It's so fascinating to trap your opponent
like this and checkmate him in the first few moves. That's such a great feeling, right? Well, in this video, I am going to show you 6 amazing
chess games where some really strong players got checkmated in the opening. Don't forget to watch all these games because this will
give you some interesting tactical ideas to improve your overall game. And of course, you can use these opening tricks
and traps in your own games as well. So let's get started. Let’s begin with this game. It starts with the king's pawn opening. E4, e5, followed by Knight f3, knight c6 and
knight c3. This is the three knight’s game. From here, black decides to go for g6, with
the idea of bishop g7. Then we see d4, attacking the center. E takes on d4. The knight is being attacked so white plays
knight d5. Black develops his bishop on the long diagonal,
bishop g7. Now comes bishop g5, attacking the queen. Black plays knight g to e7. A better move would have been to block with
this knight because as you will see later, this is an important square which this knight
was defending. But anyway, black blocked with this knight. And now, white starts setting up his trap. He goes for the knight sacrifice first, knight
takes on d4. Black has 2 attackers, whereas white has only
one defender, and that is the queen. Now black can take either with the knight
or with the bishop. If he takes with the knight, then bishop e7
and the queen is gone. Therefore, he decides to take with the bishop. But this is now completely winning for white. Can you find the winning combination? Let’s see. It starts with a queen sacrifice. The main idea is to eliminate this bishop
from defending the f6 square. So queen takes on d4. And after knight takes queen, white plays
knight to f6 check. Look, that’s what I was talking about, this
f6 square is going to be very important and black does not have any pieces to defend it. Anyway, now King f8 is the only legal move. And finally, we have bishop h6 and that's
a checkmate with just a knight & a bishop. Alright, let’s move onto our next game. White starts with E4, black responds with
e6, the French Defense. Then white consolidates the center by playing
d4. After this, black plays pawn to d5. He is trying to attack these central pawns. White plays Knight to c3, adding a defender. Black captures and white recaptures with his
knight. We have now reached the Rubinstein variation
of the French defense. Now here, black goes for knight to d7. The idea behind playing d7 and not c6, is
that when he develops this knight, and if white captures, then he can take back with
this knight and he does not have to bring out his queen. But anyway, white went for knight f3. Then we see knight g to f6, as expected. And now, white did not exchange knights, instead
he plays knight to g5, attacking this weak f7 square. Then bishop e7 by black, preparing to castle
on the Kingside. And now white decided to go for the knight
sacrifice. It seems like a calculated risk because after
king takes, white can give another check and then he can take this pawn as well. So that's what happened in the game. Knight takes, Black had to take the knight
because his queen was hanging. Then knight g5 check and now black had to
move his king. King to g8 is the most logical move because
you don't want to get your queen trapped after white takes this pawn. Therefore, black played king g8. Then knight takes on e6, attacking the queen. Black moved his queen to e8, as expected. Now the next move from white is quite obvious. Knight takes on c7 forking the queen and rook. Black is in deep trouble, right? Not at all. This knight c7 move actually finishes off
the game right away. Can you find the winning move for black? Yes, it is bishop to b4, it's a double check. And believe it or not, that's a beautiful
checkmate. You’re enjoying this, right? Well, then show your support & hit that like
button below this video right now. Let’s see if we can reach 10,000 likes. Alright, now let's move onto our next trap. In this game, white starts with E4, black
plays e5. Then knight f3, knight c6 and bishop c4. This is the Italian game. Now Black plays knight f6, attacking the E4
pawn. And white responds with d4, opening up the
center and threatening this pawn on e5. Black takes, but white does not take back,
instead he castles on the Kingside. Eventhough white is a pawn down, he has a
very good position. Most of his pieces are developed and plus,
he has this dangerous rook, which is eyeing down this e file. Because of this rook, it is quite risky for
black to straightaway take this pawn. Therefore, he plays h6, preventing the idea
of bishop g5. Now in this position, white played a strange
looking move – knight to h4. It's not the best Move, but his plan was to
entice black to somehow capture this pawn. The point is that when knight takes, this
diagonal opens up and the queen is attacking the knight. Therefore, white won't be able to straightaway
play rook to e1. So black grabbed the opportunity with both
hands and took the free pawn. And now, white really started to push the
peddle. He went for queen h5, threatening a mate on
the next move. To prevent this, the best move for black is
queen f6, but I guess he didn't want to bring out his queen. Therefore, he goes for a very natural looking
move, pawn to g6. But that’s a big mistake. Let’s see how. In this position, white plays bishop to f7
check. He has to capture because if he doesn’t,
then he is in big trouble with all these pieces attacking the exposed king. Therefore, king takes bishop. And now, can you find the winning continuation
