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♛ Find the variations and traps of the Alien Gambit shown in the video in this blog-post - https://chess-teacher.com/alien-gambit/

The Alien Gambit is a trending chess opening variation from the Caro-Kann Defense, which occurs after the following moves: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nxf7.

White sacrifices the knight to draw the Black king out and attack it. The Alien Gambit gives the highest win rate of 59% for White in the mainline of the Caro-Kann Defense.

In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov gives a complete opening crash course on the Alien Gambit. He provides a complete explanation of the opening moves, key ideas for White, the 10 main traps for White, and the refutation or the counter for Black.

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00:00 Alien Gambit Chess Opening Traps
00:11 What is the Alien Gambit?
00:40 59% Win Rate for White
01:14 Main idea of the Alien Gambit
01:55 Trap-1
03:02 Trap-2
03:28 Why is the Alien Gambit so popular?
03:47 Traps 3 and 4
04:25 Traps 5 and 6
06:15 Trap-7
07:20 Trap-8 (Transposition from the Two Knights Variation)
09:16 Trap-9 
11:12 Trap-10 (if Black doesn't play h6)
12:34 Alien Gambit Counter/Refutation for Black
14:57 Do NOT make this mistake
15:46 Refutation of the refutation (for White)

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