Chess Traps- Siberian Trap

[Epilogue02]

What a bloody long intro!

[lovelyjubbaly]

after blacks move Ng4 whites g3 is obvious.

[depxtal]

IT'S A TRAP!



[abagopudding]

why don't you just move rook to E1 to defend the queen and free up space for the king to move in the event that black moves their queen to H2??

[serban277]

What if instead of h2-h3 you do g2-g3 thus blocking the access of the queen to the h2 square?

[montego24]

or knight c3 to b5 checking the queen.when you castle u do it for a reason there is no reason to play h2 to h3

[montego24]

after 2:14 white will respond with pawn g2 to g3 not h2 to h3 in order to block the attack.

[gambepelose]

what if white defends the mate with g3?

[FaTaLiTy741]

what's the best opening?

[Crazybuttlazy]

@FaTaLiTy741 There is no such things as a best opening.

[Joshman345]

What if instead of white moving pawn to h3 white moves pawn to g3

[olympiakaraga7te]

I can't understand why white would play this opening which leaves him one pawn down from the beginning...

[hegemege]

@olympiakaraga7te The Smith-Morra Gambit can be very deadly for Black if he doesn't know how to play it, the main reason for white offering that pawn is to get faster development and maybe even an attack going on towards Black's king before it gets off the center files of the board.

[olympiakaraga7te]

White though must know well how to play it, ofcourse he gains opening benefits and develops all 4 minor pieces very well with it but he must make use of it or else he is 1 pawn down! Thanks for the comment, we can play chess at chesscorner . net (without the blanks)! Have a good night brother!

[Jamesdude2000]

That's not the kind of music I associate with chess or traps.

[rasputozen]

@Jamesdude2000 it's part of the trap

[midnight3dxboom]

and now the ..... is going to....

[CootsProductions]

What stops bishop to F4?



[CostlessProductions]

@CootsProductions Take it with the queen? And then it's the same situation...

[KillaNinja0]

@CootsProductions when?

[TheBlasianAsian]

Why not put g2 pond one space forward?

[RandyIsC0o00o0L]

 I learned the 14 traps thanks to you Kevin:)

[gabigham4]

White puts his Q on e2 because he is planning to put his rooks on d1 and c1 and push the pawn on the e file. Since I originally learned of this opening and set up from Kasparov's book for beginners I don't think comments about how stupid putting your Q on e2 is except in terms of the move order and responding to blacks moves. Also I haven't seen any answers to why a simple g3 instead of h3 doesn't stuff this threat.

[LOL1626]

one of the weaker traps

[KillaNinja0]

@LOL1626 all traps are weak

[soulreapr1]

These traps have little to no practical usage. To be truly good at chess, the player needs to have ingenuity and cunning to be able to find traps, not to try to use some obscure move combo.

[kikook222]

@soulreapr1 You know Bobby Fischer used the same trap on multiple GM's despite the fact they knew he could do it? Every trap has practicality if you can spot it in a line.

[cafiremage2]

why the FUCK would white move his queen there?

It's probably the worst position ever.

Plain stupidity, this trap will never work even if your opponent is shitty.

[DefenderOfOrthodoxy2]

What if white saw the plan of the trap?? He could move his rook to e1??

[NeverMind765]

At 2:00 if .Nd5 e6xd5 .e4xd5+ Nce5 .Nf3xe5 Ng4xe5 .f4 ...

After this White has a spacial edge. I believe Kevin didn't mention this because white doesn't fall in the trap that was being displayed. It should probably be mentioned since it leads to quite a bad position for black though.

Other than this little mistake I really appreciate all the work you've done to show people openings and traps. I found many of the gambits very useful myself as I like to play aggressively, thank you very much.

[CamouFranky]

Nd4 why don't you checkmate with qh2?

[YtubeUserr]

cool tactic!

[ajollyoldben]

@thechesswebsite White can just move his Knight to d5 attacking the queen and threatening check at 2:00. After the e6 pawn takes the e4 pawn takes revealing check and refuting the Siberian. Am I wrong here? Because if I'm not can you mention it in the video so people aren't mislead by it.

[fearnotofman]

@ajollyoldben In that case, white is just down a piece after black blocks check with Ne7. Still advantage for black.

[christhenewb]

@ajollyoldben If Nd5 exd5 and and after dxe4+ Nce5 wins defends the kin' and the knight.

[ajollyoldben]

@christhenewb @thechesswebsite @fearnotofman White can then move h3 and the horse has no were good to go. Black can come back but not with Nce5. Also a better move for white is Nb5. I'm not making this up myself. Jessie Kraai came up with these lines please look him up because videos like this are misinforming a lot of people. Around 71,846, from what I can tell. I like your videos Kevin but I really hope you update this one. Thanks.

