Chess Traps- Legal Trap

[Jenga18260]

TRAP TRAP TRAP TRAP TRAP!

[soccer101677]

Kxc3 after Qh5, for the bishop's undefended....

[VonTheBraun]

Love all your videos but man the a cappella cover disgraces Journey!

[UGB6WX]

But if black doesn't do d6, he can be set up for the Fried Liver attack :/ even with Nf6

[Sylence777]

His voice echoes on this video.

[NisseHult101]

Good explanation of this nice trap!

[Iqualiify]

omg and i always played pawn g2-g4 after bishop went to h5!! Stupid me

[badjaeaux]

Thank you man God Bless you +)

[badjaeaux]

i thought the thumbs down button was 'download'

[RebornNation2011]

holy crap i fell for this before i never knew what it was called

[gofookalime]

so happy i watched this. i could have used this so many times

[SuperShamrock1234]

I knew the song was from Glee!!!

[koekjeeee]

Lol just tried this on chessfriends site. Totally raped the shit out of a player rated 200 above me, eventhough he did not fell for the trap :P

[serichejr]

lol if you didnt explain this, i would be the greedy player who would take the queen right away, great videos man

[wtcprotoss]

at 3:59, if the pawn on d6 takes the knight, what would you do. do you just go ahead and take the black bishop with your white queen?

[RandyIsC0o00o0L]

YES !:) After you take the Bishop with the Queen, you will be up in material, you can castle king's side with a simple Light Square development, you can play d3 or d5 if you are aggressive player, you will have a great game. Cheers.

[mixmastermeeks]

I have seen a few other videos on this trap and everytime they fail to explain why that h3 move is so important and there are always comments to the affect of "why do I even need to move pawn to h3?" Great video.

[Uhile0]

aaaahhh, im sick of glee

[ntdoxa]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nxe5 now bishop dont need to take queen...Black continous with 6... Nxe5 and now if quenn take 7. Qxh5 black plays Nxc4...

[packersin2011]

@ntdoxa but then 8. Qb5+ and 9. Qxc4

[colemontelongo]

how bout some traps in the caro-kann

[yoyo200900]

love ur vids very useful

[onorata667]

loved the video ,the song is uber gay tho

[Pack011]

At 4:25 why would black not first play pawn g6? The queen can swing back to defend the bishop, but it is a much better position for black unless I'm not seeing something.

[CostlessProductions]

@Pack011 Queen to E2, protecting bishop.

[669881]

@sshamron Kevin did say about that on the video.. Try to watch it a bit longer.. If the Knight takes the pawn on e5, then Black can simply take that Knight plus guarding the Bishop on g4.. So, it's important to move h3 first before doing Nxe5 to prevent that from happening..

[MrArif1971]

one question why is this called the legal trap??(than is there a illegal trap ;)by the way i liked this video very much this will help me in bullet games....

[mortenjauert]

@MrArif1971 The name of the trap is really Legàl´s mate, named after Kermur Sire de Legàl who played this with a fair share of success.

[MrArif1971]

@mortenjauert thanks for the info :)

[onscott]

I loved the glee music at the start X3

[thodge621]

im gonna try this on the noobs in my class

[sshamron]

Why can't you take the pawn with your knight before going h3 at 1:48

[spikydude98]

@sshamron you can, the other things are useless. the bishop is not in the way anyhow

[ImperialPerfection]

whats the opening song its catchy

[Doctorro]

I was trying this trap on some beginner, just to see which other options players have. I won after move 11, (without losing my queen) because the opponent took a lot of bad decisions.

[bkdlis101]

At 4:11,After the queen takes the bishop. black will still capture c4. which really sucks for white if the trap failed.

[EstoyLigado]

@bkdlis101 did you finishing watching the video?

