Crush the Sicilian Defense: TRAPS in Alapin Variation

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    In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares with you a deadly chess opening trap in the Alapin Variation of the Sicilian Defense, which allows you to checkmate your opponents right in the opening stage.
    The Alapin Variation happens after the first moves 1.e4 c5 2.c3. Most amateur and club level players play the moves 2...Nc6 and 2...d5, both giving a strong initiative for White.
    The following trap happens after the most commonly played moves of Black. In fact, it leads to a forcing checkmate after getting a winning position in just 13 moves!
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    ► Chapters
    00:00 Alapin Variation Chess Opening Traps
    00:15 Alapin Variation: 1.e4 c5 2.c3
    01:08 1) If Black plays 2...Nc6
    02:29 Deadly TRAP, checkmating attack
    06:17 2) If Black plays 2...d5
    07:22 If Black plays Kd8 after Bb5+
    09:04 If Black retreats their queen
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Komentáře • 83

  • @GMIgorSmirnov
    @GMIgorSmirnov  Před rokem +4

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  • @kokohbagaitebing7565
    @kokohbagaitebing7565 Před rokem +31

    Always satisfying to watch Mr. GM Igor Smirnov's lessons.

  • @roryharvey2727
    @roryharvey2727 Před rokem +3

    FANTASTIC!! There are a lot of moves to remember but I feel like a Grandmaster!! Igor you are a true legend!!

  • @bendavidson8771
    @bendavidson8771 Před rokem +9

    Really appreciate these videos, I’ve learned a lot. Keep up the great work!

  • @jessb5417
    @jessb5417 Před rokem +2

    i noticed from 3:00, the position also arises from Panov attack in the carokann defense! --thanks GM, now i know how to continue from that position...

  • @cmdmd
    @cmdmd Před rokem +8

    Thank you so much for your videos. I started a month and a half ago and they have made a BIG difference.
    :)

  • @sumitverma5987
    @sumitverma5987 Před rokem +2

    After having watched so many chess tutorial channels this is indeed the best one i found..!!

  • @sonipolakian4256
    @sonipolakian4256 Před rokem +1

    Nice video GM Igor Smirnov 👍

  • @GMIgorSmirnov
    @GMIgorSmirnov  Před rokem +7

    ► Chapters
    00:00 Alapin Variation Chess Opening Traps
    00:15 Alapin Variation: 1.e4 c5 2.c3
    01:08 1) If Black plays 2...Nc6
    02:29 Deadly TRAP, checkmating attack
    06:17 2) If Black plays 2...d5
    07:22 If Black plays Kd8 after Bb5+
    09:04 If Black retreats their queen

  • @davidrobertson1980
    @davidrobertson1980 Před rokem +1

    Thanks Igor - BRING BACK THE CAT lol

  • @rustamgizzatullin3495
    @rustamgizzatullin3495 Před rokem +1

    Good job, Igor!

  • @palaponcyrille7671
    @palaponcyrille7671 Před rokem

    Thank you Igor! Very useful :-)

  • @m42orion12
    @m42orion12 Před rokem

    Love the channel and his videos,this and andras toth,narditzsky are my favs...Alapin is is so tricky,love it.

  • @thomas_m3092
    @thomas_m3092 Před rokem +1

    You must be the reincarnation of M. Tal. 👍

  • @davidmasse2829
    @davidmasse2829 Před 8 měsíci

    Great video, I’ve had these positions a number of times

  • @Kanakyt8888
    @Kanakyt8888 Před rokem +1

    @1:12 Don't tell anyone LOL 😂
    But the vedio is on youtube...
    GM Igor is awesome...

  • @lexb3672
    @lexb3672 Před rokem

    Thanks Igor! Very helpful as always.

  • @hanyshawky1467
    @hanyshawky1467 Před rokem +1

    That's indeed very useful! Thanks Igor

  • @danielberman115
    @danielberman115 Před rokem +1

    Awesome video.
    Wondering if instead of NxQ, is g2 x f3 better?
    Then black plays Qd4.
    Then white plays QxQ NxQ
    Then Nb5
    Black's NxN leads to a massive attack for white with Bb5+.
    Or
    Black Nc2+ Kd2 NxRa1
    Then white plays Nc7+ winning back the rook.
    In the end white can keep the Knight, but black's knight is lost.

