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hi everyone this is Grandmaster Eugene Praveshtine

and today I would like to cover

the second part of a simple system for black

against the King's Gambit

so in the first part I covered e 4

e 5 f 4

e takes f knight f 3 move

and here

I recommend you a very simple way to play for black

this is very rare system

and you avoid pretty much all theory with the move

night of 6 and I show you the plan is e 5 knight e 4

d 3 knight g five

Bishop takes night e 6 followed by d 6

and you basically solved most

if not all your opening problems

so now

I wanna talk a little bit

about what else white can play

in this position

so besides night of 3

nowadays Bishop C4 has gained popularity

now

this is not as much played compared to the main line

but nevertheless

you have to know what to play here as black

as a matter of fact Bishop c

four has been played at a recent Super

Grandmaster tournament

Grand Prix tournament in Sochi

by Grandmaster Navara against Boris Gelfand

so you see you might be able to still

see King Gambit at the highest level

now the move I recommend is very simple night f 6

notice that there is no need to play move such as queen

h four as you only help white

so white can simply play king of 1

followed by knight of 3

hitting the queen with the temple

then d 4 and this is exactly the type of position

white is looking for

in this opening

now after night of 6

White has to play Knight to 3

and let's take a look at why e 5 is not that great

well black has several moves

but I think the simple way is to play d five

and now if white takes the knight

you simply take the bishop

and you're not afraid of queen a 2

check bishop e 6 and if pawn takes

bishop takes and now black is ahead in development

you have a bishop pair

and black is gonna castle either queenside or kingside

with a very fast development

so that's why 93 is the right move

and to give you an idea

behind black setup is you have to go for the d 5 move

immediate D 5 of course is no good

that's why you prepared with C6

so now there is no defense against d 5

again e 5 you can play simple d 5

with the similar ideas we just looked at

that's why white usually anticipates this move

and plays Bishop b three

well now you gain the important tempo

because Bishop moved back

you play d 5

and notice the plan is very similar to the other line

you destroyed the e 4 point

so playing e 5 now is no good for white

that's why he has to take pawn takes

and now you destroyed the central pawn

which is the key in this opening

so now

I can pretty much say that you have solved

all your opening problems

but let's see what would happen next

Navara played against Gelfand Knight f three

which is a reasonable move

but more popular way is to play d 4

immediately opening up the dark square bishop

and black can simply play Bishop d 6

with similar plays in the game

or I would actually recommend to play more

uh aggressive move so to say bishop b 4

now with this move

you're actually fighting for the e 4 outpost

for your knight

and after Bishop e Bishop b 4

the following could happen

white can play bishop takes pawn

and now simply night E4 night G E2

castles castles

and here

this is okay to part with the old dark square bishop

bishop takes knight takes

well if pawn takes

really

the knight on e

4 is way too strong compared to knight on e two

and now you take and play bishop e 6

White does have the bishop pair

but this is one of those positions where

the double pawns and the bishop on b 3

make the light square

bishop completely isolated from the main game

and you simply follow up with nighty 6

nighty 5 queen d 7 and have absolutely no problems

so but of course instead of bishop d 4

you can play the typical bishop d six

which usually transposes after night of 3

okay

so let's take a look at the game Navara the elephant

and Navara is a check grandmaster

and he plays night f 3

of course Boris Gelfand knows his openings quite well

so

I have no doubt that he has studied this line before

and he's not surprised by this move

night f three

he simply plays bishop to d 6

so if you're white you're down a pawn what do you do

that's a good question well

immediately you

you try to get control of the center with d 4

now is Knight takes d 5 a possibility here

sure why not well

the problem though is black has several good ways

one of them is simply to

take and castle

and now if white is not careful and he castles

he's gonna get in trouble because of bishop c 5

check hitting the bishop

so white has only one way now is to play d 4

Queen takes pawn takes queen takes c 5

and after king to h one