for white? Well, It’s a simple mate in 2. First, Queen g6 check. King to e7 is the only legal move and then
knight to f5 is a checkmate & that’s game over! Alright, let's check out trap number 4. The game starts with E4, e5. Knight f3 and then d6. We have the Phildor defense on the board. White plays d4 attacking the center. And now, black tries the Phildor counter gambit,
which is pawn to f5. White played the best move, bishop c4, eyeing
down this diagonal and also preparing to castle. Black takes on d4 and e takes on f5. Now this e file is wide open so black goes
for queen e7 check. White could have blocked with the bishop,
but he plays king d2. His idea was to get his rook to e1 and then
pin the queen. But black does not care about that and plays
pawn to g6. White was on top of the moon and he straightaway
went for rook to e1. But his excitement was short lived. This king is out in the open so of course,
there are going to be a lot of checks. We start with bishop h6 check, then king d3
seems the only logical reply. Then he gives a check with the other bishop. Bishop f5 check. King takes on d4 is the only logical move. Bishop comes down, bishop g7 check. See how beautifully both these Bishops are
cutting the diagonals and the white king is forced to come down. So finally, with c6, it is done and dusted
because that's a checkmate in 10 moves. Isn’t that amazing? Well, I will tell you what’s even more amazing. It’s our Instagram page. Don’t forget to check it out & follow us
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box below. Okay, let’s check out the next game. White starts with E4 and this time, we see
knight f6 - the Alekhine's defense. White pushes e5, attacking the knight. Black moves the knight to d5. Then we see knight f3 developing it and adding
a defender to this pawn. Black plays d6 trying to get rid of this pawn. White goes for bishop c4, developing the bishop
and attacking the knight. Black moves his knight to b6, attacking the
bishop. White captured the pawn with bishop f7, sacrificing
the bishop. This is quite a common theme you will find
in many opening traps. It is about exploiting these weaknesses on
the f2 and f7 squares. Anyway, after bishop f7 check, taking the
bishop is almost forced. Then comes knight g5 check. He wouldn't want to play king g6, it just
exposes the king in the open. And if he tries king e8, then white can play
e6 and black is completely cramped up and white is in a really commanding position. Therefore, in this position, black moves his
king to g8. White brings out his queen now. Queen to f3, is threatening a mate on the
next move. Queen e8 is the only possible move that can
save him and then white pushes e6, just locking up Black's position. Now here, there is only one good move for
black. Can you find it? Well, the best move here is g6. At first sight, this looks a little risky
because you are opening up the king, especially in such a situation when you have so many
pieces attacking it. But that's the only good move. Black does not play this and he went for h6,
attacking the knight. That's a blunder because now we have a mate
in 2. First, queen f7 check. Capturing the queen is forced and then white
takes with the pawn and that's a checkmate because this square is also covered by the
knight. Going back, in this position, had he played
g6, then he could have freed this square for his king and that checkmate would not have
been possible. Also, it could have opened up this diagonal
for his bishop. So black could have saved this game. Anyway, that didn't happen and he got mated
in 10 moves. Moving onto our next game. White starts with E4, black responds with
c5, the famous Sicilian Defense. Then knight f3, knight c6, and white plays
the open variation with pawn to d4. Black takes and white recaptures with the
knight. Black brings out his other knight, attacking
the center. Knight c3 defends it. Then we have d6, making way for this bishop. White goes for bishop g5, positioning it on
the Queen's diagonal. Black plays a6, covering this square. He wants to stop white from advancing all
these pieces so a6. Now we see queen d2, giving himself an option
to long castle and adding a defender to the bishop. Black retreats his knight because he wouldn't
want to spoil his pawn structure in case white captures. Therefore, knight d7. Now white brings out his other bishop as well. Black plays g6 with the idea of bishop g7
attacking the center. White advances his knight. And here, black makes a mistake. He plays f6, attacking the bishop. A much better move would have been pawn to
h6. The problem with f6 is that it leaves this
important e6 square vulnerable and that's what white takes advantage of. He plays Knight to e6, attacking the queen. Queen a5 is the only safe square for the queen. The knight is jumping again, this time to
c7, forking the king and rook. King f7 is the only logical reply. Now knight d8 check and the king goes to g7. White should take the rook, right? Well, there is a better move, and that is
knight to e8 check. Just look at this, both the king and the queen
have been dethroned from their positions and we have both these knights taking centerstage. What a visual this is! Anyway, it is Black's turn and he resigned
in this position. Can you tell me why he resigned? It's actually a mate in 4 moves. Let me know in the comments if you can find
it. That's your puzzle for today. Let's see how many of you can solve this. Well, don't forget to like and subscribe and
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