to play chess like that & find so many weird correct moves 😂

  13. “If someone tries all these moves, he could be a friend of Hans Niemann”

    LMAOOOOOOOOO

  14. This looks like an incredible amount of fun. Unfortunately, after 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3, Black can play 3…Nc6 and reach a normal Italian Two Knights, so we get "tricked" into playing the mainline anyway.

  15. Since this bishops opening is also the scholars checkmate opening the response has to be nc6, surely. According to his previous videos anyway ?

  16. Hi
    Igor I appreciate your very informative videos, kindly discuss if black moves knight C6 instead of knight F6… Thank you very much.

  17. 4:00 Ne6+ black plays Ke7 then Bg5 pinning the queen to the king

  18. Me watching igors video on repeat for an hour then going into a game to try it out and i start with black for 10 games in a row and forget everything i learned

  19. Master i want to ask, To become a strong player, do we have to memorize a lot of opening moves? and whether we have to memorize every step after that until the endgame?

  20. Why do not sacrify the Knight before the castle at min 7:05 ? Thanks

  21. 1. Ne6+ Ke7 2. Bg5 Pinning the Queen.

  22. At 4:05 you can still win the queen with the knight check, cause then B-g5

  23. Lawsuit on the way.😂😂😂

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