TRAPPIEST Opening Gambit for White Against the Caro-Kann [Opening Tricks]

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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares with you the trickiest and trappiest opening variation for White against the Caro-Kann Defense. It is the Fantasy Variation, which happens after 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3.
The initial purpose of the move 3.f3 is straightforward; White wants to maintain the central pawns on e4 and d4. Unless Black tries to challenge the center, White can comfortably maintain a strong center, develop pieces easily, and have a nice position. And Black tries to do this with dxe4, which is the mainline.
This tricky variation is followed by an aggressive gambit, called the Maroczy Gambit (in the Maroczy Variation), where the most natural-looking moves and the most played moves by Black are losing.
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► Chapters
00:00 Trappiest Variation Against the Caro-Kann Defense
00:36 Fantasy Variation: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3
01:17 Mainline: Black plays dxe4, followed by e5
01:49 Mistake most chess players make
02:49 Losing mistake by Black in the opening
04:25 If Black plays Be7 instead of Nc5
05:15 If Black doesn't accept the Maroczy Gambit
06:00 Can you find the best move for White?
06:33 Black's correct response
07:48 Tricky queen trap variation
08:49 Black's 2nd most played variation is bad
10:00 White's checkmating attack
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@GMIgorSmirnov Жыл бұрын

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@williamphipp9290 Жыл бұрын

6:33 If Knight F6 then bishop takes f7, then use your knight to take the e5 pawn forking the king and bishop, not only do you win a pawn but you expose the king, after taking the bishop your knight (which is defended by the knight) you can castle and open your rook to the f file and generate a devastating attack. Just make sure you probably defend your pawns in the centre. Even if you don’t have a successful attack you can still convert the position into a winning endgame.

@chenbhag Ай бұрын

Nice

@agrawp 20 күн бұрын

What if Ke7?

@karlmilton1293 5 күн бұрын

@agrawp you play Bb3...keeping the bishop safely on a strong diagonal with blacks king in the center he may try to play Bxf3 (top engine move) but just play Qxf3 and enjoy your bishop pair and the lack of co-ordination of the blacks pieces. Cheers!

@rannieperalta2192 Жыл бұрын

Gm Smirnov I like your courses and the cat at your back

@unclebob1959 6 ай бұрын

That cat knows all these moves by heart.

@michaelrobinson2687 2 ай бұрын

@@unclebob1959 The cat wouldn't need to know the moves. It (I don't know whether the cat is male or female) would just use the Feline Gambit (Cat walks over board laying waste to all in its path)

@GMIgorSmirnov Жыл бұрын

► Chapters 00:00 Trappiest Variation Against the Caro-Kann Defense 00:36 Fantasy Variation: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 01:17 Mainline: Black plays dxe4, followed by e5 01:49 Mistake most chess players make 02:49 Losing mistake by Black in the opening 04:25 If Black plays Be7 instead of Nc5 05:15 If Black doesn't accept the Maroczy Gambit 06:00 Can you find the best move for White? 06:33 Black's correct response 07:48 Tricky queen trap variation 08:49 Black's 2nd most played variation is bad 10:00 White's checkmating attack

@georgekosinski8957 Жыл бұрын

You may want to correct your typo on Line 6. Otherwise - well done!

@tastethem Жыл бұрын

"Collect the harvest" for some reason made me audibly laugh. Keep up the great videos, GM Smirnov!

@MantraSchultz 2 ай бұрын

This is exactly what I needed. Thanks Igor!

@ChristianSoschner Жыл бұрын

Great video. Good to know how to counter on the Caro kann defense

@alejandroayalamaldonado2817 Жыл бұрын

Excelente.!!! Gracias.!!!

@p7sc7l26 Жыл бұрын

Really like these videos which go beyond e4 e5 into other openings like Caro-Kann, Sicilian etc Would wish some d4 stuff (not London or QG) like Catelan

@Whozurdadi 9 ай бұрын

Your videos are far superior and better than anyone else out there Igor. I am forever grateful! I've learned so much.

@RashadAlam-pm4pf 8 ай бұрын

absolutely correct

@lohitakshanavneeth135 3 ай бұрын

True

@okamisansempai557 Жыл бұрын

Sweet video great work

@johnhosky2931 Жыл бұрын

Awesome vid!

@sagarnagvekar5773 Жыл бұрын

Two lovely ways shown of breaking open Black's castling. White gives up knight and bishop for Black's rook and pawn. Nice checkmate shown in end using two knights attack from white on Black's castling.

@tonyd.3090 Жыл бұрын

Impressive selection of lines you have. Not one boring video on your channel, all very instructive. Still wandering what the good move is after you comment after 06:10 - could be very helpful and to know

@spartanbeast3575 Жыл бұрын

bishop takes f7, king takes, knight takes pawn and checks the king, king moves back, knight takes bishop

@georgekosinski8957 Жыл бұрын

Bxf7+

@aminshafiee7066 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@TrumanShow744 5 ай бұрын

super great

@ingogoldbeck2886 8 ай бұрын

Which one is better for black : this maroczy variation or the rasa-studier gambit??