[GenzaiDandy]

This Trap isn't that consistent, but if it ever arises. I will Punish.

[SHEHANRUSH]

i thought white will win

[TheHerrCarl]

white can move his horse to b5 to counterattack black's queen!

[MikrosMpelasFTW]

@TheHerrCarl if he does, then black is going to continue with his plan, taking the knight at f3 with his knight and force checkmate with his queen at h2 after either he moves the king or taking the knight at f3.

[TheHerrCarl]

@MikrosMpelasFTW oh yeah didnt see the induced check by this;)

[johniswaycool]

After black captures the Queen, it's still checkmate, since black can just return to d4..

[sahil23isngh]

@thechesswebsite are you a gm?

[thinge123ross]

60,000th view!!!

[takeNOoath]

Or instead of white king moving outta check the white horse on c3 can take the black horse

[takeNOoath]

He can take the knight on g4 w the pawn then black takes the queen on e2 check but not checkmate.then king to h1

[eriehml]

Hi. Thanks for the video. Anybody would be kind to let me know why White would play Qe2 at 1:48? I mean, other than trying to fall in the trap the Queen move must have some motivation, some plan. I am a Casual player and always playing Sicilian. I would really appreciate an answer. Thanks.

[ibanezart320]

why wouldnt u just move the middle pawn up?

[zealeau]

sorry i wanted to say from C7 to C5 ...:P

[zealeau]

why would someone open his game with E7 to E5....i dont get it ... :)

[werewolfxxx0]

2:58

That's actually abit wrong, because he can use the queen to capture the black knight after it takes his knight

[JamoeMills]

@werewolfxxx0 But then Black would move its Queen to H2 and it'd be checkmate still

[rguerke]

Qe 2 has a move mistake in this line sicilian !!

[669881]

This won't work against experienced player.. Moving the Queen to e2 is just a blunder.. Not only it leaves the control of the d-file, but it also makes White lose a tempo which is a very bad condition for White because White pieces in chess should be aggressive, not defensive, considering it has the first turn to move

[Sirb0b1]

Of course its a trap if Queen goes to e2. Its not likely but its good to have in your locker if you play a weak player.

[Archgivi]

This isn't a trap. This is bad game by white!

1) after Kf6 Kb5 with tempo and e5 to pressure d6 gives both control of center and initiative goes to the white

2) After Kg4 a simple Rd1 solves any problems white have and again puts pressure on d6

3) After Kg4 a more risky Kb5 with tempo and h3 (if Kf6 then e5 with center control) also doesn't lose the game.

h3 after Kg4 is not a forced move.... it's just a terrible one.

[gil12345ish]

what if white push the pawn to g3?

[john17972]

Qe2 looked stupid to me.

[macchonk007]

I play chess for fun n not that good, but i would never done the H3 move unless im insanely tired where i can't make any good judgement... n so was the queen to E2..

the gambit is awesome btw.... tried it for the first time yesterday after reading the website... and man, the opening ownz..

[smitchowdhary]

Which song in the beginning??

[xundarz]

for this trap to work white has to be an idiot...

[somethingstupid911]

why wouldn't white move its knight to b5 and offer up a trade?

[Evidemment]

@somethingstupid911 Because black can then just take the queen with check. White has to move the king out of the way.

[LakerNarutosasuke32]

@somethingstupid911 if so Nxf3+ and after he takes the Knight Qh2#

[SoulEater960]

I think the main line goes h3 instead of Qe2, and then Qe2.

[Way2Smart22]

wait, what if white continues with Nb5?

[PandauL]

i agree with johnmrrs i dont thinck you see that kind of mistakes one and another



[TheXtremeX123]

what if white did not use h3 but g3.. does that mean that the trap will not take place? and at the beginning.. what if the queen captured d4?

[foxhounduk2k8]

brilliant trap, thanks for the tip!

[rpdigital17]

2:25 The pawn g3 is always better response to diagonal attack.

[MaReekaka]

hey im new at chess, and i have some problem with tactics. so its all good and nice, but what if the opponent doesnt move exactly the same as in the video?

[TheAmericanRealist]

sa

[TheAmericanRealist]

From 3:17 in the video, you can most certainly avoid checkmate. After black knight moves to d4 white would simply move pawn from e4 to e5. Yes, you will most likely lose your queen (depending on what the choose to take), but you won't lose the game.

[Thehamez]

i mean, the chances of getting to this position seem so slim. I suppose it's a good trap should this happen. But the chances it actually comes up, are like 0.0001%

[lobster862]

what if queen d3?

