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"If you play the Caro Kann when you are young what will you play when you are old?" GM Bent Larsen

Had me at, enough is enough! 🤣🤣

the caro kann is my condom to all the nonsense chess gambits and traps that exist. I refuse to remove it.

lmao as a lifelong (1 yr) caro player, I was skeptical. But this guy has clearly been there done that with all the chess content. Also hilarious non-ad placement. Loved the video.

Move order is important: 2... e6 instead of Bb7 allows the c8 bishop to come out sooner to pin the kinight on c3 (e4 b6 d4 e6 Nc3 Bb4) but it wont work if instead: e4 b6 d4 Bb7 Nc3 e6 4. a3!

Great Videos for all of us trying to be good club level players below 2000 elo. I love your honesty when you say I am only 1600 that is why I did not see this next great move. FYI: THIS IS WHY I SUBSCRIBED. You are teaching real chess to us newbies, and intermediates and giving great tactics and strategy to look for during our games. Great teaching! Thanks.

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A gambit has a two-fold purpose; first, to take your opponent out of their game and into unknown territory of which you are familiar. And second, to sacrifice material to free up space for maneuvering pieces. The idea that gambits or any other type of opening are dubious, is a misunderstanding of the game. Every move that is made on the board, from the beginning of a game until the end, has an equalizing move. Which is why we have draws. So like physics, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. There are no dubious openings, only dubious moves.

caro kann at beginner level is very solid, people will blunder a pawn or a pieces. playing the caro will give you solid position where you wait the opponet to blunder than convert. its a style of playing. caro send me from 800 to 1300 in 2 weeks before than going e 4 e 5 was to complex and unnececery. so its your opinion and i dont agree

This is so helpful thank you for this!

thank you,i have new weapon to d4, i am nimzoindian player!

Hey bro Hope you're well Missing your vids

my experiences go like this : crush everyone with xyz.(youtube ) why is this cat randomly throwing pieces at me and still winning (actual)

Informative

The bishop man disappeared?

😂 I did that over 2000 puzzles and can't play a decent game Rapid: 800

Great ! I love chess and it is a part of my daily routine, like exercise, breathwork and meditation.

Why are you not posting?

I don't see any reason the King can't take d6 at 5:50, saving the pawn on g7. The rook either has to trade or move away. Yeah the bishop can check on a3, but is there anything there after king moves to c7? It's an annoying pin, but your rook is running out of moves and can get locked in with black knight to f6. Maybe you studied this deeper or I'm missing something obvious though.

How did I miss this one? 🤣 thanks algorithm! Anyway, hope ur well, and I’m gonna go look up puzzle guy!

Thank you , for showing this , like your posts , namaste.

Von Popiel > Blackmar Diemer

I noticed how many trendy players started using the Scandinavian and Caro-Kann. I learned how to beat both of them all the time

Which is puzzle system do you think is better puzzle rush or puzzle storm

Craziest thing : I followed a lot of the teachings in your videos, and didn't get any recommended videos in a while. Just wanted to let you know you helped me a ton, and I am now rated 1200. Feeling confident in my play, especially because I got away from the common openings at my level (Caro-Kann, London, etc.) Thanks LightSquares !!

I would like to say, this opening is actually not good for intermediates. A GM or maybe IMs and FMs can hold as black, but not 1800s to even 2200s

Sorry maybe I missed it. What are the names of the openings you play

What about the en passant move Why the black pawn cant take the b4 white one at 4: 00 minute;

You are wrong. Caro Kahn is excellent and can easily be simplified. Exchange, advanced, Tartakower, and Fantasy. All have very common theory and simplify to about 2 to 3 main lines that have relatively easy tactical plans. It is tactical, sharp, and opens the position with relatively simple play.

hey buddy just checking hope all well

this guy helped me out so mutch because my brother always plays this

I play this as black and always play gxf6

Hope all is well. Haven’t seen a new video in awhile. I know you have a career and family. Just hoping everything is going well for you.

Kinda wanted to let you know, so just placing this under your most recent video, I've been playing b6 since August last year, with reasonable success. I broke 1400 on b6. However, the deeper theoretical knowledge I get of b6, the more I come to understand it as a second tier defence. What sold me on this was playing against b6 a few times within the last month, where by then I knew all the theory and ideas, and I just crushed. Also, I REALLY struggle with it OTB, but I also seem to be a worse player with another human in front of me, for some reason.

"What is the point? Games are decided by blunders besides the elite level". That is real true my frind, reasonable openning theory and past that it is end game and tactics for the amateur players. I have being pretty close to national masters a few years and it is still the same thing, who is better at middle game plan, tactitcs and end game knowledge. By the way, always great content with a lot of humor!

Hope you’re well… 🙏🙏

Great video man. Super helpful. I always found it really annoying when people would go Qe6+ then Qg6 because I knew it was punishable but didn't know how to deal with it and kept getting rekt. Can I ask, at 2:38 you say "the queen has no escape squares" but doesn't h6 work? Same at 2:58 you say "the queen has one square" but i would have though h6 is there also. Or is it just that those are the squares that allow the queen to defend the bishop?

Everything ok my man? Been a while since your last video.

Aww, your daughter is adorable.

aww

Can you lend me £50?😂😂. And congratulations on the result

The opening system approach. I love it! There are many good ones and b3/b6 is certainly one of them. Keep up your great work on the channel!

Pin to the king I mean

I have played those moves.I normally play Qe5+ And when they block with the bishop, I play Bg4. The idea is that They cannot take because it is a pin to the queen.

Great video.Have you tried the Caro Kan?

I went from 1200 to 1500 in a couple months once I started studying openings. Since then I've despised that idiotic advice of "dOn'T sTUdy OpeNINgS". Thanks for making a more eloquent argument than I ever could.

Great video

Do you use the MoveTrainer in Chessable a lot? Do you add moves in to fill in the gaps in the course?