Chess Traps #2: Sicilian Magnus Smith Trap

[HatsOff2TheBull]

after watching one of these videos i always get my confidence up. then i try to play against the computer on easy mode and get demolished :( i'm such a noob

[hitherebuddy812]

at 2:55 black just removed c6's defender so why can't white just take Qxc6 forking king and undefended rook?

[timmyb5671]

@hitherebuddy812 black bishop to d7

[MAUROtele]

cool video jrobichess, jroBICHESS, jroBITCHES

[zooMZooMlikeATyphOOn]

As a sicilian player, I feel better about my style of going for a quick fianchetto over d6 after seeing how quickly white can tear this defense up. Impressive trap, thank you for sharing.

[TheGeorgianknight]

31 peoples' black queen was raped by the white queen lol

[AlExAnDUIERRZ]

@GBatka u mean rook not rock

[JoshdaROCKSTAR9999VS]

You guys need to buy Fritz and put your great ideas to the test there... Stop arguing on here! And if you think that Im a chess noob, 1 number for you: 1842

[ALANLEEY]

i tried this many times i keep loosing to this old man

[deadrisinglord]

IT'S A TRAP

[NigelWeathers]

jrobichess, you have helped me so much in the past by making and commentating these trap and strategy videos, and I think that many can agree on my part. thanks to you, my chess gameplay skills have increased substantially, and i can finally beat my friends whenever they want to face me in chess. thanks again, and keep on making videos. i enjoy watching and learning form them very much!

[tanukitejon]

Its amazing how this simple tricks are admired even by the GM.

[Igot2pfromUT]

3:31 If black moves pawn to D5 white should move the knight to F6, playing the king in check. The two moves for black at this point is A: take with the queen and have whites queen take F6. B: Move the king to E7. Allowing White C1 to come into play at G5 attacking the king behind the knight and a sequence of moves unfold in favor of white. It is an option but I think white would still have the advantage if played correctly.

[MrsPoker]

@Igot2pfromUT The second option causes mate in 2 if the queen moves to A3

[SuperN00B101]

MaZe he wouldnt because that pawn would be trapped nowhere to go plus it was whites turn

[jlmusic101]

Similar positions could easily arise and yield similar trap situations. This is worth plenty of study!

[MaZe741]

at 3:39 why wouldnt black just take that "nice pawn" which is totally undefended with the pawn at d6, instead of swinging the queen with 2 moves all across the field into a HUGE trap?

[jlmusic101]

@MaZe741 That's a good question!

[H1TMANactual]

long ass trap to set up!

[GoldenBoyXCM]

the title looks like jrobic hess

[Rudebizzle]

Quick question. After white moves its g2 porn to g4 attacking the black knight, black retreats, white knight goes to e4.. why cant the black porn on d6 move forward attacking bishop and knight? yes, knight can check but it doesnt do much right? no material won or anything. If you were on the receiving end of this would this be a good move? why/why not?

[newtonat0r]

@Rudebizzle after d5 attacking bishop and knight. Nf6+, Ke7, Qa3+, c5, Qxc5+, Qd6, Qxd6 checkmate

[Caaramelly]

@Rudebizzle *Pawn

[Rudebizzle]

@Caaramelly hahaha! I actually do a lot of business in the online adult world. Excuse my mistake lol.

[Caaramelly]

@Rudebizzle Love the reply! ;)

[angeriod]

@Rudebizzle porn *pawn* whats on ur mind ;P lol

[TRThirdReichTR]

at 3:10 , how bout Qxc6, checking the king and attacking the rook on a8?

[Speedygonzales1997]

@TRThirdReichTR Qxc6, then black just plays Bd7 and saves the rook

[TRThirdReichTR]

@Speedygonzales1997 didnt notice.. thnx

[WennieBoy01]

It helps me a lot!

[cnmarine2006]

at 3:31 what happens if black does Pawn to d5 instead?

when i first watched this vid i thought if i was black i would do that

[sonyerectson]

@cnmarine2006 Queen gets captured D2 to A5

[cnmarine2006]

@sonyerectson what do you mean? queen gets captured? white queen gets captured or black queen? i don't understand what you mean?