  • @resop3
    @resop3 Před rokem

    At 2:43 the move Be2 is my preferred move because it safely transposes into another line: 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 (delaying cxd5) 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 where White is solid and will lead to a sharp middle game where the better player will win. Also, at 7:52 my engine at home says that White still has the advantage but Black is holding on with Nf6 with the idea on Ne4+ and Nd6. However, the rook sac line looks like fun and I might have to try it!

  • @p7sc7l26
    @p7sc7l26 Před rokem +1

    More of Sicilian, from both sides pls

  • @howardg4957
    @howardg4957 Před rokem

    So enjoyable to watch this trap 🎉

  • @deograciasbonggon4780

    nice. thanks

  • @jboushka
    @jboushka Před rokem

    Do you have a video that analyzes 2 .... Nf6 3 e5 Nd4 etc (main line as I recall for Alapin) ?

  • @adnenehamza
    @adnenehamza Před rokem

    Great , thanks a lot 👏

  • @mateusramos7805
    @mateusramos7805 Před rokem

    I love.the alapin, is my main variation against sicilian

  • @BobChess
    @BobChess Před rokem +1

    This is my new trap in my toolbox! Thank you for the nice traps!

  • @billtheking101
    @billtheking101 Před rokem +2

    I started at 700 ELO few months ago. I jump up instantly to 975 the week I started watching your videos... Thank you so much.
    I 've notice that you don't have any video about Bird's opening (at least I didn't find it)
    I had Black and didn't know what to do when my opponent played f4... :(
    could you please, please make a video about it? Thank you so much for your time and effort... :) ^^

    • @balloondestroyer4892
      @balloondestroyer4892 Před rokem

      who plays the bird opening haha

    • @billtheking101
      @billtheking101 Před rokem

      @@balloondestroyer4892 Well, you ''re right.. Bird's opening is played only by high level players and it's used to confuse your opponent. If you know how to play it, you can turn the game in to Secillian or London or even King's Gambit game, depends of what your opponent's responses. I guess you are not one of them...

  • @Saitama_73
    @Saitama_73 Před rokem +1

    8:44 Kb7 is not forced! What if king goes b8?

  • @mohdabdulazhar7141
    @mohdabdulazhar7141 Před rokem +1

    Awesome... 👌

  • @dinaaals842
    @dinaaals842 Před rokem

    according to the engine Nb4 is losing bc of the attack u have shoved. After d5 Nd4 Bf4 there is e5?! (dxe5 e.p fxe6) which is playable I think. Can u analyze that variation in deep ? Thx

  • @tabby7189
    @tabby7189 Před rokem

    The Rosen reference!

  • @emilsadykhov123
    @emilsadykhov123 Před rokem

    At 3:24 What if the bishop drops back to g4 instead to cover the checkmating square on c8?

  • @sumantakumardutta986
    @sumantakumardutta986 Před rokem +1

    Thank you so much for this trap to crush the Sicilian Defense 🙏❤️
    Please make a video on how to tackle the Petrov/Petroff Defense as White🙏🙏

  • @manoahkamundi4649
    @manoahkamundi4649 Před rokem +1

    Goat!!!

  • @andersrisager6518
    @andersrisager6518 Před 6 měsíci

    Hey how is Kb7 forced after discovered check at 8:40?? Kb8 looks better to me... What am I missing?

  • @trailerpark948
    @trailerpark948 Před rokem

    can you show a game where you win playing Sic Ilian cos I always seem to lose playing it?

  • @KamalEddarraji
    @KamalEddarraji Před rokem

    SUPER

  • @zeebest1004
    @zeebest1004 Před rokem

    Based on 2…Nc6 or 2…Nd5.
    What if 2…Qb6?
    5:16 after Bb5+ …Kh7
    7:22 after Bb5+ …Kh8
    8:20 free MC
    9:22 after Nc3 Q attack

  • @uwakHeni_official
    @uwakHeni_official Před rokem

    Like 2 👍
    Terus berkembang channel nya sukses selalu

  • @chessmentor63
    @chessmentor63 Před rokem

    After 2....Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 I avoid that whole mess by playing the simple 5.Nc3 and pushing in the center after either 5...dxe4 6.d5 or 6.e5 after either 5...e6 or 5...Nf6. And simpler, but no less trappy, after 2...d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 is 4.Nf3 -- I've won innumerable blitz games after 4...Bg4 5.Qa4+ when Black overlooks that their ...Bg4 is hanging. And if they play 5...Bd7 6.Qf4 is an interesting non-theoretical line

