Hi there.
In this election, we're going to have a look at the Queen's Gambit and you may have heard about Chaske
from the series on that place called the Queen's Gambit with Beth Harman.
So the Queen's Gambit is what happens when you play white and you play dead, for it's not yet a Queen's
Gambit.
Actually, it's just Queen's own game at the moment.
Now, if they play D5, you can play the Queen's Gambit with C4.
It appears as though you're just giving up a pawn for what seems to be not much at the moment.
Now here is where the game it gets really interesting.
And in fact, what I did years back, a video about the Queen's Gambit and its traps.
It was actually called a cheap video by many members of a very popular site.
But, you know, it's not cheating to have knowledge of chess and knowledge of gambits and traps, especially
those traps which don't even have downsides to your position.
In fact, it's kind of misnamed.
It's not really a gambit because black really can't keep onto the poem without damaging their position
considerably.
If they violate opening principles.
The philosophy they're also violating is from the art of war.
One needs to put oneself beyond the feet before going on the attack in general.
So here, if black is too aggressive early on and takes the form and then tries to aggressively to cling
onto it, you're in for a real treat.
Here is why.
The gambit is that traps are set really with the move free.
This is a solid move here.
There are other moves which might be even more solid in a way like 93.
But let's say we want to play the trap systems.
We can play iFrame and they try and cling on onto the pawn.
So it looks as though hold on uses the pawn down here.
OK, but now you play the move away.
For now they don't want to give the pawn back.
So let's say they play before we just have very strong moves in.
For example, Queen Afri which hits that rock.
I know it's bringing out the queen a little bit early, but actually in this scenario it's fairly useful.
Then we get our pull back and we're looking at F7, the classic F7 and we're encouraging them to close
up their bishop there on C8 and White is doing very nicely here.
You have more pieces developes, so usually they won't want to give up their pawn by playing a move
like before.
So let's say they play bishop sex.
Now here you just take on B5 Bishop takes and now let's say Knights Sifry.
Now here things get super interesting.
So why is it so interesting?
OK, I'm about to show you in this position, if they play Bishop a sex, you have a really crushing
move.
The most crushing move available to you is actually to attack this unprotected rock with queen Afri.
This is the most crushing movie available.
They have to try and shield their rock.
But now guess what?
Can you see what one can actually do, which is really kind of forcing a tactically crushing combination?
Can you spot it if I give you five seconds?
OK, you can play rotates ASX so you're forcibly getting black to we can see 16 can take on C6 six.
They have to interpose against that check.
They end up losing a rock, they have to go back and then you play Jack again and then you can even
scoop up the night water disaster.
What a complete disaster.
So the Queen's Gambit has quite a lot of venom.
Let's go through that again.
So if you ever want to play defo to broaden your horizons, maybe you think both of these movies are
good.
But usually it's recommended to start with Aelfwine explored for later and maybe even later, see for
another moves.
But if you did want to played for to experience the Queen's Gambit, maybe you're a that place Queen's
Gambit fan.
You can start with the deep one.
And that's Queen's Ball game at the moment, part of the DFI.
See, for now we're in Queen's Gambit territory.
So they take and we play them move every note, not a fall because they have a strong move A5 now they're
giving up the pawn, but they're attacking open.
And you don't want to play this because this is fantastic for black, this situation.
You don't want this situation.
Blacks doing really well there.
So it's the movie free, actually, which is really, really good.
And if they find a fall and it's insufficient, how they can actually defend here, if they play C6,
then we can take and we've opened up that diagram ready for Queensferry.
How do they actually defend the rock here?
Look, another disaster, a total disaster.
How do they find the rug?
They're going to lose the rug like 97 quintets eight.
So this highlights that when you plan opening in general, you should really be putting your king into
safety is priority.
You should be counseling early, developing your pieces, putting yourself basically beyond the feet
before active operations on chessboard or going on the attack is not about putting it before active
operations.
And this kind of demonstrates that Black is far too keen to hold on to this pawn at their peril, at
their peril.
This is just a lost position here of the queen Afri.
Why is picking up a load of material?
So this is an essential trap.
To know about very, very important to know, balance in the Queen's Gambit.
OK, now, if you're playing on the black side, that's flipped just the other side of the coin and
you might want to play the Queen's game, accepted is a legitimate opening to say everything is legitimate
opening and you want to play the queen's game and that you don't cling onto the pawn.
You can just play a move like 85 so that unless they want to lose castling rights, this is just great
for you.
So they take her.
Then he takes and they've got the so-called isolated queen's pawn.
And you've got a decent position.
Basically her IQ people say Queen's Ball and you know, that's opening in its own right.
The Queen's Gambit, isn't it?
So it really depends on the follow ups is a pattern.
I'm hoping you observe her.
Sometimes a move can be good.
If it's follow up is good, it can be terrible if it's follow up is terrible.
So, OK, just one last time on iFrame a terrible idea is B five.
So hopefully you're on the bright side here and you play four and there are disasters in waiting.
If they play six, eight by the way, then we just take that rook.
So that's no good either.
Yeah.
It's just no good.
Bishop D seven or eight six is the same effect.
The bishop ends up transposes being on B five.
So we play this move not we play in this situation.
Yeah, we play this, they're trying to cling onto their pawn then queen Afri and I'm Robert A6 and
then Bang Queen 66.
So we scoop up a rook.
This is the most dramatic way and then we scoop up the night.
OK, so I hope you practice the lines from both sides.
If you do want a simple battle against evil, you can play the Queen's game accepted, but with an early
five as shown.
But if you're on the right side and you want to set this trap up, yeah, hopefully that materialistic.
So in general, yes.
In general, opening principles, which I want to use this opportunity to reinforce your job in the
opening is really to develop your pieces.
Castle early, then think about active operations after as a sequence, you need to be in the ready
state for active operations later.
It's no good developing.
Only some of your pieces have you develop more of them by not moving the same pace twice.
Hopefully you're not too greedy trying to cling on spawns at the expense of development and king safety
as shown here.
It can be absolutely fatal if you if you do that.
OK, that's a much.