[masafa1990]

@lobster862 night takes f3 with check. and mate next move no matter how white response to the check,

no way to stop queen h2 mate.

[sourena22]

What's the name of this song at the beginning???

[sidgar1]

@sourena22

tenth avenue north  - by your side

[tinmanism]

move pawn to g3 instead of h3 to defend

[Christmas800]

i guess rook to e1 is the best one could do...

[Christmas800]

nvm... actually i tweaked. thats not a good defense lol

[Christmas800]

yah actually now that i think about it more. once i move my knight to b5 your fucked. so really. your trap is pretty much trapping yourself....

[Christmas800]

this is old so i dont know if youll respond. but once the trap is laid white can simply move horsey to b 5

[JoshdaROCKSTAR9999VS]

It would really suck to be white in this position

[indigobuffalo]

That's not a "clearly" won game. White gets two knights for the Queen.

I mean, then it depends who you are against. I would feel comfortable against B class and lower playing two knight vs. a queen. And even against stronger players if it is an active or blitz time control.

[bowserjr2010]

Which program do you use to play chess?

[gregfr182]

It's not a very good trap IMO, a lot of moves have to be played before the trap position is reached. It's very unlikely to have an opportunity to use it.

[serrie85]

@gregfr182

Not really , most moves are very natural in this morra gambit. I once felt for this trap (in a blitz game), but the thing with traps is, you will only fall for it once.

Can't white still save the game by playing Rd1 instead of h3?

[Rogli]

@serrie85 No, cause after Bc5 you are in deep shit. Check out IM Kraai's videos on this trap. He suggests Nd5 which puts black in serious problems.

[sighisoaraa]

why move h2-h3 if we can go g2-g3 ?

[zegarmistrz00]

i hate the music at the begining

[5hads]

normally when i play my opponent responds to Pe4 with Pe5 preventing me from gaining ground in the mid section

[irelligious85]

not really bad but why initially White Queen not to Qxd4 ? and finally this trap is destroyed i think...

[crookedtool]

@irelligious85 Because White's queen is no longer on the D-file when the Knight moves to d4.

[wutup47]

Lets say the Q doesnt go to e2. What is another move they might do and how can i respond to it.

[majotnf]

cool vid as always though I would prefer to see it from the black's perspective... thx Kev, M

[uestu846]

just move pawn to g2 when in time..

[cjengg]

expect white as a beginner to do this trap

[cjengg]

expect white as a beginner to do this trap

[WaitingforChrist]

If my calculation is correct, white should be able to hold the position without any threats after the solid positional move 9. g6, thus clamping down on the dark squares ... H3 is just a greedy aggressive move that a rookie would be enticed into making. In theory it would be nice to uproot the knight at g4, but a forceful move like h3 only weakens the white kingside. Nice trap!

[loveaction12]

if you play against real people how do you know they gona do what you say

[OntologicalQuandary]

@loveaction12

you dont....

[mapflu]

@loveaction12 Its a trap dude. Traps wont work if your enemy does not do the necessary actions or detect the trap. Its like the pit in the ground covered with leaves, if your enemy wont step there, then he wont 'fell' into the trap.

[loveaction12]

@mapflu yup i know that man

[nicorap74]

I love it!

[natno]

the chess website is awesome. kevin rocks

[johnmrrs]

ive been playing for 5 years now and ive never seen white play that gambit

[TheRationalSide]

Well then you dont play against anyone over 1300 do you ?

[belima]

@johnmrrs, you should play more then. i play a lot of sicilian and quite often stronger players respond with a smith-mora gambit in order to develop a more agressive game.

[qertasdfgzxcvb]

@johnmrrs I sometimes used it. It's nice!

[NumbFlynn]

@johnmrrs I see it a lot

[wahafah]

@johnmrrs I think you have rly bad memory I've been playing chess for almost 1 year and this is 1 of the most popular reply for the siciliand lately... Maybe you dont play sicilian?

[shorbock]

@johnmrrs

It's fairly specific, a sub-variation of a rare gambit : if u don't play the morra gambit there's no reason you should have met this gambit.

But if you're a sicilian player, that's definitely an excellent way of meeting it

And if like me you're a morra player, you must be prepared against it (there's far more to it than the cheap trap in this video)

[wizzynoise4thewin]

@johnmrrs i play it

[orbsydorb]

@johnmrrs i always do it....



[vampireman25]

what if white plays 10. Bf4 if queen takes u can play g3

[shoopi1234]

@vampireman25

Black takes the white queen with check,

[EebstertheGreat]

8. Qe2 isn't a great move in this position, but calling it a "mistake" might be a bit of an exaggeration. White can still have a good game after 8. ... Ng4 9. Nb5 or 9. g3. The blunder is 9. h3??.