  • @Wasianman
    @Wasianman Před rokem

    You can also do bc6 8:49

  • @mohanshrestha7092
    @mohanshrestha7092 Před 9 měsíci

    After nf3-e5

  • @Samarth916
    @Samarth916 Před rokem

    At 1:50 if Black knight goes B4, what wrong can happen?
    And suppose they just move back. then what? Just being a little short on development doesn't mean they lost the game?

  • @augustlavdal6187
    @augustlavdal6187 Před 2 měsíci

    Umm, why did you not say anything about pawn xe5 if you take the pawn with the black bishop it's checkmate on the next move...

  • @Kaiser_Grillhelm
    @Kaiser_Grillhelm Před rokem

    9:05 what if the queen goes to a5?

  • @1203ron
    @1203ron Před rokem

    What if black knight plays d5 instead of c2

  • @damirizmailov2601
    @damirizmailov2601 Před rokem

    Очень интересная ловушка, но к сожалению на низком рейтинге очень редко можно встретить сицилианку. И все же плюс одна атака к арсеналу)

  • @hendriksuwantotanjung1220

    Mantap

  • @johnnypogo7539
    @johnnypogo7539 Před rokem

    No one falls for this, I get crushed everytime I try it

  • @davew4304
    @davew4304 Před rokem

    I got a 5 move mate after playing c3 in this . Game went 1e4 c5 2c3 Nc6 3 Bc4 a6 4 Qb3 b5?? 😳5 Bxf7#. 🤯

  • @kellyclover5953
    @kellyclover5953 Před rokem

    When I encounter the Alapin variation I seek transposition to the French defense with 2. ---- e6.

  • @samain1804
    @samain1804 Před rokem

    Ggs!

  • @patrickfitzpatrick2579
    @patrickfitzpatrick2579 Před 3 měsíci

    Yaaaaaaaaaaa😊

  • @sina-wt2yv
    @sina-wt2yv Před rokem

    That was cool . Can you show some vids with london?

  • @TweetyFam
    @TweetyFam Před rokem +1

    When I play c3, my my opponent goes for e5 on the next move. What shall I do in that case?

    • @zelandakhniteblade5436
      @zelandakhniteblade5436 Před 11 měsíci

      Just develop - Nf3 and Bc4 are a good start, since the a2-g8 diagonal has been weakened. White can often go for a fast attack on f7 in that line, while the hole on d5 is a long term liability.

  • @muhammadazfaraslam8610

    I have played this variation many times and each time opponent played f6. Then what, he will crush you.

  • @giggity6637
    @giggity6637 Před rokem

    Master level opponents 😂

  • @sunnydutta6194
    @sunnydutta6194 Před rokem

    6:09 but NC2?😮😮

  • @elhabibbirouk9722
    @elhabibbirouk9722 Před rokem

    it is ok unless the black decides to play Kd8 instead of Kd7 where in that case Bf4 will fail to e5!

  • @stickpfp6347
    @stickpfp6347 Před rokem

    So would you perhaps say… as black… white would be Alapin your business?

  • @Em-kay80
    @Em-kay80 Před rokem

    why do we assume the bishop will retreat to h5 and not to g4? if bishop to g4 then there's no mating attack

    • @scionescire
      @scionescire Před rokem

      If 14. Bb5+ Kd8 (instead of Kc8??) there's no winning attack either

  • @oliversbored6706
    @oliversbored6706 Před rokem

    Disgusting checkmate after c2

  • @ajaxgonzalez7462
    @ajaxgonzalez7462 Před rokem

    Fay

  • @MoreContent24
    @MoreContent24 Před rokem

    Why you hate sicilian so much? Lol.

  • @madhumitasharma2020
    @madhumitasharma2020 Před rokem

    Wow first comment

  • @tabletennis1237
    @tabletennis1237 Před rokem +1

    first here

  • @imGrisky
    @imGrisky Před rokem

    So disgusting

  • @cikonianiggra1415
    @cikonianiggra1415 Před rokem

    By chance there is not better to escape with the black bishop to a4?