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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares with you an aggressive chess opening gambit for White against the Sicilian Defense. It is called the Mengarini Variation which happens after the following moves: 1.e4 c5 2.a3.
The gambit occurs when White sacrifices their pawn after 2…Nc6 3.b4 cxb4 4.axb4 Nxb4. This tricky gambit will confuse a lot of your opponents and it gives a great attacking initiative for White.
Even the world champion Magnus Carlsen has played this opening in the World Blitz Chess Championship and won that game. Most importantly, the most played moves of Black gives White a winning advantage; yes, White has more than 70% win rates in all those variations!
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00:00 Mengarini Gambit Against the Sicilian Defense Chess Opening
00:21 Even Magnus Carlsen won with this opening!
01:41 White’s idea behind this opening gambit
03:03 Stats: More than 70% win rate for White
04:25 1) If Black plays 8…e5
06:38 Checkmating the Black king in the middle
07:41 If Black plays Bd6 to prevent Nc7+
09:17 Attacking the opponent’s king
10:08 2) If Black plays 8…Nf6 (forcing win for White)
13:46 3) If Black plays 8…e6 (subtle trick to remember)
16:09 4) If Black plays 8…a6
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Many blunders, for example @18:54 bxc5 is a big blunder.
So the vidéo's title should be "How to punish big blunders", it's not your best one !
This is amazing
The most humorous game I have ever seen.
Dear Sir
When White moves the knight to the side, Black just .moves the side pawn one notch. The knight is stopped instantly. Just simple. John Thuy, Melbourne Australia.
The very first time I tried this my opponent played the Nf6 line and resigned after I won his queen. These videos are fun against 1200 ELO opponents.
Really brutal , love this
Thank you sir .
Kuda C6.piond5.mentrixd5
A really rare variation. 💀
Let's reinforce the Sicilian defense!
Usually I starts the game by d4 so no one can use Sicilian defence against me but I always use Sicilian defence against my opponent but I think now I can't play Sicilian anymore.😅😅😅😅
After white Na3, blacks best move is Qa5 and black is fine.
Uživam ob tvojih nasmehih ob forsiranih potezah!
What do you do if, after you play a3, your opponent plays g6 and fianchettoes with a bishop pointing directly at your queenside rook?
What if 2…d6?
Gg
Very nice gambit to crush but sir e4 c5 a3 now black can play a 5 then?
I've played this every single sicilian i come across and not one single person played these variations. back to the smith morra i guess
What if black plays 2e6 instead of 2nc6
my opponent played queen instead of knight… and i was done…
You are the best teacher ever!!
if 2. ….. e6, would you still play 3. b4?
You dont mention 2. – d5 the principal continuation
► Chapters
00:00 Mengarini Gambit Against the Sicilian Defense Chess Opening
00:21 Even Magnus Carlsen won with this opening!
01:41 White's idea behind this opening gambit
03:03 Stats: More than 70% win rate for White
04:25 1) If Black plays 8…e5
06:38 Checkmating the Black king in the middle
07:41 If Black plays Bd6 to prevent Nc7+
09:17 Attacking the opponent's king
10:08 2) If Black plays 8…Nf6 (forcing win for White)
13:46 3) If Black plays 8…e6 (subtle trick to remember)
16:09 4) If Black plays 8…a6
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Your videos are amazing!
Love this
Super attack
🎵 In first grance, I thought I can beat this easily, but after analysis I am just dumb silly! I am getting eaten by this deadly gambit and when I realized, I get checkmated! 🎵
Thanks GM Igor
Levy's course also same
8:33 queen takes g2 better move
I will try it now
Wow
Thanks so much for this. I never know what to do against the Sicilian
That is a VERY COOL opening! Thanks yet again for another great lesson!!
I watch your videos everyday
As a hyper accelerated Dragon player, I would love to see that move. After move 3, my bishop is pointing at his rook, stopping the silliness in its track….
I feel Smirnov gambit is much better as you can use the power of deception to win. It may not follow the 5 principles in chess but it does folloe Sun Tzu's quote, "all warfare is based on deception". And even if they dont take, ez material win.
Very instructive
Great surprise choice against most black choices but if black plays 2…g6 instead he has easy game.
8:35 knight can take that bishop too, and do fork again?
allready faced this gambit in a team match, and lost horribly.. atleast i know now that you should play g6 as black on the 2nd move..
set up position with q on d 5 and try to play lichess computer at 2000 level for example. Thats around my level and I had problem with computer it seems it finds very incredible defences you are not showing
"Looks like you are violating the rules of classical chess" and "it's hard to believe this move is kinda wrong" should be mottos of any study on the sicilian
My favourite video so far!
I miss the cat background 🙁
0:42 Doesn't surprise me. Magnus Carlsen could play the Grob or the Bongcloud and still recover, outplay his opponent and win.
8:33 Knight to D6 – fork queen and the king
Super fun. Love your sense of humor!
Yes this is awesome Igor, however I disagree that the opponents will play D5. A much more logical move would be E6 to stop you from playing D5 and E6 is a move lots of Sicilian players normally play.