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hi everyone this is Grandmaster Eugene Perelshteyn

and today I would like to show you a very

interesting and simple way to face King's Gambit

so King's Gambit is a

so it's a romantic opening after E4

E5 F4

nowadays it hasn't really gotten that much popularity

and slowly it's kind of dropping off the radar

but nevertheless

if you are unprepared to face this move as black

you're gonna get in trouble

I can guarantee you because white

if white knows what he's doing

and he's a very good attacking player

he's gonna put a lot of pressure immediately

on your position especially after E takes F

night F3 and now if you don't know what to do

you could easily get in trouble

now of course you don't have to take on a 4

you can play d 5 but this move you have to know theory

and especially if you don't know theory is black

it's very hard for you to get a good game

so the line I wanna show you to is very

very rare and it starts after E takes F

so now night of 3 and again here black has many options

you can play d six followed by g 5

you can play h 6 with idea g 5 in defending the pawn

you can play d 5

for immediate counterplay in the center

but the move I'm gonna show you

and the system that I really like for black

starts with a very unusual looking night F6

so you're basically saying

to white

I am not afraid of your pawn storm in the center

as a matter of fact

I want you to move your pawn from e 4 to e five

which is a reasonable move

so this is the system

and now some of you might be familiar with Night H5

this is the move that has been popular

uh in the early 1900s by Alkaid and a few others

but the move that I'm gonna show it to you is so rare

that I can guarantee you

your opponent is not familiar with that

and the move is knight to e four

wow you might say

black is playing against all opening principles

not only did black take the pawn on f 4

Black followed up with knight f 6

knight e 4

wasting 2 tempi with the knight in the opening

so especially if your opponent

is a good or maybe not a good player or a club player

they might think that you're simply a bad player

as black right

so this is a good way to kind of

lower your opponent's expectations about you

so they might not play as good later on in the game

but okay let's go back to chess so now after night E4

of course D3 is to

is the right move is simply to attack the knight

not only is white opening up his bishop

he's gonna recapture the pawn with the next move

so you have to move with the knight

for the third time in a row

so knight f 6 knight e 4

now knight g 5 and don't you know don't be scared

I can guarantee you that black gets

quite comfortable playing this line

just as any other line except here

you don't have to know any theory

and your opponent is easily being misled by your quote

unquote weak play

so okay

Bishop takes F4 so far so good and now watch this

you're gonna move the knight for the fourth time

in a row so knight of 6

knight e 4 knight g 5

now knight e 6 so this is one of those openings

opening setups where nothing comes close

it's actually okay for black to play this position

so night is 6 hitting the bishop

now white really has two options

Bishop g 3 where the bishop doesn't really do as much

and more popular move bishop to e 3

and now let me explain to you

the whole point behind Black's setup

you have forced white to play e 5

this is the key move remember

when white gets a powerful pawn with pawns e 4

d 4 and king's gambit type of positions

sometimes white even sacrifices a piece

sometimes a knight on f 7

and gets a really dangerous center well

the whole point behind the night dances

is that you destroy White's center

and the move is d six

so now white has no choice

he's gonna have to part with his e 5 pawn

well of course he can play d four

but you can simply follow up with D4X E

of course D4X E is bad

because the endgame is not so great for white

the overextended pawn on E5 and the king

which has lost the right to castle is not pleasant

and if night takes

well here

I would probably recommend you against the fancy stuff

with Queen H four

Bishop f 2 and queen e 4 check

although it's playable and here

white can simply play queen e 2

and kind of go for a little bit better endgame

instead

you simply equalize with a move knight to d seven

now you're threatening to take on e five

and if white takes bishop takes

you have completely equalized the position

you're gonna develop your dark square bishop

and you're gonna castle either short side

or potentially if you move your queen

you won't castle long

so really no problems

so after d 6

the reasonable move E takes d

now after bishop takes d 6

you can easily see that

black has nothing to worry about

where is the powerful center

e 4 d 4

there is none

where is the typical pressure in King's Gambit

well you're not really seeing anything like that

if you really think about it