[sonyerectson]

@cnmarine2006 I see what you mean. d5 instead of QA5. Believe it or not. I prefer to play that formation. I try to develop my Bishop unto G7 and Knight moving freely from E7 or once free F6. Good question. Maybe jrobichess can find some of the holes in my formation and answer your question in another video.

[56dlp]

@sonyerectson Cant play d5. Here's why......11.Ne4 d5?? 12,Nf6+ Ke7 13.Qa3 and forced mate

[sumeetkamat]

@cnmarine2006 This line wouldnt be favorable for black. Knight could land a check at F5. King has to move to E7. Dark square bishop could come to G5 threatning a discovered check (when knight moves) and black would just lose material or even possibly the queen if its not careful. White also has the option of sacrificing the light square bishop and knight to clear up the c/d/e black pawns and get the Rook on A8.

[SteelPokemonFan]

@sumeetkamat As newtonat0r said; 14. Nf6+ Ke7. 15. Qa3+ c5. 16. Qxc5+ Qd6. 17.Qxd6#

I think it's move 14, but I may be mistaken.

[jbrandonnorris1]

@cnmarine2006 exactly what I was thinking

[mustafaupk]

@cnmarine2006 That would still lose the game because.

White would play Nf6 (check), Ke7, Qa3, now there's no way for black to block the mate.

[teoeo]

@cnmarine2006 I think that loses to Nxd5, cd and Bxd5! with threats on the a8 rook as well as f7.

[garui]

@cnmarine2006 Then Nxf6 and check. You have just two possible moves to play. Qxf6 or Kxe7. Option 1 : Qxf6 and E pawn will take your Queen. exf6. Which result you trade queen with a pawn and night. After this if you dxc4 white will simply fxg7.

Option 2: Check Mate in 3

[baxou0123]

@cnmarine2006 Well then white plays Nf6+. After that white will have all the time to move the bishop away.

[mexicanmansam]

Good point... maybe you could move Nd6+, the King moves somewhere, then maybe queen is free to take F7? I'm not sure.

[gravi1ty]

@cnmarine2006 NeD6 check, what more do you need explained? it's just a bad move for black.

[v3nin]

@gravi1ty retard

[jonavuka]

@cnmarine2006 most likely white would move knight to f7 checking the king and buying some time to move the bishop

[GBatka]

@cnmarine2006 Nxd5 cxd5, and B takes d5 and double attack to Rock and F7 square

[bluffdetekta]

@cnmarine2006 Knight go f6 and check (black are screw after that)

[HoangTrongNghia]

@cnmarine2006 probably check at F6 then move the bishop

[lukealexanderhwilson]

@cnmarine2006 If Black: pawn to d5

then White: Knight to f5 check

then Black: king to e7 (unless black sacs queen)

then White: Queen to a3 check

Black has no way to protect his king from checkmate. Brilliant trap

[RederusMusic]

@lukealexanderhwilson implying knight could actually go to f5. and even like that the knight is hanging so you lose a full knight for nothing

[DeadlyNinja1702]

@cnmarine2006 i think u would just move the knight up to a check

[RederusMusic]

@cnmarine2006 Nf6+. Ke7, Bb5

[MetalScull]

@cnmarine2006

your position will be bad after a while couse queen, bishop, and knight will be in action, while you have none pieces which are active. That knight would be pain in the ass

[dragojlo87]

@cnmarine2006 Nf6.... Qa3

[Deevke]

@cnmarine2006 if d5 then white plays Nf6. Black will be checkmated. Ke7, Qa3. Anyway, black will loose his queen to prevent getting mated.

[gaieve]

@cnmarine2006 If pawn to d5, then an exchange may follow like to

e4xd5, f6xd5, c4xd5

Then the bishop would be still in the position attacking the pawn on f7, but being protected by the knight so the queen cannot take.

Pawn to d5 would be a bad exchange.