@JabarFarahi Жыл бұрын

B takes f7 Pawn check. If King takes, then Knight takes the e5 Pawn, check then take the g4 Bishop.

@anatoleythenerd Жыл бұрын

exactly!! wonderful !!!

@Mihir_hun_vaii Жыл бұрын

You cannot take g4 bishop because of the knight

@anatoleythenerd Жыл бұрын

@@Mihir_hun_vaii but you take the g4 bishop with your knight which is defended by your queen!!

@bogdananicescu6051 Жыл бұрын

Where so you play online and with what nickname? Thanks

@jeneb100 Жыл бұрын

SUPER

@eliericksson.8950 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic lines! I love this for white and will probably mix this in with the Hillbilly attack that I play against the Caro.

@bendover23875 Жыл бұрын

6:25 Bxf7+

@scarybraingaming5038 5 ай бұрын

pls include the 3. e6 line

@user-qu9fb9oh6f 13 күн бұрын

What a Beauty!

@seeess925 4 ай бұрын

But how to use Tal attack to win? I don't do fantasy or alien style. I can try to trap bishop using Tal technique. But don't know much if opponent escape.

@lohitakshanavneeth135 3 ай бұрын

Igor I like the fantasy variation but nowadays I am losing a lot of games as my opponents play after e4c6 d4d5 f3 they play e5 there are too many traps in that line can you please cover that line too. Big fan of your channel❤

@CrazyChou Жыл бұрын

wow all i can say is wow this is so good to take down caro kan defense

@CastlesKingSide Жыл бұрын

6:25 my guess is B:f7 + followed by N:e5 and N:g4, should the bishop be accepted

@robertpease9834 Жыл бұрын

That was the first thing I saw

@flacsomtodosclas2165 Жыл бұрын

The only logical sequence i can think of: destroy the castle win 1-2 pawns

@georgekosinski8957 Жыл бұрын

If you want to become a really strong player you have to stop guessing and start calculating.

@harveyschonwald 10 ай бұрын

How would you play if black does not capture B on f7? Just continue development or withdraw bishop and eye weak kingside for later? Groucho316

@CastlesKingSide 10 ай бұрын

@@harveyschonwald yup. just Bb3. extra pawn, semi-open f-file, enemy king in the centre. enough advantage

@dr.deepakgore1079 4 ай бұрын

Instructive, intelligent learning videos, thanks GM Igor sir 🎉❤

@GMIgorSmirnov 4 ай бұрын

❤

@RogerStreetFriedmanOfficial 6 ай бұрын

what if instead of pawn e5 black plus pawn e4?

@christhegreat5966 Жыл бұрын

Turn captions on for 2:30-2:40

@nafi2683 Жыл бұрын

Hhahahaha

@divergentlife493 5 ай бұрын

I tried pushing that pond to do this fantasy thing. But he didn't it. So I had no clue what to do.

@korosu8515 4 ай бұрын

what if after white castles king side and black plays bg4 pinning the knight

@wikiwing348 Жыл бұрын

My new operation against the caro

@bubbageee 8 ай бұрын

7. BXf7 K-e7 ... king is misplaced. Maybe next pin the knight? Maybe push the e-pawn? Or maybe kick the bishop with h3.

@user-bp5hr2hd3n 4 ай бұрын

B x e7+ kxb, nxe5+, k somewhere, n x b on g4 and white is 2 pawns up with better position, as well.

@saiesasrikarkommaraju736 Жыл бұрын

Bxf7 Kxf7 Ne5 Kong moves and then we capture the bishop with our queed or knight

@vinaymundhra5795 Жыл бұрын

Bxf7, Nxe5 and then we can take bishop with our knight

@nonskategaming9827 Жыл бұрын

The correct move is Bxf7+

@sneakerhead4770 2 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t play caro like this as black and against the fantasy there are better moves. Usually looking to trade off the the white bishop so u don’t lock it behind the pawn chain but against the fantasy u would challenge the center with the e pawn to open the dark square bishop and attack with that check as well as the queen on that diagonal

@NickCSE 2 ай бұрын

Sir Igor, the most problematic is that the black queen is aiming even the scholar check before the light square knight moves at the very beginning and ravages the pawn and rook and later the Black bishop joins diagonally to kill the Whites and continuously checks in this manner unsettles everything Do you have any solution for that? My solution for the specific scenario is such that I have to play Dark Square Knight before I play Light Square Knight to protect my central pawn. However, i am searching for a better solution. plz help me!