this position reminds you of a different opening

the Petrov defense

where a pair of the central pawns gets exchanged

so this is already

at least equal for black

but let me show you what could happen a few moves

uh from now as a matter of fact

I played this line against uh

very strong International Master David Prues

and he didn't even manage to equalize as white

so let me show you what happened next

so he plays Knight C3

a reasonable move

simply trying to finish the development

I simply castle short and this is actually funny

black has played four moves with the knight

and black is the one who is leading in development

so take a note of that

so queen d two

so of course you can play bishop e 2 and castle short

but after c 5 castles knight c 6

the knight on e 6 is actually

helping black to take control of d 4 square

and then you can simply play night E to d 4 or b 6

Bishop b 7 and your pieces are much better placed

so queen d 2

with idea to try to play possibly alongside Castle

and I'm not afraid of that

I simply play c 5 so followed by night c 6

and complete domination of the d 4 square

so now David is trying to get some counterplay

and I can understand him with the move night e 4

and I'm not really worried about that

I drop back with my bishop to e 7 as a matter of fact

now I have another interesting option f 5

f four

and it's black

who is gonna get the advantage in development

so G3 I think this is kind of questionable move

but again

F5F4 is looming in the air and at the same time

white is trying to develop his bishop on a much better

long diagonal h 1

a 8 so again the moves for black are very simple

I don't even waste time of not of on 96

I immediately occupy the central square with 94

of course taken on d 4

gives me the advantage

because I'm gonna have a powerful pawn on d 4

so he plays bishop g 2

and this allows me a nice tactical trick

so you trade the the light square bishops

bishop h 3 so after this move

only black can play for advantage

so let me show you a few more moves

what could happen so white castles

of course taken on h three loses

due to knight of three

and if white plays an intermediate move

such as knight takes d 4

then black falls up with bishop takes

queen takes pawn takes

followed by knight to 6 f 5 and again

white is the one who is in trouble

so you see this is very very strong

variation and black is getting excellent play

so let's see what happened next

Bishop takes g 2 King takes g 2

and black finishes the development

with knight b to c six

again position is roughly even

but since black has the

firm control over the D4 Outpost

I would say that black is slightly better

and they actually played here Queen c 3

which is not a great move

because it allows me to set up a nice

trick with rook c 8 offering the pawn sacrifice

and actually white took the pawn

I take c 5 and this is actually a very

simple combination that follows

knight takes f 3 Rook takes f 3 and b 6

so knight has to leave the c 5 square

knight e 4 and now after knight b four

I'm gonna get the c 2 pawn and d 3 pawn is really weak

black is really on top here

so almost by force we got into this endgame Queen b 3

Rook takes c two

Rook f 2 so white really can't save the d 3 pawn

Rook takes

now Knight takes

and I simply play queen d 5

with the idea to put more pressure

on White's weak point

so let's look what happens in this endgame

so Queen takes knight takes

white has a really bad pawn on d 3

which if he loses he's gonna be simply down a pawn

also black is gonna try to get control over the c file

with rook c 8

and overall it's white who has to fight for Equality

so you could see how quickly

a strong player playing the King's Gambit

actually ends up on the defensive side of the board

so to summarize I would like to show you again

this is very very unusual idea

so black first takes on f 4

then plays four moves with the knight knight f 6

knight e 4

knight g 5

and knight e 6 just to get the white pawn to e 5

so you see

while some players will say that moving

twice with one piece is bad

uh don't let go of the center too early

all these principles really

you have to think twice

before dogmatically following every single principle

so in this particular position

the key is that black gets

quick play against the e 5 pawn

especially changing the d pawn for the e pawn

and once the e pawn leaves

there is no more pressure on Black's position

so after e takes d Bishop takes d six

black has equalized

or at least equalized and stands better

especially if he gets to play c 5 96

so I hope you understand that in simple opening

especially the King's Gambit opening

there are many many ways to play it of course

if you know theory

you can play the lines which theory recommends

but if you wanna throw your opponent off balance

I believe this is a good line to add to your arsenal

thank you so much and I hope to see you all next time

bye bye