Top 4 Chess Opening MISTAKES After 1.e4

21.10.2022

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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares with you the 4 most common chess opening mistakes that millions of chess players keep making without even realizing that they are doing it wrong.

First of all, let’s make sure that you are not making these mistakes after 1.e4 as White, and secondly, you will learn how to punish your opponents when they make these opening errors.

These mistakes are extremely common in below 1600 rating level, but even higher rated chess players often make these mistakes and fall for these traps. These mistakes happen after the most common opening moves (in the Italian Game): 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6.

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00:00 4 Most Common Chess Opening Mistakes
00:25 Mistake in the Italian Game opening
01:46 Mistake-1: 4.Nc3, Four Knights Game
03:37 Mistake-2 in Two Knights Defense
04:25 3 out of these 4 moves are wrong
05:11 Mistake-2: 6.h3 preventing Bg4
08:38 If White tries to prevent g4
10:46 Mistake-3: 6.Nc3
14:34 What is the correct move for White?
15:17 Mistake-4: 6.Bg5

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20 Comments

  3. Hi, great teaching!

    But please can you put the link to the related videos you’ve mentioned in the description so I can easily move forward to the said video?

    Thank you.

  5. The cat in background is sleeping so peacefully 😍

  6. at 3:44 i played many times Nc3 ..and if they take in center the pawn with pony and then try to fork .. i take on f7 with bishop and ruin black castle then take the pony

  8. I always do it because the machine told me to do it once and I remember the positions, but never understood the reason. Thanks this was clear and easy even to a low level like me.

  9. Milllions of thanks for these lessons. They are really magnificent.

  10. Thanks for posting this video! I have fallen for a few of these. Never again!

  11. How isn't this so obvious to players?

  12. In the first example, if he pushes your bishop with his pawn with h3? trade bishop for knight? then his queen is eyeing down your f7 pawn… what is the best response for this when you cannot simply castle next move?

  13. The problem with these videos is these positions never happen.

  15. I kinda feel like a lot of counter play from white was overlooked here

  16. At 3:06, if White were to move their pawn to H3 to push away your bishop, would it not be better to move your bishop to F5?

  17. Meanwhile when ever you play these black lines… Whites bishop always takes the Kings Knight instead of stepping back and ruins your game plan.

  18. At 2:10, what‘s wrong with Bxf7+ and then followed by Nxe4, am i missing something?

  19. 2:11 if this is a mistake, why stockfish advises that Nxe4 is the best move for white?

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