[DecayDeLunette]

@cnmarine2006

It's easy. You check the king with your knight and after he moves his king (obviously he won't give up the queen) and then you move your bishop backward...

[DaffyDame]

You can do a checkmate in the beggining when you can move your rook from F1 to B5 :D

[guitarded459]

I like Sicilian women, pizza, and now this trap!

[swedenviggo]

how big channs is it that black dose all of those moves actully?

and if you prepair your self for that trap and hes not even doing soo that the trap works then you screwd

[aajoshi1]

@swedenviggo after g6 it is pretty much forced.

[TheRapper10000]

I have done this same trap with the Queen's Cambit play and move my queen and Bishops out quickly.

[lakersownsuns]

lol i thought the intro was the trap and i was like SLOWW DOWWN!!

[kikook222]

@lakersownsuns Drink POWERTHIRST!

[AlExAnDUIERRZ]

@lakersownsuns hehehhe i WAS trolled

[OnlineChessLessons]

interesting trap, a good way to take advantage of a weird move order by black (usually if black is planning on playing the dragon by fianchettoing the k-side bishop he doesn't play nc6 + d6 together). Although, it seems to be a very small advantage (if any) if black instantly answers e5 with d5. i think the 2 bishops compensate black for the holes in his pawn structure here.

[Feuerkopf]

At 2:33 black decides to save his knight. But why didn't he move to g4? White has to either capture on d6 or apply more pressure via bishop to f4. But now black can evade the trap easily with moving his queen to b6.

[Toxie207]

I like your use of the word 'carving'. Some would say you overuse this word - but I reject that.

[kinggodzilla100]

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[matthewlane1991]

That's a cool trap. Only problem is like NO ONE uses classical variation =/...always najdorf or dragon

[Toxie207]

@matthewlane1991 Not true. It's just that MOST people use the Najdorf or Dragon. I have had opponents play th classical many times.

[David20092]

in 2:52 can on e6 and d6:)

[David20092]

in 2:52 Why White don't playing Queen (Dama) f3 on  6c??

[masquer100]

and that is why you dont play Nc6 that early if you're doing the dragon

[KyleBoy0892]

What happens if at 2:30 black plays N-d7???

[jjfksqfyfyg]

at 3:00 look at the queen cant you check the king and take the rook?

[JhonVonnNeumann]

@jjfksqfyfyg

No you can't. Cause after Qxc6+, Bd2. Now your queen is under attack and the rook is protected by the black queen.

[chapinero017]

@jjfksqfyfyg no black simply blocks with bishop, and rook ends up being protected by queen

[bannnjac33]

@jjfksqfyfyg when queen takes c6, bishop goes to d7 attacking the queen and black queen protects the rook!

[charliefreak21]

JRO! Bitches!

[XXXdemonicAuraXXX]

wow that awesome....i wish i was a genius so that i can think like that too...:D:D:D:D

that video is amazing:D:D:

but i really don't understand the nf6, d5...etc...:D:D:DxP

this video totally helps me in my game at our intramural....i wish i win:D:D:D:D

[tigertrap500]

Just wanted to say how much I enjoy your chess videos. :-) THEY ROCK!!! Sometimes I get lost reading notations in books, but your videos really help me see more clearly. Could you release more videos on the Sicilian by any chance, as well as the Ruy Lopez and D-pawn openings? Or if you already have could you point me in the right direction. I know it's a lot to ask, but I would be most grateful. Thank you! Tigertrap500

[Bulldogg6404]

@Hustla1101 The queen is not on f6, and I never said that it was. You are probably confused on the way I wrote the notation, so let me clarify. If black plays d5, then white would respond Nf6+. Black cannot take the knight on f6 (...Qxf6??) because exf6 would win the queen and trade knights. Therefore, his response would be Ke7. Disappointingly for black, moving Ke7 does not save him, since the white queen (on f3 at this point) can move Qa3+ and force mate after forfeiting queen/pawn blockers.

[tabondjemac]

@ 1:40 give me a reason why black wouldn't play pawn e7 to e6... ?

