Learn how to use the two knights opening when playing chess. Watch the two popular two knights open opening in this video chess lesson.

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Two Knights Opening Gleb: Hi! I'm going to show the opening. Very good example for this is Two Knights Opening, it's a very popular move for the advanced players and the beginners. Igor: So let's move e2 - e4. Gleb: Now black has the same move with his pawn. Now white and black want to quickly develop these pieces through the center. Igor: Knight goes to center. Gleb: I have to defend my pawn. This knight wants to take it. I make the defense. Igor: White goes, bishop to center and make dangerous to king. Gleb: Now I develop knight number two. Igor: White wants to make dangerous and goes with knight. Gleb: What can black do here? If black defends his weak pawn with his queen --? Igor: No, it's not good move, I take this pawn with black lost his queen and lost the game. Gleb: Yes, I take this. Without queen, no hope for black. In our game black choose to defend his pawn with over pawn, d. Igor: I take this pawn. Gleb: That seems so dangerous to take it back, because white can sacrifice his knight and afterwards white makes a fork. Igor: Check! Gleb: Check and want -- Igor: -- want to take this knight. Gleb: It seems so dangerous for black and black decides to do another move. He wants to escape this knight. It's possible to move it here. Knight at the side of the board. That's Not Good. Igor: It's not very good. Gleb: Black makes another move to the center. Okay. Now white wants to make the treatment on this weak pawn, but this pawn disturbs him, and he makes a little sacrifice. He sacrifices this pawn and afterwards wants to take this weak pawn and make the fork to the rook and to the queen. Black takes his pawn. Igor: Knight takes this pawn. Gleb: Now we can see the fork, black has to rove his queen. Igor: White takes this rook. Gleb: In this situation we're seeing what white has, two rooks -- Igor: Two rooks. Gleb: And black only one, it seems what, white already wins, but now, black make a little surprise, take his pawn, and wants to take the rook. Igor: What I do with white? White should go, with rook. Gleb: Rook is safe, and now, queen makes a little check. Igor: If white goes to defend with his queen -- Gleb: Black takes this queen and wins. Igor: I don't want to give my queen. Gleb: Black makes this move and it's check mate!! Igor: Check mate!! Gleb: Yes, the bishop cannot take it, because it has to defend his king, and the king has no space to run. Black wins.