black is simply up a pawn

and even if he lose the 4 pawn

he's not really afraid of anything in particular here

so black is slightly better

so that's why David plays immediate D4

trying to get ahead in development

but really

black is gonna solve all his opening problems

with the next move

so d 4 knight c 6 castles again

taking on d 5 is bad because of this

bishop b 4 check

and after c 3 queen takes B takes c takes B

it's clear that white is in trouble

I can simply take with the knight

or give queen a fork check

or simply castle

all of these moves lead to good game for black

so really taking on d 5 is not that great

that's why white simply castles

and with the move bishop e six

black is one more move away from castling

and finishing his development

and white really has to justify his pawn sacrifice

so that's why

why doesn't waste time and plays immediate night g 5

trying to hit the bishop and f 4 pawn

and at this point

you have to realize that there is no need to kind of

keep defending the opponent

f 4 because it's really doomed

and instead

you wanna focus on finishing your development

and Gelfand plays the correct castle

now bishop takes f 4 and simply h 6

what he is saying is that

I want you to take the bishop on e 6

that would help my pawn defending the weak pawn on d 5

it's gonna build a more powerful bind against the

bishop on b 3

basically taking him out of the game

and now the following happened Knight takes

pawn takes

night e 2 which is a correct move

because knight is not doing anything on c 3

and now white is you can say

two moves away from getting good position with c 3

and bishop c two

so this is kind of the last moment of the game

where black had to make one accurate move

night a 5

well the bishop is not going anywhere

and after c 3

night takes queen takes

black has simply equalized without any problems

so you might ask a question

well is the pawn on e 6 weak here

and the answer is not really

the pawn is easily defended with Black's pieces

moreover

white doesn't really have time to build up his army

to really put any

kind of dangerous pressure on that point

and the more pieces come off the board

much easier it is for black to defend the pawn on e 6

so after b 6 this middle game is about you

so let's see what happened in the game Rook at three

night h 5 so again

simplifications are good for black

rook a to f 1

and now simply we trade everything

on f four

and this is totally even position

they could have agreed to draw

but they played on queen g 5

g 3

rook f 8

and few moves later the game was drawn

so again let's go back and try to understand the key

moments in the opening for black

so after e 4 e 5

f 4 e takes f

Bishop c 4

here you wanna play Knight of six

because you're not afraid of e 5

which you can simply meet with d five

and now white has to play knight c 3 again

Black's plan is to prepare d 5

does his next move c six

white almost always plays Bishop b 3

now you might ask question

what happens if white falls up with the central play

with the move d four

well in this case

I recommend you to play immediate bishop before

e 5 knight e 4

you see you're putting pressure on the c 3 knight

which is pinned

and now if white plays Queen f 3

you have this beautiful move

queen h 4 check

because you're not afraid of g 3 pawn takes

and now if queen takes f 7 or bishop takes f 7

you simply play king d eight

and if you look at this position

it is white who is in trouble

the knight on c 3 is hanging

uh move g 2 check is really a problem for white

and rook f 8 so really white is falling apart here

so there was a game where white played king f 1

and black simply played d five

again d 5 was a very thematic idea in these positions

pawn takes knight takes and black got a good game

alright so let's revert to the main line

so Bishop b 3 d 5 pawn takes

pawn takes

now don't be afraid of the isolated pawn on d 5

because you're still up a pawn

and it's gonna take quite some time to capture it back

so these types of positions are

I should say already about even

but for completeness after night of three

Bishop d 6 d 4 96

castles Bishop e 6 Knight g 5 castles

you have really nothing to worry about

Bishop takes h six takes takes night e 2 again

the key move now is you gotta stop c 3

bishop c 2 with the simple move knight e five

and the game is about even

and black has a very comfortable play actually

there are no

visible problems that white can throw at you

so this concludes the very simple

simple system against the King's Gambit

and I hope you're gonna enjoy these lines

and win a lot of games in the future

thank you so much bye bye