@yaronmiller2476 Жыл бұрын

What would happen if black plays bishop to e6 in your first variation, to stop whites attack on f7 square?

@alekhinesgun9997 Жыл бұрын

Then c3 and the game proceeds like a regular caro with blacks bishop awkwardly placed on e6

@georgekosinski8957 Жыл бұрын

According to Karpov, 5...Be6 is the most promising move for Black.

@apkemp69 5 ай бұрын

@GMIgorSmirnov So which is it... against the Caro Kann, should we go with the fantasy variation as you suggest in this video or 3. Nc3 as you suggest and layout in great detail (with multiple lines depending on how black responds against 3. Nc3) in the video linked below. You're saying how awesome one response to the CK is in this video and how awesome this other response is to the CK in a different video. For people who want to do what you would do, because they think you're super smart (like I do), which Igor should we listen to... 3. Nc3 Igor or 3. f3 Igor? ❤ kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kN9xYJx83JuUeGg.htmlsi=E6fhJET6pKynKeuo

@wandregisel6385 Жыл бұрын

As a caro-kann player, I find this variation very hard to handle. 2000+ in online blitz, but I feel like I've fallen for some trap after exd4 and e5. I now avoid that completely and play 3...g6

@AmritpalSingh-kq9jr Жыл бұрын

Bro how much time does it takes to be 2000

@sarthakmaruti Жыл бұрын

same mine rating is 2200 i just defeated a guy with 2100 with caro kann using same variation

@user-gy8ff8xl2l 5 ай бұрын

every time you said f7 pawn I thought you said "asshole of a pawn" lol

@photographerspecial 2 ай бұрын

i would have pinned the knight instead of playing bishop c5

@user-ls4dp5jw3w 6 ай бұрын

What if he does f6 after

@normanwilson9594 Жыл бұрын

Bf7

@thomashase2079 6 ай бұрын

the first one is like a fries liver attack, nothing special and black just plays pawn h6 to prevent the knight move

@iqueron8890 Жыл бұрын

Finally something I can use to fight those boring caro kan players

@daimyo9494 Жыл бұрын

starting video 2:41 why the F6 knight never captures the e4 hanging pawn?

@daimyo9494 Жыл бұрын

it also prevents the white knight attacks on G5...

@harveyschonwald 10 ай бұрын

if ...N x e4, then R e1, with laser attack on black king, N is pinned and will be lost Groucho316

@daimyo9494 10 ай бұрын

@@harveyschonwald can it be defended by B f5? if attacked by g4 then B g6? 🙏

@BlunderBunny 3 ай бұрын

What if Black watched your video and plays h6 to prevent Ng5?

@anjumulla8891 3 ай бұрын

at 6:07 beautiful bishop sac a bxf7+ kxf7 and a stunning move nxe5+! it is a check and also attacking the bishop.

@shahidfaruque6139 Жыл бұрын

Bxf7+

@KoeBowmaker 9 ай бұрын

What about 3. … e6?

@utredutredson1686 2 ай бұрын

3 E6

@vkgamingff06 Жыл бұрын

What if black doesn't capture for f3?

@georgekosinski8957 Жыл бұрын

I assume you meant "... doesn't capture on e4." Then the choices seem to be 3...e6, 3...g6, and 3...e5!?, according to Karpov.

@romelliilagus4314 5 ай бұрын

What if black plays 3...e6

@isaprogar2266 Жыл бұрын

East Java Indonesia present.

@normanwilson9594 Жыл бұрын

bf7 again!

@daimyo9494 10 ай бұрын

at minute 10:44 the black bishop and queen can take the white knight at g5, the brutal checkmate won't work i think... cmiiw

@dabbinghitlersmemes1762 9 ай бұрын

Black stops the checkmate but loses his Queen after NxB QxN QxQ

@elizabeth4689 3 ай бұрын

someone just used this against me 😢

@Naborbukv2 Жыл бұрын

I dont know why but they all play g6 as their 3rd move, so none of this doesnt apply ;(

@thechessfish Жыл бұрын

Good, he didn't cover my response to the fantasy

@RogerStreetFriedmanOfficial 6 ай бұрын

what is it?

@ralphderkapitaen9875 Жыл бұрын

slightly manipulated. at the end (where you claim check mate coming soon), all the black needs to do is to attack the white pawn on E5 (via black knight on D7)...then white pawn on D4 takes that knight, but the other black knight takes that pawn) and attacks the white knight at the same time. That combo will open a new situation giving black a clear advantage (white king will be getting checked within few moves and will be wide open soon)...definatelly a losing situation for white..:-)

@georgekosinski8957 Жыл бұрын

Providing specific moves and move numbers is helpful.

@yeasirarafatbu 8 ай бұрын

'other black knight takes that pawn'- very wrong, because cannot take😊 Requested to check again.