Chess Blitz #11 - Introducing the Pincer Attack

This video introduces an opening system I have been working on creating. I call it the Pincer Attack. I go through some live games in this video, and will make a follow up video going over a main line I have created by going through engine analysis.

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History of the Pincer Attack: While I was looking up military strategies I came across mention of the Pincer Attack. The general goal of the strategy is to somewhat attack in the center, and flank your opponent on both sides. I came up with a position with white that I felt could accomplish this, and then placed it into Rybka and let it play itself for a series of 3 minute games. The primary result were draws, with occassional wins from black and white. This tells me the structure is solid when considering human play. I am putting this concept out to my subscribers to collaborate on possible lines and ideas around the Pincer Attack opening.

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[Kallahad]

This opening was not Jrobi that invented it. This opening was invented/created by PAFU, and it is called The Begginers Game. See the site -> beginnersgame com

[jrobichess]

@Kallahad I was pointed to this document after the videos and it does look at the position. However, the vast majority of black moves are mirror moves for a lot of the document that wouldn't be played in actual games. In the other Pincer videos I explore move orders utilizing Rybka coupled with feedback from very strong players, resulting in the new lines shown. Thanks for checking out the vid!

[spbighi0]

the pincer attack looks awfully similar to the hippopotamus defense, i saw it on chess.k0m. is that a "real" opening?

[jrobichess]

It's similar, but with white you get the first move, changing the dynamics of the strategy completely. Now it's white pressing into the position, and with that extra move white can launch into aggressive play sooner than what you can do with black. Also the hippo defence tends to have more passive pawn moves. Thanks for checking out the vid!

[Mdl013]

why didnt you check on b7 and take rook at 10:14 ?

[Mdl013]

and you had mate on h8 at 11:49 too

[ChessMustard]

hmm what client or chess site you play on? specially the one on the vid

[blazethesecond]

@MyChessVideos and just a side note, because there is a flexibility to in which side we want to pawn storm, I would recommend to push the king up eventually to connect the rooks, and thus have a rook at each side to support. We don't have to castle. Anybody who has studied systems like the london system would know this. Jrobi castled king side is his first game which kind of forced his to push queen side. We want a pincer attack, not an underdeveloped pawn storm.

[blazethesecond]

@MyChessVideos Not necessarily. Jrobi was just playing very passively. Pawn storms can be dangerously aggressive and the way I have been playing, I use c4 as a decoy queen side pawn storm and quickly switch to a king side pawn storm after my opponent has rushed his pieces to defend (or vice versa with f4). This doesn't have to be hypermodern. Our goal is to flank, rush and attack, not control the center. That being said, we should explore the a3 and h3 squares to assist our rushes and attacks.

[Drpatrick777]

I thought chess died like a long time ago. Guess not. Nerds.

[MyChessVideos]

This opening isn't any good. It's overly passive, and pushing the c or f pawns weakens the e or d pawns. A general rule of thumb is when you fianchetto on one side, the center pawn closest to that side (e or d) stays put in the opening. Your opening is a bastardization of hypermodernism.

[blitz2k6]

@asdf1221asdf1221 I agree this is a total blunder that should have won the rook.

[poboinika94]

maybe he didn't see it cause its a blitz game you don't even have time to think! :D

[poboinika94]

In the second game, at 24:57 your opponent made a blunder and placed his queen on d6 attacking your pawn. But then you had the brilliant move, pawn to b5.

From there if your opponent takes with his c pawn you take his rook, if that doesn't happen and he takes with his a pawn you retake, and now even if he doesen't take you still have the open a file to work with.

And surely enough you have a workable position.

Probably mate in 2-3.

[asdf1221asdf1221]

10:14  QxA6!!!

[ssouvey]

@Kallahad In the first game, you missed QxR and Qh8 mate! Nevertheless, you were losing way before you missed those.