[hikaru05nogo]

thank you ^_^

[question227]

it is kinda rare for someone t have their knight out protecting and a pawn protecting the same piece at 1:24

[dangerousDAM]

not really, he moved the pawn up to get his bishop out. not very uncommon

[question227]

nice trap easy yo remember

[GenericPurpleTurtle]

What's the song at the begining?

[thechesswebsite]

dont stop believing

[GenericPurpleTurtle]

but thats a cover who's it by?

[thechesswebsite]

@GenericPurpleTurtle cast by GLEE

[GenericPurpleTurtle]

Thank you

[cekinxxx]

@thechesswebsite sopranos

[dukefreed2000]

Thanks for this video! One question, is there a reason for white to push pawn h3? I feel the trap will still work at move five. Thanks again. Cheers

[thechesswebsite]

@dukefreed2000 yeah look around 3:30-3:55. The h3 is very important. If not then after Nxe5, then black can play Nxe5 and be up in material. His knight is protecting his bishop on g4. If after h3 though the bishop is moved back to h5 then after the white knight moves he's opening up an attack with his queen on the bishop and it's now not protected by the knight.

[fogfrogblog]

I don't see any satisfaction in winning with traps invented by others that you simply memorized. Although, this is very good information so you wont easily fall for it yourself! Thanks for the tutorials :)

[tonygabriel26]

good work........it works very nice...........Keep posting such innovative ideas......all good wishes to you..

[TheW0rldEndsWithMe]

Why doesn't black do something to protect the pawn at the beggining? the white knight was capable of capturing it, and moving that black knight to c6 doesn't protect it.

[thechesswebsite]

The knight on c6 does two things. First it develops a minor piece to the center and second and most important it does in fact protect the black pawn. The knight on c6 can get to the e5 and therefore the white knight can't capture it because black is defending it.

[Itsnattatooma]

....don't stop....believin'.....hold on to that feee-laaahn!

[thesparitan]

what if he takes the knight on f3

[thechesswebsite]

if he takes then knight on f3 then the trap will no longer work.

[thesparitan]

I like it better when knights without protection from h3 because I know very few people who could even get to that point in the game and not be aware of the corning of the bishop Because even a beginner with little experience would see the bishop becoming boxed in because of the pawn formation. Now to me the idea of a trap is increased risk for total victory and so it should be more risky and therefore more tempting. At the point of where the queen is vulnerable I even wouldnt give that up.

[indiansfan54]

couldn't he just take the horse when u play the pawn up anyway though?

[thechesswebsite]

you mean with his bishop? yes he can. I think i went over that in the video. That is black's best move in the video is Bishop takes on f3 to prevent the trap.

[larryking85]

did i ever tell you guys how much i love this guy!!!!!

[thechesswebsite]

thanks for the kind words. this is why vids are put up.

[xavier2nikos]

where do the names for these traps come from? do you make them up?

[thechesswebsite]

not sure who comes up with the names. I came up with the "birds eye view" but the others I think were given a long time ago.

[JRenaiSsance1]

Excellent!! Very Helpful.

[thechesswebsite]

glad you liked it.

[cheque321]

very useful

[slugpoop]

Very cool trap. I love the new trap series you've been doing, I learn something new from every one of your videos.

[SpeedstackingTim]

nice video!!

[thechesswebsite]

thanks a lot

[R4nd0mDud3L0l]

Awesome trap. I don't see that many people play the Philidor, but many people will probably fall for it. What I love about this trap is that even if it fails, will make you go up in material or mate, unlike some other traps in which you would be down points if declined. 5*

[dreadlokkdogg]

thx nice trap chess tournament for money today wih me luck!!!

[thechesswebsite]

curious to know how it goes

[xavier2nikos]

very good trap! very common as well.

[Fruitjoke]

Lovely new trap, with safe alternatives and most important, in a very common opening, thx very much!!!!

[thechesswebsite]

yeah that's why i like it, too.

[downrightignorant]

i like this trap a lot

[spinthepen]

nice video! we want more traps!!!!

[thechesswebsite]

def more to come