Colorado Gambit | The Refutation - Daily Lesson with a Grandmaster 138

intermediate
Avetik Grigoryan (ChessMood)OpeningColorado gambit

The Colorado Gambit arising from the Nimzovich Defense after 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 can be a tricky opening to face as White. GM Avetik shows the refutation of this dubious gambit, in this daily lesson.

You'll see the important ideas for Black first and understand what they are trying to achieve in this opening.

After that, you'll learn the refutation of Colorado Gambit where White gains a huge positional advantage.

0:00 - Introduction to Colorado Gambit
1:39 - Black's ideas
3:27 - Why not 3.e5?
4:29 - A Trap in Colorado Gambit
7:01 - The main refutation for White - 3.exf5!
11:45 -Downsides of Colorado Gambit
13:46 - The correct strategy to refute Colorado Gambit
15:16 - Why 4.Bb5 is the better mode order
18:44 - 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.Ne5
19:43 - Should you study Colorado Gambit as Black?

HELPFUL RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO:
🎥 Watch the course 'Colorado Gambit | The refutation' where you'll get access to the PGN file as well as the model games 👇
chessmood.com/course/colorado-gambit-the-refutation

📖 Read our introductory article on the same 👇
chessmood.com/blog/complete-guide-to-crush-colorado-gambit

Also check out our article and course on Nimzovich Defense after 1.e4 Nc6 👇
Course - chessmood.com/course/nimzowitsch-defense-Nc6
Article - chessmood.com/blog/nimzowitsch-defense-Nc6
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