Actually, black may be better playing 8. ... a6 instead of 8. ... Ng4.

[IntrepidJss]

What music was it in the beginning. I feel like I know the song.

[Rapidfire220]

The music is By Your Side by Tenth Avenue North.

[IntrepidJss]

Yep. Thats right. Really good song.

[bastiaan0741]

nice.

[meanaye]

i would have never moved my queen to E2, stupid move in the first place. this trap is probably for a beginner.

[xavier2nikos]

why would queen go to e2 to begin with?

[thechesswebsite]

many players develop their queen to connect the rooks. Now like any trap, white would have to blunder. e2 might look harmless but in reality, as we can see it's a big mistake.

[JunareG]

what if white move the pawn on g2 to g3?

[MariusSemeonOrtiz]

@thechesswebsite

couldn't white develop the queen to connect the rooks by going to d2 or d3 as well though?

[mapflu]

@MariusSemeonOrtiz That's why e2 is a mistake that had to be made by your enemy to execute the trap. Traps are always made if your enemy made mistakes, or to lure them to make so. Also if your enemy know this trap, he will avoid it.

[ImperialPerfection]

@thechesswebsite why wouldnt the pawn move to f3 at 3:02

[lebarosky]

g3 is the inaccuracy once it is played qe2 is not a good move but is not fatal

[kdocki]

@thechesswebsite What would happen if the white knight moves from c3 to b5? Could that not save the queen at 3:47 and also prevent the 2 move checkmate?

[qenguen]

@kdocki then black knight could capture the queen and check the white king so that black queen can escape. It prevents the mate in two though

[pokefan255]

@kdocki

The black knight would continue with his capture and take away the white queen, checking the king allowing the black queen to move to a safe place.

[hoseabrawley]

@thechesswebsite why didnt he just move the pawn on g2 to g3?

[DerfRellim11]

@hoseabrawley i was looking to see if anyone said this, as it was the clear move to stop the whole trap from my point of view, and i'm not very good at chess.

[hoseabrawley]

@thechesswebsite why didnt he just move the pawn on g2 to g3? instead of moving the pawn on h2

[darkklegacy]

@xavier2nikos

in many morra smith lines the queen does go to e2, probably to free up the d-file for a rook and i guess add a defender to the c4 bishop

[SmilingIbis]

@xavier2nikos Qe2 is a standard move in the Smith-Morra Gambit, because it holds onto the B on c4. The problem is that after Ng4, White has Nb5, hitting the Queen and adding another defender to d4. With h3, White shows that he is not thinking that Black has anything other than moving his attacked piece away. Instead, Black comes up with the zwischenzug (in-between move) that forces a major loss of material or mate. Traps can only work when someone isn't paying attention.

[SoulEater960]

@xavier2nikos Also, Qe2 is usually a key idea in the Smith-Morra Gambit, as it put the queen opposite the black king, allows the rook to come to d1 to pin the black d pawn to the queen, and also prepare the e4-e5 pawn push, which is usually a vital apace-gaining pawn push in the Smith-Morra Gambit. Sadly, this is one of the few times in the Smith-Morra Gambit where black is the one attacking, and Qe2 is a bad idea.

[Mejk12]

@xavier2nikos Qe2 defends Bc4 and supports e pawn. And this is standard Smith-Morra move (typical Smith-Morra setup is Qe2 Rc1 Rd1)

[c000lb000y]

so many moves for the trap to be laid. I assure you that this trap will not happen in a million games.

[CUB3FR34K]

At 2.35 I thought it was like the 'fishing pole' trap.

[65451903]

cool

[ryodane1990]

He can move pawn to g3 to stop the Queen !!!!!!

[MasterThief1324]

Rook to E1. That'd get King out of trouble.

[spinthepen]

i highly doubt about queen moving to e2 but your trap videos are fantastic!!! WE WANT MOREEEEE

[SpeedstackingTim]

Thanks!!! This is going to be very helpful!!!

[YourBetterOffAsian]

cool trap but its not likely they are going to put thier queen there

[jrdudedj]

Yeah i guess the only thing they could do is stall by moving the castle to d, or e 1 to give the king some space but down a castle, and a queen normally means game.

[SrbijaDavidp]

on youtube its preferred to say rook

[jrdudedj]

I'm a n00b, either give me a cookie for trying or back up off me, ya hear me dawg!!!

[SrbijaDavidp]

haha OK here's a cookie

[numbcore]

lmao