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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares with you a less popular and deadly trap for White against the Sicilian Defense. It is from the Portsmouth Gambit (a variation of the Wing Gambit) which happens after the following opening moves: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.b4.
Black is disinclined to refuse the gambit due to the positional threat 4.b5, kicking the knight back and disrupting Black’s smooth development. After Black accepts the gambit either with 3…cxb4 or 3…Nxb4, you can play 4.d4 dominating the center.
The variations that GM Igor Smirnov shows in this video are all deadly. Just one wrong move would lose the game for Black and you will get a winning position in almost all the variations. Learn this deadly trap and beat the Sicilian Defense as White!
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► Chapters
00:00 Crush the Sicilian Defense as White
00:20 3.b4 Portsmouth Gambit
01:01 Idea of this gambit – strong center
03:29 Silent killer move wins the game
04:49 Evil laugh – deadly checkmate
06:01 If Black plays 3…Nxb4
06:55 Black queen is trapped
08:02 Can you find the winning shot?
08:15 Black Friday & Cyber Monday offers
09:01 If Black plays 6…Qe4+
11:08 Stronger defense for Black
14:29 Final line – Black loses in 11 moves
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► Chapters
00:00 Crush the Sicilian Defense as White
00:20 3.b4 Portsmouth Gambit
01:01 Idea of this gambit – strong center
03:29 Silent killer move wins the game
04:49 Evil laugh – deadly checkmate
06:01 If Black plays 3…Nxb4
06:55 Black queen is trapped
08:02 Can you find the winning shot?
08:15 Black Friday & Cyber Monday offers
09:01 If Black plays 6…Qe4+
11:08 Stronger defense for Black
14:29 Final line – Black loses in 11 moves
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Please delete this
8:03 Bc3
Bc3!!
In your older video you called it "Smirnov Gambit" 😂
8:08 Bc3 Qe2 Be5+ Qxe5 Nxe5 winning the queen! Mate will soon follow..
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Bishop to e7 sacrifice and then queen f4 check mate
10:30 damn good position. 👍
Rc2 traps black Q
Thoughts on this?
Bxe7, Bxe7
Qf4+, Bd6
Qxd6++
Really sucks for me you made this video, I found this Rb1 variation after doing some research on your last video years ago :/ now everyone will know it, haha
Sadistic attack….
I think we saw the idea of Rb1 also in https://youtu.be/K_2XLAQ95Y8
Bishop to e7.
Every road leads to checkmate. No moves dont result in checkmate. Thats crazy bro.
Mwahhhahhahha indeed
Wow another nice line revealed. I'm a true fan of gambit opening. For d6 sicilian i like delayed alapin gambit which also has a lot of tricks & traps, then i'm glad that you show us another gambit for Nc6 sicilian aside from mengarini gambit (e4 c5, a3 nc6, b4). i'm sure many sicilian players are still unware of this line and could loose early in the opening, no sweat for us. there is always a hanging line for us to solve to keep our mind working, and that evil laugh that we're all waiting for 🙂 thanks for sharing your secret weapon & more to come!
How about Rc2
8:02 the best move was queen b5 trap the queen ,then give the check with bishop on d6 and pick up the queen
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4:06 if black plays Na6 then what is the best move for white?
This is my favourite chess channel, and I save all these tutorial videos in a dedicated playlist.
Just a little integration at timeline 3:20.
If Black decides to move Knight on a5, the line is absolutely winning for White. Here the best moves for both players after …Na5:
… Na5 2. Bb5+ Bd7 3. Bxd7+ Kxd7 4. Qc2 e6 5. dxe6+ fxe6 6. Ne5+ Ke8 7. Qc7 Qe7 8. Qxa5 Rc8 9. Qa4+ Rc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Kf7 12. Rb7 Nf6 13. g3 Kg6 14. Rxe7 Bxe7 15. Qc7 Nd5 16. Qxa7 h6 17. h4 Rd8 18. Qd4 Rd6 19. h5+ Kf7
Queen to E8?
After 17. O-O Nf6 18. Rfc1+ Kb8, I agree with Bc3 (Fritz recommended) – it prob leads to mate sooner. And yes, Rb2 also wins the Black Queen and leads to mate.
8:03 Bishop to A3……. White Queen can then go to C file for push to Black King.
It’s very good trap, but it never works on my elo (1200). My opponents rarely play the “obvious” moves like d5…
Hello, I would like to see how it transpose to the same position after 3….Nxb4.
My opponents regularly take the b4 pawn with night, then retreat night to c6 and completely avoid the lines suggested. Their elo is 1800 and up.
After move six engine says black is 0.6 better
I'd push pawn to d6 if takes Bishop mates if not just push again to deliver mate
Remove translation text unable watch positions Exactly
Really nice & sneaky 👍🏻
Ba3, Black Queen is helpless then Qf4+
~6:15 what if Black plays e6 instead of d5?
The answer on the time 8:02 is Bc3 with the threat of taking queen and Be5# only move that saves the game is Qb6 or Qe2 and after the move Be5# (supported by Nf3) queen takes or blocks bishop and white takes queen
Damn.. you solved chess.
Nf6
Ba3
time 08:03 the answer of that bishop a3