[xRuShxClUtChx]

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[Hunaid19]

at 03:07

the queen can also capture pawn at c6

forking the rook and the king

[TheKazafka]

in 2:48 White can easly take the pawn with the knight and after the pawn takes Bb5 bishop defends and e6 :P

[MisterBoneman]

for a while, I stared at .... N-N5 (after P-K5), but realize that the wwhite player would (or could) shove that pawn up Black's unhappy position.

Which also answers ....N-Q2 (after P-K5).

Thanx for the lesson.

[Halo3ForumEurope]

@MisterBoneman Talk about old school! That's 1800s chess notation right there!

[MisterBoneman]

@Halo3ForumEurope still hooked on it because some notators write f3 as a first move for White.

Not particularly accurate, though, is it?

1. P-KB3 ....?

or

1. N-KB3 ....?

However, in my defense, Fisher's excellent book was written in old style notation.

So was Capablanca's book, but of course, the laughter is deafening...(even though he was a twentieth century player)

Not that I don't enjoy reading chess books with modern notation.

I really enjoy Robi's work, though. as well as LuxusOhr

[lance1236451]

go way better than chess

[SAVEYification]

WHY DIDNT Black Plaed D5 at 2:48

[SAVEYification]

WHY DIDNT black Played d5 at 2:48..? Black can delay and break the effect

[HellSaint1000]

@SAVEYification ...d5 Nxd5 Be6 Nb4. Nothing wrong at all, but still is winning position for white. (if ...cxd5 when the knight takes, Bxd5 e6 Bxa8, and black lost a tower. If black plays Rb8, white plays Bxf7+ Kd7 Qd3+ Kc7 Qc4+ Kb7 Bd5+ and black has a choice: lose the game or lose the queen.

[icefall1793]

people, instead of attacking sourena22 over an over again... why dont you look at the comments to see if he has been responded already?

[closeupking97]

y do all that when u can move your bishop to b5 for mate?!?!?!?!?!?

[hess6wi]

Moral of the story is, don't get cocky, play 6... e6.

[ottorocks87]

my thoughts exactly just win a piece and finish development

[DeltaA118]

what program are you using for the tutorials?

[CBad3115]

Im sure there is a reason but after Q f3 why not play d5? it seems to blunt white's knight and the bishop well.

[neoaeonian]

@CBad3115 if (@2:47) black played ... d5 Then Nc3xd5, c6xd5 B-b5+, B-d7 e6 threatening either Qxf7++ or Bxd7+, Qxd7 e6xd7 winning the Queen. leaving black with ... Q-b8 (any other Q move loses the R @a8) BxE7+ KE8 and white's a Pawn up with many attacks

[Infinitax1]

@sonicfan511 A really fast game of chess.

[adhdboy699]

@sonicfan511 A game under 10 minutes sometimes with time increments.

[ThePaulvera]

wow...just wow that is a nice play I can't even call myself a novice at the game I'm a guy who's yet to even understand the basics of truly playing chess and just watching this proves it I couldn't even begin to imagine some of these plays

[voltoz911420]

y just cant we murder the king, wasting our brains enery, i am serious

[00bikeboy]

@sonicfan511 Each side gets 5 minutes to complete all their moves. If you run out of time you lose. Lots of fun!

[TehNewSoars]

@jrobichess In your opinion why doesn't c6 take d4, after bishop takes the c4 to cross?

[Dragourg]

Hey, what would happen if the black moved the pawn to D5 on the beggining of this trap?

[srikkant1]

why play knight h5 he can play knight d7.........

[smfleu]

why white didnt play c3 at 3:41?

[Lovethempeas]

@smfleu To trap the queen later with the bishop. He tells you this.

[smfleu]

@Lovethempeas yeah you're right

[SageUCLA]

Black should move bishop to E7 at 3:26

[SageUCLA]

Black should move bishop to E7. Then depending on white's move, move pawn to D5.

[CataloniaPk]

@forraz when knight d6 u have 2 options.

