In today's chess video, I am going to show
you some deadly chess opening tricks, called the Traxler Counter Attack. And plus, I also have a really interesting chess puzzle for you all. So stay tuned till the end and keep watching
Chess Talk. Let's start with the opening. White starts with e4, you respond with e5,
then knight f3, knight c6 and bishop c4. We have the Italian Game on the board. This is a very common opening played at the
intermediate and grandmaster level. Now we play knight f6 inviting white to move
this knight here to attack this weak f7 square. From here, there are quite a few nasty tricks
that white can play like the fried liver attack and the Lolli attack, but what WE are going
to play is a highly aggressive opening which starts with the move bishop c5. This is the Traxler counter attack. From now on, we are going to play a very attacking game. We might have to sacrifice some pieces, but
our ultimate aim throughout this game is going to be to hunt down this king right from the
start. So if attack is your style, then this is the
opening for you. Okay, as you can see, we have totally ignored
this threat and hence, white plays a very natural looking move knight to f7, double
attacking our queen and rook. Some of you might say that bishop f7 also
looks good, but since there is nothing much white can do after that, therefore, in majority
of the games white plays knight f7. Okay, It's time to launch your attack now,
let's start with the deadly move, bishop f2, check. This is a stunner. From here, white has 3 options. The most obvious one would be king takes bishop. I am going to show you all the tricks and
traps that exist in this line. If you want me to cover all the tricks & ideas
for the other 2 moves, then let me know in this poll above. If you answer Yes, I will make a video on
that as well. Okay, now after sacrificing our bishop, we
bring our knight into the game. It's another check to white. From here, the white king has 6 possible moves
& we will cover each of them. It's very important that you watch this video
till the end because the attacking ideas you will learn from it will take your game to
the next level. See there are thousands of variations that
can be played from here. I obviously cannot cover all of them in ONE
video. And you also don't need to memorise any moves. If you understand the overall logic & idea
behind each variation, then you can easily smash your opponent. Now let me just quickly show you the attacking
options that black has in this position. This knight is always going to be crucial
in the center. Your queen can also come out anytime & threaten
this white king. Your other knight is also just one move away
from jumping into the center. Your bishop can also attack like this after
you push this pawn forward. And you can castle anytime to attack this
open file with your rook. So all in all, you can be very creative with
the way you play this. Okay, let's analyse each move one by one now. We will go a little fast from here so please
pay attention. In this position, if white plays king to e1,
then he is gone. Let me show you how. It's queen h4 check. If king goes to f1, then queen f2 is mate. If king goes to e2, then after the following
move sequence, all moves are forced & again white is checkmate in 3 moves. So the only logical reply in this position
seems pawn to g3. But after knight takes pawn, if white tries
to take our rook, we move our knight back and we can mate the white king in the same
way as I showed you earlier. If white decides to capture our knight instead,
then we capture this rook, it's check. He can't move his king otherwise he will lose
his queen like this. He has to block with his bishop. After that, we simply castle attacking this
open line with our rook. Queen to e2 seems the only logical reply by
white. We attack this queen with our knight. Queen is forced to offer an exchange. At this point, we can exchange queens and
then simply give a check to grab this rook. And as you can see, this is totally winning
for black. Okay, going back, let's look at what happens
if king moves to e2 from here. This time we bring our other knight into the
game. It's a check. If king e1, then it's the same attack as we
discussed earlier. If king d3, then knight f2 is a triple attack
and you can easily win it from here. If king moves to f1, then queen f6 check. Moving the king will result in a mate so he
blocks the check and his queen is gone. In this position, If he plays king to e3,
then you will bring out your queen and continue attacking this king until he is checkmate. Okay, going back, now let's look at what happens
if king moves to f3. We play queen f6 check. Since white has come this far, he will definitely
take this knight. Then pawn to d5 check. If bishop takes, then queen f4 check. King d3 is forced. Again queen d4 check. King e2 is forced. Then we take this bishop and if you see, we
are double attacking this pawn and this knight. If white tries to be greedy & takes this rook,
then we play this stunning move bishop G4 check and this sweety is gone. In this position, if white king takes this pawn,
then it's a mate in 2 moves. First knight b4 check. And if king goes to e4, then queen f4 is checkmate. And if king goes to c5, then queen b6 is a
checkmate. Going back, now let's look at what you can
do if white plays king to f1. We bring out our queen threatening a mate
on the next move. White has only 3 decent moves here but none
of them are that effective. Let's take a look. If queen f3, then knight d4 is attacking the
queen. White has only 2 logical replies. Either queen e3 or pawn g3. Anything else he plays will be game over for
him. If queen e3, then you can simply fork the
queen and rook and later attack the king with your rook and knight. If pawn g3, then queen h3 check. White has no option apart from queen g2. Then queen f5 check. Now no matter what move white plays, black
is always in a commanding position and you can easily win it from here. Going back, In this position, if white plays
queen e2, then we can simply bring our rook into the game and then start attacking with
the highlighted moves. In this position, if he plays queen e1, then
you can bring your knight to g3 and give check. Remember this, In most of these lines, knight
g3 is going to be a very good move. Now If queen takes, then you can simply regain
your lost pieces like this and you are in a solid position. Going back, If he shifts his king to g1, then
queen d4 check and after the queen exchange, we can snap up this rook and again end up
with a significant advantage. Okay, going back, now let's look at what happens
if king moves to e3. Again, we move our queen to h4 protecting
this knight. If knight takes rook, then queen f4 check
and it should be checkmate in a few moves from here. Going back, in this position, if he plays
something like rook f1 or queen f1, then you can bring more attacking pieces into the game
by playing rook f8 or pawn d5 freeing up this diagonal for your bishop. The key will always be to attack with as many
pieces as possible. Okay, now let's look at the sixth & final
move and that is king to g1. This is actually the best move for white,
but most chess players fail to play this correctly. We need to save our queen first so we play
queen to h4. Now White needs to prevent this checkmate
threat. So If he plays something like queen e2 or
queen f3, the ideas are going to be the same like we discussed earlier. If he plays queen f1, then again you can attack
with your rook by bringing it to f8 and white is in trouble. Another option he has in this position is
pawn g3 which is actually the best move for white. As always, you will capture this pawn with
your knight. If pawn takes knight, then queen g3 check. White has the only move that is king f1. And then again we attack with our rook on
f8. As you can see, we have so many attacking
options from here. And plus, this king is out in the open so
you should easily win it from here. As you saw throughout this game, white never
got the time to develop any of these 3 queen-side pieces and thats the beauty of this attack. That's the reason why black is always dominating the game. Okay, so It's puzzle time. But Before moving onto today's chess puzzle,
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to find the Best Move continuation for White. If you are able to find the solution to this
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