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chess noob Quick Wins! is a series of short videos, to demonstrate very quick wins! As a beginner, you become aware of the Scholar’s Mate and the Fool’s Mate, but neither of these show up in real games. However, there are tricky quick checkmates and wins that occur, even at the intermediate level of chess.

Today we have another game from my subscriber @shlomo55555 with a stunning 9-move checkmate!

My sub had the white pieces and entered the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3). Often, the purpose of opening gambits is to trade material for rapid development and that’s what the next couple of normal looking moves were (3… Nf6 4. f3 exf3). Black’s original d-pawn has moved three times in the opening, and seemingly looks like it’s about to be captured – logically with a developing move of the king’s knight. However, my sub plays the fascinating and very tricky Ryder Gambit (5. Qxf3), which in essence, now gambits the other centre pawn as well! Stockfish doesn’t like this, giving it a straight up evaluation of [-2], which suggests that White has no position advantage in exchange for the (-2) material loss!

However, this is part of the mind games! Black is lured to capture the other pawn with their queen – a straight up good move (5… Qxd4). However, after (6. Be3) which attacks the queen, Black must have the wisdom to recognise that their best approach up two points of material is to immediately consolidate by undeveloping the queen to d8, play defensively while they are behind on development, and then crush White in the middlegame.

However, Black, having tasted blood, continued to play aggressively which is a tactical error. Black moves the queen to the side (6… Qb4). White long castles, moving the king to safety and the rook now commands the open d-file. Black strikes out with another hyperaggressive move which superficially makes sense (7… Bg4) – skewering the White’s queen and rook. However, one of the risks and opportunities with open and semi-open centre files in the opening are unexpected early mating nets for kings still in the centre! My sub plays (8. Nb5), setting up a beautiful knight and rook mating net. Black doesn’t see the net and captures the poisoned queen. Move 9, the knight jumps forward (9. Nxc7#) with mate! This was a 100% accuracy game with Black thinking they were winning until the final move. FLAWLESS VICTORY!

Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/76579179153

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "shlomo55555"]
[Black "isoldes2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "D00"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Queens-Pawn-Opening-Blackmar-Diemer-Ryder-Gambit-5...Qxd4-6.Be3"]
[UTCDate "2023.04.30"]
[UTCTime "07:33:53"]
[WhiteElo "1095"]
[BlackElo "1029"]
[TimeControl "600"]
[Termination "shlomo55555 won by checkmate"]
[StartTime "07:33:53"]
[EndDate "2023.04.30"]
[EndTime "07:35:05"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/live/76579179153"]
[WhiteUrl "https://www.chess.com/bundles/web/images/noavatar_l.84a92436.gif"]
[WhiteCountry "75"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackUrl "https://www.chess.com/bundles/web/images/noavatar_l.84a92436.gif"]
[BlackCountry "5"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. d4 {[%clk 0:09:55.8]} 1... d5 {[%clk 0:09:57.2]} 2. e4 {[%clk
0:09:53.4][%c_highlight
e4;keyPressed;alt;opacity;0.8;square;e4;persistent;false][%c_arrow
d5e4;keyPressed;shift;from;d5;opacity;0.8;to;e4;persistent;false]} 2... dxe4
{[%clk 0:09:53.5]} 3. Nc3 {[%clk 0:09:51.2] Blackmar-Diemer Gambit - rather
tricky gambit $1 [-0.8]} 3... Nf6 {[%clk 0:09:51.7]} 4. f3 {[%clk 0:09:48.3]} 4...
exf3 {[%clk 0:09:49.4]} 5. Qxf3 {[%clk 0:09:46][%c_highlight
d4;keyPressed;alt;opacity;0.8;square;d4;persistent;false][%c_arrow
d8d4;keyPressed;shift;from;d8;opacity;0.8;to;d4;persistent;false] Ryder Gambit
[-2] - a high risk tricky line gambit of the other centre pawn $1} 5... Qxd4
{[%clk 0:09:44.7]} 6. Be3 {[%clk 0:09:43.3]} 6... Qb4 $6 {[%clk
0:09:40][%c_effect b4;square;b4;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true][%c_arrow
d4d8;keyPressed;none;from;d4;opacity;0.8;to;d8;persistent;false][%c_highlight
d8;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;d8;persistent;false] An inaccuracy [-1].
Black's best move is to simply consolidate and undevelop the queen and safely
make use of the material advantage.} 7. O-O-O $1 {[%clk 0:09:40][%c_effect
c1;square;c1;type;GreatFind;persistent;true]} 7... Bg4 $4 {[%clk
0:09:36.7][%c_effect g4;square;g4;type;Blunder;persistent;true][%c_arrow
c7c6;keyPressed;none;from;c7;opacity;0.8;to;c6;persistent;false][%c_highlight
c6;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;c6;persistent;false] An understandable
aggressive tactic, but a blunder [+5.4]} 8. Nb5 $1 {[%clk 0:09:34.4][%c_effect
b5;square;b5;type;GreatFind;persistent;true]} 8... Bxf3 $4 {[%clk
0:09:22.2][%c_effect f3;square;f3;type;Blunder;persistent;true][%c_arrow
b8a6;keyPressed;none;from;b8;opacity;0.8;to;a6;persistent;false][%c_highlight
a6;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;a6;persistent;false] The queen is poisoned
and Black misses the mating net... [+M1]} 9. Nxc7# {[%clk 0:09:30.6][%c_effect
c1;square;c1;type;Winner,e8;square;e8;type;CheckmateBlack][%c_arrow
c7e8;keyPressed;none;from;c7;opacity;0.8;to;e8;persistent;false,d1d8;keyPressed;none;from;d1;opacity;0.8;to;d8;persistent;false][%c_highlight
e8;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;e8;persistent;false,d7;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;d7;persistent;false,d8;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;d8;persistent;false]}
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