- killing with the king then the pawn kills her.

- or move the king avoiding the castles and having a knight around u

[Gregoire888]

at 3:09 Bc4 seems a lot more favourable than Ne4 I'd say this line is really purely for luring out the Qa5 move since black seems to have a more favourable position with d5 after Ne4

[RyuLoki]

Ha, I had this used on my by a friggin' computer. (I play the standard Window's Chess, so it's not a high-level chess computer.)

I'm mad now. Though now I get the trick. Great video.

[berre30]

so at that point the only option for black is to defend with Be7, but still black's position is more or less lost

[berre30]

of course black can not fork with d5? because white will then play Nf6+! and black will lose the queen in defence, or be checkmated after Ke7, Qa3+! c5, Qxc5+ Qd6, Qxd6++

[sourena22]

why black didn't play d5 at 3:26?

[CataloniaPk]

@sourena22  Because knight f6 check.

[HOHOHOHI888]

@sourena22 white can check with knight then escape bishop...dumbass

[joydivided23]

@HOHOHOHI888 Actually you're the dumbass. White can check with the knight and then win a queen or force mate. DUMBASS

[dachevashe]

@sourena22 Because of the Nf6+, it's been in the video.

[2lolol3]

@sourena22 i think the thing with most players they want to check, it happenes alot in computers aswell, i think, bu u have a good point

[Dragourg]

@sourena22 because the knight treats a check

[Bulldogg6404]

@sourena22

...d5??

Nf6+! Ke7

Qa3+ leads to mate, after black forfeits pawn and queen as blockers.

[Bulldogg6404]

@sourena22

...d5??

Nf6+! Ke7 [...Qxf6 exf6 trades knights and wins queen]

Qa3+ leads to mate, after black forfeits pawn and queen as blockers.

[sourena22]

@Bulldogg6404

Thanks for the Explanation.

[Courtyland45]

i agree what the heck @sourena22

[fallendeacon]

@sourena22 11. d5 12. Nf6+ (Now black will either lose their queen or lose the game).

If black chooses to move their king instead of killing the knight with their queen, it results in checkmate very quickly:

Ke7 13. Qa3+ Qd6 14. Qxd6#

[plugger543]

@sourena22 although this is true, most people overlooks this.

[triplei12]

@sourena22 becuz white would return with knight to F6 calling check, and our had gotten out of it anyway

[noxure]

@sourena22 ...d5 / N-f6, Ke7 / Bg5

I don't think you want this to happen if you were black.

[kwbarr1]

@sourena22  Nf6+ neutralizes the fork

[theMagicMadness]

@sourena22 the knight can escape with Nf6+

[chapinero017]

@sourena22 because knight checks f6, and then white bishop is free to go,

[holdondota]

@sourena22 Well.. i think I know the answer... :P If black play 1: ... - d5 2: kf6+ - ke7 3: be3 (mate in the next move by bc5) - Qa5+ 4: c3 If black takes bishop: 4: ... - dxc4 5: Qxc6 - Qxe5 6: 0-00 - and black has no escape if black do not take bishop, they do not have many choices, white's next move is b4 and then bc5++

[theRacer3396]

@sourena22 because Knight to f6 King to e7 and than bishop to g5

[WaspSnG]

@sourena22 I never play chess but find these video's very interesting.

This might be a really dumb responds, but if black would play pong to D5, White could play knight to G5, protecting this piece with the bisschop from the black queen threat. Now pong can't take bisschop, because white queen would take F7 for the checkmate.

Maybe white could follow this up with a certain sequence of plays that would favour him?

Might be complete nonsense, but as mentioned: i'm not much of a chess player.

[piano25]

@WaspSnG bisschop? :)

[goalsavior]

@sourena22 i think because white can save both pieces with Nfg+

[goalsavior]

@sourena22 i think because white can save both pieces with Nf6+

[naker115]

what about move ng4

[Vivis3ct]

At 3:25, Black is more likely to play d5, forking White's knight and Bishop than Qa5 for a check.